Polyzosteria

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: Polyzosteria
Species (17): P. aenea – P. australica – P. cuprea – P. flavomaculosa – P. fulgens – P. invisa – P. limbata – P. magna – P. metallica – P. mitchelli – P. obscuroviridis – P. oculata – P. pubescens – P. pulchra – P. rouxi – P. terrosa – P. viridissima

[source: Blattodea Species File (Version 1.0/4.1)]
Name

Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838

Synonyms

Chalcoblatta
Chalcolampra
Polyrosteria

References
Primary references

Burmeister 1838: Handb. Ent., 2 (2), no. 1, 482.

Additional references

Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea) I. General remarks and revision of the genus Polyzosteria Burmeister. Australian Journal of Zoology 13(5): 841–882. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9650841 Paywall. Reference page.

Polyzosteria mitchelli

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]
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

References

Archer, William (8 May 2010). "Polyzosteria mitchelli - Mardi Gras Cockroach". Esperance Fauna. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
"Polyzosteria". Taxa hierarchy. blattodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
"Australian Faunal Directory: Genus Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
Burmeister, H. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 2(2) 1050 pp. [482].
"Australian Faunal Directory: Names List for Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-01-11.