Species Jacobsonina platysoma (Walker, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Blatta platysoma Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [111].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂ adult, Swan River, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂ adult (Roth, L.M. 1993. Cockroach genera whose adult males lack styles. Part II. (Dictyoptera, Blattaria, Blattellidae). Dtsch. Entomol. Zeit. 40: 279–307 (286) states paralectotype is Balta epilamproides Tepper, 1893).

  Subsequent designation 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].
• Ischnoptera subcolorata Walker, F. 1871. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Supplement to the Catalogue of Blattariae. London : British Museum (Natural History) 40 pp. [32].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, Bombay, India.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Roth, L.M. 1993. Cockroach genera whose adult males lack styles. Part II. (Dictyoptera, Blattaria, Blattellidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 40: 279-307 [286] (redescription)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also Indian subregion.

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

Litter, under bark, volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Jan-2012		03-Jan-2012	MOVED
03-Jan-2012		03-Jan-2012	MOVED
04-Jan-2012		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)