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Polyzosteria

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P. 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]

The following species are recognised :^[5]

^ Archer, William. "Polyzosteria mitchelli - Mardi Gras Cockroach". Esperance Fauna. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
^ "Polyzosteria". Taxa hierarchy. blattodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Australian Faunal Directory: Genus Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-01-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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P. 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. The type species of the genus is the Botany Bay cockroach, Polyzosteria limbata.

The genus was first described in 1838 by Hermann Burmeister.