Species Melanozosteria nitidella (Shaw, 1918)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cutilia nitidella Shaw, A.E. 1918. Australian Blattidae. With descriptions of eleven new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 151-167 [155] [mentioned 'cotype' series of 4 specimens].

  Type data:

   Lectotype QM T6435 ♂ adult, Wynnum, QLD.
  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 [264] (lists Shaw's type series as 2 and 2 'cotypes' and 7 'paratypes', the 7 'paratypes' are not included in the type series).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Limited to SE corner of QLD.

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.

Extra Ecological Information

Recorded from in wood heap, adults mature after about nine months.

 

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 type specimens instead of 3)

Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [264] (redescription and genitalia description)

 

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
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