Drymaplaneta sp. (genus)

Unidentified Wood Runner at Cook, ACT

Drymaplaneta sp. (genus) at Cook, ACT - 23 Jan 2020
Drymaplaneta sp. (genus) at Cook, ACT - 23 Jan 2020
Drymaplaneta sp. (genus) at Cook, ACT - 23 Jan 2020
Drymaplaneta sp. (genus) at Cook, ACT - 23 Jan 2020
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Drymaplaneta sp. (genus) 8 May 2021 KimPullen
Drymaplaneta semivitta 3 Mar 2020 michaelb
Drymaplaneta sp. (genus) 23 Jan 2020 CathB

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Length 2.7 cm, but others are bigger. See comments for sighting 4246800. I hope these photos provide the necessary details for identification, but if not I can take more. Ken Walker says in the BowerBird link that D. semivitta occurs in Victoria.

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michaelb wrote:
   3 Mar 2020
ALA show the species Drymaplaneta semivitta to be more widespread than Victoria:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4084ab92-7a98-420a-a1da-fbb5b970006d
KimPullen wrote:
   8 May 2021
David Rentz in 'A guide to the cockroaches of Australia' has D. semivitta (which he calls the Western Wood Runner) confined to WA, with D. communis (Eastern Wood Runner) in the south-east part of the continent. As Michael notes, the ALA maps show a more extensive distribution for D. semivitta.

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