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 - the Turkestan cockroach

Species

The Cockroach Species File lists:

1. Periplaneta aboriginea

2. Periplaneta affinis

3. Periplaneta americana - type species (as Blatta americana )

4. Periplaneta arabica

5. Periplaneta arisanica

6. Periplaneta atemeleta

7. Periplaneta atrata

8. Periplaneta atricollis

9. Periplaneta australis

10. Periplaneta banksi

11. Periplaneta basedowi

12. Periplaneta benzoni

13. Periplaneta bicolor

14. Periplaneta blattoides

15. Periplaneta capeneri

16. Periplaneta caudata

17. Periplaneta cylindrica

18. Periplaneta diamesa

19. Periplaneta ebneri

20. Periplaneta ferreirae

21. Periplaneta fictor

22. Periplaneta floweri

23. Periplaneta formosana

24. Periplaneta indica

25. Periplaneta japanna

26. Periplaneta lateralis

27. Periplaneta lebedinskii

28. Periplaneta liui

29. Periplaneta malaica

30. Periplaneta media

31. Periplaneta methanoides

32. Periplaneta monochroma

33. Periplaneta nigra

34. Periplaneta nitida

35. Periplaneta quadrinotata

36. Periplaneta robusta

37. Periplaneta savignyi

38. Periplaneta semenovi

39. Periplaneta spinosostylata

40. Periplaneta stygia

41. Periplaneta sublobata

42. Periplaneta suzukii

43. Periplaneta valida

44. Periplaneta vosseleri

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