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Issue: Vol. 4066 No. 2: 14 Jan. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-01-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.2.4
Page range: 161–170
Abstract views: 38
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A taxonomic report on the cockroach genus Haplosymploce Hanitsch from China including one new species (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae)

Institute of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400716, China
Blattodea Blattellidae H. andamanica H. aurantiaca new species wood-feeding female genitalia key distribution

Abstract

The cockroach genus Haplosymploce Hanitsch is recorded from China for the first time with two species: H. andamanica (Princis, 1951) from Yunnan which was originally recorded from Andaman, and H. aurantiaca sp. n. from Hainan, a phototactic species remarkable by the orangish yellow cerci, it is very likely to be a wood-feeding species and thus, along with the genus, stands out among Ectobiidae (=Blattellidae). Male of both and female of H. aurantiaca sp. n. are described, illustrated and photographed; the female genitalia of the new species show a high degree of asymmetry. Photos of H. aurantiaca sp. n. in the wild are provided, as well as a key to the males of 8 out of 11 known species worldwide.

 

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