Hebard's Balta Balta hebardi Princis, 1969
Fauna Portal species: 9918
Balta hebardi male, dorsal (HBI N19257-1; Hovea, Western Australia)
Image: Alexander Greenhill (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 13562Diagnosis
(after Hebard 1943): The markings of this medium-sized, broad species are exceptionally distinctive.
Balta hebardi Princis, 1969 is a replacement name for B. insignis Hebard, 1943.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1943): Australian Blattidae of the subfamilies Chorisoneurinae and Ectobiinae (Orthoptera). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1: 1 - 129