An example of Tryonicus parvus found in Auckland, New Zealand. They are common under logs and planks lying in gumland scrub. Are capable of emitting an unpleasant smell when handled.
Beccaloni & Eggleton's (2011) figures of '10 genera, 47 species' presumably does not take into account Murienne's (2009) publication (they do not cite it)[6]
A report has been published of an unidentified endemic "tryonicine" from New Zealand, in addition to the adventiveTryonicus parvus, but details are too sketchy at present to accept this record.[7]
^Murienne, J. 2009: Molecular data confirm family status for theTryonicus–Lauraesilpha group (Insecta: Blattodea: Tryonicidae).Organisms diversity & evolution,9(1): 44-51.doi:10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.005
^Murienne, J.; Pellens, R.; Grandcolas, P. 2008: Short-range endemism in New Caledonian insects: new species and distribution in the genusLauraesilpha Grandcolas, 1997 (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattidae, Tryonicinae). Pp. 261-271in: Grandcolas, P. (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 6. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia.Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, (197)PDFArchived 2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine
^Roth, L.M. 1987: The genusTryonicus Shaw from Australia and New Caledonia (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattidae: Tryonicinae).Memoirs of the Queensland Museum,25(1): 151-167.
Klass, K.-D.; Meier, R. 2006: A phylogenetic analysis of Dictyoptera (Insecta) based on morphological characters.Entomologische Abhandlungen,63(1-2): 3-50.PDFArchived 2016-04-14 at theWayback Machine
McKittrick, F.A.; Mackerras, M.J. 1965: Phyletic relationships within the Blattidae.Annals of the Entomological Society of America,58(2): 224-230.abstract only seen
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