Species Neolaxta monteithi Mackerras, 1968

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neolaxta monteithi Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Neolaxta monteithi, gen. et. sp. n. from eastern Australia (Blattodea: Blaberidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 143-146 [143].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T6621 ♂ adult, 28º37´S 152º25´E, Tooloom, QLD.
  Paratype(s) QM T6622 ♀ adult.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Males winged, females apterous, record from under log, often found under stones and wood in open forest.

General References

Dahms, E. 1972. Type-specimens of cockroaches (Blattodea) in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 273-289 [282] (QM type information)

Roth, L.M. 1987. The genus Neolaxta Mackerras (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 141-150 [142] (redescription, listed 3 paratypes)

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