Cook Islands Biodiversity & Natural Heritage
 

Blattella germanica

German Cockroach

Multimedia & Additional Resources

Type Description Download
Open this image in pop-up window Image: Specimen 43KB
Open this image in pop-up window Image: Specimen - BESO 28KB
Open this image in pop-up window Image: Compare blattelids 71KB

General Information

COMMON NAMES: German Cockroach; German Deutsche Schabe

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE n.Africa; EXOTIC EXOTIC circumglobal pest

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group; ?; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest

KEY FEATURES: Small slender cockroach to 14mmBL (incl. Wings). HEADSHIELD brown with two wide dark brown stripes. WINGS pale brown.

SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Lupparia notulata.

Enlarged Image of 'Blattella germanica'

Cook Islands Distribution

View Distribution Map View Distribution Map

Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

Key to Symbols

Pests & Hosts

Relationship Pests
Parasitoid (biocontrol) of cockroaches Aprostocetus hagenowii

Scientific Taxonomy

Blattella germanica (L., 1767)
SYNONYMS: Eoblatta germanica

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Blattodea; BLATTELLIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05b, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
Please refer to our use policy.


Search Biodiversity Database Biodiversity Database

More Options | Help
My List My List

 

 


Copyright © 2007 (July) The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, all rights reserved.
Copyright & Use Policy