Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)
(Australian Cockroach)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPeriplaneta australasiae (Australian Cockroach)
GenusPeriplaneta (a genus of cockroaches)
FamilyBLATTIDAE (cockroaches)
OrderDICTYOPTERA (cockroaches)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brown, P. 2007 Australian Cockroach Vol 19, no. 1 Page: 55

Periplaneta australasiae (Australian Cockroach) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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