Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Some notable species include: Blatta orientalis: Oriental cockroach, Common shining cockroach: (Drymaplaneta communis) Florida woods cockroach: (Eurycotis floridana) Periplaneta spp: American cockroach, Australian cockroach, Brown cockroach, Smokybrown cockroach Shelfordella spp: Turkestan cockroach Botany Bay cockroach: (Polyzosteria limbata) Subfamilies and genera Archiblattinae Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia Archiblatta Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862 Catara Walker, 1868 Protagonista Latreille, 1810 Blattinae Auth. Latreille, 1810; distribution: Worldwide; synonym Duchailluiinae Roth, 2003 Afrostylopyga Anisyutkin, 2014 Apterisca Princis, 1963 Blatta Linnaeus, 1758 Brinckella Princis, 1963 Cartoblatta Shelford, 1910 Celatoblatta Johns, 1966 Deropeltis Burmeister, 1838 Dorylaea Stål, 1877 Duchailluia Rehn, 1933 Eroblatta Shelford, 1910 Eumethana Princis, 1951 Hebardina Bei-Bienko, 1938 Henicotyle Rehn & Hebard, 1927 Homalosilpha Stål, 1874 Macrostylopyga Anisyutkin, Anichkin & Thinh, 2013 Maoriblatta Princis, 1966 Mimosilpha Bei-Bienko, 1957 Miostylopyga Princis, 1966 Neostylopyga Shelford, 1911 Pelmatosilpha Dohrn, 1887 Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 1890 Scabinopsis Bei-Bienko, 1969 Shelfordella Adelung, 1910 Thyrsocera Burmeister, 1838 †Bubosa Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian Macrocercinae Auth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia Macrocerca Hanitsch, 1930 Polyzosteriinae Auth. Tepper, 1893; distribution: central & south America, Pacific islands, Australasia Anamesia Tepper, 1893 Cosmozosteria Stål, 1874 Desmozosteria Shelford, 1909 Drymaplaneta Tepper, 1893 Eppertia Shaw, 1925 Eurycotis Stål, 1874 Euzosteria Shelford, 1909 Laevifaciesquadrialata Leptozosteria Tepper, 1893 Megazosteria Mackerras, 1966 Melanozosteria Stål, 1874 Methana Stål, 1877 Platyzosteria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838 Pseudolampra Tepper, 1893 Scabina Shelford, 1909 Temnelytra Tepper, 1893 Zonioploca Stål, 1874 References External links Gallery of cockroaches Cockroaches