Species Leptozosteria aposematica Shelford, 1909

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• Platyzosteria aposematica 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 [288].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀ adult, Central Australia (Spencer-Gillen Expedition).

  Type locality references:

  Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VII. The Platyzosteria group: general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1207-1298 [1289].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Cryptozoic.

Extra Ecological Information

Often found in cracks in boulders and timber.

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VII. The Platyzosteria group: general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1207-1298 [1287] (as Platyzosteria (Leptozosteria) aposematica, redescription, genitalia description)

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 [185] (listed as a synonym of Leptozosteria prima Tepper, 1893)

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