Species Leptozosteria ferox Shelford, 1909

Museums

Regional Maps

• Platyzosteria ferox 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 [273].

  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, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Coniston, Henbury, Tin Creek and Mt Davies.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), 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 [1292] (as Platyzosteria (Leptozosteria) ferox, redescription, genitalia description)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Aug-2021		05-Jun-2012	MOVED
03-Jan-2012		03-Jan-2012	MOVED
03-Jan-2012		03-Jan-2012	MOVED
04-Jan-2012		04-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)