Species Cosmozosteria picta (Tepper, 1894)
- Platyzosteria picta Tepper, J.G.O. 1894. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Supplementary and additional descriptions and notes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 18: 165-189 [182] [as Platyzosteria(?)].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♀ adult, Cooktown, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♀ adult (according to Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VI. Revision of the genus Cosmozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 593–618 [606] Tepper labelled the second specimen '?cotype' which Shaw, A.E. 1925. New genera and species (mostly Australasian) of Blattidae, with notes and some remarks on Tepper's types. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50: 171–213 (193) says is actually Cosmozosteria sloanei Shaw, 1925).Subsequent designation references:
Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VI. Revision of the genus Cosmozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 593-618 [605]; Roach, A.M.E. in Roach, A.M.E. & Rentz, D.C.F. 1998. Blattodea. 21-162, 400 (App. III), 407-426 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 xiii 464 pp. [45] (interprets Mackarras's incorrect inference of holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Distribution
States
Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Coen River and Cooktown, record from VIC believed to be a labelling error.
IBRA
Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal.
Extra Ecological Information
Often 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 [605] (redescription, genitalia description)
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) |