Species Laxta guttata Roth, 1992

Museums

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• Laxta guttata Roth, L.M. 1992. The Australian cockroach genus Laxta Walker (Dicyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 389-435 [419] [Roth deposited 3 paratypes in MCZ but did not specify which institution(s) these came from, therefore number of paratypes may be wrong; includes Oniscosoma pallens Cane, 1952 as a nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Watalgan Ra. southern slopes, S of Rosedale, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ 8♀ adults 3♂ 5♀ 1 unknown sex nymphs; QM 3♂ 15♀ adults; MCZ ♂ 2♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Male winged, female apterous, records from under rocks, litter of Banksia aemul [Proteaceae] and vine thicket litter.

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 record)

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