Species Euzosteria nobilis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)

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• Polyzosteria (Polyzosteria) nobilis Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1865. Nouveau système des Blattaires. Vienna : G. Braumüller 426 pp. 13 pls. [209].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHMW ♂ adult, Swan River, WA (as Cygnet River).
  Paralectotype(s) NHMW ♀ adult.

  Type locality references:

  Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). II. Revision of the genus Euzosteria Shelford. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 883-902 [897] (labeller may have confused 'Cygnet River' on Kangaroo Is. with Swan River, as all other specimens of this species come from this area).
• Polyzosteria subnobilis Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [81].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♀ adult, Karatta, SW coast of Kangaroo Is., SA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Shelford, R.W.C. 1909. Studies of the Blattidae. X. A revision of the old-world Blattinae belonging to the Polyzosteria group. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1909(2): 253-327 [263]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal.

Extra Ecological Information

Ground dwellers that shelter under spinifex tussocks and litter, record of activity on eucalypt shrubs during daylight.

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). II. Revision of the genus Euzosteria Shelford. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 883-902 [895] (redescription, genitalia description)

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