Polyzosteria
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| 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 |
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]
The genus was first described in 1838 by Hermann Burmeister.[3][4]
