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Family Blattidae
- This page contains pictures and information about the Black Woodland Cockroaches that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body length 25mm
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- This black cockroach is narrowly oval and slightly flatten in body
shape. The entire body is uniformly black in colour with legs in black
to dark reddish-brown.
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- Photos were taken on Apr 2004. The cockroach was found wandering under the fallen gum tree bark during the
day.
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- Reference:
- 1. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). VII. The Platyzosteria group: general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper - Mackerras, M.J. 1967, Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1207-1298 [1243].
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