Provisional Checklist of Blattodea (Cockroaches) of Brackenridge Field Laboratory
Prepared by R.W. Patrock (6 November 1988)

Blattidae (American Cockroach Family)

Blattinae

Periplaneta americana (Linneaus) — American cockroach
Periplaneta fulginosa (Serville) — Smoky-brown cockroach

Polyphagidae (Desert Cockroach Family)

Polyphaginae

Arenivaga bolliana (Saussure) — Boll's sand cockroach
Arenivaga tonkawa — Hebard Tonkawa's sand cockroach

Blattelidae (German cockroach Family)

Attaphila fungicola Wheeler — Ant cockroach

Blattellinae

Blattella germanica (Linneaus) — German cockroach
Blattella vaga Field cockroach
Ischnoptera deropteltiformis (Brunner) — Dark wood roach
Parcoblatta bolliana (S. and Z.) — Boll's wood roach
Parcoblatta fulvescens (S. and Z.) — Fulvous wood roach
Parcoblatta pensylvanica (DeGeer) — Pennsylvania wood roach
Pseudomops septentrionalis — Hebard Pale-bordered field roach

Plectopterinae

Supella longipalpa (Fabricius) — Brown-banded cockroach

Blaberidae

Panchlora nivea (Linneaus) — Cuban cockroach

 

 

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