Barrow Island Wingless Cockroach
Melanozosteria
FP-528 (BWI sp. 4)
Discoverer: Szitó, A. (2013)
Fauna Portal species: 528
Melanozosteria FP-528 male, dorsal (HBI N2541-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: Alexander Greenhill (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12964Diagnosis
Melanozosteria FP-528 differs from other species of the genus on Barrow Island by its entirely black colouration. The coxae have a thin, sharply defined white posterior margin; male tergite 10 laterally drawn out into sharp corners, female tergite 10 with fairly long lobe.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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