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Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattodea, with about 30 out of 4,600 total species associated with human habitats. Four species are well known as pests, including the American cockroach at 30 mm long, the German cockroach at 15 mm long, the Asian cockroach also at 15 mm, and the Oriental cockroach at 25 mm long. Tropical cockroaches can be much larger, while extinct relatives were not as large as the biggest modern cockroach species.

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Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattodea, with about 30 out of 4,600 total species associated with human habitats. Four species are well known as pests, including the American cockroach at 30 mm long, the German cockroach at 15 mm long, the Asian cockroach also at 15 mm, and the Oriental cockroach at 25 mm long. Tropical cockroaches can be much larger, while extinct relatives were not as large as the biggest modern cockroach species.

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Cockroach

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


For other uses, see Cockroach (disambiguation).
Cockroach

Common household roaches
A) German cockroach
B) American cockroach
C) Australian cockroach
D&E) Oriental cockroach ( & )
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Blattodea
Families
Blaberidae
Blattellidae
Blattidae
Cryptocercidae
Polyphagidae
Nocticolidae
Tryonicidae
Lamproblattidae
Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattodea, sometimes also called Blattaria, of which
about 30 species out of 4,600
[1]
total are associated with human habitats. About four species are
well known as pests.
[2][3]

Among the best-known pest species are the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, which
is about 30 mm (1.2 in) long; the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, about 15 mm (0.59 in)
long; the Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai, also about 15 mm (0.59 in) in length; and the
Oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis, about 25 mm (0.98 in). Tropical cockroaches are often
much bigger, and, contrary to popular opinion, extinct cockroach relatives and 'roachoids' such
as the Carboniferous Archimylacris and the Permian Apthoroblattina were not as large as the
biggest modern species.

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