Barrow Island Wingless Cockroach
Melanozosteria
FP-7625 (BWI)
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2020)
Fauna Portal species: 7625
Melanozosteria FP-7625 female,dorsal (HBI N15643-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: Alexander Greenhill (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12980Diagnosis
Melanozosteria FP-7625 is currently only kown from Barrow Island and is a distinctive higly rugose species.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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