Giant cockroach

Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second largest cockroach family. Among the genera of uncertain subfamily, Eustegasta and Isoniscus have been removed from subfamily Perisphaeriinae. Cryptocercus is sometimes assigned to a separate subfamily, the Cryptocercidae.

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  • Blaberidae

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