Species Melanozosteria picea (Princis, 1954)

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• Lamproblatta picea Princis, K. 1954. Report from Professor T. Gislén's Expedition to Australia in 1951–1952. 10. Australian Blattariae. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 50: 1-49 [8] [senior secondary homonym of Platyzosteria picea Princis, 1957].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂ adult, 29º26´S 116º17´E, Perenjori, WA.

  Type locality references:

  Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [295].
• Neostylopyga unicolor Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [540] [nom. nov. for Lamproblatta picea Princis, 1954 (which Princis, K. 1966. Kleine beiträge zur kenntnis der Blattarien und ihrer verbreitung. IX. Opuscula Entomologica 31: 43–60 moved in to Neostylopyga) proposed due to homonymy with Periplaneta picea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Inhabits arid country.

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [295] (redescription, genitalia description)

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