Subfamily: Blattellinae

Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767: 688 .

Geographical records: Sincanköy-Ankara (Turkey). General distribution: cosmopolitan, probably of East Asian origin. Type: Holotype NHM in the collection of the Linnean Society. Ref: Princis, 1962–1971: 807–841.

Remarks: domestic species cosmopolitan.

There are specimens identified as germanica in MLUH and UZIU one, but they are not indicated as types or as part of a type series.

Loboptera decipiens (Germar, 1817)

Loboptera (Blatta) decipiens Germar, 1817: 249 .

Geographical records: Lebanon.

General distribution: Madeira Island; Portugal; Canary Islands, Spain; Corsica, France; Sardinia Island, Italy; Sicily, Italy; Crete Island, Greece; Yugoslavia; Albania; Bulgaria; Romania; Crimea; Caucasus Mountains; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Lebanon; Asia.

Type: MHNG (Neotype from Harz, 1977: 33–34, probably not valid). Type locality: unknown Ref: Princis, 1961 –1971: 850, Giglio-tos, 1893: 3.

(http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1175303) There are specimens identified as decipiens in NHM, but they are not indicated as types or as part of a type series.