Opisthoplatia is a genus of cockroaches in the family Blaberidae. There are at least two described species in Opisthoplatia, found in south and east Asia, and Indomalaya.[1][2]
Opisthoplatia | |
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Opisthoplatia orientalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Blaberidae |
Subfamily: | Epilamprinae |
Genus: | Opisthoplatia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 |
The genus was monotypic until a species from the Philippines, Opisthoplatia beybienkoi, was described in 2005.[3]
These two species belong to the genus Opisthoplatia: