Species Cosmozosteria lateralis (Walker, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polyzosteria lateralis Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [154].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀ adult, locality unknown.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂ adult juv.

  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 [105].
• Polyzosteria ferruginea Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [158].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VI. Revision of the genus Cosmozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 593-618 [606]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Lizard Is. and Fitzroy Is.

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), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal.

Extra Ecological Information

Found sunbasking on ground, rocks and low foliage.

 

General References

Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 501 pp. [132] (Cosmozosteria picta Kirby, 1904 listed as synonym of Cosmozosteria lateralis)

Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VI. Revision of the genus Cosmozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 593-618 [606] (redescription, genitalia description)

Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [596] (Cosmozosteria sloanei Shaw, 1925 listed as synonym of C. lateralis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Jan-2012		03-Jan-2012	MOVED
03-Jan-2012		03-Jan-2012	MOVED
04-Jan-2012		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)