Species Desmozosteria obscura Mackerras, 1966

Museums

Regional Maps

• Desmozosteria obscura Mackerras, M.J. 1966. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IV. Megazosteria, gen. nov., and revision of the genus Desmozosteria Shelford. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 305-334 [331].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ adult, 30º25´S 139º06´E, Gammon Ranges (as Gammon Plateau), SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA 2♂ ♀ adults; ANIC ♂ ♀ adults.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), 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), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Cryptozoic.

Extra Ecological Information

Ground dwellers which retreat under stones, debris, logs and tussocks.

History of changes