View source for Phil Bendle Collection:Cockroach (Golden) Drymaplaneta heydeniana

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'''Kingdom:''' Animalia<br />
'''Phylum:''' Arthropoda<br />
'''Class:''' Insecta<br />
'''Order:''' Blattodea<br />
'''Family:''' Blattidae<br />
'''Genus:''' Drymaplaneta Wood Runners<br />
'''Species:''' D. heydeniana<br />
'''Binomial name:''' Drymaplaneta heydeniana<br />
'''Synonym:''' Cutilia heydeniana<br />
'''Common name:''' Golden cockroach

Drymaplaneta heydeniana is a cockroach which is endemic to Western Australia and adventive in New Zealand.This species was first caught in Auckland in 1972 but was not recognised until 1999. It is distinctive with a pale margin extending the full length down either side and boarded by a thin dark band.

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Juvenile<br />
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The underside of an adult.<br />
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