Giant cockroach

Taxobox
name = Giant cockroaches

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = A male Madagascar hissing cockroach, "Gromphadorhina portentosa"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Blattodea
familia = Blaberidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "See text"

Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second largest cockroach family.

ome species

*Green banana cockroach - "Panchlora nivea"
*Madagascar hissing cockroach - "Gromphadorhina portentosa"
*Dwarf cave cockroach - "Blaberus fusca"

Genera

*Subfamily Blaberinae:*"Achroblatta":*"Anchoblatta":*"Antioquita":*"Archimandrita":*"Aspiduchus":*"Cacoblatta":*"Capucinella":*"Cariacasia":*"Bionoblatta":*"Blaberus":*"Blaptica":*"Brachycola":*"Byrsotria":*"Eublaberus":*"Glomerexis":*"Glyptopeltis":*"Gromphadorhina":*"Hemiblabera":*"Hiereoblatta":*"Hormetica":*"Hyporhicnoda":*"Kemneria":*"Mesoblaberus":*"Minablatta":*"Mioblatta":*"Monachoda":*"Monastria":*"Neorhicnoda":*"Oxycercus":*"Paradicta":*"Parahormetica":*"Petasodes":*"Phoetalia":*"Pseudogyna":*"Sibylloblatta":*"Styphon"
*Subfamily Diplopterinae:*"Calolampra":*"Diploptera"
*Subfamily Epilamprinae:*"Acroporoblatta":*"Anisolampra":*"Aptera (genus)":*"Apsidopis":*"Ataxigamia":*"Audreia":*"Blepharodera":*"Calolamprodes":*"Colapteroblatta":*"Compsolampra":*"Cyrtonotula":*"Derocardia":*"Dryadoblatta":*"Elfridaia":*"Epilampra":*"Galiblatta":*"Haanina":*"Homalopteryx":*"Litopeltis":*"Miroblatta":*"Molytria":*"Morphna":*"Nauclidas":*"Notolampra":*"Opisthoplatia":*"Phlebonotus":*"Phoraspis":*"Pinaconota":*"Placoblatta":*"Poroblatta":*"Pseudophoraspis":*"Pseudoplatia":*"Rhabdoblatta":*"Rhicnoda":*"Stictolampra":*"Stictomorphna":*"Thorax":*"Ylangella"
*Subfamily Gyninae:*"Alloblatta":*"Evea":*"Gyna":*"Paraprincisaria":*"Paraplecta":*"Princisaria":*"Pseudocalolampra":*"Progonogamia":*"Thliptoblatta"
*Subfamily Panchlorinae:*"Ancaudellia":*"Caeparia":*"Dicellonotus":*"Dolichosphaeria":*"Hemipanesthia":*"Heteroblatta":*"Geoscapheus":*"Macropanesthia":*"Microdina":*"Miopanesthia":*"Mylacrina":*"Neogeoscaphus":*"Panchlora":*"Panesthia":*"Parapanesthia":*"Phortioecoides":*"Proscratea":*"Salganea"
*Subfamily Oxyhaloinae:*"Aeluropoda":*"Ateloblatta":*"Coleoblatta":*"Griffiniella":*"Gromphadorhina":*"Heminauphoeta":*"Henschoutedenia":*"Jagrehnia":*"Leucophaea":*"Nauphoeta":*"Oxyhaloa":*"Pelloblatta":*"Pronauphoeta"
*Subfamily Perisphaeriinae:*"Bantua":*"Compsagis":*"Cyrtotria":*"Derocalymma":*"Ellipsica":*"Elliptoblatta":*"Gymnonyx":*"Hostilia":*"Laxta":*"Neolaxta":*"Perisphaeria":*"Perisphaerus":*"Pilema" ("Pronaonota"):*"Platysilpha":*"Poeciloblatta":*"Pronaonota":*"Pseudoglomeris":*"Trichoblatta":*"Zuluia"
*Subfamily Pycnoscelinae:*"Pycnoscelus":*"Stilpnoblatta"
*Subfamily Zetoborinae:*"Capucina":*"Lanxoblatta":*"Parasphaeria":*"Phortioeca":*"Schizopilia":*"Schultesia":*"Thanatophyllum":*"Tribonium":*"Zetobora":*"Zetoborella"
*Subfamily uncertain(see Taxonomy note):*"Africalolampra":*"Apotrogia":*"Diplopoterina":*"Eustegasta":*"Gynopeltis":*"Hedaia":*"Isoniscus":*"Phenacisma":*"Cryptocercus"

Taxonomy note

Among the genera of uncertain subfamily, "Eustegasta" and "Isoniscus" have been removed from subfamily Perisphaeriinae. "Cryptocercus" is sometimes assigned to a separate subfamily, the Cryptocercidae.