Species Platyzosteria grandis Saussure, 1873
- Platyzosteria melanaria grandis Saussure, H. de 1873. Mélanges orthoptérologiques. IVme fascicule, Mantides et Blattides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 23: 1-164 [110] [first described as a variety of Platyzosteria melanaria; original type locality for lost holotype was Melbourne, Australia (as la Nouvelle-Hollande)].
Type data:
Neotype ANIC ♂ adult, 34º11´S 142º04´E, Merbein, VIC.Subsequent designation references:
Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VII. The Platyzosteria group: general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1207-1298 [1231]. - Platyzosteria rufofusca Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [84].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♀ adult, Gilbert River, SA. - Platyzosteria albomarginata brunnea Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126 [published June] [86] [first decribed as a variety of Platyzosteria albomarginata].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♀ nymph, 34º22´S 138º40´E, Gilbert River, SA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 3♀ adults.Subsequent designation references:
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 [183] (named 4 specimens labelled by Tepper as types, the specimen labelled 'type of male' is actually a female of Drymaplaneta communis Tepper, 1893, the specimen labelled 'cotype male' is actually a female nymph; there is confusion as to whether the specimens labelled by Tepper are actually part of his original type series as he listed localities in the description which are not represented on labels); Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VII. The Platyzosteria group: general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1207-1298 [1231] (interpreted Shaw's inference of holotype as lectotype designation).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VII. The Platyzosteria group: general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1207-1298 [1231]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Great Australian Bight.
IBRA
SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Under bark.
Extra Ecological Information
Record from under mallee bark and in dead grass-tree leaves.
General References
Mackerras, M.J. 1967. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VII. The Platyzosteria group: general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1207-1298 [1231] (redescription, genitalia description)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2021 | 05-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |