Blatta

Blatta
Blatta orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Subfamily: Blattinae
Genus: Blatta
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Kakerlac Latreille, 1825
  • Steleopyga Fischer, 1833
  • Stylopyga Fischer, 1846

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

Species

Species include:


References

  1. ↑ "Blatta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "blatta". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.W. (August 2023). "genus Blatta Linnaeus, 1758". Cockroach Species File. Retrieved 29 March 2024.