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Maya cockroach

Epilampra maya Rehn, 1903

Status not recordedinsects

The maya cockroach (Epilampra maya) is a species in the family Blaberidae, order Blattodea. Source checklists list it for 6 countries, including Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras.

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Quick facts about the maya 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
6 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the maya 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 maya cockroach is listed for 6 countries.

MexicoPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasGuatemala
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Costa Rica
  2. Guatemala
  3. Honduras
  4. Mexico
  5. Nicaragua
  6. Panama

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the maya 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 maya 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 maya cockroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyBlaberidae
  6. genusEpilampra
  7. SpeciesEpilampra maya Rehn, 1903

Synonyms Epilampra brachyptera, Epilampra maya subsp. maya

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the maya cockroach

Other species in the same genus Epilampra.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the maya cockroach live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the maya cockroach for 6 countries, including Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the maya cockroach an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the maya 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 maya cockroach?

The maya cockroach (Epilampra maya) 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). Maya cockroach (Epilampra maya). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/maya-cockroach

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BibTeX
@misc{maya_cockroach_2026,
  title = {Maya cockroach (Epilampra maya)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/maya-cockroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}