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Ellipsidion australe

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Ellipsidion australe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Ellipsidion
Species:
E. australe
Binomial name
Ellipsidion australe
Saussure, 1863

Ellipsidion australe, or the eastern ellipsidion, or bush cockroach, is a harmless species of cockroach native to Australia[1][2] and found in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Victoria.[3] The species was first described in 1863 as Thyrsocera australis by Henri de Saussure.[3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Ellipsidion australe (ECTOBIIDAE) Eastern Ellipsidion". Save Our Waterways Now. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Ellipsidion australe Saussure, 1863". Cockroach Species File (Version 5.0/5.0). Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Ellipsidion australe". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  4. ^ de Saussure, H. (1863). "Mélanges orthoptérologiques. Ier Fascicule, Blattides". Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève (in French). 17: 129-170 [146].