Species Platyzosteria invisa (Walker, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Periplaneta invisa Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 239 pp. [137] [3 syntypes listed as 'a', 'b', and 'c'].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀ adult, Swan River, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂ adult; BMNH adult; BMNH adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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 [275] (also, p. 271, identified Walker's male syntype 'b' as Polyzosteria analis Saussure, 1864); 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 [1235] (interprets the incorrect inference of holotype as lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985; p. 1236 states Walker's syntype 'c' has been lost and its sex was not recorded).
• Platyzosteria picea 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] [junior objective synonym of Periplaneta invisa Walker, 1868 (specimen 'a' used as holotype); junior secondary homonym of Platyzosteria (Melanozosteria) picea (Princis, 1954) which does not require a replacement name according to Art. 60 (a), ICZN 1985].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Swan River, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [1235]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

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 [1235] (redescription, genitalia description)

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] (Periplaneta invisa synonymised under Platyzosteria analis (Saussure, 1864), invalid lectotype designation for Periplaneta invisa)

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