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Zetoborinae
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Zetoborinae

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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14 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Tribonium

genusTribonium

Thanatophyllum

genusThanatophyllum

Parasphaeria

genusParasphaeria

Phortioeca

genusPhortioeca

Capucina

genusCapucina

Lanxoblatta

genusLanxoblatta

Schistopeltis

genusSchistopeltis

Zetobora

genusZetobora

Schizopilia

genusSchizopilia

Schultesia

genusSchultesia

Alvarengaia

genusAlvarengaia

Tribonoidea

genusTribonoidea

Phortioecoides

genusPhortioecoides

Zetoborella

genusZetoborella

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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 554682.