Cockroach Species List

This list includes roaches that are popular in the hobby, as well as other cockroaches known to science. Very few roach species are actually pest species. Most are confined to their natural habitats and aren't able to establish themselves in other places. Some are tropical, while others have adapted to desert conditions. Some are considered "cosmopolitan" and live in cities. Blattella germanica is the German Cockroach. The most popular hobby roach is the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Gromphadorhina portentosa.

For a pet roach care sheet, click here: Cockroach Caresheet

For photos of a few selected species, see: Bugs In Cyberspace Roaches

Family Blaberidae

Subfamily Blaberinae
Achroblatta
Anchoblatta
Antioquita
Archimandrita
Aspiduchus
Cacoblatta
Capucinella
Cariacasia
Bionoblatta
 Blaberus
Blaptica
Brachycola
Byrsotria
Eublaberus
Glomerexis
Glyptopeltis
Gromphadorhina Hissers
Hemiblabera
Hiereoblatta
Hormetica
Hyporhicnoda
Kemneria
Mesoblaberus
Minablatta
Mioblatta
Monachoda
Monastria
Neorhicnoda
Oxycercus
Paradicta
Parahormetica
Petasodes
Phoetalia
Pseudogyna
Sibylloblatta
Styphon

Subfamily Diplopterinae
Calolampra
Diploptera

Subfamily Epilamprinae
Acroporoblatta
Anisolampra
Aptera
Apsidopis
Ataxigamia
Audreia
Blepharodera
Calolamprodes
Colapteroblatta
Compsolampra
Cyrtonotula
Derocardia
Dryadoblatta
Elfridaia
Epilampra
Galiblatta
Haanina
Homalopteryx
Litopeltis
Miroblatta
Molytria
Morphna
Nauclidas
Notolampra
Opisthoplatia
Phlebonotus
Phoraspis
Pinaconota
Placoblatta
Poroblatta
Pseudophoraspis
Pseudoplatia
Rhabdoblatta
Rhicnoda
Stictolampra
Stictomorphna
Thorax
Ylangella

Subfamily Gyninae
Alloblatta
Evea
Gyna
Paraprincisaria
Paraplecta
Princisaria
Pseudocalolampra
Progonogamia
Thliptoblatta


Subfamily Oxyhaloinae
Aeluropoda
Ateloblatta
Coleoblatta
Griffiniella
Gromphadorhina
Heminauphoeta
Henschoutedenia
Jagrehnia
Leucophaea
Nauphoeta
Oxyhaloa
Pelloblatta
Pronauphoeta

Subfamily Panchlorinae
Ancaudellia
Caeparia
Dicellonotus
Dolichosphaeria
Hemipanesthia
Heteroblatta
Geoscapheus
Macropanesthia
Microdina
Miopanesthia
Mylacrina
Neogeoscaphus
Panchlora
Panesthia
Parapanesthia
Phortioecoides
Proscratea
Salganea

Subfamily Panesthiinae
Panesthia
Salganea

Subfamily Perisphaeriinae
Bantua
Compsagis
Cyrtotria
Derocalymma
Ellipsica
Elliptoblatta
Gymnonyx
Hostilia
Laxta
Neolaxta

Paranauphoeta
Perisphaeria
Perisphaerus
Pilema (Pronaonota)
Platysilpha
Poeciloblatta
Pronaonota
Pseudoglomeris
Trichoblatta
Zuluia

Subfamily Pycnoscelinae
Pycnoscelus
Stilpnoblatta

Subfamily Zetoborinae
Capucina
Lanxoblatta
Parasphaeria
Phortioeca
Schizopilia
Schultesia
Thanatophyllum
Tribonium
Zetobora
Zetoborella

Subfamily uncertain

Africalolampra
Apotrogia
Diplopoterina
Eustegasta
Gynopeltis
Hedaia
Isoniscus
Phenacisma
Cryptocercus

Family Blattelidae

Blattella
Parcoblatta
Supella longipalpa

SubfamilyAnapletinae
Anaplecta
Anaplectella

Subfamily Plectopterinae
Balta
Chorisoneura
Margattea
Supella

Subfamily Blattellinae
Asiablatta
Blattella
Episymploce
Hemithyrsocora
Lobopterella
Sigmella
Symploce

 

 Family Blattidae

Blatta
Cutilia
Dorylaea
Eurycotis
Hebardina
Homalosilpha
Neostylopyga
Periplaneta
Platyzosteria

Family Cryptoceridae

Cryptocercus
Family Polyphagidae

Subfamily Euthyrrhaphinae


Subfamily Holocompsinae
Holocompsa


Subfamily Polyphaginae
Eucorydia
 
Family Nocticolidae

Nocticola
Spelaeoblatta

Original list copied from wikipedia.org. Adapted by Peter Clausen, including many species additions gathered on the Allpet Roaches Forum.