taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E99F2AFFC1E261D0808119FC1DFEBB.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Carbrunneria waringi Princis	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC1E261D0808119FC1DFEBB.taxon	discussion	Carbrunneria presently comprises 19 described species (Beccaloni 2024). Many were originally included in Beybienkoa Roth but were subsequently moved by Roth (1999) to Carbrunneria based on the presence of a gland on the seventh abdominal tergite in males and the absence of a gland on the first tergite. In addition, the radial vein of the hind wing is usually forked. However, it appears to us, based on large collections from north Queensland, that Carbrunneria may be a composite of several genera. However, the take-home message with these cockroaches is to collect as many specimens as possible at any given locality in order to understand the degree of variation within a taxon. We provide a name for a distinctive species from the Cattana Wetlands, C. cattana Rentz & Su, sp. nov. It is related to both C. maxi (Roth) and C. paramaxi (Roth), the latter of which are often sympatric. All three live in leaf litter during the day and emerge after dark to forage on leaf surfaces.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC2E261D08086F4FB0BF9D7.taxon	description	Figs 1 A – F: Table 1: Map 1	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC2E261D08086F4FB0BF9D7.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male. 1. “ 16049 ’ 50 ’ S 145042 ’ 01 E Cattana Wetlands (Smithfield) QLD Dunne Rd 12 m 28 September 2024 DCF Rentz Stop 12 ”. 2. “ ANIC database # 9 - 006316 ”. Holotype in Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra. Paratype. A single female with the same data at the holotype.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC2E261D08086F4FB0BF9D7.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Size similar to related species C. maxi (Roth) and C. paramaxi (Roth). Head with dark brown bridge between the eyes, occiput light brown (Fig. 1 A); frons with distinctive pattern, although this can be faded on some specimens; pronotum with markings typical of congeners (Fig. 1 A). Antennae with scape and pedicel slightly lighter than flagellum; flagellum uniformly dark brown, not annulate (Fig. 1 A). Legs plain, light brown, coxae with a single mark at base. Tegmina with longitudinal veins slightly darker than the rest. Male. Tenth tergite with median shallow incision, internal margin slightly tipped downwards. Genitalia with bifurcate structure on right, two sclerotised structures on the right and bearing a distinctive hirsute ball-like structure at base (Fig. 1 D). Subgenital plate with stubby style on the right with C-shaped tooth and 2 smaller teeth, right portion also with a series of minute teeth (Figs 1 B, C). Female with tenth tergite divided (Fig. 1 E), subgenital plate scoop-shaped with a broad brown median longitudinal stripe (Fig. 1 E)	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC2E261D08086F4FB0BF9D7.taxon	description	Description. Male / female. Colour and pattern typical of most Carbrunneria and Beybienkoa species (Fig. 1 A). Head as above. Pronotum with distinctive colour and pattern but similar to that of both C. maxi (Roth) and C. paramaxi (Roth) (Fig. 1 A). Legs as above. Tegmina with many diagonal veins on costal margin. Male. Abdomen with tenth tergite divided, corners feebly bent downwards, no trace of “ tails ”; concealed genitalia with divided scissor-like structure on the left below cercus (Fig. 1 D), right portion with several sclerotised structures and bearing an inflated ball like structure at base which is sparsely hirsute. Subgenital plate with left style long and slender, right style short with teeth, right portion also serrated (Figs 1 B, C). Female. Similar to male, slightly larger. Tenth tergite slightly produced, apex feebly divided (Fig. 1 E). Subgenital plate (Fig. 1 E) broadly scoop-shaped and with a broad brown median longitudinal stripe.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC2E261D08086F4FB0BF9D7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Presently known only from the type locality Map 1.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC2E261D08086F4FB0BF9D7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. There is little doubt that this taxon is related to both C. maxi and C. paramaxi. Both C. maxi and C. paramaxi are highly variable. We have observed variation in C. maxi in the “ tails ”, the projections emanating from the tenth tergite or the supra-anal plate. In some specimens one side may have the tail, the other not. With these specimens, there is no indication that the tail had been broken. Similarly, variation in the darkening of the frons can be intense or very faint and that apparently not due to age. In our C. cattana sp. nov. the hairy balloon-like structure of the male is also present in both C. maxi and C. paramaxi.