Species Platyzosteria avocaensis Tepper, 1893
- Platyzosteria avocaensis Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [88].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♀ adult, 34º07´S 141º55´E, Wentworth, NSW.Type locality references:
Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VIII. The Platyzosteria group: subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 237-331 [1254] (Tepper said type locality was Avoca, Riverina district of NSW; Mackerras said specimen label reads Avoca St., Wentworth).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Wentworth, Red Cliffs and the Murray River.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Ecological Descriptors
Under bark.
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 [1254] (redescription, genitalia description)
Shelford, R.W.C. 1909. Studies of the Blattidae. X. A revision of the old-world Blattinae belonging to the Polyzosteria group. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1909(2): 253-327 [279] (Platyzosteria avocaensis Tepper, 1893 synonymised under Platyzosteria castanea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 18-Aug-2021 | 05-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 04-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |