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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Genus: | Polyzosteria |
| Species: | P. yingina
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyzosteria yingina Henry, 2020
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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
edit- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Species Polyzosteria yingina Henry, 2020". Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ 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.
External links
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