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Family Blattidae
- This page contains pictures and information about the Reddish-brown Woodland Cockroaches that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 25mm
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- This cockroach is small to medium size with oval convex body shape. It is
reddish brown to black in colour with scabrous but shinny surface.
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- The cockroach was found hiding under the fallen gum tree bark during the
day.
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- The cockroach is wingless, shiny reddish-brown with obvious cerci.
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- We found them serval times in the Eucalypt forests around Brisbane. They
were usually found on ground wandering among fallen plant materials.
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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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