Blaberidae

Elliptorhina javanica with an ootheca

Gromphadorhina portentosa giving live birth

They are the only ovoviviparous cockroach family. [2][3] The ootheca is seen very briefly before being retracted into the body, where soon after the young nymphs hatch inside, the female gives live birth. The cerci are smaller compared to other families, and most of the time are covered by wings. [4] They're mostly found in caves, rotting logs or buried under leaf litter. Many are often kept as pets or as feeder insects, such as Blaberus, Gromphadorhina or Macropanesthia.

Notable species within this family include:

• Cape mountain cockroach – Aptera fusca
• Dwarf cave cockroach – Blaberus atropos (syn. Blaberus fusca)
• Death's head cockroach – Blaberus craniifer
• False death's head cockroach – Blaberus discoidalis
• Giant cave cockroach – Blaberus giganteus
• Dubia cockroach – Blaptica dubia
• Orange head cockroach – Eublaberus posticus
• Glowspot cockroach – Lucihormetica verrucosa
• Beetle cockroach – Diploptera punctata
• Chrome cockroach – Gyna caffrorum
• Green banana cockroach – Panchlora nivea
• Halloween hissing cockroach – Elliptorhina javanica
• Wide horned hissing cockroach – Gromphadorhina oblongonota
• Madagascar hissing cockroach – Gromphadorhina portentosa
• Speckled cockroach – Nauphoeta cinerea
• Surinam cockroach – Pycnoscelus surinamensis
• Australian wood cockroach – Panesthia cribrata
• Giant burrowing cockroach – Macropanesthia rhinoceros
• Emerald cockroach – Pseudoglomeris magnifica

Blaberus giganteus

Gromphadorhina portentosa

Aptera fusca

Gyna caffrorum

Panesthia

Macropanesthia rhinoceros

Pseudoglomeris magnifica

This family contains over 1,200 species within 135 genera and 12 subfamilies. [5]

Among the genera of uncertain subfamily, Eustegasta and Isoniscus have been removed from subfamily Perisphaerinae .

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• "Blaberinae". uniprot.org. Retrieved 13 July 2021.