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.
Species
The following species are recognised :
- Polyzosteria aenea<small> Burmeister, 1838</small>
- Polyzosteria australica<small> (Brancsik, 1895)</small>
- Polyzosteria cuprea<small> Saussure, 1863</small>
- Polyzosteria flavomaculosa<small> Mackerras, 1965</small>
- Polyzosteria fulgens<small> Mackerras, 1965</small>
- Polyzosteria invisa<small> Walker, 1868</small>
- Polyzosteria limbata<small> Burmeister, 1838</small>
- Polyzosteria magna<small> Shaw, 1914</small>
- Polyzosteria metallica<small> (Shaw, 1914)</small>
- Polyzosteria mitchelli<small> (Angas, 1847)</small>
- Polyzosteria obscuroviridis<small> Tepper, 1893</small>
- Polyzosteria oculata<small> Tepper, 1893</small>
- Polyzosteria pubescens<small> Tepper, 1893</small>
- Polyzosteria pulchra<small> Mackerras, 1965</small>
- Polyzosteria rouxi<small> Chopard, 1924</small>
- Polyzosteria terrosa<small> Chopard, 1924</small>
- Polyzosteria viridissima<small> Shelford, 1909</small>
- Polyzosteria yingina <small>Henry, 2020</small>
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