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: Blattellinae Blattella germanica ( Linnaeus, 1767 ) Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767 : 688 . Geographical records: Sincanköy-Ankara ( Turkey ). General distribution: cosmopolitan, probably of East Asian origin. Type : Holotype NHM in the collection of the Linnean Society. Ref: Princis, 1962–1971 : 807–841. Remarks: domestic species cosmopolitan. There are specimens identified as germanica in MLUH and UZIU one, but they are not indicated as types or as part of a type series. Loboptera decipiens ( Germar, 1817 ) Loboptera (Blatta) decipiens Germar, 1817 : 249 . Geographical records: Lebanon . General distribution: Madeira Island; Portugal ; Canary Islands, Spain ; Corsica , France ; Sardinia Island, Italy ; Sicily, Italy ; Crete Island, Greece ; Yugoslavia ; Albania ; Bulgaria ; Romania ; Crimea; Caucasus Mountains; Morocco ; Algeria ; Tunisia ; Libya ; Lebanon ; Asia. Type : MHNG ( Neotype from Harz, 1977 : 33–34, probably not valid). Type locality: unknown Ref: Princis, 1961 –1971: 850, Giglio-tos, 1893 : 3. (http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1175303) There are specimens identified as decipiens in NHM , but they are not indicated as types or as part of a type series.