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Validiblatta
Validiblatta is a genus of large cockroaches in the family Blattidae, established in 2025 following a major phylogenetic revision of the subfamily Blattinae. The genus comprises several synanthropic species formerly placed in the genus Periplaneta, most notably the cosmopolitan pest Validiblatta australasiae (the Australian cockroach).
Members of this genus are distributed globally due to human activity, though the member species are believed to have originated in tropical Africa.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Smokybrown Cockroach
speciesValidiblatta fuliginosa
Australian Cockroach
speciesValidiblatta australasiae
Brown Cockroach
speciesValidiblatta brunnea
Validiblatta gigantea
speciesValidiblatta gigantea
Validiblatta fulva
speciesValidiblatta fulva
Validiblatta constricta
speciesValidiblatta constricta
Validiblatta panfilovi
speciesValidiblatta panfilovi
Validiblatta gajajimana
speciesValidiblatta gajajimana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1649040.