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC2E261D08086F4FB0BF9D7.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named in apposition after the Cattana Wetlands, Smithfield, Queensland.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC2E260D0808119FD1CFCA7.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Parectoneura bivittata Roth original designation.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC2E260D0808119FD1CFCA7.taxon	discussion	Parectoneura was described by Roth for a single species, Parectoneura bivittata, of tiny cockroach that superficially resembles Ectoneura Shelford 1907 based on the presence of pronotal bands that continue along the full length of the tegmina (Figs 2 A, B). In addition, P. bivittata was said to have Type B 2 spinal arrangement on the anterior margin of the ventral surface of the fore femur. In Ectoneura the ventral surface of the fore femur is essentially unarmed. The “ apical triangle ” of the hind wing is “ curled or rolled ” at rest (Fig. 2 B). This peculiarity is not restricted to Parectoneura. Several other genera from Australia as well as other continents have this odd characteristic. Interestingly, our new species only shows the slightest trace of having the apical margin of the hind wings curled. There is a gland on the male’s seventh abdominal tergite indicated by a sparse patch of elongate hairs in both Parectoneura species (Fig. 3 F). The type species, P. bivittata Roth, was stated by Roth as having an “ almost symmetrical male subgenital plate bearing a single minute style ”. P. queenslandica Rentz & Su, sp. nov. males have a distinctly asymmetrical male subgenital plate with a pair of minute styles (Fig. 3 E). Roth (1990; 661) discussed the subfamilial placement of Parectoneura and its relatives. He noted two characters that help to place the genus in its proper subfamily as follows. If the placement of the genital hook is on the righthand side and the females rotate the ootheca on oviposition, the taxon is in the Pseudophyllodromiinae. But if only one of these attributes is known, then the taxon can be left in the Blattellinae until both of these attributes is known. In the new species, P. queenslandica Rentz & Su, sp. nov., the rotation of the ootheca is unknown. Therefore, we place this taxon tentatively in the Blattellinae until the issue is resolved.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC2E260D0808119FD1CFCA7.taxon	description	Generic redescription. Sexes similar (Figs 3 A, H). Tegmina and wings fully developed in both sexes, although not surpassing the tip of the abdomen in females; tegmina with distinctive venation, the branches of the median and cubitus veins longitudinal (Figs 2 B, 3 C, K). Hind wing at rest fold along the plical area and distinctly rolled and curled in a tight spiral in P. bivittata and only faintly rolled in P. queenslandica Rentz & Su, sp. nov.; discoidal vein straight, unbranched, median and cubitus veins curved (Fig. 2 B), former simple, latter with a complete branch. Ventral surface of fore femur on anterior margin with 3 large spines followed by a series of much smaller spines (Fig. 3 I); tarsal claws symmetrical. Ventral margin of middle and hind femora armed with some large spines. Male seventh abdominal tergite feebly specialised; subgenital plate (Fig. 3 E) sub-symmetrical, with a pair of minute styles (P. bivittata) or usually one major style.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC3E26AD08084C2FD0AFA18.taxon	description	Figs 3 A – L: Table 1: Map 1	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC3E26AD08084C2FD0AFA18.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male. Label. 1. “ 16049 ’ 45.24 ” S 145027 ’ 50.76 E (GE) QLD. 8.5 km NW Mulligan Hwy on Hodzic Rd 380 m 17 JUNE 2024 DCF Rentz. Stop 7 ”. 2. “ ANIC database # 9 - 006317 ”. Holotype in Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra. Paratypes. Same date as for holotype, 3 males, 1 female. Same locality, 23 June, 2024, 11 males, 4 females, (DCF Rentz, Stop 9, ANIC). 16046.208 ’ S 146023.137 ’ E Southedge-Lakes Rd (the “ Toll ” Rd) 4.9 km NW Lake Mitchell, 27 July 2018 (DCF Rentz, Stop 21, 1 male, ANIC).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC3E26AD08084C2FD0AFA18.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Parectoneura queenslandica Rentz & Su, sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congener by the different markings on the head (compare Figs 2 A, 3 A). There are 3 prominent spines on the ventral surface of the fore femur followed by a few smaller setae (Fig. 3 I). Males with distinctive genitalia, the median phallomere protrudes from the tip of the abdomen when at rest (Fig. 3 D) and 2 styles on the male subgenital plate, the left style minute (Fig. 3 E). Females with tegmina not surpassing apex of abdomen (Fig. 3 A).