Species Ellipsidion variegata (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

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• Blatta variegata Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [273].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (number or sex of specimens not given; Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard pp. 656. [614] lists 2 specimens), Australia (as nova Hollandia).
• Blatta vestita Burmeister, H. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 2(2) 1050 pp. [498].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ? adult (no indication of number or sex of type specimens), Australia (as Java).

  Type locality references:

  Hebard, M. 1943. Australian Blattidae of the subfamilies Chorisoneurinae and Ectobiinae (Orthoptera). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4: 1-129 (112); Princis, K. 1969. Pars 13: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Blattellidae. pp. 713-1038 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. (986).
• Ellipsidion aurantium Saussure, H. de 1864. Blattarum novarum species aliquot. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 16: 305-326 [312].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ adult, Australia (as Nova Hollandia).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hebard, M. 1943. Australian Blattidae of the subfamilies Chorisoneurinae and Ectobiinae (Orthoptera). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4: 1-129 [112] (also new records)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Aposematic, foliage frequenting.

General References

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [84, 85] (Blatta variegata and Ellipsidion aurantium incorrect subsequent spellings as Ellipsidium variegatum and Ellipsidium aurantium)

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