BlattodeaAnamesia sp Balta bicolor Bush Cockroach Ellipsidion Ellipsidion australe Ellipsidion humarale Nasutitermes triodiae Termite — Alate
The native Bush Cockroach (Elipsidion humarale) is native to the northern part of Australia, having been found in the west in Perth, Western Australia, to the east in Brisbane, Queensland and south in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
The Atlas of Living Australia interactive map depict this species concentrated along the coastline, from Queensland, through New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and some sightings in Tasmania.
Many thanks to Alex Barlow from Entomology Australia “Invertebratology”, Facebook group for assistance with identifying this native cockroach species from Alice Springs, Northern Terrritory.
Check out Ellipsidion humarale at the Alice Springs Desert Park.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Blattodea
- Superfamily: Blaberoidea
- Family: Ectobiidae
- Subfamily: Pseudophyllodromiinae
- Genus: Ellipsidion
- Species: Ellipsidion humerale
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Alex Barlow for assistance with identifying this native cockroach species, Entomology Australia “Invertebratology”, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/507004496955277
- Small Ellipsidion – Ellipsidion humerale, https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_cockroaches/SmallBushCockroach.htm
- Ellipsidion humerale (Tepper, 1893), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/db8bfaee-c833-4457-8702-837e953428f4
BlattodeaAnamesia sp Balta bicolor Bush Cockroach Ellipsidion Ellipsidion australe Ellipsidion humarale Nasutitermes triodiae Termite — Alate