Detection of the Australian cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae [Fabricius, 1775]) in Saxony-Anhalt

Authors
Mielke, U
Citation
U. Mielke, Detection of the Australian cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae [Fabricius, 1775]) in Saxony-Anhalt, ANZ SCHAD-J, 74(4), 2001, pp. 111-112
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
ANZEIGER FUR SCHADLINGSKUNDE-JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
ISSN journal
14365693 → ACNP
Volume
74
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
111 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
1436-5693(200108)74:4<111:DOTAC(>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The Australian cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae [Fabricius, 1775]) is a roach species that is scarcely found in Germany. On the territory of Saxony -Anhalt it has only been detected twice, these observations dating back mor e than 60 years. In early 2001, a mass appearance of the Australian cockroa ch was recorded in a greenhouse of the Magdeburg Zoological Gardens. The au thor is not aware of any other current appearance of the Australian cockroa ch in the land of Saxony-Anhalt.