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Death cockroach

Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838

Status not recordedinsects

The death cockroach (Blaberus craniifer) is a species in the family Blaberidae, order Blattodea. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Belize, Cuba and Dominican Republic.

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Quick facts about the death 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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the death 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 death cockroach is listed for 3 countries.

Dominican Rep.BelizeCuba
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Belize
  2. Cuba
  3. Dominican Republic

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the death cockroach as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the death 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 death cockroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyBlaberidae
  6. genusBlaberus
  7. SpeciesBlaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838

Synonyms Blabera craniifer, Blabera craniipes, Blabera ferruginea, Blabera limbata, Blabera luctuosa, Blabera quadrifera, Blabera trapezoideus, Blabera varians, Libisoca aequalis

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Death's head cockroachEnglish
  • Death’s head cockroachEnglish
  • Deathshead cockroachEnglish
  • Мъртвешка главаBulgarian
  • šváb smrtihlavCzech
  • TotenkopfschabeGerman
  • Cucaracha Cabeza de MuerteSpanish
  • Halálfejes csótányHungarian
  • Kaukolėtasis tarakonasLithuanian
  • DoodshoofdkakkerlakDutch
  • Karaczan brazylijskiPolish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the death cockroach

Other species in the same genus Blaberus.

Drummer

Blaberus discoidalis

BlaberidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the death cockroach live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the death cockroach for 3 countries: Belize, Cuba and Dominican Republic. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the death cockroach an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the death cockroach as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the death cockroach?

The death cockroach (Blaberus craniifer) 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). Death cockroach (Blaberus craniifer). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/death-cockroach

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BibTeX
@misc{death_cockroach_2026,
  title = {Death cockroach (Blaberus craniifer)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/death-cockroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}