Species Anamesia lambii Tepper, 1893
- Anamesia lambii Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [70].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♀ adult, Innaminka, SA (as Central Australia).
Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♀ adult; QM T2895 ♀ adult (Tepper listed 7♀ syntypes but did not specify location of specimens; Mackerras, M.J. 1966. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). V. Revision of the genera Anamesia Tepper and Pseudolampra Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 335–363 (338) only listed 3 specimens from original series, therefore 4 paralectotypes are unaccounted for); QM T2895 ♀ adult (Tepper listed 7♀ syntypes but did not specify location of specimens; Mackerras, M.J. 1966. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). V. Revision of the genera Anamesia Tepper and Pseudolampra Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 335–363 [338] only listed three specimens from original series, therefore four paralectotypes are unaccounted for).Subsequent designation 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 [338]; Roach, A.M.E. in Roach, A.M.E. & Rentz, D.C.F. 1998. Blattodea. 21-162, 400 (App. III), 407-426 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 xiii 464 pp. [42] (interprets Mackerras's inferencce of 'Type' as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, under bark.
Extra Ecological Information
Often found under logs, stones or in clumps of spinifex.
General References
Dahms, E. 1972. Type-specimens of cockroaches (Blattodea) in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 273-289 [274]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |