Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

VIDLIČKA, ĽUBOMÍR, 2013, Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador-checklist and history of research, Zootaxa 3599 (5), pp. 401-445 : 432-433

Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy:

Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758

Blatta ferrugineo-fusca Gronovius, 1764

Blatta kakerlac De Geer, 1773

Blatta orientalis Sulzer, 1776 non Linnaeus, 1758

Blatta aurelianensis Fourcroy, 1785

Blatta siccifolia Stoll, 1813

Blatta heros Eschscholtz, 1822

Periplaneta stolida Walker, 1868

Periplaneta americana colorata Rehn, 1902

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

Comments to faunistic records in Ecuador:

Scudder (1869:342): 1 specimen, Napo or Marañón.

Westwood (1876:xxxii) ( Blatta Americana ): in a bulb of orchid from Ecuador.

Giglio-Tos (1898:106): 1 male, Vinces

Campos (1923:8 and 1926:51): Guayaquil, Durán, Naranjito, Posorja (leg. F. Campos R.) and same locality as Giglio-Tos (1898).

Roth & Willis (1960): the same information as mentioned by Westwood (1879).

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

Comments to faunistic records in Galápagos:

Butler (1877:87): Charles Island, 2 adult specimens, June 1875 (leg. W.E. Cookson).

Howard (1889:193): Chatham Island, 10 specimens, 1887–88 (det. L. Bruner).

Scudder (1893:6): only the same exemplars as stated by Butler (1877) and by Howard (1889).

Hebard (1934:279): Charles Island , (= Floreana), Postoffice Bay, 1 female, 1 juv., 15–19 November 1925 .

Linsley & Usinger (1966:125): San Cristóbal, Floreana.

Peck & Roth (1992:2205): Islas Floreana, San Cristóbal, Genovesa, Isabela, Santa Cruz (Bellavista, El Chato).

Peck (1996:1051); Peck et al. (1998:223) & Peck (2001:149): the same data as mentioned by Peck & Roth (1992).