Biology:Balta bicolor

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Short description: Species of insect

Balta bicolor
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A Balta bicolor specimen in Auckland, New Zealand
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Balta
Species:
B. bicolor
Binomial name
Balta bicolor
Hebard, 1943

Balta bicolor is a type of cockroach from the genus Balta.[1] Native to eastern Australia , the species has been identified in New Zealand since 2009.

Description

Balta bicolor has a relatively pale face, occiput and interocular area, with dark antennae. It is visually similar to Ellipsidion cockroaches, and can be distinguished from Balta transversa by its deeper head proportions.[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species is native to eastern Australia.[2] In 2009, Biosecurity New Zealand first identified the species in New Zealand (as Balta bicolour), after being found in an Auckland kitchen.[3]

Balta bicolor is typically found in plant litter or under bark.[4]

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References

Further reading

  • Dahms, E. 1972. Type-specimens of cockroaches (Blattodea) in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 275
  • Rentz, D. (2014). A Guide to the Cockroaches of Australia. Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing. p. 260. 


Wikidata ☰ Q10425614 entry