Records of the Western Australian Museum 17:153-161 (1995). 
New species and records of cockroaches from Western Australia (Blattaria) 
Louis M. Roth 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. 
(Correspondence: 81 Brush Hill Road, P.O. Box 540, Sherborn, MA 01770, U.S.A.) 
Abstract - Three new species of cockroaches from Western Australia are 
described, namely Hensaussurea humphreysi (Blattellidae) and two 
cavernicolous taxa, Nocticola brooksi (Nocticolidae) and Neotemnopteryx 
wynnei (Blattellidae). A few new records of some Western Australian 
Blattidae: Polyzosteriinae, and Blattellidae are given. 
INTRODUCTION 
This paper presents the results of a study of some 
cockroaches that were sent to me for identification 
by Dr W.F. Humphreys of the Western Australian 
Museum. It was expanded to include a few 
specimens from other museums but I have 
generally restricted the work to species found in 
Western Australia. 
Specimens were borrowed from the following 
museums through the courtesy of their curators or 
collection managers: ANIC = Australian National 
Insect Collection, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Dr 
David Rentz. MCZ = Museum of Comparative 
Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 
U.S.A. NMV = Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, 
Victoria, Australia; Ms Catriona McPhee. NTM = 
Northern Territory Museum, Darwin. PMYU = 
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale 
University, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.; Dr Charles 
Remington. WAM = Western Australian Museum, 
Perth, Western Australia; Dr W.F. Humphreys. 
SYSTEMATICS 
Family Nocticolidae Bruner 
Genus Nocticola Bolivar 
Nocticola Bolivar: Roth, 1988: 298 (diagnosis). 
Remarks 
There are three described Australian species of 
Nocticola of which two, namely australiensis Roth 
(cavernicolous) and babindaensis Roth (epigean) are 
from Queensland (Roth 1988: 302, 303), and flabella 
Roth (cavernicolous) is from Western Australia 
(Roth 1991a: 17). Two additional species have been 
found in Western Australia, one of which is 
described and named below. 
Nocticola brooksi sp. nov. 
Figures 1A-E 
Material Examined 
All specimens were collected in caves in the 
northern Kimberley of Western Australia and in 
the Northern Territory near Katherine. The 
material is preserved in alcohol, except for a male, 
female, and nymph that were cleared and mounted 
on slides in Permount. Figures 1A-E were drawn 
from slide mounted specimens. 
Holotype 
d (in alcohol). Cave KNI-41, Western Australia, 
Australia, 15°11'S, 128°38'E, 20 June 1994, R.D. 
Brooks, BES 3191 (WAM 94/1945). 
Paratypes 
Australia: Western Australia: The following 
specimens (nymphs and adults) have a small dark 
eye spot behind the antenna: KNI-19, 15°18'S, 
128°37'E (BES: 2743, 2765, 2829, 2884, 3042, 3046, 
3129, 3169, 3174, 3182, 3269): 1 nymph, 7 May 1994; 
5 nymphs, 8 May 1994; 2 nymphs, 10 May 1994; 1 9, 
16 May 94; 2dd, 19, 12 nymphs, 12 June 1994; 1 
nymph, 6 June 1994; 29 9 (one on slide 28), 8 
nymphs, 19 June 1994, R.D. Brooks; Id, 3 nymphs, 
6 June 1994, W.F. Humphreys, R.D. Brooks, B. 
Vine; Id (on slides 26a, 26b), 19 nymph (on slide 
27), 19 June 1994, Wendy Binks; 3 nymphs, 19 June 
1994, B. Jones; 1 nymph, 29 June 1994, W. Binks. 
KNI-19, 15°18'S, 128°37'E (BES: 2820, 2866): 1 
nymph, 10 May 1994, B. Vine; 1 nymph, 15 May 
1994, W.F. Humphreys. KNI-27, 15°17'S, 128°41'E 
(BES: 2876, 3022, 3028): 1 nymph, 16 May 1994; 3 
nymphs, 6 June 1994, R.D. Brooks; 1 nymph, 6 June 
1994, Trish Handasyde. KNI-41, 15°11'S, 128°38'E 
(BES: 3061, 3069, 3071, 3084, 3086, 3088, 3186, 3191, 
3282): 12, 5 nymphs, 20 June 1994, W. Binks; 1 
