Species Ellipsidion marginifera (Walker, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Blatta marginifera Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [107].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult (Princis, K. 1959. Revision der Walkerschen und Kirbyschen Blattarientypen im British Museum of Natural History, London. III. Opuscula Entomologica 24: 125–150 [137] states type is ♀ not ♂ as originally listed), Australia.
• Apolyta decorata Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [46].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 3 adults 9 nymphs (listed as 2 nymphs and 7 larvae), Mount Lofty Range, Tanunda, Sandy Creek, Nuriootpa, Willunga, SA, and Fraser Range, WA.
• Thyrsocera australis 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 [153] [junior primary homonym of Thyrsocera (Ellipsidion) australis Saussure, 1863, no replacement name required as name is also a junior synonym, Art. 60(a), ICZN 1985].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♀ adult, N QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Princis, K. 1959. Revision der Walkerschen und Kirbyschen Blattarientypen im British Museum of Natural History, London. III. Opuscula Entomologica. Lund 24: 125-150 [137] (Apolyta decorata synonymised under Blatta marginifera)
• Princis, K. 1969. Pars 13: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Blattellidae. pp. 713-1038 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [985]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Aposematic, foliage frequenting.

General References

Princis, K. 1959. Revision der Walkerschen und Kirbyschen Blattarientypen im British Museum of Natural History, London. III. Opuscula Entomologica. Lund 24: 125-150 [137] (Apolyta decorata synonymised under Blatta marginifera)

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