Scientific Word for Cockroach
The scientific name of one of a very large cockroach is Gromphadorrhina portentosa. Under the Kingdom Animalia, cockroaches belong to the Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Subclass Pterygota, Infraclass Neoptera, Suborder Ductyoptera and Order Blattodea. The Order name is derived from the Greek blatta. The word cockroach results from the Spanish cucaracha.
Some of the scientific names of the different species of cockroaches are: Periplaneta Americana for the American cockroach, Eurycotis floridana for the Florida woods cockroach, Blatta orientalis for the Oriental cockroach, Blattella germanica for the German cockroach, Blattella asahinai for the Asian cockroach, Pycnoscelus surinamensis for the Surinam cockroach, Supella longipalpa for the brown-banded cockroach, Periplaneta australasiae for the Australian cockroach, Periplaneta fuliginosa for the smoky brown cockroach, Parcoblatta pennsylvanica for the Pennsylvania woods cockroach, Periplaneta brunnea for the brown cockroach, Blatta marimantaringisis for the large-headed stink cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis for the discoid or false death head cockroach, Blaberus craniifer for the true death head cockroach and Gromphadorhina portentosa for the Madagascar hissing cockroach.