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC3E26AD08084C2FD0AFA18.taxon	description	Description. Male. Overall colour as in Figs 3 A, B. Head with scape and pedicel light to dark brown, flagellum of antenna uniformly dark brown to black (Fig. 3 B); occiput dark brown this continuous onto frons nearly to labrum, with distinctive ventral margin (Fig. 3 B); frons (Figs 3 B, H); eye dark brown to black. Pronotum with disk with anterior margin straight to weakly convex, posterior margin feebly convex (Figs 3 B, J). Legs, including coxae, uniformly light straw brown, spines slightly darker; fore femur with 2 spines followed by a series of evenly spaced setae, type A 2 or near (Fig. 3 I); claws symmetrical, arolium prominent. Tegmina and wings. Tegmina with prominent stripes, a single prominent vein and a series of diagonal veins along anterior margin (Figs 3 C, K). Wing colourless, translucent, with apical margin only faintly “ rolled ”; subcostal region with 4 or more quadrate cells (Fig. 3 C). Abdomen with glandular opening indicated by an irregular pattern of long hairs (Fig. 3 F); tenth tergite not produced, margin weakly undulating; subgenital plate with apical margin feebly produced, bearing 2 styles, the left minute and often “ missing ” or absent; concealed genitalia with median phallomere protruding in life and protruding as a “ spear ” on preserved specimens (Fig. 3 D); paraprocts quadrate, left internal paraproct with prominent spine on internal dorsal margin, right paraproct lacking spine; hook-like phallomere (Fig. 3 F). Cercus rather stout, hirsute, uniformly coloured, not annulate (Fig. 3 F). Female. Very similar to male. Tegmina only slightly shorter than those of male (Figs 3 A, H). Colour and pattern identical to male. Tip of abdomen with tenth tergite apically narrowly divided; subgenital plate scoop-shaped, unmodified. Ootheca. Several oothecae were deposited by captive females. The ootheca were loosely placed in dried weedy branches (Fig. 3 L). For reasons unknown hatching did not occur.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC3E26AD08084C2FD0AFA18.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known from few localities on the Tablelands north of Mareeba, Qld. (Map 1).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC3E26AD08084C2FD0AFA18.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named with reference to the species being the eastern (Queensland) representative of Parectoneura.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC3E26AD08084C2FD0AFA18.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This little cockroach was discovered by happenstance. It occurs in dry mixed woodland in weedy vegetation under eucalypts, casuarinas and acacias. Many cockroaches were found by sweeping understorey vegetation after dark with a sweeping net. At first the small roaches were thought to be nymphs of some other species (Fig. 3 G). But careful examination proved that there were adults of a small species along with the nymphs. They seemed to be restricted to native grasses that were green and under cover of large trees. Several days later we returned to the area in late afternoon and vigorous sweeping did not yield a single cockroach. However, after dark the area was replete with the roaches. The roaches spend the daylight hours on or near the ground, in leaf litter, emerging after dark to feed and seek mates and oviposit. Captive adult specimens lived for a surprisingly long time in jars provided with wet cotton and the Orthopteran Food Mix (Henderson et al. 2008). For example, two adult individuals collected as adults on 23 June 2024 died on 6 October and 10 October 2024 respectively.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC9E269D0808152FB73FE0F.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Johnrehnia hodgkini Princis by monotypy.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC9E269D0808152FB73FE0F.taxon	description	We take this opportunity to name an undescribed species of Johnrehnia that is common on the Atherton Tablelands, Qld. It is often attracted to lights and because of its size and overall appearance (Fig. 4 A) is often mistaken for the German Cockroach, Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) by concerned residents. It is a native species that lives in leaf litter during the day and could not survive for long in a domestic situation due to the low humidity and lack of suitable food. Johnrehnia appears to us to be a conglomerate of several genera. At the time of his revision, Roth (2000) did not have the amount of material that we have accumulated over a broad geographic range of Johnrehnia. This is the result of intensive collecting in far north Queensland for more than 20 years. Roth was unaware of groups of species that probably actually represent distinct genera. Only a future major revision can bring clarity to this situation. We continue to collect small cockroaches which are exceedingly abundant in almost all habitats in the north Queensland tropics.