Barrow Island Wingless Cockroach
Melanozosteria
FP-7620 (BWI sp. 5)
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2020)
Fauna Portal species: 7620
Melanozosteria FP-7620 male, dorsal (HBI N1543-2; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: Alexander Greenhill (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12972Diagnosis
The somewhat larger Melanozosteria FP-7620 is very similar to Melanozosteria FP-527, but differs by the more pronounced pale posterior colouration somewhat midway along the coxae, whereas in the latter the pale colouration is even along the whole coxae.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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