Species Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier, 1789)
Speckled Cockroach
- Blatta cinerea Olivier, A.G. 1789. Encyclopedie Methodique. Histoire Naturelle 4, Insectes. Paris : C. Plomteux 331 pp. [314] [number, sex and location of type specimens not specified, only information given 'I have found this species in large numbers in full boxes of seeds and plants sent to M. Thouin of/from the île de France'].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Indian Ocean (as de l'île de France).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Probably originated from East Africa (James Walker, pers. com. in Roach, A.M.E. & Rentz, D.C.F. 1998. Blattodea. pp. 21–162 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia pp. xiii 464.), extensively used in culture as reptile food Australia-wide.
Introduced from ?East Africa.
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), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, peridomestic, volant.
General References
Pope, P. 1953. Studies of the life histories of some Queensland Blattidae (Orthoptera). Part 1. The domestic species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 63: 23-46 (description of all stages and life history)
Princis, K. 1965. Pars 7: Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Oxyhaloidae, Panesthiidae, Cryptocercidae, Chorisoneuridae, Oulopterygidae, Diplopteridae, Anaplectidae, Archiblattidae, Nothoblattidae. pp. 284-400 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [289] (worldwide synonymies, comprehensive bibliography)
Roth, L.M. 1971. The male genitalia of Blattaria. VI. Blaberidae: Oxyhaloinae. Psyche (Cambridge) Camb. 78: 84-106 [85] (male genitalia illustrated)
Shaw, A.E. 1918. Australian Blattidae. With descriptions of eleven new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 151-167 [164] (first record from Australia)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2021 | 27-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 04-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |