# Blatta

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{{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](/source/Blatta_orientalis)''
| taxon = Blatta
| authority = [Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)<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](/source/genus) of [cockroach](/source/cockroach)es. 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](/source/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](/source/Blatta_orientalis)'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Oriental cockroach)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Blatta|''Blatta''}}
* {{Wikispecies-inline|Blatta|''Blatta''}}

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Category:Cockroach genera

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