Species Polyzosteria pubescens Tepper, 1893

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• Polyzosteria pubescens Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [75] [Tepper did not specify number of specimens].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♂ adult, Fraser Range, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA adults nymphs.

  Subsequent designation 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 [865] ( 'type' mentioned is from Eucla, WA, a locality not referred to in original reference).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, ground dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Epigean, recorded from 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 [865] (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

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