Species Robshelfordia anastomosa (Tepper, 1893)

• Ischnoptera anastomosa Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [53].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ adult, Little Para River, SA.
• Loboptera duodecimsignata Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [36] [the name anastomosa Tepper given priority on first rivisor principle].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♀ adult, Little Para River, SA (as Vicinity of Adelaide).
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♀ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roth, L.M. 1991. The cockroach genera Beybienkoa, gen. nov., Escala Shelford, Eowilsonia, gen. nov., Hensaussurea Princis, Parasigmoidella Hanitsch and Robshelfordia Princis. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 553-716 [566].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Roth, L.M. 1991. The cockroach genera Beybienkoa, gen. nov., Escala Shelford, Eowilsonia, gen. nov., Hensaussurea Princis, Parasigmoidella Hanitsch and Robshelfordia Princis. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 553-716 [566] (first reviser)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Male winged, female wings reduced.

General References

Princis, K. 1969. Pars 13: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Blattellidae. pp. 713-1038 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [999, 1004] (Ischnoptera anastomosa and Loboptera duodecimsignata listed as incertae sedis)

Roth, L.M. 1991. The cockroach genera Beybienkoa, gen. nov., Escala Shelford, Eowilsonia, gen. nov., Hensaussurea Princis, Parasigmoidella Hanitsch and Robshelfordia Princis. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 553-716 [566] (redescription and incorrect subsequent spelling as anastamosa)

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). [133] (Loboptera duodecimsignata listed as ?Ischnoptera duodecimsignata)

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