Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), Zootaxa 4154 (4), pp. 351-388 : 358

Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Figures 37, 38

Phyllodromia germanica (Linn.) : 1. Frey-Gessner E. 1893: 398 • 2. Popov 1941: 54 • 3. Popov 1948: 211.

Blatta germanica (Linn.) : 4. Yoakimov 1899: 42.

Blatta transfuga Brün. (= germanica Linn. ): 5. Nedelkov 1908: 415.

Blatta germanica (Linn.) : 6. Nedelkov 1909: 89 • 7. Ilchev 1923: 27 • 8. Tschorbadjiew 1926: 26 • 9. Drenski 1939: 8 • 10. Tuleshkov 1951: 10 • 11. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 310.

Aphlebia germanica (Linn.) : 12. Müller 1933: 77.

Blattella germanica (Linn.) : 13. Bey-Bienko 1950: 161 • 14. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 199, 202.

Distribution in Bulgaria. Widespread in urban areas.

General distribution. Cosmopolitan with an Asian origin.

Figures

FIGURES 31 – 40. Dorsal habitus of some species of Bulgarian cockroaches. 31 — Polyphaga aegyptiaca (male—BG, Sandanski – Petrich kettle, Rupite place); 32 — P. aegyptiaca (female—BG, Sandanski-Petrich kettle, Rupite place); 33 — Blatta orientalis (male—BG, Varna); 34 — B. orientalis (female—BG, Sofia); 35 — Periplaneta americana (male—BG, Sofia); 36 — P. americana (female—BG, Sofia); 37 — Blattella germanica (male—BG, Sofia); 38 — Bl. germanica (female—BG, Sofia); 39 — Supella longipalpa (male—BG, Sofia); 40 — S. longipalpa (female—BG, Sofia). Scale = 10 mm (figures 31 – 36); Scale = 10 mm (figures 37 – 40).