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFC9E269D0808152FB73FE0F.taxon	diagnosis	Generic diagnosis. Male / female. Tegmina almost reaching end of abdomen; fully capable of flight, however, some Johnrehnia species are brachypterous. Frons with distinctive markings. Pronotum with markings that are highly distinctive. Tegmina with longitudinal or sublongitudinal discoidal sectors. Male. All male abdominal tergites lacking glandular specialisation. Supra-anal plate symmetrical, hind margin with or without a pair of processes. Paraprocts dissimilar; intercercal processes present or absent. Subgenital plate symmetrical or asymmetrical rarely with a pair of similar but most species with dissimilar styles. Genitalia with hook on left side and with or without a preapical incision; median phallomere a simple apically acute, spine-like rod; right phallomere usually with a distinct cleft-like sclerite and with or without a spined sclerite. Female subgenital plate unmodified.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCAE268D080855DFE8BFF2F.taxon	description	Johnrehnia sp. nov., Flickr, https: // www. flickr. com / photos / naturenoises / 52212898588 / in / album- 72157639340999195 Figs 4 A-J; 5 A-F: Table 1: Map 2	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCAE268D080855DFE8BFF2F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male. 1. “ 16058.386 S 145026.690 E (GPS) Qld. Harte Close, Mareeba 4 January 2025 DCF Rentz stop 1 ”, 2. “ ANIC database # 9 - 006318 ”. Holotype in Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra. Paratypes. Same locality and date, 31 males, 6 females. Same locality 15 March 2025, 3 males, 1 female. 16047 ’ 28 “ S. 145040 ’ 16 “ E (phone) QLD. Kewarra Beach, nr Reefsedge Park., 5 July 2025 DCF Rentz Stop 9, 1 female. All in ANIC. Type locality. (In litt.) from T. Utzinger the type locality is described “ as open dry sclerophyll forest bordering on riparian vegetation. Dominant species Eucalyptus tesselaris, Eucalyptus alba, Callitris macleayana, Pandanus sp, Melaleuca leucadendra. I suspect my habit of mulching a considerable amount of cut vegetation back into the landscape very likely contributes to hosting a wide range of species. ”	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCAE268D080855DFE8BFF2F.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Differs from all other known Johnrehnia species in the following: Antenna with scape and pedicel straw brown, flagellum black, without annuli (Fig. 4 A); frons spotted, often with dark overcast (Fig. 4 J); occiput dark brown, with a few indistinct light brown stripes (Fig. 4 A); pronotum with distinctive dark brown markings, central region light brown and with 2 tiny spots near posterior margin (Fig. 4 A); tegmina and wing venation (Fig. 4 H), dorsal surface of each tegmen with an elongate, converging curved dark brown stripe (Figs 4 A, H); legs uniformly light brown, base of each spine dark brown, right fore femur (Fig. 4 G). Ninth abdominal tergite with a prominent triangular projection, tenth tergite with a pair of slender, decurved projections, the apex of each is minutely incised (Figs 4 B, C); concealed genitalia with slender clasper on each side (Fig. 4 C); median phallomere slender and sharp (Fig. 4 D), genital hook apically incised (Fig. 4 D); subgenital plate with right style spiniform (Fig. 4 F), left style short and straight; cercus straw with black annuli (Fig. 4 C). Female with tenth tergite feeble incised, subgenital plate apically subtruncate (Fig. 4 I).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCAE268D080855DFE8BFF2F.taxon	description	Description. Male / female. Overall colour light brown. Tegmina with elongate convergent dark brown, thin stripes (Fig. 4 H). Head with frons spotted, with dark overcast (Fig. 4 J); scape and pedicel of antenna straw brown, flagellum black, not annulate (Figs 4 A, H); occiput dark brown to black with indistinct lighter markings (Fig. 4 J). Thorax. Pronotum with distinct colour pattern and spots near posterior margin (Fig. 4 A). Tegmina light brown with veins darker brown, with distinct elongate curved stripe on each tegmen (Fig. 4 H). Male abdomen mottled light and dark brown; tenth tergite dark brown in the middle and with a pair of slender, decurved prongs, each one minutely incised apically (Fig. 4 B); subgenital plate dark brown in central portion, laterally lighter brown, right style swollen basally, apically hooked (Figs 4 E, F), left style normal, unmodified. Concealed genitalia with hook notched apically (Fig. 4 D); median phallomere elongate, slightly upcurved (Fig. 4 D). Female with tenth tergite feebly incised; subgenital plate apically subtruncate, otherwise unmodified (Fig. 4 I).