Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as: Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach Periplaneta lateralis - the Turkestan cockroach
Species The Cockroach Species FileCockroach Species File: genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 7 July 2025) lists:
Periplaneta aboriginea Periplaneta affinis Periplaneta americana - type species (as Blatta americana ) Periplaneta arabica Periplaneta arisanica Periplaneta atemeleta Periplaneta atrata Periplaneta atricollis Periplaneta australis Periplaneta banksi Periplaneta basedowi Periplaneta benzoni Periplaneta bicolor Periplaneta blattoides Periplaneta capeneri Periplaneta caudata Periplaneta cylindrica Periplaneta diamesa Periplaneta ebneri Periplaneta ferreirae Periplaneta fictor Periplaneta floweri Periplaneta formosana Periplaneta indica Periplaneta japanna Periplaneta lateralis Periplaneta lebedinskii Periplaneta liui Periplaneta malaica Periplaneta media Periplaneta methanoides Periplaneta monochroma Periplaneta nigra Periplaneta nitida Periplaneta quadrinotata Periplaneta robusta Periplaneta savignyi Periplaneta semenovi Periplaneta spinosostylata Periplaneta stygia Periplaneta sublobata Periplaneta suzukii Periplaneta valida Periplaneta vosseleri
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