Species Balta spuria (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
- Phyllodromia spuria Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1865. Nouveau système des Blattaires. Vienna : G. Braumüller 426 pp. 13 pls. [96].
Type data:
Holotype NHMW ♂ adult (Rentz, D.C.F. & Cameron, H.M. 1983. Catalogue of Australian Cockroaches. CSIRO Aust. Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. 21: 1–37 [22] 'Kaltenbach (in litt.) states that no specimen which could be regarded as holotype can be found in the museum'), Fiji (as Iles Fidji). - Blatta bitaeniata Saussure, H. de 1869. Mélanges orthoptérologiques. IIme fascicule Blattides et Phasmides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 20: 227-326 [243].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH ♂ ♀ adults, Australia (as L'Australie). - Blatta latirupta Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and Supplement to the Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. London : British Museum (Natural History) 224 pp. [143].
Type data:
Holotype OUM ♂ adult, NSW. - Apolyta marginata Tepper, J.G.O. 1895. Notes on Victorian and other Blattariae and descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 146-166 [152].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV ♂ ♀ adults (Tepper listed ♂ ♀ in NVM; Rentz, D.C.F. & Cameron, H.M. 1983. Catalogue of Australian Cockroaches. CSIRO Aust. Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. 21: 1–37 [22] states there is a ♂ labelled no. 29 in NVM; Shaw, A.E. 1916. Australian Blattidae. II. On the type of Ischnoptera brunneonigra Tepper, with a description of the male insect. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 33(6): 86–88 [86] states there is a ♂ labelled no. 29 and a ♀ labelled no. 44 in SAMA), Gippsland, VIC.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Princis, K. 1969. Pars 13: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Blattellidae. pp. 713-1038 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [970]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published Australian localities Gippsland and Mallee scrub.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, under bark, volant.
General References
Shelford, R.W.C. 1906. Studies of the Blattidae. V. The types of Blattidae described by Francis Walker, and now in the Hope Museum, Oxford. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 54: 487-509 [495] (Blatta bitaeniata synonymised under Blatta latirupta)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 04-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |