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Genus Blatta

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
Superfamily Blattoidea
Family Blattidae
Subfamily Blattinae
Genus Blatta
Identification
Only one species from this genus is found in North America, the Oriental Cockroach (Blatta orientalis). As adults, the male has wings that cover about 2/3 of the abdomen:


The Oriental Cockroach adult females have very small wings that do not touch in the middle:
See Also
The Turkistan cockroach Shelfordella lateralis:
Adult females can be easily differentiated by the presence of white stripes along the side of the thorax:

The males do not look much like Oriental Cockroach males, but also have the lateral white stripes:


Florida Woods Cockroach Eurycotis floridana:
Has very small wings (like Oriental Cockroach females) but these wings touch in the middle of the back: