Subspecies Margattea nimbata nimbata (Shelford, 1907)
- Phyllodromia nimbata Shelford, R.W.C. 1907. On some new species of Blattidae in the Oxford and Paris Museums. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 19(7): 25-49 [31].
Type data:
Lectotype OUM 89 1.4 ♂ adult, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo.
Paralectotype(s) OUM 89 3.4, 89 4.4 2♀ adults; OUM ? 2 adults; OUM 2 adults (depository uncertain).Subsequent designation references:
Roth, L.M. 1989. The cockroach genus Margattea Shelford, with a new species from the Krakatau Islands, and redescriptions of several species from the Indo-Pacific region (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 206-229 [215] (Shelford listed 5 specimens; Roth mentions only 3 specimens, contrary to Art. 74, ICZN 1985). - Phyllodromia kumamotonis Shiraki, T. 1931. Orthoptera of the Japanese Empire. Insecta Matsumurana 5: 171-209 [198].
Type data:
Holotype EMGRIK ♀ adult, Kumamoto, Japan.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Roth, L.M. 1991. New combinations, synonymies, redescriptions and new species of cockroaches, mostly Indo-Australian Blattellidae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 953-1021 [986]
Generic Combinations
- Margattea nimbata nimbata (Shelford, 1907). —
Roth, L.M. 1989. The cockroach genus Margattea Shelford, with a new species from the Krakatau Islands, and redescriptions of several species from the Indo-Pacific region (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 206-229 [215]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Malayan subregion.
IBRA
NT: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, under bark, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Recorded from light trap, in dry stream bed and on shrubbery.
General References
Hanitsch, R. 1933. The Blattidae of Mount Kinabalu, British North Borneo. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 17: 297-337 [310] (Phyllodromia nimbata erroneously synonymised under Blatta ceylanica Saussure, 1868)
Roth, L.M. 1989. The cockroach genus Margattea Shelford, with a new species from the Krakatau Islands, and redescriptions of several species from the Indo-Pacific region (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 206-229 [215] (first record from Australia, redescription)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |