Ectobius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), Zootaxa 4154 (4), pp. 351-388 : 355

Ectobius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Blatta laponica (Linn.) [sic]: 1. Yoakimov 1899: 42.

Ectobia lapponica (Linn.) : 2. Nedelkov 1908: 414 • 3. Nedelkov 1909: 89 • 4. Ramme 1921: 99 -111. Ectobius lapponicus (Linn.) : 5. Ramme 1923: 116 • 6. Bey-Bienko 1950: 194 • 7. Ramme 1951: 35, 113, 415 • 8. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 314 • 9. Princis 1971: 1053 • 10. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 244 • 11. Popov et al. 2001: 116 • 12. Chobanov 2011: 166.

Notes to the literature data. Part of the material reported by Drenski (1939) as Ectobia laponica [sic] kept in NMNH is herewith referred to Ectobius sylvestris . The remaining material of E. laponica [sic] by Drenski (1939) was not found and thus is not included in this study, due to the unclear taxonomic status of the specimens. The data and localities of Ectobius lapponicus from Alibotoush Mt, 1400–1700 m ( Drenowski 1936), are referred to E. balcani .

Distribution in Bulgaria ( Fig. 73 ): Distributed in the lowland and mountainous areas of northern, western and southwestern Bulgaria to 1400 m. Usually occurs in high-grass and low-shrub mesomorphic communities, found on the low vegetation and leaf litter or climb to the top of low trees and shrubs.

Studied material. 138 specimens (129 adults, 9 nymphs) and 1 ootheca.

General distribution. This species is widespread in the Palearctic ecozone, occurring from Western Europe to Eastern Siberia and from Scandinavia to the southern regions of Europe reaching Asia Minor. The species is introduced to the east coast of North America.

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FIGURE 73. Distribution of Ectobius burri and Ectobius lapponicus in Bulgaria.

FIGURES 1 – 16. Dorsal habitus of adult males. 1 — Ectobius balcani (BG, Chepan Mt., Dragoman village); 2 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 3 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 4 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 5 — E. erythronotus erythronotus (BG, Eastern Danubian plate, Tabachka village); 6 — E. lapponicus (BG, Eastern Stara Planina Mts., Varbitsa pass); 7 — E. sylvestris (BG, Lozen Mt., Pancharevo lake); 8 — E. vittiventris (BG, Strandzha Mt., Byala voda village); 9 — Capraiellus tamaninii (Croatia, Senj; labeled: Sign, Kroatien, Coll. Br. v. W., det: C. Brunner von Wattenwyl as Ectobia ericetorum; NHM); 10 — Phyllodromica brevipennis (BG, Lozen Mt., Lozen village); 11 — Ph. carniolica (BG, Eastern Stara Planina Mts., Medven village); 12 — Ph. pallida (R Macedonia, Plačkovica Mt., Kozbunar village); 13 — Ph. marginata (BG, Southern Black Sea Coast, Sinemorets village); 14 — Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Plevun village); 15 — Ph. pulcherrima (BG, Chepan Mt., Dragoman village); 16 — Loboptera decipiens decipiens (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Belopolyane village). Scale = 5 mm.

FIGURES 17 – 30. Dorsal habitus of adult females. 17 — Ectobius balcani (BG, Chepan Mt., Dragoman village); 18 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 19 — E. erythronotus erythronotus (BG, Eastern Danubian plate, Osenets village); 20 — E. lapponicus (BG, Eastern Danubian plate, Senovo village); 21 — E. sylvestris (BG, Lozen Mt., Pancharevo lake); 22 — E. vittiventris (BG, Strandzha Mt., Brodilovo village); 23 — Capraiellus tamaninii (Alibotoush Mt., Nova Lovcha village); 24 — Phyllodromica brevipennis (BG, Ograzhden Mt., Markovi Kladentsi peak); 25 — Ph. carniolica (BG, Eastern Stara Planina Mts., Sadovo village); 26 — Ph. pallida (Greece, Vermio Mt., Koustochori village); 27 — Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Belopolyane village); 28 — Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Belopolyane village); 29 — Ph. pulcherrima (BG, Eastern Danubian plate, Tabachka village); 30 — Loboptera decipiens decipiens (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Belopolyane village). Scale = 5 mm.

FIGURES 41 – 53. Oothecae of some species of cockroaches in Bulgaria. 41 — Ectobius balcani (BG, Belasitsa Mt., Kongur Nature Reserve); 42 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 43 — E. erythronotus erythronotus (BG, Lozen Mt., Lozen village); 44 — E. lapponicus (BG, Eastern Stara Planina Mts., Varbitsa pass); 45 — E. sylvestris (BG, Middle Stara Planina Mts., Rozino village); 46 — E. vittiventris (BG, Strandzha Mt., Slivarovo village); 47 — Phyllodromica brevipennis (BG, Lozen Mt., Lozen village); 48 — Ph. carniolica (BG, Middle Stara Planina Mts, Yasenovo village); 49 — Ph. pallida (Albania, Çika Mt., Llogora National Park, Llogara pass); 50 — Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., near Pokrovan village); 51 — Ph. pulcherrima (BG, Northern Black Sea Coast, Devnya town); 52 — Loboptera decipiens decipiens (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mt., Malki Voden village); 53 — Polyphaga aegyptiaca (BG, Sandanski – Petrich kettle, Rupite place). Scale = 1 mm (figures 41 – 52); Scale = 5 mm (figure 53).

FIGURES 54 – 71. Morphological structures. 54 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Ectobius balcani (BG, Alibotoush Mt., Livade place); 55 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 56 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of E. erythronotus erythronotus (BG, Lozen Mt., Lozen village); 57 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of E. lapponicus (BG, Western Predbalkan range, Montana town); 58 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of E. sylvestris (BG, Pirin Mts., Bansko town); 59 — tergite 7 with glandular pit Ectobius vittiventris (BG, Strandzha Mt., Byala voda village); 60 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of E. punctatissimus (Montenegro, Durmitor Mt., Tara gorge); 61 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Phyllodromica brevipennis (BG, Vitosha Mt., Yarlovo village); 62 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Ph. carniolica (BG, Vitosha Mt., Bosnek village); 63 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Ph. pallida (R Macedonia, Plačkovica Mt., Kozbunar village); 64 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Madzharovo town); 65 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Ph. pulcherrima (BG, Chepan Mt., Dragoman village); 66 — helmet sclerite of E. sylvestris (BG, Pirin Mts., Bansko town); 67 — helmet sclerite of Ph. brevipennis (BG, Vitosha Mt., Yarlovo village); 68 — helmet sclerite of Ph. carniolica (BG, Vitosha Mt., Bosnek village); 69 — helmet sclerite of Ph. pallida (R Macedonia, Plačkovica Mt., Kozbunar village); 70 — tegmina of male Ph. carniolica (BG, Western Rhodope Mts., Ribnovo village); 71 — tegmina of male Ph. pallida (Albania, Galičica Mt., Dolna Gorica village). Scale (figures 54 – 65) = 500 µm; Scale (figures 66 – 69) = 200 µm; Scale (figures 70, 71) = 2 mm.