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Stinkroach

Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868)

Status not recordedinsects

The stinkroach (Eurycotis floridana) is a species in the family Blattidae, order Blattodea. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Georgia.

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Quick facts about the stinkroach

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the stinkroach 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 stinkroach is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Georgia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the stinkroach 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 stinkroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyBlattidae
  6. genusEurycotis
  7. SpeciesEurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868)

Synonyms Periplaneta floridana, Periplaneta semipicta, Platyzosteria ingens, Platyzosteria sabalianus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Florida cockroachEnglish
  • Florida stinkroachEnglish
  • Florida woods cockroachEnglish
  • Florida woods roachEnglish
  • PalmettobugEnglish
  • Skunk cockroachEnglish
  • Stinking cockroachEnglish
  • cucaracha del bosque de FloridaSpanish
  • Floridinis tarakonasLithuanian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the stinkroach

Other species in the same genus Eurycotis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the stinkroach live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the stinkroach for 1 country: Georgia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the stinkroach?

The stinkroach (Eurycotis floridana) belongs to the family Blattidae 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). Stinkroach (Eurycotis floridana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/stinkroach

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BibTeX
@misc{stinkroach_2026,
  title = {Stinkroach (Eurycotis floridana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stinkroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}