Ectobius
Ectobius is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by James Francis Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating to 49 million years ago suggests the genus actually originated in North America. This genus has been subject to a number of revisions.
Description
The adult 'cockroaches' reach of length, the basic coloration of their body is mostly brown or yellowish, with a clearer margin.The females are usually bigger than the males and have shorter wings, while in the males wings cover at least the whole abdomen.
Distribution
Species of this genus are mainly present in most of Europe, Africa, in eastern Palearctic realm and the Near East. The "lesser cockroach", previously placed here, is now in the genus Capraiellus.The genus was long absent from the North American continent until recent re-introductions of some cool-adapted species in the Canadian Maritimes and North Eastern, US.
Species
The Cockroach Species File lists:Ectobius hipposiderus Bohn, 2013;subgenus Ectobiola Uvarov, 1940 Ectobius duskei Adelung, 1906
;subgenus Ectobius Stephens, 1835Ectobius aeoliensis Failla & Messina, 1974Ectobius aethiopicus Ectobius aetnaeus Ramme, 1927Ectobius africanus Saussure, 1899Ectobius albicinctus Ectobius alleni Rehn, 1931Ectobius baccettii Failla & Messina, 1979Ectobius balcani Ramme, 1923Ectobius brunneri Seoane, 1879Ectobius burri Adelung, 1917Ectobius corsorum Ramme, 1923Ectobius darbandae Rehn, 1931Ectobius delicatulus Bey-Bienko, 1950Ectobius eckerleini Harz, 1977Ectobius erythronotus Burr, 1898Ectobius filicensis Failla & Messina, 1974Ectobius frieseanus Princis, 1963Ectobius heteropterus Bey-Bienko, 1963Ectobius ichnusae Failla & Messina, 1982Ectobius indicus Bey-Bienko, 1938Ectobius intermedius Failla & Messina, 1981Ectobius involutus Rehn, 1931Ectobius jarringi Ectobius kervillei Bolívar, 1907Ectobius kikensis Rehn, 1931Ectobius kikuyuensis Rehn, 1931Ectobius kirgizius Bey-Bienko, 1936Ectobius kraussianus Ramme, 1923Ectobius lagrecai Failla & Messina, 1981Ectobius lapponicus - type species Ectobius larus Rehn, 1931Ectobius leptus Rehn, 1931Ectobius lineolatus Ectobius lodosi Harz, 1983Ectobius lucidus Ectobius makalaka Rehn, 1931Ectobius minutus Failla & Messina, 1978Ectobius montanus Costa, 1866Ectobius neavei Shelford, 1911Ectobius nuba Rehn, 1931Ectobius pallidus Ectobius palpalis Chopard, 1958Ectobius parvosacculatus Failla & Messina, 1974Ectobius pavlovskii Bey-Bienko, 1936Ectobius punctatissimus Ramme, 1922Ectobius pusillus Bey-Bienko, 1967Ectobius pyrenaicus Bohn, 1989Ectobius rammei Rehn, 1926Ectobius sardous Baccetti, 1991Ectobius scabriculus Failla & Messina, 1976Ectobius semenovi Bey-Bienko, 1935Ectobius siculus Ramme, 1949Ectobius sjoestedti Ectobius stanleyanus Rehn, 1931Ectobius subvitreus Bey-Bienko, 1936Ectobius supramontes Bohn, 2004Ectobius sylvestris Ectobius tadzhikus Bey-Bienko, 1935Ectobius textilis Rehn, 1931Ectobius ticinus Bohn, 2004Ectobius togoensis Ramme, 1923Ectobius tuscus Galvagni, 1978Ectobius tyrrhenicus Failla & Messina, 1973Ectobius usticaensis Failla & Messina, 1974Ectobius vittiventris Ectobius willemsei Failla & Messina, 1980