Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Superphylum Articulata Cuvier see Supraphylum Articulata Cuvier
           Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
             Subphylum Tracheata
               Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
                 Subclass Pterygota Schott & Endl.
                   Superorder Blattia
                     Order Blattaria Latreille, 1810 see Order Blattodea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
                       Family Blattidae Latreille, 1810 - cockroaches
                         Genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838
                           Periplaneta americana (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - American cockroach