Megazosteria patula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blattoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Ordo: Blattodea Superfamilia: Blattoidea

Megazosteria patula (Walker, 1868)
- Authority for current placement: Mackerras, 1966: 308
- Original genus: Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838

Walker, F. 1868: Catalogue of the specimens of Blattariae in the collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). 239 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8495 Reference page.

Mackerras, M.J. 1966: Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IV. Megazosteria, gen. nov., and revision of the genus Desmozosteria Shelford. Australian journal of zoology 14(2): 305–334. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9660305 . Reference page. [see p. 308, and Figs. 2, 3, 4-6, 10; Plate 1, Figs. 1 and 2]

Rentz, D. 2017. Sound production in an Australian cockroach, Megazosteria patula (Walker) (Blattodea: Blattidae: Polyzosteriinae). Zootaxa 4231(4): 567–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.4.5 . Reference page.

Taxon page on BOLD [note that one specimen (ANIC Database No.9 000186) is a misidentified specimen of Megazosteria shawi!]
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