Australian Cockroach Platyzosteria tricaudata Princis, 1954
Fauna Portal species: 524
Platyzosteria tricaudata male, dorsal (HBI N2518-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: Alexander Greenhill (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12617Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Distribution
(after Mackerras 1967): Medium-sized, narrowly oval, slightly convex, fairly smooth, apterous; pale yellow with light brown markings; S9 of male with curved asymmetrical spine.
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1967): Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VII. The Platyzosteria group; general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper. Australian Journal of Zoology. 15: 1207 - 1298