Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), Zootaxa 4154 (4), pp. 351-388 : 359

Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Figures 31, 32 , 53

Polyphaga aegiptica (Linn.) : 1. Drenski 1939: 10.

Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linn.) : 2. Bey-Bienko 1950: 292 • 3. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 177, 178 • 4. Popov, Ganev 1983: 67.

Distribution in Bulgaria ( Fig. 80 ): To date the species is recorded only in the region of Sandanski-Petrich kettle (SW Bulgaria), but its occurrence in the warmest parts of southeastern Bulgaria (Eastern Rhodope Mts. and Sakar Mt.) is not excluded. Inhabits xerothermic grass-shrub habitats on sandy and rocky soils; in daytime usually hides in soil burrows and cracks or land holes.

Studied material. 42 specimens (13 adults, 29 nymphs) and 3 oothecae.

General distribution. The distribution range of the species covers the entire Mediterranean region , the southern parts of Europe and Southwestern Asia, in the east reaching Iran.

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FIGURE 80. Distribution of Polyphaga aegyptiaca and Capraiellus tamaninii in Bulgaria.

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).

FIGURES 41 – 53. Oothecae of some species of cockroaches in Bulgaria. 41 — Ectobius balcani (BG, Belasitsa Mt., Kongur Nature Reserve); 42 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 43 — E. erythronotus erythronotus (BG, Lozen Mt., Lozen village); 44 — E. lapponicus (BG, Eastern Stara Planina Mts., Varbitsa pass); 45 — E. sylvestris (BG, Middle Stara Planina Mts., Rozino village); 46 — E. vittiventris (BG, Strandzha Mt., Slivarovo village); 47 — Phyllodromica brevipennis (BG, Lozen Mt., Lozen village); 48 — Ph. carniolica (BG, Middle Stara Planina Mts, Yasenovo village); 49 — Ph. pallida (Albania, Çika Mt., Llogora National Park, Llogara pass); 50 — Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., near Pokrovan village); 51 — Ph. pulcherrima (BG, Northern Black Sea Coast, Devnya town); 52 — Loboptera decipiens decipiens (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mt., Malki Voden village); 53 — Polyphaga aegyptiaca (BG, Sandanski – Petrich kettle, Rupite place). Scale = 1 mm (figures 41 – 52); Scale = 5 mm (figure 53).