Australian Blattidae (Blattodae) IV. Megazosteria, gen. nov., and revision of the genus Desmozosteria Shelford

Abstract

A new genus Megazosteria is proposed for Polyzosteria patula Walker, and for four other species, including M. nigrolutea, sp. nov., and M. shawi, sp. nov. A total of 11 species of Desmozosteria are recognized, six of them being described as new, namely: D. elongata, sp. nov., D. flava, sp. nov., D. lunata, sp. nov., D. obscura, sp, nov., D. pallidula, sp. nov., and D, scripta, sp. nov.