Species Blattodeaphagus beckmani Kathirithamby, 1989
- Blattodeaphagus beckmani Kathirithamby, J. 1989. Review of the order Strepsiptera. Systematic Entomology 14: 41-92 [79] [
Blattophagus as lapsus in figure caption].Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ neotenic, Sydney, NSW.
Paratype(s) ♂ cephalothorax ♀ cephalothorax neotenic.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Endemic, SE coastal, SW coastal, NSW, WA.
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Platyzosteria castanea (Brunner, 1865) [BLATTIDAE] Cockroach), male—volant, parasitoid.
Extra Ecological Information
=Melanozosteira castanea.
General References
Kathirithamby, J. 1992. Description and biological notes of Halictophagidae (Strepsiptera) from Australia, with a checklist of the world genera and species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 159-196