Blattidae

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Blattidae

American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattaria
Family:	Blattidae
Selected Genera
Blatta Drymaplaneta Eurycotis Neostylopyga Periplaneta Platyzosteria Polyzosteria many others

The Blattidae is a family of the order Blattaria (cockroaches). It contains several of the most common household cockroaches.

Selected species

Families

Film	Bug Twilight of the Cockroaches Joe's Apartment

Literature	Archy and Mehitabel The Revolt of the Cockroach People Cockroach Cooties The Exterminators The Passion According to G.H. Iran newspaper cockroach cartoon controversy Cockroach

Other	"La Cucaracha" Shinbone Alley (film) The Cockroach "War of the Coprophages" Bad Mojo Freaky Stories Oggy and the Cockroaches

Other topics

Extant Blattodea families

Polyphagoidea

Blaberoidea

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Cryptocercidae (brown-hooded cockroaches)

Termitoidae (termites)	Mastotermitidae (giant northern termite) Termopsidae (dampwood termites) Hodotermitidae (harvester termites) Kalotermitidae Rhinotermitidae Serritermitidae Termitidae

Classification is based on Inward et al. (2007). Italic are paraphyletic groups.

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