Species Methana soror (Saussure, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Periplaneta soror Saussure, H. de 1864. Blattarum novarum species aliquot. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 16: 305-326 [319].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ? ♂ adult, Australia (as Nova Hollandia).
• Periplaneta biquadrata 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 (without abdomen), Australia.
• Periplaneta oculata Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and Supplement to the Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. London : British Museum (Natural History) 224 pp. [152].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♀ adult, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 501 pp. [136]

 

Generic Combinations

• Methana soror (Saussure, 1864). —
  Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. Orthoptera, Euplexoptera, Cursoria, et Gressoria (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). London : Longmans & Co. Vol. 1 x 501 pp. [136]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Only published locality Macleay River.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Under bark, volant.

 

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 [529] (redescription, male unknown)

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 [359] (new record)

 

History of changes

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29-May-2012		29-May-2012	MOVED
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04-Jan-2012		04-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
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