Species Anamesia polyzona (Walker, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polyzosteria polyzona Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [159].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂ adult, Swan River, (WA).
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Princis, K. 1957. Revision der Walker'schen und Kirby'schen Blattarientypen im British Museum of Natural History, London. Opuscula Entomologica. Lund 22: 87-96, 97-116 [100].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), 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), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal.

Extra Ecological Information

Record from under log on sand, observed sunning themselves.

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 [346] (redescription)

History of changes