Species Laxta granulosa Roth, 1992

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• Laxta granulosa Roth, L.M. 1992. The Australian cockroach genus Laxta Walker (Dicyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 389-435 [404] [includes Oniscosoma granulata Cane, 1952 as a nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Uralla, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 7♂ 10♀ adults 2♀ nymphs; EUQ 2♂ 3♀ adults; QM 2♂ adults; ASCU ♂ 2♀ adults.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Male winged, female apterous.

General References

Roth, L.M. 1999. New cockroach species, redescriptions, and records, mostly from Australia, and a description of Metanocticola gen. nov., sp. nov., from Christmas Island (Blattaria). Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 327-364 [347] (new records)

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