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 Theganopteryx (?) sp. (Anaplectinae) Distribution: Ecuador . Comments to faunistic records in Ecuador : Giglio-Tos (1898:2) : 1 specimen , Valle del Zamora . Campos (1923:4 and 1926:44 ): the same locality as mentioned by Giglio-Tos (1898) . Note: All known species from the genus Theganopteryx occur only in Africa and Madagascar . The determination was evidently erroneous. In conclusion, records of 114 cockroach species ( Blattaria ) in the territory of Ecuador 105 in continental Ecuador and 18 in Galápagos Islands ) are summarized. These species belong to 6 families and 42 genera ( Table 1 ). Occurrence of another 8 species is questionable. Forty species (38.5 %) were recorded exclusively from the territory of continental Ecuador . Five of 18 species living on the Galápagos Islands (27.8 %) are endemic. Currently, the continental Ecuadorian cockroach fauna shares the highest number of species with the Brazilian (43.3%) and Colombian faunas (28.8 %) ( Table 2 ). However, further studies on Ecuadorian as well as other Neotropical cocroaches are needed.