Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- Cockroach Species File
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae
Classification
- order
- Blattodea
- family
- Blattidae
- genus
- Blatta
- species
- Blatta orientalis
ecology
Domiciliary pest
typematerial
Lectotype, 2 paralectotypes.
habitat
Terrestrial.
Name
- Synonyms
- Blatta badia Saussure, 1863
- Blatta castanea Blanchard, 1851
- Blatta culinaris De Geer, 1773
- Blatta europaea Bartsch, 1846
- Blatta ferruginea Thunberg, 1810
- Blatta hemialata Gistel, 1856
- Blatta lucifuga Poda, 1761
- Blatta secunda Schaeffer, 1769
- Blatta tertia Schaeffer, 1769
- Kakerlac pallipes Philippi, 1863
- Kakerlac platystetho Philippi, 1863
- Pulex imperator Westwood, 1858
- Stylopyga orientalis subsp. gracilis Adelung, 1910
- Stylopyga orientalis subsp. spontanea Semenov-Tian-Shansky, 1909
- Homonyms
- Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758
- Blatta orientalis Sulzer, 1776
- Common names
- Oriental cockroach in English
Bibliographic References
- Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae 424
- Princis. 1966. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Blattoidea. Fam.: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, s'Gravenhage(8):475