Balta notulata, also known by the common name small-spotted cockroach, is a species from the genus Balta.[1] By the 1960s it was spread in an area between Sri Lanka, Japan and Easter Island. Already in 1980s it was a domicilary cockroach in Madang Province.[2]

Balta notulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Balta
Species:
B. notulata
Binomial name
Balta notulata
(Stål, 1860)

References

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  1. ^ Stål, C. (1860) Insekter [IV]. Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In: Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden: under befäl af C. A. Virgin, åren 1851-1853: vetenskapliga iakttagelser ... utgifna af K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. , pp. 299–350. [1858]
  2. ^ https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2915.1991.tb00580.x