Genus Methana Stål, 1877

Museums

Regional Maps

• Methana Stål, C. 1877. Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 34: 33-58 [36].

  Type species:

   Periplaneta marginalis Saussure, 1864 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 501 pp. [135].
• Wodongia Tepper, J.G.O. 1895. Notes on Victorian and other Blattariae and descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 146-166 [155].

  Type species:

   Wodongia lunata Tepper, 1895 by monotypy.

 

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 [308]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Austro-Malayan subregion.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

General References

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. [37] (Monteith, G.B., pers. comm., all Methana species are found under bark, usually gregarious)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-May-2012		29-May-2012	MOVED
03-Jan-2012		03-Jan-2012	MOVED
03-Jan-2012		03-Jan-2012	MOVED
04-Jan-2012		04-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)