Polyzosteria
Polyzosteria is a genus of around fifteen species of cockroaches in the Blattidae family. Some of these Australian insects are attractively marked, such as Polyzosteria mitchelli.[1] The type species of the group is the Botany Bay cockroach.[2]
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| Genus: | Polyzosteria Burmeister 1838 |
P. mitchelli
Species
The following species are recognised :[2]
- 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
References
- Archer, William. "Polyzosteria mitchelli - Mardi Gras Cockroach". Esperance Fauna. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- "Polyzosteria". Taxa hierarchy. blattodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
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