Species Melanozosteria bicolor (Kirby, 1903)
- Melanozosteria bicolor Kirby, W.F. 1903. Notes on Blattidae etc., with descriptions of new genera and species in the collection of the British Museum, South Kensington. No. III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 373-381 [373].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂ adult, Dauan Island (as Cornwallis Island), Torres Straight, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀ adult.Subsequent designation references:
Princis, K. 1957. Revision der Walker'schen und Kirby'schen Blattarientypen im British Museum of Natural History, London. Opuscula Entomologica. Lund 22: 87-96, 97-116 [103].Type locality references:
Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [249].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Darnley Is., Claudie River, Rocky River via Coen and Cornwallis Is. (Dauan Is.).
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)
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 [247] (redescription, genitalia description)
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 [357] (new records)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 18-Aug-2021 | 05-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |