Species Calolampra atomifera (Walker, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Epilampra atomifera Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [69].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ adult (Roth, L.M. & Princis, K. 1973. The cockroach genus Calolampra of Australia with descriptions of new species (Blaberidae). Psyche Camb. 80: 101–158 [151] type actually male, not female as described), Australia (as Nova Hollandia).

  Secondary source:

   Roth, L.M. & Princis, K. 1973. The cockroach genus Calolampra of Australia with descriptions of new species (Blaberidae). Psyche (Cambridge) Camb. 80: 101-158 [151] (Nova Hollandia for locality).
• Polyzosteria propria Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [161].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀ adult, SA.

  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 [108].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Roth, L.M. & Princis, K. 1973. The cockroach genus Calolampra of Australia with descriptions of new species (Blaberidae). Psyche (Cambridge) Camb. 80: 101-158 [101, 148] (also redescription, genitalia description)

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, soil dweller, under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Male with wings, female apterous, record from under Eucalyptus sp. [Myrtaceae] bark.

General References

Roth, L.M. & Princis, K. 1973. The cockroach genus Calolampra of Australia with descriptions of new species (Blaberidae). Psyche (Cambridge) Camb. 80: 101-158 [148]

Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [58-59] (misidentified Epilampra atomifera as Epilampra notabilis Walker, 1868)

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