Species Paratemnopteryx rufa (Tepper, 1893)
- Periplaneta rufa Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [101].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂ adult, Ooodnadatta, SA (as Central Australia). - Paratemnopteryx zietzii Tepper, J.G.O. 1895. Descriptions of new or little known species of Blattariae. Gryllacridae and Stenopelmatidae collected at Lake Callabonna, S.A. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 19-24 [20] [lists 2
and 3 nymphs as type series]. Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♂ adult, Lake (as L.) Callabonna, SA.
Paralectotype(s) ♂ adult 3 nymphs.Subsequent designation references:
Roth, L.M. 1990. A revision of the Australian Parcoblattini (Blattaria: Blattellidae: Blattellinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 531-596 [577] (mentions only one specimen contrary to Art. 74, ICZN 1985, remaining specimens become paralectotypes; incorrect spelling as Paratemnopteryx zeitzi). - Blatta tepperana Gurney, A.B. 1942. Studies in Cuban Blattidae (Orthoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 89: 11-60 [25, footnote] [nom. nov. for Periplaneta rufa Tepper, 1893 proposed after Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 pp. 501. (139) transferred P. rufa Tepper, 1893 to Blatta creating a secondary homonym with Blatta rufa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865].
Type data:
Syntype(s).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Roth, L.M. 1990. A revision of the Australian Parcoblattini (Blattaria: Blattellidae: Blattellinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 531-596 [577]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Oodnadatta, Lake Callabonna, Milparinka and 30 km E of Betoota.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA: Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Cave dweller, litter.
Extra Ecological Information
Wings reduced, record of feeding on bird guano in caves, record from under stones.
General References
Princis, K. 1969. Pars 13: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Blattellidae. pp. 713-1038 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [733] (Blatta tepperna listed as synonym under Paratemnopteryx rufa, Paratemnopteryx zietzii listed as ?Paratemnopteryx zeitzi)
Richards, A.M. 1971. An ecological study of the cavernicolous fauna of the Nullarbor Plain Southern Australia. Journal of Zoology, London 164: 1-60
Roth, L.M. 1990. A revision of the Australian Parcoblattini (Blattaria: Blattellidae: Blattellinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 531-596 [577] (redescription)
History of changes
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