Species Cosmozosteria zonata (Walker, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polyzosteria zonata Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [159].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀ adult, Port Essington, NT.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀ adult.

  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 quadrifascia Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [160] [top of page].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀ adult, Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀ adult.

  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 pectoralis Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [160] [bottom of page].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, Victoria River, NT.

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 [610]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

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 [610] (redescription, genitalia description)

History of changes