Blatta orientalis 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

Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758

Figures 33, 34

Stylopyga orientalis (Linn.) : 1. Nedelkov 1908: 415 • 2. Nedelkov 1909: 89 • 3. Tschorbadjiew 1926: 25 • 4. Drenski 1939: 9. Periplaneta orientalis (Linn.) : 5. Ilchev 1923: 26.

Blatta orientalis (Linn.) : 6. Popov 1941: 53 • 7. Popov 1948: 209 • 8. Bey-Bienko 1950: 139 • 9. Ramme 1951: 78, 455 • 10. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 309 • 11. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 190, 192.

Distribution in Bulgaria. Widespread in urban areas.

General distribution. Cosmopolitan. The species possibly has a Central 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).