Species Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1838
Brown Cockroach
- Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, H. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 2(2) 1050 pp. [503] [listed as P. brunnea Kl.; Roach, A.M.E. in Roach, A.M.E. & Rentz, D.C.F. 1998. Blattodea. pp. 21–162, 400 (App. III), 407–426 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 ., 'Kl.' may have been a manuscript name of the author].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB (number and sex of type series not specified although at least ♂ ♀ were mentioned), Chile and Demerara (as Demerary), Guyana. - Periplaneta ignota Shaw, A.E. 1925. New genera and species (mostly Australasian) of Blattidae, with notes and some remarks on Tepper's types. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50: 171-213 [205].
Type data:
Holotype QM T2868 ♂ adult, Wynnum or Cleveland or Cannon Hill, QLD.
Paratype(s) QM adults (holotype locality and number and sex of paratypes not specified).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [438] (also worldwide synonymies, extensive bibliography)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced from unknown locality.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Peridomestic, volant.
General References
Dahms, E. 1972. Type-specimens of cockroaches (Blattodea) in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 273-289 [283] (Periplaneta ignota type information)
Pope, P. 1953. Studies of the life histories of some Queensland Blattidae (Orthoptera). Part 1. The domestic species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 63: 23-46 [32]
Roth, L.M. 1994. New Queensland cockroaches of Macrocerca Hanitsch and Periplaneta Burmeister (Blattidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35: 225-233 [230] (new records)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 03-Jan-2012 | 03-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 04-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |