Catalogue of Dictyoptera from Syria and neighbouring countries (Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan) Author Caesar, Maram Author Roy, Roger Author Legendre, Frederic Author Grandcolas, Philippe Author Pellens, Roseli text Zootaxa 2015 3948 1 71 92 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.5 bcbb25d8-e14a-4386-9695-1f155d5062f6 1175-5326 288372 7BC94949-F2CE-4DA7-AA27-76CEF9047B5F Subfamily: Blattinae Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 : 724 . Geographical records: Ankara-Baraj, Anatolia ( Turkey ), Syria . General distribution: cosmopolitan in temperate regions [southern Russian origin]. Type : Lectotype , Paralectotype NHM in the collection of the Linnean Society; Neotype MHNG, Marshall , 1983 : 390. Ref: Princis, 1962–1971 : 475–507; Marshall , 1983 : 390; Giglio-tos 1893 : 3. Remarks: Domestic species. Cosmopolitan There are specimens identified as orientalis in MLUH, but they are not indicated as types or as part of a type series. The congeneric Blatta furcata (Karny, 1908) could be probably found in the region as well ( Bohn, 1984 ).