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Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 59
Five new species of soil burrowing cockroaches from Queensland (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Geoscapheinae)
Rose, H.A., Walker, J.A. & Woodward, J.R.
Published online: 23 December 2014
Citation
Rose, H.A., Walker, J.A. & Woodward, J.R. 2014: Five new species of soil burrowing cockroaches from Queensland (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Geoscapheinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 59: 11–23. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.59.2014.2014-02
Accepted
30 October 2014
Published online
23 December 2014
Peer reviewed
Yes
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.59.2014.2014-02
Keywords
Blattodea, Blaberidae, Geoscapheinae, Panesthiinae, Australian ground burrowing cockroaches
Abstract
Five new species of soil burrowing Geoscapheinae are described from Queensland: Macropanesthia intermorpha, M. lineopunctata, M. mutica, M. spuritegmina, and Neogeoscapheus hanni. Redescriptions of subfamilies Panesthiinae and Geoscapheinae are given, and a key to the genera of Geoscapheinae and keys to species of Macropanesthia and Neogeoscapheus are provided.
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