Species Drymaplaneta shelfordi (Princis, 1954)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melanozosteria shelfordi Princis, K. 1954. Report from Professor T. Gislén's Expedition to Australia in 1951–1952. 10. Australian Blattariae. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 50: 1-49 [13] [name given for species misidentified by Shelford, R.W.C. 1909. Blattidae. pp. 129–142 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2(9) . (135) as Platyzosteria obscura, type specimens therefore come from Shelford and Princis (Art. 72b(ii) ICZN 1985)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype OUM ♂ adult, East Fremantle, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) OUM ♂ adult; WAM ♀ adult 1 unknown sex nymph; ♀ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IX. Revision of Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 511-575 [554].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Wanneroo, Perth, Margaret River and East Fremantle.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Under bark.

 

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IX. Revision of Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 511-575 [554] (redescription, genitalia description)

 

History of changes

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