Species Polyzosteria cuprea Saussure, 1863
- Polyzosteria cuprea Saussure, H. de 1863. Mélanges orthoptérologiques. Ier Fascicule, Blattides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 17: 129-170 [133].
Type data:
Holotype NHMG ♀ adult, Australia (as La Nouvelle-Hollande). - Polyzosteria maculata Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1865. Nouveau système des Blattaires. Vienna : G. Braumüller 426 pp. 13 pls. [206].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW ♂ ♀ adults, Swan River, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Western Australia
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
Diurnal, round.
Extra Ecological Information
Ootheca buried or dropped, eggs hatch after about 53 days in summer conditions.
General References
Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). I. General remarks and revision of the genus Polyzosteria Burmeister. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 841-882 [862] (redescription)
Roth, L.M. 1999. New cockroach species, redescriptions, and records, mostly from Australia, and a description of Metanocticola gen. nov., sp. nov., from Christmas Island (Blattaria). Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 327-364 [354] (new records)
History of changes
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| 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) |