Species Cosmozosteria maculimarginata (Tepper, 1895)
- Platyzosteria maculimarginata 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 [160].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♀ juv., N QLD.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♀ juv.Subsequent designation references:
Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VI. Revision of the genus Cosmozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 593-618 [608].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published locality Diamantina.
IBRA
Qld: Channel Country (CHC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal.
Extra Ecological Information
Found sunbasking on ground, rocks and low foliage.
General References
Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VI. Revision of the genus Cosmozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 593-618 [608] (redescription, genitalia description, erroneous suggestion that types came from Torrens Ck, NSW, and Fernshaw, VIC; these localities are listed on p. 162 of Tepper's paper, not p. 161 which is the second page of the C. maculimarginata description)
Rentz, D.C.F. & Cameron, H.M. 1983. Catalogue of Australian Cockroaches. CSIRO Australia. Division of Entomology Technical Paper 21: 1-37 [8] (lists Mackerras' erroneous type locality suggestion)
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 | ||
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |