Species Austropolyphaga perkinsi Mackerras, 1968

Museums

Regional Maps

• Austropolyphaga perkinsi Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Polyphagidae (Blattodea) from Eastern Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 147-154 [149].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T6623 ♂ adult, 25º40´S 148º40´E, Carnarvon Gorge, QLD.
  Paratype(s) EUQ ♂ adult.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality and Cunninghams Gap.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Rainforest.

Extra Ecological Information

Male winged, female apterous, occur in colonies in preformed chambers inside dead logs and stumps.

 

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)
29-May-2012		29-May-2012	MOVED
29-May-2012		29-May-2012	MOVED
04-Jan-2012		04-Jan-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)