Megazosteria shawi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blattoidae

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Cohort: Dictyoptera Ordo: Blattodea Superfamilia: Blattoidea Epifamilia: Blattoidae

Familia: Blattidae
Subfamilia: Polyzosteriinae
Genus: Megazosteria
Species: Megazosteria shawi

Name

• Megazosteria shawi Mackerras, 1966
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable [patronym]
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Megazosteria shawi
  • Original genus: Megazosteria Mackerras, 1966
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: WAM
  • Type locality: 'Millstream (21°35'S., 117°04'E.), W.A.'
  • ZooBank

References

Primary references

• 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.  [first availability, see p. 313, and Figs. 8 and 12; Plate 1, Figs. 5 and 8]

Selected links

• link to taxon page at BOLD [with image of correctly identified specimen (ANIC Database No.9 000187)]
• link to imaged specimen at BOLD [with specimen (ANIC Database No.9 000186) misidentified as Megazosteria patula on the BOLD taxon page for M. patula]