New faunistic records of cockroaches (Insecta: Blattodea) from Oman

Ali Al-Jahdhami; Sheikha Al-Shukaili

doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v14.e950

Authors

Ali Al-Jahdhami Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth, Department of plant protection, Samad Ashan, Sultante of Oman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1204-0491
Sheikha Al-Shukaili Natural History Museum Oman, Curator of Insect Department, Al Khuwair, Muscat, Sultante of Oman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8590-1945

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v14.e950

Keywords:

Blattella, Heterogamisca, Neostylopyga, Pycnoscelus, Tivia

Abstract

The knowledge of Blattodea from Oman is still incipient. One species of cockroaches are reported from Oman so far and this indicates the large blank in our knowledge in this order when compared to recorded species from other neighboring countries in the Arabian Peninsula. Blattodea have been collected at various localities in Sultanate of Oman with different sampling artifacts. The present communication records five species of cockroaches from Oman, namely Blattella biligata (Walker, 1868), Heterogamisca Bey-Bienko, 1950, Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758), Tivia fusca Bohn, 2008 from northern Oman and Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813) from southern Oman.

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