Species Polyzosteria mitchelli (Angas, 1847)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Blatta mitchelli Angas, G.F. 1847. South Australia Illustrated. London : Thomas McLean 60 pls, in colour, with descriptive text. [pl. 48] [illustrated and named but not described, and location of specimen not specified; Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). I. General remarks and revision of the genus Polyzosteria Burmeister. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 841–882 (876) states 'there is no type specimen but the coloured illustration in the book is quite diagnostic'. However, the present collection and geographic distribution of the species are considerably larger than known to Mackerras and having a type specimen for comparison is desirable over an illustration].

  Type data:

   Neotype ANIC ♂ adult, 20 miles NNW of Mogumber, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roach, A.M.E. in Roach, A.M.E. & Rentz, D.C.F. 1998. Blattodea. 21-162, 400 (App. III), 407-426 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 xiii 464 pp.

Generic Combinations

• Polyzosteria mitchelli (Angas, 1847). —
  Saussure, H. de 1873. Mélanges orthoptérologiques. IVme fascicule, Mantides et Blattides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 23: 1-164 [106]
• Polyzosteria mitchelli (Angas, 1847). —
  Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). I. General remarks and revision of the genus Polyzosteria Burmeister. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 841-882 [876] (redescription)
• Euzostera mitchelli (Angas, 1847). —
  Shelford, R.W.C. 1909. Blattidae. pp. 129-142 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2(9). [134]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, ground dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Epigean, recorded from Dryandra sp. [Proteaceae] and caves.

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 [876] (redescription, genitalia description)

Richards, A.M. 1967. Cockroaches (Blattodea) from Australian Caves. Helictite, Journal of Australasian Cave Research 5(2): 35-44 [36]

Richards, A.M. 1971. An ecological study of the cavernicolous fauna of the Nullarbor Plain Southern Australia. Journal of Zoology, London 164: 1-60

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 [355] (new record from S WA)

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