Species Molytria perplexa Shelford, 1910

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• Molytria perplexa Shelford, R.W.C. 1910. Orthoptera. Fam. Blattidae, subfam. Epilamprinae. Genera Insectorum 101: 1-21 [7].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂ adult, Gippsland, VIC.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Male wings full length, female wings abbreviated.

General References

Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1865. Nouveau système des Blattaires. Vienna : G. Braumüller 426 pp. 13 pls. [229] (Paratemnopteryx couloniana misidentified as Periplaneta concinna De Haan, 1842)

Johns, P.M. 1966. The cockroaches of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 8: 93-136 [134] (record of introduction into New Zealand)

May, B.M. 1963. New entomological records. New Zealand Entomologist 3: 44-53 [44] (misidentified as Methana sp.)

Princis, K. 1954. Report from Professor T. Gislén's Expedition to Australia in 1951–1952. 10. Australian Blattariae. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 50: 1-49 [35] (Blatta brunneri synonymised under Shawella couloniana)

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 [350] (redescription and new records)

Tepper, J.G.O. 1895. Descriptions of new or little known species of Blattariae. Gryllacridae and Stenopelmatidae collected at Lake Callabonna, S.A. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 19-24 [19] (Paratemnopteryx couloniana misidentified as Paratemnopteryx australis)

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