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Broad Keys cockroach

Hemiblabera tenebricosa Rehn & Hebard, 1927

Status not recordedinsects

The broad keys cockroach (Hemiblabera tenebricosa) is a species in the family Blaberidae, order Blattodea. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Bahamas and Haiti.

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Quick facts about the broad keys cockroach

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the broad keys cockroach live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The broad keys cockroach is listed for 2 countries.

HaitiBahamas
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Bahamas
  2. Haiti

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the broad keys cockroach endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the broad keys cockroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyBlaberidae
  6. genusHemiblabera
  7. SpeciesHemiblabera tenebricosa Rehn & Hebard, 1927

Synonyms Hemiblablera tenebricosa

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the broad keys cockroach

Other species in the same genus Hemiblabera.

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Common questions

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Where does the broad keys cockroach live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the broad keys cockroach for 2 countries: Bahamas and Haiti. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the broad keys cockroach?

The broad keys cockroach (Hemiblabera tenebricosa) belongs to the family Blaberidae in the order Blattodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Broad Keys cockroach (Hemiblabera tenebricosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/broad-keys-cockroach

MLA

“Broad Keys cockroach (Hemiblabera tenebricosa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/broad-keys-cockroach.

BibTeX
@misc{broad_keys_cockroach_2026,
  title = {Broad Keys cockroach (Hemiblabera tenebricosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/broad-keys-cockroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}