• Tryonicus Shaw, A.E. 1925. New genera and species (mostly Australasian) of Blattidae, with notes and some remarks on Tepper's types. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50: 171-213 [202].

  Type species:

   Tryonicus montanus Shaw, 1925 by monotypy (= Periplaneta parva Tepper, 1895).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Region (Polynesian subregion).

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IX. Revision of Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 511-575 [556] (generic revision)

McKittrick, F.A. & Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Phyletic relationships within the Blattidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 58: 224-330 (description of subfamily Tryonicinae)

Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [404] (Tryonicinae not recognised)

Roth, L.M. 1987. The genus Tryonicus Shaw from Australia and New Caledonia (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae: Tryonicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 151-167

History of changes

• Tryonicus mackerrasae Roth, L.M. 1987. The genus Tryonicus Shaw from Australia and New Caledonia (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae: Tryonicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 151-167 [155] [same as n. sp. A and B mentioned by Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IX. Revision of Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 511–575 (561)].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T.9526 ♂ adult, Kirama State Forest, via Cardwell, QLD.
  Paratype(s) 5♂ 7♀ adults; MCZ ♂ ♀ adults; QM 10♂ 3♀ adults; ANIC 2♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From the Kirrama Range north to Cape Tribulation.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Rotting wood.

Extra Ecological Information

Flightless, wings reduced, found on forest floor under stones and pieces of wood in wet rainforest, never found under bark or above ground.

History of changes

• Tryonicus monteithi Roth, L.M. 1987. The genus Tryonicus Shaw from Australia and New Caledonia (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae: Tryonicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 151-167 [158].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T.9540 ♂ adult, Summit TV Station, Bellenden Ker Range, 1560 m, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ♂ ♀ adults; QM 10♂ 10♀ adults; MCZ ♂ ♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Limited distribution in mountains of wet tropical region of N QLD.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Rotting wood.

Extra Ecological Information

Flightless, male wings abbreviated, female wings reduced, found on forest floor under stones and pieces of wood in wet rainforest, never found under bark or above ground.

History of changes

• Periplaneta parva Tepper, J.G.O. 1895. Notes on Victorian and other Blattariae and descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 146-166 [162] [listed 2 specimens].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♀ adult, Sydney, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♀ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IX. Revision of Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 511-575 [557]; 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. [85] (interprets Mackarras's incorrect inference of holotype as lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
• Tryonicus montanus Shaw, A.E. 1925. New genera and species (mostly Australasian) of Blattidae, with notes and some remarks on Tepper's types. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50: 171-213 [202].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T2872 ♂ adult, Lamington Plateau (as Lamington Plateau, National Park), 3000 ft, QLD.
  Paratype(s) QM T2872 2♂ 7♀ adults; AM ♂ adult.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IX. Revision of Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 511-575 [557]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Rotting wood.

Extra Ecological Information

Flightless, male wings reduced, female apterous, recorded from rotting logs in Nothofagus forest, found on forest floor under stones and pieces of wood in wet rainforest, never found under bark or above ground.

General References

Dahms, E. 1972. Type-specimens of cockroaches (Blattodea) in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 273-289 [286] (QM type information)

Roth, L.M. 1987. The genus Tryonicus Shaw from Australia and New Caledonia (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae: Tryonicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 151-167 [154] (additional localities and notes)

History of changes