Achatiblatta, Li & Wang & Wang, 2018

Li, Xin-Ran, Wang, Li-Li & Wang, Zong-Qing, 2018, Rediscovered and new perisphaerine cockroaches from SW China with a review of subfamilial diagnosis (Blattodea: Blaberidae), Zootaxa 4410 (2), pp. 251-290 : 282

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:96DFDE73-A410-4D9B-9124-A5AC1070D112
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5986556
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C3838D7-1F95-48D4-B3D6-9595366D0A5B
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:0C3838D7-1F95-48D4-B3D6-9595366D0A5B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Achatiblatta
status	gen. nov.

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Genus Achatiblatta gen. nov.

Etymology. This compound word is derived from Latin nouns achates (agate) and blatta (cockroach), referring to the natural beauty of this genus. Feminine.

Diagnosis. Body size small in the subfamily, tarsus very short, hind tarsus shorter than half of tibia. Nymphs and females with broadened terga (including supra-anal plate) extending beyond sterna.

Type species. Achatiblatta achates gen. & sp. nov. .

Distribution. Hainan Island.