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igiant cockroaches
Madagascar hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Neoptera Order: Blattodea Family: Blaberidae
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 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

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

[edit] Some species

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

[edit] 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.