Polyzosteria
Genus of cockroaches
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Polyzosteria is a genus of around sixteen species of cockroaches in the Blattidae family native to Australia. Some of these insects are attractively marked, such as Polyzosteria mitchelli.[1] The type species of the genus is the Botany Bay cockroach, Polyzosteria limbata.[2][3]
| Polyzosteria | |
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| Botany Bay cockroach | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyzosteriinae |
| Genus: | Polyzosteria Burmeister 1838 |
The genus was first described in 1838 by Hermann Burmeister.[3][4]
Species
The following species are recognised :[5]
- Polyzosteria aenea Burmeister, 1838
- Polyzosteria australica (Brancsik, 1895)
- Polyzosteria cuprea Saussure, 1863
- Polyzosteria flavomaculosa Mackerras, 1965
- Polyzosteria fulgens Mackerras, 1965
- Polyzosteria invisa Walker, 1868
- Polyzosteria limbata Burmeister, 1838
- Polyzosteria magna Shaw, 1914
- Polyzosteria metallica (Shaw, 1914)
- Polyzosteria mitchelli (Angas, 1847)
- Polyzosteria obscuroviridis Tepper, 1893
- Polyzosteria oculata Tepper, 1893
- Polyzosteria pubescens Tepper, 1893
- Polyzosteria pulchra Mackerras, 1965
- Polyzosteria rouxi Chopard, 1924
- Polyzosteria terrosa Chopard, 1924
- Polyzosteria viridissima Shelford, 1909
- Polyzosteria yingina Henry, 2020
