Evidence of the brown-banded cockroach (Supella longipalpa [FABRICIUS, 1798]) in Saxony-Anhalt

In the past, evidence of the brown-banded cockroach in the Land of Saxony-A nhalt was based on reports furnished by pest control businesses to the exte nt that brown-banded cockroaches had been traced on the premises of two Mag deburg companies in 1985. A specimen of brown-banded cockroach was recently detected in the Land of Saxony-Anhalt (March 2000). The roach was found in the office of a small-sized business in the town of Wolmirstedt north of M agdeburg. The route along which the pest had entered the premises, or been brought in, could not be elucidated.