Species Melanozosteria balteata Tepper, 1893

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• Platyzosteria balteata Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [91].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♀ adult, 35º07´S 139º02´E, Callington, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2♀ adults.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [290]; Roach, A.M.E. in Roach, A.M.E. & Rentz, D.C.F. 1998. Blattodea. 21-162, 400 (App. III), 407-426 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 xiii 464 pp. [66] (interprets Mackarras's incorrect inference of holotype as lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
• Platyzosteria hartmeyeri Shelford, R.W.C. 1909. Blattidae. pp. 129-142 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2(9). [138].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH ♂ adult, Boorabbin, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMH ?nymph.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [290].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [290]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Under bark.

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [290] (redescription, genitalia description)

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