Polyzosteria

<i>Polyzosteria</i>

Polyzosteria

Genus of cockroaches

Polyzosteria is a genus of around sixteen species of cockroaches in the Blattidae family native to Australia. Some of these insects are attractively marked, such as Polyzosteria mitchelli.[1] The type species of the genus is the Botany Bay cockroach, Polyzosteria limbata.[2][3]

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P. mitchelli

The genus was first described in 1838 by Hermann Burmeister.[3][4]

Species

The following species are recognised :[5]

  • Polyzosteria aenea Burmeister, 1838
  • Polyzosteria australica (Brancsik, 1895)
  • Polyzosteria cuprea Saussure, 1863
  • Polyzosteria flavomaculosa Mackerras, 1965
  • Polyzosteria fulgens Mackerras, 1965
  • Polyzosteria invisa Walker, 1868
  • Polyzosteria limbata Burmeister, 1838
  • Polyzosteria magna Shaw, 1914
  • Polyzosteria metallica (Shaw, 1914)
  • Polyzosteria mitchelli (Angas, 1847)
  • Polyzosteria obscuroviridis Tepper, 1893
  • Polyzosteria oculata Tepper, 1893
  • Polyzosteria pubescens Tepper, 1893
  • Polyzosteria pulchra Mackerras, 1965
  • Polyzosteria rouxi Chopard, 1924
  • Polyzosteria terrosa Chopard, 1924
  • Polyzosteria viridissima Shelford, 1909
  • Polyzosteria yingina Henry, 2020

References

  1. [1]
    Archer, William (8 May 2010). "Polyzosteria mitchelli - Mardi Gras Cockroach". Esperance Fauna. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Polyzosteria". Taxa hierarchy. blattodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Australian Faunal Directory: Genus Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  4. [4]
    Burmeister, H. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 2(2) 1050 pp. [482].
  5. [5]
    "Australian Faunal Directory: Names List for Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-01-11.


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