Polyzosteria | |
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Botany Bay Cockroach | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Blattidae |
Genus: |
Polyzosteria Burmeister 1838 |
Polyzosteria is a genus of around fifteen species of cockroaches in the Blattidae family. Some of these Australian insects are attractively marked, such as Polyzosteria mitchelli. The type species of the group is the Botany Bay cockroach.
The following species are recognised :