Species Megazosteria purpurascens (Shaw, 1925)
- Euzosteria purpurascens 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 [175].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♀ adult, Roper River, NT (as Central Australia).Type locality references:
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 [313].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Alice Springs, Mt Gillen and Standly Chasm.
IBRA
NT: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal.
General References
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 [312] (redescription, genitalia description)
Princis, K. 1954. Report from Professor T. Gislén's Expedition to Australia in 1951–1952. 10. Australian Blattariae. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 50: 1-49 [30] (misidentification)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 04-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |