title: List of cockroaches of Texas
text: # List of cockroaches of Texas
  
  This is a list of cockroaches of Texas, including all species of cockroaches (order Blattodea) found in the state of Texas as of 2001.
  
  ## Order Blattodea
  
  ### Family Blattelidae
  
  * Blattella asahinai (Asian field cockroach)
  * Blattella germanica (German cockroach)
  * Blattella vaga (field cockroach)
  * Cariblatta lutea lutea (small yellow cockroach)
  * Cariblatta lutea minima (least yellow cockroach)
  * Chorisoneura texensis (small Texas cockroach)
  * Euthlastoblatta abortiva (fragile cockroach)
  * Euthlastoblatta gemma (shortwing gem cockroach)
  * Ischnoptera deropeltiformis (dark wood cockroach)
  * Ischnoptera rufa occidentalis
  * Parcoblatta bolliana (Boll's wood cockroach)
  * Parcoblatta caudelli (Caudell's wood cockroach)
  * Parcoblatta desertae (desert wood cockroach)
  * Parcoblatta divisa (southern wood cockroach)
  * Parcoblatta fulvescens (fulvous wood cockroach)
  * Parcoblatta lata (broad wood cockroach)
  * Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (Pennsylvania wood cockroach)
  * Parcoblatta virginica (Virginia wood cockroach)
  * Parcoblatta zebra (banded wood cockroach)
  * Plectoptera picta (pictured beetle cockroach)
  * Pseudomops septentrionalis (palebordered field cockroach)
  
  ### Family Blattidae
  
  * Blatta lateralis (Turkestan cockroach)
  * Blatta orientalis (oriental cockroach)
  * Neostylopyga rhombifolia (harlequin cockroach)
  * Periplaneta americana (American cockroach)
  * Periplaneta australasiae (Australian cockroach)
  * Periplaneta brunnea (brown cockroach)
  * Periplaneta fuliginosa (smokybrown cockroach)
  
  ### Family Blaberidae
  
  * Attaphila fungicola (ant cockroach)
  * Panchlora nivea (Cuban cockroach)
  * Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Surinam cockroach)
  
  ### Family Polyphagidae
  
  * Arenivaga bolliana (Boll's sand cockroach)
  * Arenivaga erratica (erratic sand cockroach)
  * Arenivaga grata (pleasant sand cockroach)
  * Arenivaga tonkawa (Tonkawa sand cockroach)
  * Compsodes cucullatus (hooded cockroach)
  * Compsodes schwarzi (Schwarz's hooded cockroach)
  * Eremoblatta subdiaphana (hairy desert cockroach)
  