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Summary

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 Walker, 1868 - the Turkestan cockroach

Species

The Cockroach Species File lists:

Periplaneta aboriginea Roth, 1994 Periplaneta affinis Saussure, 1869 Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Blatta americana Linnaeus) Periplaneta arabica (Bey-Bienko, 1938) Periplaneta arisanica Shiraki, 1931 Periplaneta atemeleta Princis, 1966 Periplaneta atrata Bey-Bienko, 1969 Periplaneta atricollis Saussure, 1899 Periplaneta australis (MacLeay, 1827) Periplaneta banksi Hanitsch, 1931 Periplaneta basedowi Tepper, 1904 Periplaneta benzoni Princis, 1951 Periplaneta bicolor Shelford, 1908 Periplaneta blattoides Hanitsch, 1933 Periplaneta capeneri Princis, 1963 Periplaneta caudata Bey-Bienko, 1969 Periplaneta cylindrica (Thunberg, 1826) Periplaneta diamesa Bey-Bienko, 1954 Periplaneta ebneri Princis, 1951 Periplaneta ferreirae Princis, 1963 Periplaneta fictor Princis, 1966 Periplaneta floweri Hanitsch, 1931 Periplaneta formosana Karny, 1915 Periplaneta indica Karny, 1908 Periplaneta japanna Asahina, 1969 Periplaneta lateralis Walker, 1868 Periplaneta lebedinskii Adelung, 1903 Periplaneta liui Bey-Bienko, 1957 Periplaneta malaica Karny, 1908 Periplaneta media Chopard, 1938 Periplaneta methanoides Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 Periplaneta monochroma Walker, 1871 Periplaneta nigra Princis, 1966 Periplaneta nitida (Bolívar, 1890) Periplaneta quadrinotata Princis, 1950 Periplaneta robusta (Shelford, 1909) Periplaneta savignyi Krauss, 1890 Periplaneta semenovi Bey-Bienko, 1950 Periplaneta spinosostylata Krauss, 1902 Periplaneta stygia Shelford, 1909 Periplaneta sublobata Bey-Bienko, 1969 Periplaneta suzukii Asahina, 1977 Periplaneta valida Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 Periplaneta vosseleri Shelford, 1908