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False German cockroach

Blattella lituricollis (Walker, 1868)

Status not recordedinsects

The false german cockroach (Blattella lituricollis) is a species in the family Blattellidae, order Blattodea. Source checklists list it for 33 countries, including Cambodia, China and Christmas Island.

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Quick facts about the false german 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
33 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the false german 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 false german cockroach is listed for 33 countries.

FijiTanzaniaPapua New GuineaKenyaTimor-LesteSouth AfricaMadagascarVanuatuCambodiaThailandLaosMyanmarVietnamIndiaNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.Sri LankaChinaTaiwanPhilippinesMalaysiaJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Cambodia
  2. China
  3. Christmas Island
  4. Comoros
  5. Fiji
  6. Guam
  7. Hong Kong SAR China
  8. India
  9. Japan
  10. Kenya
  11. Laos
  12. Madagascar
  13. Malaysia
  14. Marshall Islands
  15. Mauritius
  16. Myanmar (Burma)
  17. New Caledonia
  18. Northern Mariana Islands
  19. Papua New Guinea
  20. Philippines
  21. Samoa
  22. Seychelles
  23. Singapore
  24. Solomon Islands
  25. South Africa
  26. Sri Lanka
  27. Taiwan
  28. Tanzania
  29. Thailand
  30. Timor-Leste
  31. Tonga
  32. Vanuatu
  33. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the false german 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 false german cockroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyBlattellidae
  6. genusBlattella
  7. SpeciesBlattella lituricollis (Walker, 1868)

Synonyms Blatta colligata, Blatta lituricollis, Blattella colligata, Blattella zulu, Phyllodromia colligata, Phyllodromia lituricollis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • ヒメチャバネゴキブリJapanese
  • 叉紋姬蠊Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the false german cockroach

Other species in the same genus Blattella.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the false german cockroach live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the false german cockroach for 33 countries, including Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Comoros and Fiji. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the false german cockroach?

The false german cockroach (Blattella lituricollis) belongs to the family Blattellidae in the order Blattodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). False German cockroach (Blattella lituricollis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/false-german-cockroach

MLA

“False German cockroach (Blattella lituricollis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/false-german-cockroach.

BibTeX
@misc{false_german_cockroach_2026,
  title = {False German cockroach (Blattella lituricollis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/false-german-cockroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}