Barrow Island Wingless Cockroach
Melanozosteria
FP-527 (BWI sp. 3)
Discoverer: C. Brumley (2013)
Fauna Portal species: 527
Melanozosteria FP-527 male, dorsal (HBI N2380-2, Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: Alexander Greenhill (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12956Diagnosis
The somewhat smaller Melanozosteria FP-527 is most similar to Melanozosteria FP-7620 but has the narrow pale colouration on the posterior margin of the coxae only, whereas in the latter the pale colouration is more prominent about midway along the coxae. Both species have a rought dorsum.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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