Bodenheimer (Animal Life in Palestine, 1935) has this to say:
It (the American cockroach) is especially common on the coastal plain together with the small species, the grey-brown Blattella germanica and the pale red-brown Supella supectillium. The Mediterranean species (Periplaneta furcata, Loboptera decipiens, Hololampra trivittata) pass the winter as large larvae and moult into adults in the spring. During the day they hide on the ground among leaves etc., or beneath stones.
From Wikipedia:
The Blattellidae is a family of the Blattodea order (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches.
- Subfamily: Blattellinae
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- Subfamily: Pseudophyllodromiinae
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- Subfamily: Ectobiinae
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