Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador-checklist and history of research Author VIDLIČKA, ĽUBOMÍR text Zootaxa 2013 2013-01-09 3599 5 401 445 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.1 1175-5326 8662421E-F753-46B2-ACDE-0A5868DE6716 Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonymy: Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758 Blatta ferrugineo-fusca Gronovius, 1764 Blatta kakerlac De Geer, 1773 Blatta orientalis Sulzer, 1776 non Linnaeus, 1758 Blatta aurelianensis Fourcroy, 1785 Blatta siccifolia Stoll, 1813 Blatta heros Eschscholtz, 1822 Periplaneta stolida Walker, 1868 Periplaneta americana colorata Rehn, 1902 Distribution: America , Ecuador (+ Galápagos Islands ) (Cosmopolitan). Comments to faunistic records in Ecuador : Scudder (1869:342) : 1 specimen , Napo or Marañón . Westwood (1876 :xxxii) ( Blatta Americana ): in a bulb of orchid from Ecuador . Giglio-Tos (1898:106) : 1 male , Vinces Campos (1923:8 and 1926:51 ): Guayaquil, Durán, Naranjito , Posorja (leg. F. Campos R.) and same locality as Giglio-Tos (1898) . Roth & Willis (1960) : the same information as mentioned by Westwood (1879). Bonsall (1995:33) : Misahualli, Puerto Lopez, Jatun Sacha, Tena. Comments to faunistic records in Galápagos : Butler (1877:87) : Charles Island, 2 adult specimens, June 1875 (leg. W.E. Cookson). Howard (1889:193) : Chatham Island, 10 specimens , 1887–88 (det. L. Bruner). Scudder (1893:6) : only the same exemplars as stated by Butler (1877) and by Howard (1889) . Hebard (1934:279) : Charles Island , (= Floreana), Postoffice Bay , 1 female , 1 juv. , 15–19 November 1925 . Linsley & Usinger (1966:125) : San Cristóbal , Floreana. Peck & Roth (1992:2205) : Islas Floreana, San Cristóbal , Genovesa, Isabela, Santa Cruz (Bellavista, El Chato). Peck (1996:1051) ; Peck et al. (1998:223) & Peck (2001:149) : the same data as mentioned by Peck & Roth (1992) .