First record of the alien cockroach Supella longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798) (Blattodea, Pseudophyllodromiidae) from the Baltic countries

Check List 22(2): 205-210, doi: 10.15560/22.2.205

First record of the alien cockroach Supella longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798) (Blattodea, Pseudophyllodromiidae) from the Baltic countries

Olavi Kurina^‡, Tõnu Kesküla^‡, Silver Sisask^§, Erki Õunap^‡|

‡ Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia§ Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia| Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Corresponding author: Olavi Kurina ( olavi.kurina@emu.ee )

Academic editor: Leonardo de Oliveira Cardoso da Silva

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Citation: Kurina O, Kesküla T, Sisask S, Õunap E (2026) First record of the alien cockroach Supella longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798) (Blattodea, Pseudophyllodromiidae) from the Baltic countries. Check List 22(2): 205-210. https://doi.org/10.15560/22.2.205

Abstract

The Brown-banded Cockroach, Supella longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798), is a synanthropic species of presumed African origin widely spread through human-mediated transport. We report the first verified record of S. longipalpa from Estonia and the Baltic countries, based on material collected indoors in a student dormitory in Tartu. The presence of adults, nymphs, and an ootheca indicates local completion of the life cycle. Identification was based on morphology and confirmed by DNA barcoding. This record extends the known distribution of the species in northern Europe.

Keywords

Brown-banded Cockroach, distribution, Europe, Estonia, faunistic, invasive species