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCAE268D080855DFE8BFF2F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The female collected on 15 March 2025 produced an ootheca (Fig. 5 A) which was deposited on 23 March 2025. The ootheca was found loosely in some cereal food on the bottom of the jar in which it was housed. This suggests that the ootheca of this species are placed in mulch or leaf litter. The single ootheca measured 4.2 mm in length (Fig. 5 B). Nymphs emerged 10 May 2025 (Fig. 5 C). The newly emerged nymphs are white with black eyes (Figs 5 D, E) and measure 1.4 mm. After 24 hour the nymphs acquired a distinctive colour pattern (Fig. 5 F). Oddly, the nymphs could not be raised to adulthood.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCAE268D080855DFE8BFF2F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named with reference to the spots on the frons and the 2 spots on the dorsal surface of the pronotum.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCBE268D0808354FDDFF82A.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Cattaniaria tripartita Rentz and Su sp nov., here designated.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCBE268D0808354FDDFF82A.taxon	discussion	Cattaniaria Rentz, & Su, gen. nov. is known from a single small species from several localities in the dry woodlands and Tablelands of north Queensland (Map 1). This common, small, black cockroach (Fig. 10 Aa) resembles some species of Johnrehnia but is distinctive from that genus in that males have an asymmetrical subgenital plate with a single, tripartite style positioned in the middle (Figs 6 A, 10 Ac). The cockroaches frequently are attracted to the light sheet along with the very similarly appearing Johnrehnia concisa Roth and Parasigmoidella atypicalis Roth. Careful examination of the genitalia easily reveals the respective species. Fig. 10 distinguishes the species.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCBE268D0808354FDDFF82A.taxon	diagnosis	Differential Diagnosis. Overall colour dark brown to black (Fig. 10 Aa), frons black, the lateral ocelli large and contrasting (Fig. 6 C); antenna with scape and pedicel light brown, contrasting with flagellum (Fig. 10 Aa); flagellum black, densely setose. Pronotum mostly black, lateral margins whitish; central portion with lateral angles extending to margin of disk. Male tenth tergite (Fig. 6 B), bearing a tripartite style (Fig. 10 Ac). The concealed genitalia are complex (Fig. 6 B). Females are robust and fully winged, capable of flight, the tegmina extending well beyond the apex of the abdomen. Both sexes are mostly black with the pronotum with a large central black blotch, the outer posterior margins of which extend to the edge of the pronotum (Fig. 10 Aa). Female abdomen with tenth tergite notched in the middle; subgenital plate feebly produced in the middle (Fig. 6 D).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCBE268D0808354FDDFF82A.taxon	description	Description. Male / female. Size small to medium for Blattellinae, form slender. Overall colour black, frons black, the antennal sockets white in fresh specimens (Fig. 6 C), lateral ocelli large, light coloured; occiput black, somewhat lighter on some specimens; antenna with scape, pedicel and flagellum dark brown to black (Fig. 10 Aa), annulate. Pronotum mostly black, central area with a distinctive blotch margined by faint frosty white (Fig. 10 Ab). Legs light straw brown, hind coxa with a narrow faint dark brown stripe on outer margin. Abdomen straw brown, dorsally, ventral surface with a broad stripe on each side; cerci uniformly dark brown. Male tenth tergite (Fig. 6 A), subgenital plate bearing a tripartite style (Fig. 10 Ac), concealed genitalia (Fig. 6 B).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCBE268D0808354FDDFF82A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named in apposition after the Cattana Wetlands, Smithfield, Queensland, one of several localities inhabited by the species; female gender.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCCE26CD08087F1FBABFF02.taxon	description	Figs 6 A – D; 10 A); Table 1: Map 2	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCCE26CD08087F1FBABFF02.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male. Queensland. 1. “ 16049 ’ 50 ’ S 145042 ’ 01 E Cattana Wetlands (Smithfield) QLD Dunne Rd 12 m 28 September 2024 DCF Rentz Stop 12 ”. 2. “ ANIC database # 9 - 006319 ”. Paratypes. Same locality and details, 1 female, ANIC). 16048.910 ’ S 145041.185 ’ E James Cook University, Smithfield, nr Bldg E 2 carpark, 26 m, 20. ii. 2020 (DCF Rentz, Stop 6, 4 males, ANIC). Same locality, 27. ii. 2022 (DCF Rentz, M. Connors, Stop 8, 1, male, 1 female, ANIC). 16034.125 ’ S 145030.200 ’ E nr Mowbray, off Capt. Cook Highway, 27. v. 2016 (DCF Rentz, B. Richardson, Stop 29, 7 males, ANIC). 17002.116 ’ S 145002.380 ’ E Mt Mulligan Rd, NW of Dimbulah, 10 km NNW of Leadingham Ck Rd., at Mt Mulligan Station sign, 557 m, 29. iv. 2016 (DCF Rentz, Stop 24, 2 males, ANIC) Same locality, 19. iv. 2025, 1 female, ANIC. 16046.660 ’ S 145040.970 ’ E Kewarra Beach Resort, 3 m, 20. v. 2017 (DCF Rentz, stop 28, 1 male, ANIC). 16047 ’ 28 “ S. 145040 ’ 16 “ E (phone) QLD. Kewarra Beach, nr Reefsedge Park., 5 July 2025 DCF Rentz Stop 9, 3 females, ANIC. 180168 ’ S 143057.715 ’ E Talaroo Sta., (hot springs) 344 m, 6 - 7. v. 2016 (DCF Rentz, B Richardson, Stop 25, 11 males, 1 female, ANIC). 180088373 S 1430734149 E Talaroo Sta., (Long Hole) 438 m, 7. v. 2016 (DCF Rentz, B Richardson, Stop 26, 1 male, ANIC). 160 48 ’ S 145038 ’ E Kuranda, (Top of the Range) 335 m, 1 - 15. vii. 2016 (DCF Rentz, 1 male, may have been introduced, ANIC).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCCE26CD08087F1FBABFF02.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Overall colour black. Frons black (Fig. 6 C) this extending onto head; antennal sockets whitish in fresh specimens, eventually darkening, flagellum black, hirsute; median ocellus apparently absent, lateral ocelli large, light coloured (Fig. 6 C). Pronotum (Fig. 10 Ab) with margins white, margins colourless, translucent (Fig. 10 Ab). Legs light coloured, straw brown. Tegmina black, veins darker; wings colourless, translucent, except anterior margin with veins darkened. Abdomen straw brown, dorsally, ventral surface with a broad stripe on each side; cerci uniformly dark brown. Male tenth tergite (Fig. 6 B), subgenital plate bearing a tripartite style (Figs 6 A, 10 Ac), concealed genitalia (Fig. 6 B).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCCE26CD08087F1FBABFF02.taxon	description	Description. Male / female. Small to medium for the Blattellinae (Table 1). Head dark brown to black occiput with faint light brown striping (Fig. 6 C); lateral ocelli prominent, white (Fig. 6 C); antennae with light brown in life, darkening in museum specimens; flagellum black, rather densely hirsute. Pronotum without sulci or carinae; anterior margin truncate, posterior margin feebly produced in the middle (Fig. 10 Ab); lateral margins flanged, opaque, whitish; central portion of pronotum dark brown to black, lateral margins extending to edge of disk. Legs light coloured, dark brown only at base of each spine. Tegmen dark brown, lateral margins creamish white; wing translucent, anterior margin with veins dark brown, posterior portion with a few dark veins. Abdomen mostly dark brown, base of middle segments darker brown. Male tenth tergite unmodified; subgenital plate produced in the middle, with a single tripartite style (Figs 6 A, 10 Ac); no other style. Male concealed genitalia (Fig. 6 B). Female abdomen with tenth tergite notched in the middle; subgenital plate feebly produced in the middle (Fig. 6 D).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCCE26CD08087F1FBABFF02.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the 3 - part style on the male subgenital plate.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFCCE26CD08087F1FBABFF02.taxon	discussion	Remarks. C. tripartita Rentz and Su, sp. nov. often occurs sympatrically with two other blattellines that are similar in general appearance. Quick recognition can be achieved by comparing the illustrations in the columns in Fig. 10. C. tripartita Rentz and Su, sp. nov., Fig. 10 Aa has the light outline of the pronotum and body dull and never intensely white, the antennae are light at the base and black with a few whitish annulations; b the posterior corners of the dark patch of the pronotum extend to the margin; c the male subgenital plate bears an elongate right style with 3 sharp projections. Johnrehnia concisa, Ba has the outline of the pronotum and tegmina bright white and the white margin of the pronotum is not entire but there is usually a short white line on the posterior margin of the pronotum, the antennae are light coloured; b the corners of the dark patch of the pronotum extend to the margin of the pronotum; c the male subgenital plate with a short, stout style on the right side bearing a sharp spine; Parasigmoidella atypicalis Ca, has the outline of the pronotum continuously white, b the posterior margins not approaching the margin of the disk and the antennae are uniformly black; c the male subgenital plate bears an elaborate right style, thickened, with at least 3 prongs. Comparison of the male subgenital plates and features of the male genitalia will confirm an identification. C. tripartita Rentz and Su, sp nov. has a relatively broad geographic distribution compared with many other small cockroaches. The sole record from Kuranda may be the result of a specimen carried in the vehicle from the recent trip to Talaroo Station (see records above) where the species was collected.