Subfamily: Blattinae

Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758

Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758: 724 .

Geographical records: Ankara-Baraj, Anatolia (Turkey), Syria.

General distribution: cosmopolitan in temperate regions [southern Russian origin]. Type: Lectotype, Paralectotype NHM in the collection of the Linnean Society; Neotype MHNG, Marshall, 1983: 390.

Ref: Princis, 1962–1971: 475–507; Marshall, 1983: 390; Giglio-tos 1893: 3. Remarks: Domestic species. Cosmopolitan

There are specimens identified as orientalis in MLUH, but they are not indicated as types or as part of a type series. The congeneric Blatta furcata (Karny, 1908) could be probably found in the region as well (Bohn, 1984).