Species Choristima hydrophoroides (Walker, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Blatta hydrophoroides Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [96].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Chorisoneura hydrophoroides (Walker, 1868). —
  Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [114]
• Choristima hydrophoroides (Walker, 1868). —
  Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. Orthoptera, Euplexoptera, Cursoria, et Gressoria (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). London : Longmans & Co. Vol. 1 x 501 pp. [73]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, under bark, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Records from light traps.

General References

Roth, L.M. 1992. The Australian cockroach genus Choristima Tepper (Blattaria, Blattellidae: Ectobiinae). Entomologica Scandinavica 23: 121-151 [129] (redescription)

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