Periplaneta
Periplaneta americana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Subfamily: Blattinae
Genus: Periplaneta
Burmeister, 1838
Synonyms
  • Cacerlaca Saussure, 1864
  • Paramethana Shelford, 1909
  • Shelfordella Adelung, 1910

Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches[1][2] containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as:

Species

The Cockroach Species File[3] lists:

  1. Periplaneta aboriginea Roth, 1994
  2. Periplaneta affinis Saussure, 1869
  3. Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Blatta americana Linnaeus)
  4. Periplaneta arabica (Bey-Bienko, 1938)
  5. Periplaneta arisanica Shiraki, 1931
  6. Periplaneta atemeleta Princis, 1966
  7. Periplaneta atrata Bey-Bienko, 1969
  8. Periplaneta atricollis Saussure, 1899
  9. Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)
  10. Periplaneta australis (MacLeay, 1827)
  11. Periplaneta banksi Hanitsch, 1931
  12. Periplaneta basedowi Tepper, 1904
  13. Periplaneta benzoni Princis, 1951
  14. Periplaneta bicolor Shelford, 1908
  15. Periplaneta blattoides Hanitsch, 1933
  16. Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1838
  17. Periplaneta capeneri Princis, 1963
  18. Periplaneta caudata Bey-Bienko, 1969
  19. Periplaneta ceylonica Karny, 1908
  20. Periplaneta constricta Bey-Bienko, 1969
  21. Periplaneta cylindrica (Thunberg, 1826)
  22. Periplaneta diamesa Bey-Bienko, 1954
  23. Periplaneta ebneri Princis, 1951
  24. Periplaneta elegans Hanitsch, 1927
  25. Periplaneta ferreirae Princis, 1963
  26. Periplaneta fictor Princis, 1966
  27. Periplaneta floweri Hanitsch, 1931
  28. Periplaneta formosana Karny, 1915
  29. Periplaneta fuliginosa Serville, 1838
  30. Periplaneta fulva Bey-Bienko, 1969
  31. Periplaneta gajajimana Komatsu, Iio & Ooi, 2021
  32. Periplaneta indica Karny, 1908
  33. Periplaneta japanna Asahina, 1969
  34. Periplaneta japonica Karny, 1908
  35. Periplaneta kijimuna Yanagisawa, Ohgita & Komatsu, 2021
  36. Periplaneta lata (Herbst, 1786)
  37. Periplaneta lateralis Walker, 1868
  38. Periplaneta lebedinskii Adelung, 1903
  39. Periplaneta liui Bey-Bienko, 1957
  40. Periplaneta malaica Karny, 1908
  41. Periplaneta media Chopard, 1938
  42. Periplaneta methanoides Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
  43. Periplaneta monochroma Walker, 1871
  44. Periplaneta nigra Princis, 1966
  45. Periplaneta nitida (Bolívar, 1890)
  46. Periplaneta panfilovi Bey-Bienko, 1969
  47. Periplaneta quadrinotata Princis, 1950
  48. Periplaneta regina Saussure, 1864
  49. Periplaneta robusta (Shelford, 1909)
  50. Periplaneta savignyi Krauss, 1890
  51. Periplaneta semenovi Bey-Bienko, 1950
  52. Periplaneta spinosostylata Krauss, 1902
  53. Periplaneta stygia Shelford, 1909
  54. Periplaneta sublobata Bey-Bienko, 1969
  55. Periplaneta suzukii Asahina, 1977
  56. Periplaneta svenhedini Hanitsch, 1933
  57. Periplaneta valida Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  58. Periplaneta vosseleri Shelford, 1908

References

  1. ^ Schafer, Rollie; Sanchez, Thomas V. (June 1976). "The nature and development of sex attractant specificity in cockroaches of the genusPeriplaneta. I. Sexual dimorphism in the distribution of antennal sense organs in five species". Journal of Morphology. 149 (2): 139–157. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051490202. hdl:2027.42/50261. ISSN 0362-2525. PMID 933170. S2CID 3164885.
  2. ^ Lucañas, Cristian C. (2023-01-18). "Revisions on the genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Blattidae: Blattinae) part 1: two new genera from the Philippines and Borneo". Oriental Insects: 1–16. doi:10.1080/00305316.2022.2164804. ISSN 0030-5316. S2CID 256077346.
  3. ^ Cockroach Species File: genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 28 March 2024)

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