Species Desmozosteria elongata Mackerras, 1966

Museums

Regional Maps

• Desmozosteria elongata Mackerras, M.J. 1966. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IV. Megazosteria, gen. nov., and revision of the genus Desmozosteria Shelford. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 305-334 [332].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀ adult, 25º23´S 131º54´E, Mt Conner, NT.
  Paratype(s) SAMA ♀ adult; ANIC ♀ adult.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Cryptozoic.

Extra Ecological Information

Ground dwellers which retreat under stones, debris, logs and tussocks.

History of changes