Johnrehnia australiae
Rehn's Cockroach at Carwoola, NSW
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| Johnrehnia australiae | MichaelBedingfield | 21 Dec 2021 | |
| Johnrehnia australiae | trevorpreston | 21 Dec 2021 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 20 Dec 2021 |
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User's notes
Cockroach 12-14mm, found under log in boggy depression. Under the log right next to it was a Robshelfordia circumducta so possibly this is a younger form of that species, or perhaps a different species?
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21 Dec 2021
After a thorough look at A Guide to Cockroaches of Australia by David Rentz it is clear that this is Johnrehnia australiae (Rentz p223 )
Location information
- Coordinates 149.299220-35.371730
- Maps Wanna Wanna Nature Reserve
- Places Carwoola, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Dec 2021 01:05 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Johnrehnia australiae Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) Insects
Species information
- Johnrehnia australiae Scientific name
- Rehn's Cockroach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1205.74m Recorded at altitude
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