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