American Cockroach Periplaneta americana

Classification

Blattidae [family]

Periplaneta [genus] (2)

americana [species]

Classification

Blattidae [family]

Periplaneta [genus] (2)

americana [species]

Names

English name	American Cockroach
Valid name	Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Arthropoda [phylum] Arthropods
  - Hexapoda [subphylum] Hexapods
    - Insecta [class] Insects
      - Blattodea [order] Cockroaches
        
        Blattidae [family]
        
        Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 [genus]
        
        Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) [species] American Cockroach