Species Anamesia frenchii Tepper, 1893

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• Anamesia frenchii Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ adult, WA (as N QLD).

  Type locality references:

  Mackerras, M.J. 1966. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). V. Revision of the genera Anamesia Tepper and Pseudolampra Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 335-363 [347] (doubts QLD as locality as all other specimens of this species come from WA).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal.

Extra Ecological Information

Often found under logs, stones or in clumps of spinifex.

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1966. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). V. Revision of the genera Anamesia Tepper and Pseudolampra Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 335-363 [347] (redescription)

Princis, K. 1954. Report from Professor T. Gislén's Expedition to Australia in 1951–1952. 10. Australian Blattariae. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 50: 1-49 [11] (as frenchi)

Roth, L.M. 1999. New cockroach species, redescriptions, and records, mostly from Australia, and a description of Metanocticola gen. nov., sp. nov., from Christmas Island (Blattaria). Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 327-364 [355] (new record)

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