Species Molytria inquinata (Stål, 1860)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Epilampra inquinata Stål, C. 1860. Orthoptera. Species novas descripsit. pp. 299-350 in Virgin, C.A. (ed.). Konglia Svenska Freggaten Eugenies Resa omkring Jorden. Åren 1851–1853. Zoologi. I. Insecta. Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Son. [309].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♂ adult, Sydney, NSW (as Sidney, Nova Hollandia).
• Epilampra nudiventris Saussure, H. de 1864. Blattarum novarum species aliquot. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 16: 305-326 [321].

  Type data:

   Holotype GMNH ♀ adult, TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Princis, K. 1967. Pars 11: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Nyctiboridae, Epilampridae. pp. 617-710 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [646]

Generic Combinations

• Molytria inquinata (Stål, 1860). —
  Princis, K. 1967. Pars 11: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Nyctiboridae, Epilampridae. pp. 617-710 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [646]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Male wings full length, female wings abbreviated.

General References

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 [348] (redescription and new records from Blue Mtns, NSW)

Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [61, 66] (incorrect subsequent spelling of inquinata as inquinita and nudiventris as mediventris)

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 [174] (incorrect subsequent spelling of nudiventris as mediventris)

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 [156] (incorrect subsequent spelling of inquinata as inquinita)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [76] (incorrect subsequent spelling of nudiventris as mediventris)

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