Periplaneta Explained

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

• Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach
• Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) – Australian cockroach
• Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1838 – Brown cockroach
• Periplaneta fuliginosa (Serville, 1839) – Smokybrown cockroach
• Periplaneta japonica Karny, 1908 – Japanese cockroach
• Periplaneta lateralis - the Turkestan cockroach

Species

The Cockroach Species File^[3] lists:

1. Periplaneta aboriginea
2. Periplaneta affinis
3. Periplaneta americana - type species (as Blatta americana)
4. Periplaneta arabica
5. Periplaneta arisanica
6. Periplaneta atemeleta
7. Periplaneta atrata
8. Periplaneta atricollis
9. Periplaneta australasiae
10. Periplaneta australis
11. Periplaneta banksi
12. Periplaneta basedowi
13. Periplaneta benzoni
14. Periplaneta bicolor
15. Periplaneta blattoides
16. Periplaneta brunnea
17. Periplaneta capeneri
18. Periplaneta caudata
19. Periplaneta ceylonica
20. Periplaneta constricta
21. Periplaneta cylindrica
22. Periplaneta diamesa
23. Periplaneta ebneri
24. Periplaneta elegans
25. Periplaneta ferreirae
26. Periplaneta fictor
27. Periplaneta floweri
28. Periplaneta formosana
29. Periplaneta fuliginosa
30. Periplaneta fulva
31. Periplaneta gajajimana
32. Periplaneta indica
33. Periplaneta japanna
34. Periplaneta japonica
35. Periplaneta kijimuna
36. Periplaneta lata
37. Periplaneta lateralis
38. Periplaneta lebedinskii
39. Periplaneta liui
40. Periplaneta malaica
41. Periplaneta media
42. Periplaneta methanoides
43. Periplaneta monochroma
44. Periplaneta nigra
45. Periplaneta nitida
46. Periplaneta panfilovi
47. Periplaneta quadrinotata
48. Periplaneta regina
49. Periplaneta robusta
50. Periplaneta savignyi
51. Periplaneta semenovi
52. Periplaneta spinosostylata
53. Periplaneta stygia
54. Periplaneta sublobata
55. Periplaneta suzukii
56. Periplaneta svenhedini
57. Periplaneta valida
58. Periplaneta vosseleri

Notes and 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 . en . 149 . 2 . 139–157 . 10.1002/jmor.1051490202 . 933170 . 2027.42/50261 . 3164885 . 0362-2525. free .
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 . 10.1080/00305316.2022.2164804 . 256077346 . 0030-5316.
3. http://cockroach.archive.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1178868 Cockroach Species File: genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838