Species Choristima tenebrica Roth, 1992
- Choristima tenebrica Roth, L.M. 1992. The Australian cockroach genus Choristima Tepper (Blattaria, Blattellidae: Ectobiinae). Entomologica Scandinavica 23: 121-151 [149].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, 35º19´S 148º51´E, Wombat Ck, 6 km NE of Piccadilly Circus, ACT.
Paratype(s) ANIC 3♀ adults; MCZ ♀ adult.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Wombat Ck, Blundells Ck, Barrington Tops National Park and Mt Buffalo National Park.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, under bark, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Record from trough trap and pyrethrin spray of Eucalyptus [Myrtaceae], male unknown.
General References
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 [342] (new records including fiorst from Victoria)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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) |