Species Melanozosteria dookiensis Roach, 1998

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• Platyzosteria (Melanozosteria) dookiensis 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. [68] [nom. nov. for Cutilia tepperi Shaw, 1918].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Cutilia tepperi Shaw, A.E. 1918. Australian Blattidae. With descriptions of eleven new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 151-167 [157] [junior secondary homonym of Synonaptera tepperi Kirby, 1903].

  Type data:

   Lectotype QM T6448 ♂ adult, 36º20´S 145º42´E, Dookie, VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) QM ♂ 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 [300] (mentioned 2 2 'cotypes' and 6 'paratypes'; the paratypes were not mentioned in Shaw's original reference so are not included in the type series).

  Type locality references:

  Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [300].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Under bark.

General References

Dahms, E. 1972. Type-specimens of cockroaches (Blattodea) in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 273-289 [278] (QM type information, incorrectly lists 10 paralectotypes)

Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [300] (redescription, genitalia description)

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