Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767)

VIDLIČKA, ĽUBOMÍR, 2013, Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador-checklist and history of research, Zootaxa 3599 (5), pp. 401-445 : 418

Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Synonymy:

Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767

Blatta transfuga Brünnich, 1763

Blatta daurica Laxmann, 1769

Blatta asiatica Pallas, 1773

Blatta obliquata Daldorf, 1794

Blatta bivittata Serville, 1839

Ischnoptera paralella Tepper, 1893

Phyllodromia magna Tepper, 1895

Blattella germanica shuguroffi Karny, 1908

Phyllodromia niitakana Shiraki, 1931

Phyllodromia cunei-vittata Hanitsch, 1925

Blattella stylifera Chopard, 1938 (in part)

Distribution: Danmark, Ecuador (+ Galápagos Islands) (Cosmopolitan).

Comments to faunistic records in Ecuador:

Bolivar (1884:12) ( Blatta germanica ): Baeza, Ecuador (leg. Martínez y Saez).

Giglio-Tos (1898:3) ( Blatta germanica ): Sig-sig (nec Sis-sig), Cuenca, La Concepción, Valle del Mira.

Shelford (1913:57) ( Phyllodromia germanica ): males and juv. females, Tulcan, Balsabamba, Riobamba.

Campos (1923:5 and 1926:46): Quito (leg. F. Campos R.); Tambillo, Cotocollao (leg. R.P. Luis Mille, S. J.); Azógues, Biblián (Dr. Leoncio A. Cordero); Loja (Clodoveo Carrión); vertical distribution in Ecuador: 0–2980 m.

Hebard (1924:123): 1 female, Durán , Guayas, 25 June 1914 (leg. Herbert S. Parish); 1 male, Azogues, Cañar (leg. F. Campos R.) .

Bonsall (1995:33): Misahualli, Puerto Lopez, Jatun Sacha, Tena.

Comments to faunistic records in Galápagos:

Hebard (1920b:315): Hood Island (= Isla Española), 1 female, 1 June 1906 (leg. F.X. Williams) .

Hebard (1929:358): Charles Island , 1 male, August 1924 (leg. Miss Cheesman) .

Linsley & Usinger (1966:124): Hood (= Isla Española).

Peck & Roth (1992:2205): Isla Española (old data) and new records (1990–1992) only from boats based on San Cristóbal and Santa Cruz.

Peck (1996:1502): Española, Santa Cruz.

Peck et al. (1998:223): the same locality as mentioned by Peck (1996).