Ectobius pallidus

Ectobius pallidus, the tawny cockroach, is a species of non-cosmopolitan cockroach in the family Ectobiidae.^[1][2][3] It occurs in southern England, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal; in North Africa: Algeria and Tunisia.^[2][3] It is now known to be introduced into North America.^[4]

Ectobius pallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Ectobiidae
Genus:	Ectobius
Species:	E. pallidus
Binomial name
Ectobius pallidus (Olivier, 1789)
Synonyms
Blatta pallidus (Olivier, 1789) – basionym Blatta livens (Turton, 1806) Blatta succinea (Risso, 1826)

Subspecies

Subspecies include:^[2]

• Ectobius pallidus chopardi Adelung, 1917
• Ectobius pallidus minor Ramme, 1923
• Ectobius pallidus pallidus (Turton, 1806) – type
• Ectobius pallidus punctulatus (Fieber, 1853)

See also

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   Media related to Ectobius pallidus at Wikimedia Commons
• List of Orthoptera and allied insects of Great Britain