Species Euzosteria sordida Shaw, 1925

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• Euzosteria sordida Shaw, A.E. 1925. New genera and species (mostly Australasian) of Blattidae, with notes and some remarks on Tepper's types. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50: 171-213 [176].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T2876 ♀ adult, Beverley, WA.
• Euzosteria callosa Princis, K. 1954. Report from Professor T. Gislén's Expedition to Australia in 1951–1952. 10. Australian Blattariae. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 50: 1-49 [29].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♀ adult, Jitarning, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). II. Revision of the genus Euzosteria Shelford. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 883-902 [888]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), 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.

General References

Dahms, E. 1972. Type-specimens of cockroaches (Blattodea) in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 273-289 [280] (QM type information)

Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). II. Revision of the genus Euzosteria Shelford. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 883-902 [888] (redescription, genitalia description)

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