List of cockroaches of Saudi Arabia

This is a list of cockroaches of Saudi Arabia, including both indigenous and non-indigenous species.

Order Blattodea

Family Blattelidae

  • Blattella biligata[1]
  • Blattella germanica German cockroach[1][2]
  • Loboptera isolata[1]
  • Supella longipalpa brown-banded cockroach[2]
  • Supella orientalis[1]
  • Supellina biquandi[1][3]

Family Blattidae

  • Blatta orientalis Oriental cockroach[1][2]
  • Periplaneta americana American cockroach[1][2]
  • Shelfordella arabica[1]
  • Shelfordella lateralis Turkestan cockroach[1]

Family Polyphagidae

  • Heterogamisca chopardi[1][4]
  • Polyphaga aegyptiaca Egyptian desert cockroach[1]
  • Heterogamisca dispersa[1]
  • Heterogamisca marmorata[1]

See also

  • Blattodea
  • Blattelidae
  • Blattidae
  • Polyphagidae

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Grandcolas, Philippe (1994). "Blattaria (Insecta: Dictyoptera) of Saudi Arabia: a preliminary report" (PDF). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. 14: 40–58.
  2. ^ a b c d Noureldin, Elsiddig Mohamed; Farrag, Hassan (2010). "Population density of cockroach species and magnitude of their infestation in Jeddah Province, Saudi Arabia". Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum Proceedings (2010): EEP30. doi:10.5339/qfarf.2010.eep30. ISSN 2220-251X.
  3. ^ "Synonyms of Supellina biquandi". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2014-04-07. Note: listed as deprecated synonym Balta biquandi in Grandicolas 1994.
  4. ^ Grandcolas, Philippe (1995). "Bionomics of a desert cockroach, Heterogamisca chopardi Uvarov, 1936 after the spring rainfalls in Saudi Arabia (Insecta, Blattaria, Polyphaginae)". Journal of Arid Environments. 31 (3): 325–334. doi:10.1016/S0140-1963(05)80036-9. ISSN 0140-1963.