Species Melanozosteria triangulata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)

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• Periplaneta triangulata Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1893. Révision du système des Orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2a 13: 1-230 [published September] [33] [mentioned in a footnote, constitutes description according to Art. 11, ICZN 1985].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.
• Periplaneta triangulata Stål, C. 1877. Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 34: 33-58 [37] [nom. nud., placed in Cutilia, no accompanying description or illustration of the species (Art. 12, ICZN); Mackerras (1968: 251) suggests name is a manuscript or verbal name by Brunner von Wattenyl].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Periplaneta triangulata Schmeltz, J.D.E & Pöhl, C.A. (eds) 1877. Insecta. Ordo I. Orthoptera. pp. in Catalog VI der zum Verkauf stehenden Doubletten aus den Naturhistorischen Expeditionen der Herren Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. Hamburg : L. Friedrichsen & Co. 18-23 pp. [19] [nom. nud., listed without description or illustration of the species].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Leptozosteria secunda Tepper, J.G.O. 1894. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Supplementary and additional descriptions and notes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 18: 165-189 [183].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♀ adult, Cooktown, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [576]

Generic Combinations

• Platyzosteria (Melanozosteria) secunda (Tepper, 1894) [Roth (1999: 357) comments that there 'is a question about the valid species name of this taxon', and uses the name 'secunda'; however in doing so, he ignores Art. 11, ICZN].
• Platyzosteria (Melanozosteria) triangulata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893). —
  Krauss, H.A. 1903. Orthopteren aus Australien und den Malayischen Archipel, gesammelt von Professor Dr Richard Semon. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 745-755 [750]

Distribution

States

Queensland

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), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Records from savannah woodland and under bark of tea-tree.

General References

Krauss, H.A. 1903. Orthopteren aus Australien und den Malayischen Archipel, gesammelt von Professor Dr Richard Semon. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 745-755 [750] (Periplaneta triangulata description)

Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [249] (redescription, genitalia description, regarded Krauss' 1903 description of triangulata as the first valid description, therefore gave priority to secunda over triangulata)

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]

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