Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as:

• Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach
• Periplaneta lateralis - the Turkestan cockroach

Species: The Cockroach Species File lists:

# Periplaneta aboriginea
# Periplaneta affinis
# Periplaneta americana - type species (as Blatta americana )
# Periplaneta arabica
# Periplaneta arisanica
# Periplaneta atemeleta
# Periplaneta atrata
# Periplaneta atricollis
# Periplaneta australis
# Periplaneta banksi
# Periplaneta basedowi
# Periplaneta benzoni
# Periplaneta bicolor
# Periplaneta blattoides
# Periplaneta capeneri
# Periplaneta caudata
# Periplaneta cylindrica
# Periplaneta diamesa
# Periplaneta ebneri
# Periplaneta ferreirae
# Periplaneta fictor
# Periplaneta floweri
# Periplaneta formosana
# Periplaneta indica
# Periplaneta japanna
# Periplaneta lateralis
# Periplaneta lebedinskii
# Periplaneta liui
# Periplaneta malaica
# Periplaneta media
# Periplaneta methanoides
# Periplaneta monochroma
# Periplaneta nigra
# Periplaneta nitida
# Periplaneta quadrinotata
# Periplaneta robusta
# Periplaneta savignyi
# Periplaneta semenovi
# Periplaneta spinosostylata
# Periplaneta stygia
# Periplaneta sublobata
# Periplaneta suzukii
# Periplaneta valida
# Periplaneta vosseleri