Name

Periplaneta

common cockroach

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Hexapoda

Subclass: Insecta

Order: Blattodea

Family: Blattidae

Genus: Periplaneta

Habitat

Terrestrial, epigeal, places with detritus

Feeding

macrophagous feeder, detritivore

Distribution

Europe and Mediterranean basin

Conservation status

No threats

Additional information

Flattened, long, spiny antennae and legs. Wide pronotum that almost completely covers the head. Forewings leathery, generally shorter in females. Hind wings membranous or absent. They lay their eggs in cases or oothecae that the females carry on their backs. Wingless adult-like nymphs.