Balta notulata explained

Balta notulata, also known by the common name small-spotted cockroach, is a species from the genus Balta.^[1] By the 1960s it was spread in an area between Sri Lanka, Japan and Easter Island. Already in 1980s it was a domicilary cockroach in Madang Province.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Stål, C. (1860) Insekter [IV]. Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In: Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden: under befäl af C. A. Virgin, åren 1851-1853: vetenskapliga iakttagelser ... utgifna af K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien., pp. 299–350. [1858]
2. https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2915.1991.tb00580.x