An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea)

Abstract

An annotated checklist of the Bulgarian species of cockroaches is prepared based on a full published scientific record and own unpublished data. According to the current state of knowledge the Bulgarian cockroach fauna includes 17 species and subspecies. One synonymization is established-Phyllodromica marginata erythronota Br. v. W., syn. n. = Ph. marginata. Two species (Capraiellus tamaninii and Supella longipalpa) are recorded for the first time for this country and other three (Ectobius punctatissimus, Phyllodromica subaptera and Phyllodromica pallida) are eliminated from the list of the Bulgarian fauna. The list is complemented with maps and full locality data and a dichotomic identification key for the studied taxa is presented.

Exhibition collection species list of Eskişehir Osmangazi University Zoology Museum

“…Türlerin teşhisleri, Türkiye Kelebek Gözlemcileri & Fotoğrafçıları Topluluğu [18], Bakır & Çevingen [19], Çıplak ve diğerleri [20], Çıplak & Demirsoy [21], Coppard, [22], Demirsoy [23,24,25,26,27], Devetak [28], Önder ve diğerleri [29], Dyachko & Nedoev [30], Öztürk & Bağdatlı [31], Topçu & Öztürk [32], Flutsch & Tauzin [33], Furtun ve diğerleri [34], Özalp & Alparslan [35], Hristo & Chobanov [36], Holthuis [37], Karataş ve diğerleri [38], Kirvan ve diğerleri. [39], Korotyaev ve diğerleri [40], Özgür [41], Neimorovets [42], Néraudeau ve diğerleri [43], Tüzün & Kekilioğlu [44], Özbek & Ustaoğlu [45], Öztürk ve diğerleri [46], Rasmont ve diğerleri [47], Turin ve diğerleri [48] ve Zariquiey Alvarez [49]'e göre yapılmıştır.…”

The first arrival of the Chinese sand roach Polyphaga cf. plancyi (Blattodea: Corydiidae) in Europe

“…In Europe, this family is represented by a small number of taxa, distributed exclusively in the Mediterranean area (Bohn 2022). Although still restricted to the Mediterranean region, the most widespread and well-known corydiid species is Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758) which inhabits some countries neighboring Serbia (Hristov and Chobanov 2016;Bohn 2022). This species, also named the Egyptian desert cockroach, is the only representative of its genus in Europe (Bohn 2022).…”