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E271D080816EFE22FA67.taxon	discussion	Balta sp. 4	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E271D080816EFE22FA67.taxon	description	Flickr: https: // www. flickr. com / photos / naturenoises / 16217748101 / in / album- 72157639340999195 Figs 9 A – G: Table 1, Map 1	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E271D080816EFE22FA67.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male. 1. “ 16.48 ’ S 145.38 ’ E (GPS) Qld. Kuranda (335 m) (Top of the Range) 19 Butler Dr 1 - 15 October 2004. DCF Rentz ” 2. “ Specimen photographed: subgenital plate. ” 3, “ ANIC database # 9 - 006320 ”. Holotype deposited in Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC), Canberra. Paratypes. 72 males from the type locality collected on the following dates and all in ANIC: 1 - 31. x, 1 - 30. xi, 1 - 31. xii, 1 - 31. i, 16 - 28. ii; 1 – 15. i. 2024 3 males; 1 - 15.2025 2 males; 1 - 15. ii. 2025 2 males; 16 - 28. ii. 2025 4 males. A single female was collected on 5. xi. 2024. Additional paratypes from the type locality and other localities: 16.48 ’ S 145.38 ’ E (GPS) Kuranda 335 m (Top of the Range) 19 Butler Dr from the following dates: 15 – 31. x. 2003, 2 males; 15 – 30. xii. 2003 7 males; 15 – 31. i. 2004, 2 males; 1 – 15. ii. 2004 1 male; 15 – 29. ii. 2004 2 males; 15 – 30. iv. 2004 1 male; 20 – 30. xi. 2004 1 males; 15 – 28. ii. 2005 1 males; 1 – 15. iii. 2005 1 males; 16 – 31. xii. 2005 1 males; 16 – 31. xii. 2006 1 males; 1 – 15. i. 2007 1 males; 1 – 15. iii. 2007 1 males; 16 – 30. iv. 2007 1 males; 1 – 15. v. 2007 1 males; 16 – 31. xii. 2007 1 males; 1 – 15. i. 2010 1 males; 16 – 31. viii. 2010 1 males; 1 – 15. iv. 2010 1 males; 1 – 15. x. 2010 1 males; 16 – 31. i. 2011 1 males; 1 – 15. x. 2013 2 males; 16 – 30. i. 2016 1 males; 1 – 15. v. 2016 1 males; 1 – 15. xi. 2016 2 males; 16 – 30. xi. 2016 1 male; 1 – 15. x. 2017 1 male; 1 – 15. xi. 2017 1 male; 16 – 30. xi. 2017 1 male; 1 – 15. xii. 2017 4 males; 16 – 30. i. 2018 1 male; 1 – 15. ii. 2018 2 males; 16 – 30. xi. 2018 1 male; 16 – 31. xii. 2018 2 males; 16 – 31. iii. 2019 1 male; 16 – 30. xi. 2019 2 males; 16 – 31. xii. 2019 2 males 1 female; 16 – 31. i. 2020 1 male; 1 – 15. ii. 2020 4 males; 15 – 29. ii. 2020 1 male; 16 – 31. iii. 2020 3 males; 1 – 15. iv. 2020 1 female; 16 – 30. iv. 2020 1 males 2 female; 16 – 31. v. 2020 1 male; 1 – 15. xi. 2020 2 males; 1 – 15. xii. 2020 2 males; 1 – 15. i. 2021 2 males; 16 – 31. x. 2021 3 males; 1 – 15. xi. 2021 2 males; 16 – 30. xi. 2021 1 male; 1 – 15. xii. 2021 2 males; 16 – 31. xii. 2021 1 male; 1 – 15. ii. 2022 2 males; 1 – 15. x. 2022 2 males; 16 – 30. xi. 2023 1 male; 1 – 15. xii. 2023 1 male; 20 – 31. xii. 2023 1 male; 16 - 30. iv. 2025 (2 males). 16 o 47 ’ S 145 o 35 ’ E. (GPS) 25 Gadagi Dr, Russet Pk (Kuranda), 373 m 23. v. 2011 DCF Rentz & B. Richardson, Stop 22, 1 male); 21. xi. 2011 DCF Rentz & B. Richardson, Stop 37, 1 male). 16006 ’ 08.53 ” S 145027 ’ 04.68 ” E James Cook University, Daintree Rainforest Observatory, 6 – 8. ii. 2019 6 - 8. ii. 2019 (DCF Rentz, stop 5, 2 males); 16 - 30. xii. 2004 (1 male); 1 - 15. x. 2021 (1 male); 16 - 31. x. 2022 (3 males); 1 - 15. xii. 2021 (1 male); 1 - 15. xi. 2022 (1 male); 16 - 30. xi. 2022 (1 male) 1 - 15. xi. 2024 (4 males); 16 - 30. xi. 2022 (10 males); 1 - 15. xii. 2022 (7 males); 1 - 15. xii. 2024 (10 males); 1 - 15. xii. 2024 (2 males). 17 o 23 ’ 236 ” ’ S 145 o 59 ’ 596 ” E (Car) Bramston Beach Rd on Tower Rd (under powerlines) 93 m 18. ii. 2017 (DCF Rentz & SK Brannoch, Stop 9, 11 males). 17 o 18 ’ S 145 o 57 ’ E Babinda, Krukow Rd, 25 m, 12. ii. 2012, (DCF Rentz, GW Wilson, stop 12 – 8, 1 male). 16 o 35 ’ S 145 o 35 ’ E (GPS) Clohesy River Rd., 4.8 km from Jct Kennedy Hwy, 411 m, 2. iii. 2012 DCF Rentz & B. Richardson, Stop 12 – 13, 1 male). 16 o 57 ’ S 145 o 40 ’ S Crystal Cascades (Redlynch intake Rd, nr Cairns), 80 m, 11. xi. 2012 DCF Rentz, Stop 12 – 36, 1 male). 16.202 ’ S 145.409 ’ E (GST) Daintree area, Lync – Haven Motel, 35 m 7 – 8. xii. 2012 DCF Rentz, Stop 12 – 39, 3 males) 16 o 36 ’ 422 " S 145 o 26 ’ 134 ” E Black Mtn Rd (nr Bump track), Julatten end, 16. iii. 2013, DCF Rentz & Y Baba, stop 13 – 9, 1 male).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E271D080816EFE22FA67.taxon	description	Description. Male / female. Head with frons usually plain straw brown but often with a few indistinct blotches (Fig. 9 A); antennae with scape and pedicel usually dark, flagellum black and relatively densely hirsute. Legs creamish white to light straw brown, apex of each femur with an elongate spine; spines colourless but dark brown at base; apex of each tibia dark brown (Fig. 9 B). Pronotum with distinctive pattern (Fig. 9 A), lateral margins clear, translucent. Tegmina dark, veins light; dorsal surface of each tegmen with at least one elongate creamish white marking, each opposite one another (Fig. 9 A); thorax with an elongate white mark between the base of each tegmen (Fig. 9 A) (this is common with many unrelated cockroaches). Ventral surface of abdomen light brown, each sternite with a small dark brown spot laterally (Fig. 9 B). Subgenital plate concolorous with abdomen except styles darker (Fig. 9 C); cerci uniformly light brown, each segment with at least one elongate dark brown spine (Fig. 9 C); concealed genitalia (Figs 9 D, E). Female more robust, slightly shorter than male, tenth tergite produced and deeply cleft (Fig. 9 F).