List of cockroaches of Saudi Arabia explained

This is a list of cockroaches of Saudi Arabia, including both indigenous and non-indigenous species.

Order Blattodea

Family Blattelidae

• Blattella biligata
• Blattella germanica German cockroach
• Loboptera isolata
• Supella longipalpa brown-banded cockroach
• Supella orientalis
• Supellina biquandi^[1]

Family Blattidae

• Blatta orientalis Oriental cockroach
• Periplaneta americana American cockroach
• Shelfordella arabica
• Shelfordella lateralis Turkestan cockroach

Family Polyphagidae

• Heterogamisca chopardi
• Polyphaga aegyptiaca Egyptian desert cockroach
• Heterogamisca dispersa
• Heterogamisca marmorata

See also

• Blattodea
• Blattelidae
• Blattidae
• Polyphagidae

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Synonyms of Supellina biquandi . Encyclopedia of Life . 2014-04-07 . Note: listed as deprecated synonym Balta biquandi in Grandicolas 1994.