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Epilamprinae
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Epilamprinae

Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae), are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species. Mostly distributed in warmer climates worldwide, this family is based on the American genus Blaberus, but much of the diversity is also found in Africa and Asia.

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24 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Morphnini

tribeMorphnini

Epilamprini

tribeEpilamprini

Calolampra

genusCalolampra

Mountain Cockroaches

genusAptera

Poeciloderrhini

tribePoeciloderrhini

Thoracini

tribeThoracini

Phoraspidini

tribePhoraspidini

Poroblattini

tribePoroblattini

Cape Burrrowing Cockroaches

genusBlepharodera

Brephallus

genusBrephallus

Ataxigamia

genusAtaxigamia

Capucinella

genusCapucinella

Calolamprodes

genusCalolamprodes

Pinaconotini

tribePinaconotini

Juxtacalolampra

genusJuxtacalolampra

Miroblatta

genusMiroblatta

Antioquita

genusAntioquita

Howintoniella

genusHowintoniella

Decoralampra

genusDecoralampra

Gurneya

genusGurneya

Africalolampra

genusAfricalolampra

Homalopteryx

genusHomalopteryx

Ylangella

genusYlangella

Alphelixia

genusAlphelixia

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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 543252.