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E271D080816EFE22FA67.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named in honour of the late Dr Louis M. Roth to celebrate his life’s work in attempting to understand the complexity of the Blattodea.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E271D080816EFE22FA67.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is a common species where it occurs. Males are often attracted to lights, females less so. Perhaps females are either incapable of flight or reluctant to do so. We have not found any ootheca that can be associated with this species. From time to time, males have been found parasitised by Gordian worms (Nematomorpha). B. rothi has not been found in leaf litter as is the common habitat of many Balta species. Its coloration suggests that it lives on tree trunks and probably secludes itself in bark cracks during the day as does the Australian Allacta, Allacta australiensis Roth, a species that occupies a similar geographic range and is similar in appearance to B. rothi (Compare Figs 11 A, B).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E273D08087B9FC77FA4C.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Balta epilamproides Tepper 1893: 40.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E273D08087B9FC77FA4C.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Allactina jacobsoni Hebard. Name not used. (see Beccaloni, 2024)	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E273D08087B9FC77FA4C.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Mareta conspicienda Bolívar (= Balta innotabilis). (name not published and represents a misidentification, see Beccaloni, 2024).	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E273D08087B9FC77FA4C.taxon	discussion	Balta is a large genus with 86 described, nocturnal species, at least 40 of which are found in Australia (see Roth, 1991: 967 and Hebard 1943: 37). Recent collecting indicates double that number for Australia. The non-Australian Balta species occur in the Pacific Islands, Asia and Africa (see Princis, 1969). Balta cockroaches have a distinctive appearance (see Rentz, 2014: 257 - 272). Often more than one species can be found at a given locality. All are known to be nocturnal. Groups of species have an overall similar appearance. Whether these can be considered as distinctive genera remains for future extensive revisions. For the present, we can see at least one distinctive group of Australian species. We propose a “ species group ”, the Godeffroyi Group based on the oldest species in the group, B. godeffroyi (Shelford, 1911). We include in that group two other Australian species B. fratercula Hebard and one we herein describe.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E273D08087B9FC77FA4C.taxon	diagnosis	Generic diagnosis. Head seemingly without ocelli, however, the light patches at the base of the antennae may be lateral ocelli and the vague darkening of the central portion of the frons may be the vestiges of a median ocellus; interocular space wider than inter-antennal space; both sexes fully winged, although some females may not be capable of flight. Ventro-anterior margins of fore femur with an elongate row of piliform spines; median and caudal femora armed with spines. Males with dorsal surface of abdomen unspecialised; supra-anal plate broadly convex and not specialised; subgenital plate deeply cleft, often at an angle, lateral portions asymmetrical, apex bearing 4 distinctive styles, lateral margins often twisted or otherwise modified. Female subgenital plate simple.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
03E99F2AFFD0E273D08087B9FC77FA4C.taxon	discussion	Balta Godeffroyi Group Rentz, & Su, new species group Flickr: https: // www. flickr. com / photos / naturenoises / albums / 72157639340999195 / page 5 Distinctive characters. Pronotum with distinctive, intensive angulate markings; dorsum of head with prominent stripes; tegmina dark but the veins whitish; male subgenital plate deeply incised at an angle and with 4 appendages; male concealed genitalia exceedingly complex; female subgenital plate deltoid, apically acute. Species of the Godoffroyi Group and other Balta can be seen at the Flickr site noted above.	en	Rentz, David Cf, Su, You Ning (2025): New cockroaches from Far North Queensland, Australia (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae; Pseudophyllodromiinae). Zootaxa 5696 (1): 41-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.3
