Species Platyzosteria fallax (Walker, 1868)

Museums

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• Perisphaeria fallax Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [172] [specimen 'd' listed as female is actually male and was selected as lectotype by Princis].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂ adult, Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 3♀ adults.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Princis, K. 1957. Revision der Walker'schen und Kirby'schen Blattarientypen im British Museum of Natural History, London. Opuscula Entomologica. Lund 22: 87-96, 97-116 [103].
• Platyzosteria shawi Princis, K. 1954. Report from Professor T. Gislén's Expedition to Australia in 1951–1952. 10. Australian Blattariae. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 50: 1-49 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂ adult, 34º36´S 116º07´E, Windy Harbour, S of Northcliffe, WA.
  Paratype(s) ♂ adult.

  Type locality 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 [1266].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, 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 [1266] (redescription, genitalia description)

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