Giant cockroaches
A male Madagascar hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Blattodea Family: Blaberidae
Genera
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Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second largest cockroach family.

Some species

• Green banana cockroach - Panchlora nivea
• Madagascar hissing cockroach - Gromphadorhina portentosa
• Dwarf cave cockroach - Blaberus fusca

Genera

Taxonomy note

Among the genera of uncertain subfamily, Eustegasta and Isoniscus have been removed from subfamily Perisphaeriinae. Cryptocercus is sometimes assigned to a separate subfamily, the Cryptocercidae.

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