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Genus Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838

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Genus Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838

  • Polyzosteria Burmeister, H. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 2(2) 1050 pp. [482].
    Type species:
     Polyzosteria limbata Burmeister, 1838 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 501 pp. [127]
  • Chalcolampra Saussure, H. de 1863. Mélanges orthoptérologiques. Ier Fascicule, Blattides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 17: 129-170 [132] [junior homonym of Chalcolampra Blanchard, 1853 (Coleoptera); ?introduced as a subgenus of Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838].
    Type species:
     Polyzosteria cuprea Saussure, 1863 by monotypy.
  • Chalcoblatta Jacobson, G. 1924. Annotationes synonymicae et systematicae de Coleopteris. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 18: 237-244 [243] [nom. nov. for Chalcolampra Saussure, 1863].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). I. General remarks and revision of the genus Polyzosteria Burmeister. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 841-882 [845] (key to species)

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

General References

Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Gravenhage : Junk [562] (without justification lists three species from New Caledonia)