{{Short description|Genus of cockroaches}} {{For|the Ethiopian court official|Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles}} {{For|the Croatian locality|Blato, Korčula}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Cockroach May 2007-1.jpg | image_caption = ''Blatta orientalis'' | taxon = Blatta | authority = Linnaeus, 1758<ref name=itis>{{ITIS | id=102403 | taxon = Blatta | accessdate=29 December 2013}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = *''Kakerlac'' Latreille, 1825 *''Steleopyga'' Fischer, 1833 *''Stylopyga'' Fischer, 1846 }}
'''''Blatta''''' is a genus of cockroaches. The name ''Blatta'' represents a specialised use of Latin ''blatta'', meaning a light-shunning insect.<ref>{{cite OED | blatta}}</ref>
==Species== Species include: * ''Blatta furcata'' <small>(Karny, 1908)</small><ref name=speciesfile>{{ cite web | title=genus ''Blatta'' Linnaeus, 1758 | last=Beccaloni | first=G.W. | date=August 2023 | work=Cockroach Species File | url=http://cockroach.archive.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1178568 | access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref> * ''Blatta orientalis'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Oriental cockroach)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Blatta|''Blatta''}} * {{Wikispecies-inline|Blatta|''Blatta''}}
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Category:Cockroach genera
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