Table 1. Distribuition of living dung-feeding cockroaches supporting their common and cosmopolitan distribution [41], exclusively in dark (nocturnal, cave or under dung) environments.
| Species | Family | Locality | Country | Dung | Host | Habitat | Continent | Reference |
| Arenivaga grata | Corydiidae | Tucson Mountains, | USA, Arizona | guano | Bat | Bat cave | North America | [83] |
| Blabverus discoidalis | Blaberidae | Bogor, Java | Indonesia | feces | Flat-tailedgecko | Outdoors | Asia | [84] |
| Blatta orientalis | Blattidae | Johannesburg Hospital | South Africa | dung | Human | Hospital | Africa | [30] |
| Blattella germanica | Ectobiidae | ? | Egypt | feces | Human | Villages | Africa | [85], [86] |
| Ergaula scarabaeoides | Corydiidae | Selangor | Malaysia | guano | Bat | Bat cave | Asia | [87], [88] |
| Eublaberus distanti | Blaberidae | Guanapo Cave | Trinidad and Tobago | dry guano | Fruit bat | Bat cave | South America | [4] |
| Eublaberus posticus | Blaberidae | Trinidad island | Trinidad and Tobago | feces | Bat | Indoors | South America | [89] |
| Eublaberus posticus | Blaberidae | Tamana cave | Trinidad and Tobago | guano | Oilbird | Bird cave | South America | [52] |
| Euthyrrhapha nigra | Corydiidae | Antsinomygrotto | Madagascar | guano | Bat | Bat cave | Africa | [90] |
| Gyna kazungulana | Blaberidae | ? | East Africa | guano | Bat | Bat cave | Africa | [91] |
| Gyna maculipennis | Blaberidae | Lualaba | Dem Rep Congo | guano | Bat | Bat cave | Africa | [92] |
| Opisthoplatia maculata | Blaberidae | Formosa | Formosa( = Taiwan) | dung | Human | Outside | Asia | Shikano in [93] |
| Paratemnopteryx kookabinnensis | Ectobiidae | Kookabinna George | Western Australia | guano | Bat | Cave | Australia | [94] |
| Paratemnopteryx rufa | Ectobiidae | Nullarbor Plain | Australia | guano | Bird | Cave | Australia | [95] |
| Paratemnopteryx weinsteini | Ectobiidae | Rope LadderCave | Queensland | guano | Bat | Cave | Australia | [94] |
| Parcoblatta bolliana | Ectobiidae | Texas | USA | dry dung | Cow | Pine woods | North America | [96] |
| Parcoblatta fulvescens | Ectobiidae | Florida | USA | dry dung | Cow | Pine woods | North America | [97] |
| Periplaneta australasiae | Blattidae | Sarawak Mt. Jibong | Malaysia | guano | Bird | Cave | Asia | [98] |
| Periplaneta australasiae | Blattidae | Malaysia | feces | Small reptiles | Outdoors | Asia | [99] | |
| Periplaneta australasiae | Blattidae | Punta Gorda, Florida | South Africa | dung | Goat | Outside; vacanthouse | North America | [100] |
| Periplaneta americana | Blattidae | Formosa | Formosa( = Taiwan) | feces | Macaca cyclopis | Indoors | Asia | [101] |
| Periplaneta americana | Blattidae | Vengurla | India | guano | Bat | Bat cave | Asia | [102] |
| Periplaneta americana | Blattidae | Sumatra Sawah Lunto | Indonesia | feces | Human | Coal mine | Asia | [103] |
| Periplaneta americana | Blattidae | western Bengal | India | feces | Human | Coal mine | Asia | [104], [105] |
| Periplaneta americana | Blattidae | Johannesburg Hospital | South Africa | dung | Human | Hospital | Africa | [30] |
| Periplaneta americana | Blattidae | ? | Egypt | feces | Human | Villages | Africa | [85], [86] |
| Periplaneta americana | Blattidae | Accra –laboratory | Ghana (GoldCoast) | feces | Erythrocebus patas | Indoor (glassjars) | Africa | [106] |
| Periplaneta americana | Blattidae | Araripe | Brazil | feces | Worm lizard | Outdoors | South America | [107] |
| Perisphaerus sp. | Blaberidae | Jalor caves | Malaysia | guano | Bat | Cave | Asia | [108] |
| Pycnoscelus surinamensis | Blaberidae | St. Croix | USA, VirginIslands | feces | Chicken | Chicken roosts | CentralAmerica | [109] |
| Pycnoscelus surinamensis | Blaberidae | Puerto RicoMona Island | USA | dry dung | Cow | Pine woods | CentralAmerica | [43] |
| Pycnoscelus striatus | Blaberidae | Selangor | Malaysia | guano | Bat | Cave | Asia | [87], [88] |
| Simandoa conserfariam | Blaberidae | SimandouMts. | Guinea | guano | Fruit bat | Cave | Africa | [110] |
| Symploce cavernicola | Ectobiidae | Sarawak Mt.Jibong | Malaysia | guano | Bird | Cave | Asia | [98] |
| Tivia macracantha | Corydiidae | Katanga Province | Dem Rep Congo | guano | ? | Cave | Africa | [92] |
| Tivia sp. | Corydiidae | Antsinomygrotto | Madagascar | guano | ? | Cave | Africa | [90] |
| Trogloblattella nullarborensis | Ectobiidae | NullarborPlain | Australia | guano | Bird | Cave | Australia | [95] |
| Xestoblatta hamata | Ectobiidae | La Selva | Costa Rica | dung | Bird | ? | Cental America | [4] |
| Xestoblatta immaculata | Ectobiidae | Chilibrillo | Panama | guano | Bat | Cave | Cental America | [111] |
| unidentified | ? | ? | ? | dung | Horse, Cow | Desert | ? | [112] |
| unidentified | Corydiidae | ? | Ecuador | dung | Bird | Outdoors | South America | [12] |
| unidentified | ? | ? | Malaysia | feces | House gecko | Indoors | Asia | [113] |
| unidentified | ? | Hawai | USA | feces | Giant toad | Outdoors | North America | [114] |