Species Methana curvigera (Walker, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Periplaneta curvigera Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [134].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Moreton Bay, QLD.
• Methana shawi Princis, K. 1951. Neue und wenig Bekannte Blattarien ans dem Zoologischen Museum, Kopenhagen. Spolia Zoologica Musei Hauniensis 12: 5-72 [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC ♀ adult, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Rentz, D.C.F. & Cameron, H.M. 1983. Catalogue of Australian Cockroaches. CSIRO Australia. Division of Entomology Technical Paper 21: 1-37 [18].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Princis, K. 1954. Report from Professor T. Gislén's Expedition to Australia in 1951–1952. 10. Australian Blattariae. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 50: 1-49 [12]

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), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Under bark, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Records from wattle trees, hide from strong sunlight inside curled up leaves, ootheca attached to undersides of loose bark and leaves and covered with debris.

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IX. Revision of Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 511-575 [521] (redescription, genitalia description)

Pope, P. 1953. Studies of the life histories of some Queensland Blattidae (Orthoptera). Part 2. Some native species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 63: 47-59 [47]

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