Cockroach genera

Cryptocercus is a genus of Dictyoptera (cockroaches and allies) and the sole member of its own family Cryptocercidae. Species are known as wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches. These roaches are subsocial, their young requiring considerable parental interaction. They also share wood-digesting gut bacteria types with wood-eating termites, and are therefore seen as evidence of a close genetic relationship, that termites are essentially evolved from social cockroaches.

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

Blatta is a genus of cockroaches. The name Blatta represents a specialised use of Latin blatta, meaning a light-shunning insect.

Ectobius is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by James Francis Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating to 49 million years ago suggests the genus actually originated in North America. This genus has been subject to a number of revisions.

Blattella is a genus of cosmopolitan and wild cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae.

Eucorydia is a genus of cockroaches. Species are found in Asia. They are characterized by a metallic greenish-bluish pronotum and sometimes orange markings on the tegmina and/or abdomen.

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Panchlora is a genus of cockroaches in the subfamily Panchlorinae, erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1838. Species are mostly found in the Americas and Africa. Most species in this genus are green in colour, but some are cream or grey. right|thumb|Panchlora nivea

thumb|Illustration Nocticola is a genus of cockroaches in the family Nocticolidae distributed in Africa, south-east Asia and Australia. Nocticola are different from every other cockroach in that they are not infected with Blattabacterium cuenoti. This makes them the only genus in Blattodea that do not have the bacteria.

Lucihormetica is a South American genus of giant cockroaches from the family Blaberidae, collectively referred to as glowspot cockroaches. It had been anecdotally reported that the thoracic spots of males are bioluminescent, but detailed research has conclusively demonstrated otherwise, although autofluorescence has been documented, such that the spots will glow when exposed to ultraviolet light. The genus includes both relatively common and rare species: For example, L. verrucosa is sometimes kept in captivity, while eight of the remaining species (as well as an additional undescribed species

Paratropes is a genus of cockroaches within the family Ectobiidae. There are currently 14 species assigned to the genus. Members of this genus are distributed across North and South America in countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Panama and Peru.

Calolampra is a genus of Australian cockroaches in the family Blaberidae.

Neostylopyga is a genus of cockroaches described by Robert Walter Campbell Shelford in 1911.

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Supella is a genus of cosmopolitan and wild cockroaches, in the family Ectobiidae: originating from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

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Gromphadorhina is a genus of large, flightless cockroaches from southern Madagascar; they are typical of the tribe Gromphadorhini (hissing cockroaches) and common in the pet trade. In the older literature, the name is sometimes misspelled as Gromphadorrhina.

Gyna, also called porcelain roaches, are a genus of cockroaches native to Africa.

Pseudophoraspis is a genus of South-East Asian cockroaches, erected by William Forsell Kirby 1903.

thumb|Sand roach burrowing Arenivaga is a genus of sand cockroaches, of the subfamily Corydiinae, in the family Corydiidae. These cockroaches live in sandy soils and dunes in the southwestern United States, Florida and Mexico. Arenivaga comes from the Latin arena meaning sand and vagus meaning wandering.

Rhabdoblatta is a genus of cockroaches in the subfamily Epilamprinae. Species have been recorded from Africa, East, Southeast and South Asia.

Panesthia is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae. Species of the genus are subsocial and are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia.

Megaloblatta is a genus of Neotropical cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae. Species in this genus are long and can have a wingspan of up to ; the world's largest cockroach by length and wingspan is M. longipennis.

Drymaplaneta is an Australian genus of cockroaches. It belongs to family Blattidae, subfamily Polyzosteriinae and tribe Methanini.

Compsodes is a genus of hooded cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. There are at least four described species in Compsodes.

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extinct predatory cockroach species

Parcoblatta is a genus of 12 species of native North American wood cockroaches. The males often have wings and are drawn to lights, while the females are flightless.

Holocompsa is a genus of hairy sand cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Holocompsinae.

Eublaberus is a genus of South American cockroaches in the subfamily Blaberinae, identified by Morgan Hebard in 1920.

Dorylaea is a genus of South-East Asian cockroaches in the subfamily Blattinae erected by Carl Stål in 1877. Species are sometimes called "darkling cockroaches" and their known distribution is almost certainly incomplete: having been recorded from Vietnam then peninsular Malaysia, Sri Lanka and most of Malesia including Taiwan through to Australia and the West Pacific islands.

Macropanesthia is a genus of cockroaches belonging to the family Blaberidae.

Ctenoneura is a genus of small cockroaches in the family Corydiidae found in Southeast Asia.

Eurycotis is a genus of cockroaches from the Americas. Cockroaches of this genus often have the capability to secrete an unpleasant smell when threatened. Both sexes have a large gland in the rear part of the abdomen capable of secreting a milky, acidic fluid as either an oozing liquid, or up to a three-foot spray.

Ellipsidion is a genus of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. According to the Cockroach Species File, it contains eighteen species:

Euthyrrhapha (or Enthyrrhapha), is a genus of sand cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Euthyrrhaphinae. Members of this genus have been found throughout South America, Africa, as well as on the Hawaiian Islands. Like many other genera within their family, they are terrestrial, nocturnal, and exhibit hemimetabolism.

Sorineuchora is a genus of cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae.

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Deropeltis is a genus of African cockroaches in the family Blattidae, also known as hunchback roaches, erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1838.

Tivia is a genus of cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. There are about 15 described species in Tivia, found in Sub-Saharan Africa and Western Australia. thumb|Tivia, Namibia

Eremoblatta is a genus of sand cockroaches in the family Corydiidae.

Oulopteryx is a genus of medium-small cockroaches in the family Corydiidae found in tropical South America.

Megazosteria is a genus of cockroaches native to Australia.

Parellipsidion is a genus of cockroaches endemic to New Zealand. There are three species within the genus Parellipsidion.

Ipisoma coleoptratum is a species of cockroach in the family Corydiidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Ipisoma, and has been recorded from Africa.

Epilampra is a genus of cockroach in the family Blaberidae. There are more than 70 described species in the genus Epilampra.

Homopteroidea is a genus of cockroaches in the family Polyphagidae found in Malesia.

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Lobopterella is a genus of cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae.

Planuncus is a genus of cockroaches native to Old World (especially Europe) described by Bohn in 2013 and belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae.

Dendroblatta is a genus of South American cockroaches in subfamily Pseudophyllodromiinae. It was described by James A. G. Rehn in 1916.

Melyroidea is a genus of cockroaches in the family Corydiidae found in tropical South America.

Eunyctibora is a genus of cockroaches within the family Ectobiidae, with 5 currently assigned species.

Neotemnopteryx is a genus of cockroaches, from Australia and New Zealand, in the family, Ectobiidae.

Eushelfordia is a genus of cockroaches from the family Ectobiidae. These brightly marked cockroaches are native to forests in the Amazon basin in South America.

Pseudoderopeltis is a genus of cockroaches in the family Blattidae found principally in sub-Saharan Africa.

Elliptorhina is a genus of large, flightless cockroaches that are part of the tribe Gromphadorhini (hissing cockroaches). There are ten known species, nine of those found on the island of Madagascar and one, Elliptorhina lefeuvri, found on Europa Island. Some of its species are regularly seen in the pet trade.