Species Melanozosteria nitida (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polyzosteria (Platyzosteria) nitida Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1865. Nouveau système des Blattaires. Vienna : G. Braumüller 426 pp. 13 pls. [214].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHMW ♂ adult, Ternate, Moluccas.
  Paralectotype(s) NHMW 1♀ 6 sex unknown 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 [245] (indicated that the lectotype was selected by Key in 1963, however it was Mackerras who formally designated the lectotype).
• Periplaneta polita Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [139].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, Taiwan (as Formosa).
• Cutilia tartarea Stål, C. 1877. Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 34: 33-58 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀ adult, Philippines.

  Type locality references:

  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 [290].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [290]

 

Generic Combinations

• Polyzosteria (Melanozosteria) nitida (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865). —
  Stål, C. 1874. Recherches sur le système des Blattaires. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 2: 3-18 [13]
• Cutilia nitida (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865). —
  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 [290]
• Platyzosteria (Melanozosteria) nitida (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865). —
  Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [243]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also Jayapura, Moluccas, Santa Cruz Is., Tongatapu, New Ireland.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

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 [243] (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 (new record from Samoa)

 

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		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)