Polyzosteria yingina is a bush cockroach (a member of the Blattidae family) found only in Tasmania.[1] It was first described in 2020 by Shasta Henry and others.[1][2]

Polyzosteria yingina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Genus: Polyzosteria
Species:
P. yingina
Binomial name
Polyzosteria yingina
Henry, 2020

This species consists of two very distinct populations: one an alpine population found 1000 metres above sealevel and the other found at sealevel on Tasmania's east coast. Mitochondrial molecular analysis indicates that these two populations are a single species.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Species Polyzosteria yingina Henry, 2020". Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Shasta C. Henry; Stephen L. Cameron; Adam Smolenski; Peter Mcquillan (9 February 2021). "Polyzosteria cockroaches in Tasmania (Blattodea: Blattidae: Polyzosteriinae) represent a new, endemic species, with allopatric alpine and coastal sub-populations". Zootaxa. 4926 (3): 384–400. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4926.3.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33756740. Wikidata Q106507193.
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