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Dusky cockroach

Ectobius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The dusky cockroach (Ectobius lapponicus) is a species in the family Ectobiidae, order Blattodea. Source checklists list it for 9 countries, including Germany, Hungary and Iran.

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Quick facts about the dusky cockroach

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
9 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the dusky cockroach live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The dusky cockroach is listed for 9 countries.

RussiaTajikistanKyrgyzstanIranPolandHungaryGermanyUnited Kingdom
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Germany
  2. Hungary
  3. Iran
  4. Kyrgyzstan
  5. Liechtenstein
  6. Poland
  7. Russia
  8. Tajikistan
  9. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dusky cockroach as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the dusky cockroach endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dusky cockroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyEctobiidae
  6. genusEctobius
  7. SpeciesEctobius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Blatta laponica, Blatta lapponica, Ectobia lapponica

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • rusec laponskýCzech
  • SkovkakerlakDanish
  • LapplandschabeGerman
  • Cucaracha ParduscaSpanish
  • Harilik metsaprussakasEstonian
  • lapintorakkaFinnish
  • Blatte du NordFrench
  • lapp erdeicsótányHungarian
  • Laplandinis prūsokasLithuanian
  • Ziemeļu prusaksLatvian
  • markkakerlakkNorwegian Bokmål
  • Noordse kakkerlakDutch
  • MarkkakkerlakkNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Zadomka polnaPolish
  • Лапландский тараканRussian
  • švábik tmavoštítySlovak
  • Mračni gozdni ščurekSlovenian
  • skogskackerlackaSwedish
  • Тарган лапландськийUkrainian
  • Gemeine WaldschabeGerman
  • Lappland-WaldschabeGerman
  • Lappländische WaldschabeGerman
  • WaldschabeGerman
  • Blatte jauneFrench
  • Cafard du NordFrench
  • Zadomka polnareferanse-urlPolish
  • Таракан лапландскийRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dusky cockroach

Other species in the same genus Ectobius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the dusky cockroach live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dusky cockroach for 9 countries, including Germany, Hungary, Iran, Kyrgyzstan and Liechtenstein. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the dusky cockroach an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dusky cockroach as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the dusky cockroach?

The dusky cockroach (Ectobius lapponicus) belongs to the family Ectobiidae in the order Blattodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dusky cockroach (Ectobius lapponicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dusky-cockroach

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{dusky_cockroach_2026,
  title = {Dusky cockroach (Ectobius lapponicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dusky-cockroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}