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Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Notable species include: Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), Common shining cockroach (Drymaplaneta communis), Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana), Periplaneta spp: American cockroach (P. americana), Australian cockroach (P. australasiae), Brown cockroach (P. brunnea), Smokybrown cockroach (P. fuliginosa), Turkestan cockroach (P. lateralis), Botany Bay cockroach (Polyzosteria limbata)
Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia
Auth. Latreille, 1810; distribution: Worldwide; synonym Duchailluiinae Roth, 2003
Auth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia
Auth. Tepper, 1893; distribution: central & South America, Pacific islands, Australasia