Family overview
Smaller cockroaches. Includes the German cockroach — the most invasive pest cockroach.
German cockroach is the most economically significant urban pest cockroach — vectors of allergens and pathogens.
At a glance
Family facts.
Distribution
Worldwide
Habitat
Terrestrial
Approx. species
2,300
Notable members
German cockroach (Blattella germanica), brown-banded cockroach, Pennsylvania wood cockroach