''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family

Ectobiidae Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few notable species inclu ...

, subfamily

Ectobiinae Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few notable species inclu ...

.Cockroach Species File (retrieved 6 January 2021)
/ref> The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating to 49 Million years ago suggests the genus actually originated in North America. This genus has been subject to a number of revisions.Bohn, H. 1989: Revision of the ''sylvestris'' group of ''Ectobius'' Stephens in Europe (Blattaria: Blattellidae). ''Entomologica Scandinavica'', 20: 317–342.

Description

The adult 'cockroaches' reach of length, the basic coloration of their body is mostly brown or yellowish, with a clearer margin. The females are usually bigger than the males and have shorter wings, while in the males wings cover at least the whole abdomen.

Distribution

Species of this genus are mainly present in most of Europe, Africa, in eastern Palearctic realm and the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

. The " lesser cockroach" (''i.e.'' as found in Britain), previously placed here, is now in the genus ''Capraiellus''.Bohn (2013) In Bohn, Beccaloni, Dorow & Pfeifer. Another species of European Ectobiinae travelling north – the new genus ''Planuncus'' and its relatives (Insecta: Blattodea: Ectobiinae). ''Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny'' 71(3): 147. The genus was long absent from the North American continent until recent re-introductions of some cool-adapted species in the Canadian Maritimes and North Eastern, US.

Species

The ''Cockroach Species File'' lists: * '' Ectobius hipposiderus'' Bohn, 2013 ;subgenus ''Ectobiola'' Uvarov, 1940 (synonym ''Ectobiella'' Adelung, 1917) * '' Ectobius duskei'' Adelung, 1906 ;subgenus ''Ectobius'' Stephens, 1835 * '' Ectobius aeoliensis'' Failla & Messina, 1974 * '' Ectobius aethiopicus'' (Shelford, 1910) * ''

Ectobius aetnaeus ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating ...

'' Ramme, 1927 * ''

Ectobius africanus ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating t ...

'' Saussure, 1899 * '' Ectobius albicinctus'' (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861) * '' Ectobius alleni'' Rehn, 1931 * '' Ectobius baccettii'' Failla & Messina, 1979 * '' Ectobius balcani'' Ramme, 1923 * '' Ectobius brunneri'' Seoane, 1879 * '' Ectobius burri'' Adelung, 1917 * '' Ectobius corsorum'' Ramme, 1923 * ''

Ectobius darbandae ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating ...

'' Rehn, 1931 * ''

Ectobius delicatulus ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating ...

'' Bey-Bienko, 1950 * ''

Ectobius eckerleini ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating ...

'' Harz, 1977 * ''

Ectobius erythronotus ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating ...

'' Burr, 1898 * ''

Ectobius filicensis ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating ...

'' Failla & Messina, 1974 * ''

Ectobius frieseanus ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the orde ...

'' Princis, 1963 * '' Ectobius heteropterus'' Bey-Bienko, 1963 * '' Ectobius ichnusae'' Failla & Messina, 1982 * '' Ectobius indicus'' Bey-Bienko, 1938 * '' Ectobius intermedius'' Failla & Messina, 1981 * '' Ectobius involutus'' Rehn, 1931 * '' Ectobius jarringi'' (Hanitsch, 1937) * '' Ectobius kervillei'' Bolívar, 1907 * '' Ectobius kikensis'' Rehn, 1931 * '' Ectobius kikuyuensis'' Rehn, 1931 * '' Ectobius kirgizius'' Bey-Bienko, 1936 * '' Ectobius kraussianus'' Ramme, 1923 * '' Ectobius lagrecai'' Failla & Messina, 1981 * ''

Ectobius lapponicus ''Ectobius lapponicus'', also known as the dusky cockroach, is a species of cockroach Cockroaches (or roaches) are a Paraphyly, paraphyletic group of insects belonging to Blattodea, containing all members of the group except termites. About ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as ''

Blatta ''Blatta'' is a genus of cockroaches. The name ''Blatta'' represents a specialised use of Latin ''blatta'', meaning a light-shunning insect. Species Species include: * ''Blatta orientalis'' Linnaeus, 1758 Oriental cockroach * ''Blatta furcata' ...

lapponica'' L. = ''Ectobius lapponicus lapponicus'') * '' Ectobius larus'' Rehn, 1931 * '' Ectobius leptus'' Rehn, 1931 * '' Ectobius lineolatus'' (Rehn, 1922) * '' Ectobius lodosi'' Harz, 1983 * '' Ectobius lucidus'' (Hagenbach, 1822) * '' Ectobius makalaka'' Rehn, 1931 * '' Ectobius minutus'' Failla & Messina, 1978 * '' Ectobius montanus'' Costa, 1866 * '' Ectobius neavei'' Shelford, 1911 * '' Ectobius nuba'' Rehn, 1931 * '' Ectobius pallidus'' (Olivier, 1789) * '' Ectobius palpalis'' Chopard, 1958 * '' Ectobius parvosacculatus'' Failla & Messina, 1974 * '' Ectobius pavlovskii'' Bey-Bienko, 1936 * '' Ectobius punctatissimus'' Ramme, 1922 * '' Ectobius pusillus'' Bey-Bienko, 1967 * '' Ectobius pyrenaicus'' Bohn, 1989 * '' Ectobius rammei'' Rehn, 1926 * '' Ectobius sardous'' Baccetti, 1991 * '' Ectobius scabriculus'' Failla & Messina, 1976 * '' Ectobius semenovi'' Bey-Bienko, 1935 * '' Ectobius siculus'' Ramme, 1949 * '' Ectobius sjoestedti'' (Shelford, 1910) * '' Ectobius stanleyanus'' Rehn, 1931 * '' Ectobius subvitreus'' Bey-Bienko, 1936 * '' Ectobius supramontes'' Bohn, 2004 * '' Ectobius sylvestris'' (Poda, 1761) * '' Ectobius tadzhikus'' Bey-Bienko, 1935 * '' Ectobius textilis'' Rehn, 1931 * '' Ectobius ticinus'' Bohn, 2004 * '' Ectobius togoensis'' Ramme, 1923 * '' Ectobius tuscus'' Galvagni, 1978 * '' Ectobius tyrrhenicus'' Failla & Messina, 1973 * '' Ectobius usticaensis'' Failla & Messina, 1974 * '' Ectobius vittiventris'' (Costa, 1847) * '' Ectobius willemsei'' Failla & Messina, 1980

References

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