Polyzosteria

Polyzosteria
Botany Bay Cockroach
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Genus: Polyzosteria
Burmeister 1838
P. mitchelli

Polyzosteria is a genus of around fifteen species of cockroaches in the Blattidae family. Some of these Australian insects are attractively marked, such as Polyzosteria mitchelli.[1] The Type species of the group is the Botany Bay Cockroach.[2]

References

  1. Archer, William. "Polyzosteria mitchelli - Mardi Gras Cockroach". Esperance Fauna. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. "Polyzosteria". Taxa hierarchy. blattodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved May 3, 2012.