Polyzosteria cockroaches in Tasmania (Blattodea: Blattidae: Polyzosteriinae) represent a new, endemic species, with allopatric alpine and coastal sub-populations
- 9 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Magnolia Press in Zootaxa
- Vol. 4926 (3), 384-400
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4926.3.4
Abstract
We describe the endemic Tasmanian cockroach, Polyzosteria yingina sp. nov. (Henry), 78 years after it was first documented. Evidence from morphology, biogeography and CO1 barcodes is used to distinguish this species from related mainland Australian taxa it has previously been confused with. Polyzosteria yingina sp. nov. has two strongly allopatric populations: a compact alpine population above 1000m and a dispersed east coastal one at sealevel. However, mitochondrial Control Region D-loop molecular analysis suggests a single species identity for these disparate populations. Detailed internal and external morphological descriptions and photographs of living and preserved type material are presented. We also speculate on some hypotheses which could account for the unusual distribution of this charismatic insect.Keywords
This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- A new genus and a new species in the subfamily Polyzosteriinae (Blattodea, Blattidae) from ChinaZooKeys, 2019
- Establishment of six new Rhabdoblatta species (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) from ChinaZooKeys, 2019
- Floating matter: a neglected component of the ecological integrity of riversAquatic Sciences, 2019
- Transoceanic Dispersal and Plate Tectonics Shaped Global Cockroach Distributions: Evidence from Mitochondrial PhylogenomicsMolecular Biology and Evolution, 2018
- Phylogeographic evidence links the threatened ‘Grampians’ Mountain Dragon (Rankinia diemensis Grampians) with Tasmanian populations: conservation implications in south-eastern AustraliaConservation Genetics, 2013
- Molecular phylogeny of the Kosciuscola grasshoppers endemic to the Australian alpine and montane regionsInvertebrate Systematics, 2013
- Butterfly Conservation in South-Eastern Australia: Progress and ProspectsPublished by Springer Science and Business Media LLC ,2011
- Barcoding animal life: cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 divergences among closely related speciesProceedings. Biological sciences, 2003
- The giant Tasmanian 'pandani' moth Proditrix nielseni, sp. nov. (Lepidoptera : Yponomeutoidea : Plutellidae s. l.)Invertebrate Systematics, 2003
- The mitochondrial 12S gene is a suitable marker of populations of Sarcoptes scabiei from wombats, dogs and humans in Australia.Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde, 2002