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genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations:
  • Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie 2(2):502 >> Periplaneta    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:232
  • Princis. 1966. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Blattoidea. Fam.: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus(8):404 >> Note: The BSF's record for this scientific name originated from this reference. It was digitised by G. W. Beccaloni in 2005.
  • Princis. 1971. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea. Fam.: Ectobiidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus(14):1144 >> Note: The BSF's record for this scientific name originated from this reference. It was digitised by G. W. Beccaloni in 2005.
  • Luo, Xinxing, Q-Q. Li, Zamani, Che & Z-Q. Wang. 2023. ZooKeys 1146:168 >> Periplaneta
• Type species:  Blatta americana Linnaeus
• No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.

• synonym Cacerlaca Saussure, 1864
• synonym Paramethana Shelford, 1909
• synonym Shelfordella Adelung, 1910
• species aboriginea Roth, 1994
• species affinis Saussure, 1869
• species americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
• synonym aurelianensis (Fourcroy, 1785)
• synonym colorata Rehn, 1901
• synonym domicola (Risso, 1826)
• synonym ferrugineofusca (Gronovius, 1764)
• synonym heros (Eschscholtz, 1822)
• synonym kakkerlac (De Geer, 1773)
• synonym orientalis (Sulzer, 1776)
• synonym siccifolia (Stoll, 1813)
• synonym stolida Walker, 1868
• species arabica (Bey-Bienko, 1938)
• species arisanica Shiraki, 1931
• species atemeleta Princis, 1966
• species atrata Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species atricollis Saussure, 1899
• synonym funebris Shelford, 1908
• species australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)
• synonym aurantiaca (Stoll, 1813)
• synonym domingensis (Palisot de Beauvois, 1818)
• synonym emittens Walker, 1871
• synonym inclusa Walker, 1868
• synonym repanda Walker, 1868
• synonym subcincta Walker, 1868
• synonym subornata (Walker, 1871)
• synonym zonata Haan, 1842
• species australis (MacLeay, 1827)
• species banksi Hanitsch, 1931
• species basedowi Tepper, 1904
• species benzoni Princis, 1951
• species bicolor Shelford, 1908
• synonym thoracica Chopard, 1945
• species blattoides Hanitsch, 1933
• species brunnea Burmeister, 1838
• synonym concolor Walker, 1868
• synonym ignota Shaw, 1925
• synonym patens Walker, 1868
• synonym truncata Krauss, 1892
• species capeneri Princis, 1963
• species caudata Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species ceylonica Karny, 1908
• synonym fallax Bey-Bienko, 1957
• species constricta Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species cylindrica (Thunberg, 1826)
• species diamesa Bey-Bienko, 1954
• species ebneri Princis, 1951
• species elegans Hanitsch, 1927
• species ferreirae Princis, 1963
• species fictor Princis, 1966
• species floweri Hanitsch, 1931
• species formosana Karny, 1915
• species fuliginosa Serville, 1838
• synonym emarginata Karny, 1908
• synonym filchnerae Karny, 1908
• synonym picea Shiraki, 1906
• species fulva Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species gajajimana Komatsu, Iio & Ooi, 2021
• species indica Karny, 1908
• synonym flavicerca Bey-Bienko, 1954
• species japanna Asahina, 1969
• species japonica Karny, 1908
• species kijimuna Yanagisawa, Ohgita & Komatsu, 2021
• species lata (Herbst, 1786)
• species lateralis Walker, 1868
• synonym ahngeri (Adelung, 1910)
• synonym sillemi (Hanitsch, 1935)
• synonym tartara Saussure, 1874
• synonym zarudnyi (Adelung, 1910)
• species lebedinskii Adelung, 1903
• species liui Bey-Bienko, 1957
• species malaica Karny, 1908
• synonym celebensis Hanitsch, 1933
• species media Chopard, 1938
• species methanoides Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
• species monochroma Walker, 1871
• synonym gussakovskii (Bey-Bienko, 1950)
• synonym tertia (Bey-Bienko, 1950)
• species nigra Princis, 1966
• species nitida (Bolívar, 1890)
• species panfilovi Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species quadrinotata Princis, 1950
• species regina Saussure, 1864
• species robusta (Shelford, 1909)
• species savignyi Krauss, 1890
• species semenovi Bey-Bienko, 1950
• species spinosostylata Krauss, 1902
• synonym montana Hanitsch, 1923
• species stygia Shelford, 1909
• species sublobata Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species suzukii Asahina, 1977
• species svenhedini Hanitsch, 1933
• synonym uenoi Asahina, 1980
• species valida Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• species vosseleri Shelford, 1908

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