A Shelford cockroach at Conder, ACT
Identification history
| Robshelfordia sp. (genus) | 8 Jul 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Ectobiidae sp. (family) | 11 May 2018 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 5 Aug 2017 | MichaelBedingfield |
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Size - 8-10mm....... Conder, ACT
2 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
9 May 2018
This is the same species that has been ID'd as Ectobiidae sp. (family), see sighting:
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3371666
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3371666
KimPullen
wrote:
12 May 2018
Thanks Michael. I checked in David Rentz's 'Guide to the cockroaches of Australia' (CSIRO, 2014). This one is similar to a Hensaussurea sp., but also resembles a Robshelfordia sp. Both are in the Ectobiidae, and since I can't tell which it is, I will leave it at the family level.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.101422-35.464695
- Altitude 630.0m
- Survey points Pollinator-friendly garden Conder
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 18 May 2016 12:51 PM Recorded on
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Species information
- Robshelfordia sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A Shelford cockroach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 732m Recorded at altitude
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