Cockroach Species File
genus

Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838

Type

Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758 type species of Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838

Nomenclature (10)

  • Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838: 502.

    type species Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758

  • Cacerlaca Saussure, 1864: 71.
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  • Shelfordella Adelung, 1910 in Bohn, 1985
  • Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 in Luo, Li, Zamani, Che & Wang, 2023: 168.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Adelung, N. (1910) Ueber einige bemerkenswerte Orthopteren aus dem palaearktischen Asien. Horae Soc. ent. ross., 39, 328–358.
  • Bohn, H. (1985) Blatta furcata (Karny), the nearest relative of the Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis L.) (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattidae). Israel Journal of Zoology, 33(1), 39–50.
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  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kakerlaken, Schaben. Blattina. Handbuch der Entomologie, 2(2), 469–517.
  • Luo, X., Li, Q.-Q., Zamani, A., Che, Y.-L. & Wang, Z.-Q. (2023) Redescription of Periplaneta arabica (Bey-Bienko, 1938) (Blattodea, Blattidae), with a comparative analysis of three species of Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (sensu stricto). ZooKeys, 1146, 165–183.
  • Princis, K. (1966) Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Blattoidea. Fam.: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 8. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage [The Hague]. pp. 402–614.
  • Saussure, H.de (1864) Memoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle du Mexique, dos Antilles, et des Etats-Unis. Orthoptères de l'Amerique moyenne. Famille des Blattides. Ramboz et Schuchardt, Geneve, 279 pp.
  • Shelford, R.W.C. (1909) Studies of the Blattidae. X. A revision of the old-world Blattinae belonging to the Polyzosteria group. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 2, 253–310.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1034
species43156100