Species Platyzosteria armata Tepper, 1893

Museums

Regional Maps

• Platyzosteria armata Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [84].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♂ adult, 32º03´S 122º48´E, Fraser Range, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♀ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VII. The Platyzosteria group: general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1207-1298 [1238].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Record from under granite slabs, when disturbed adults discharge their sternal scent glands.

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VII. The Platyzosteria group: general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1207-1298 [1238] (redescription, genitalia description)

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