Anaplecta bombycina Zhu & Che, 2022

Zhu, Jing, Zhang, Jiawei, Luo, Xinxing, Wang, Zongqing & Che, Yanli, 2022, Three cryptic Anaplecta (Blattodea, Blattoidea, Anaplectidae) species revealed by female genitalia, plus seven new species from China, ZooKeys 1080, pp. 53-97 : 53

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1080.74286

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/678DC628-4480-4498-9490-9EF66660E8A5

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Anaplecta bombycina Zhu & Che
status

sp. nov.

Anaplecta bombycina Zhu & Che sp. nov.

Figures 8 View Figure 8 , 14G-I View Figure 14

Type material.

Holotype: China • male; Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, Dadugang Village; 22°16.52'N, 100°55.02'E; 1100 m; 15 July 2020, Rong Chen, Du-Ting Jin leg.; SWU-B-B-A060073.

Paratypes: China • 4 males and 3 females; same data as holotype; SWU-B-B-A060074 and 060080 • 1 female; Yunnan Prov., Pu’er City, Meizi Lake; 22°45.27'N, 100°59.60'E; 1365 m; 17 July 2020; Rong Chen, Yi-Shu Wang, leg.; SWU-B-B-A060081 • 2 female; Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, Ji’nuozu Village; 22°02.44'N, 101°1.81'E; 1100 m; 13 July 2020; Li-Kang Niu, Yi-Shu Wang leg.; SWU-B-B-A060082 and 060083 • 3 males and 1 female; Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, Dadugang Village, 21°59.06'N, 101°64.40'E; 870 m; 14 July 2020; Rong Chen, Li-Kang Niu leg.; SWU-B-B-A060084 to 060087.

Diagnosis.

This species can be easily separated from other species by dark brown tegmina and the extremely slender filamentous structure in the male genitalia.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word bombycinus, referring to the slender filamentous structure with which L1 is connected.

Measurements (mm).

Male: pronotum length × width: 1.35 × 1.57, tegmina length: 4.70, overall length: 6.08. Female: pronotum length × width: 1.42 × 1.68, tegmina length: 4.95, overall length: 6.26.

Description.

Coloration. Body dark brown, face brown (Fig. 8A, B View Figure 8 ). Antennae and maxillary palpus brown (Fig. 8D View Figure 8 ). Pronotum and tegmina dark brown, lateral edges hyaline (Fig. 8C, E View Figure 8 ). Hind wings infuscate, costal field and appendicular field darker than remaining parts (Fig. 8F View Figure 8 ). Abdominal sterna, legs, and cerci yellowish brown (Fig. 8B View Figure 8 ).

Head and thorax. The distance between antennal sockets narrower than interocular space. Fifth maxillary palpus nearly triangular, slightly thicker and wider than others (Fig. 8D View Figure 8 ). Pronotum a semicircle, anterior margin arcuate, posterior margin straight (Fig. 8C View Figure 8 ). Tegmina with slightly indistinct veins; radius posterior veins of hind wings slightly indistinct, without transverse veins between M and CuA (Fig. 8E, F View Figure 8 ). Front femur Type B2 (Fig. 8B View Figure 8 ). Pulvilli absent, tarsal claws symmetrical.

Male genitalia. Supra-anal plate with sheet-like paraprocts (Fig. 8G View Figure 8 ). Subgenital plate asymmetrical, the left margin wider than the right, the interstylar margin convex, skewed to right. The left stylus smaller than the right, the distance between them long (Fig. 8H View Figure 8 ). L1 small, with a curved and very slender filamentary structure. L2v shaped like ‘3’. L2vm sheet-like, with dense spines. L3 medium, uncinate part with sharp apex (Fig. 8I View Figure 8 ). R2 irregular, weakly sclerotized. R3 sheet-like (Fig. 8J View Figure 8 ).

Female genitalia. Supra-anal plate nearly symmetrical. Paraprocts broad, extending to the posterior margin of supra-anal plate. Intercalary sclerite strip-shaped, slightly curved. First valvifer slender. First valve robust. Second valve small, basally fused. Third valve broad. The anterior margin of anterior arch protrudes in the shape of lungs with curved edges (Fig. 14G, H View Figure 14 ). Basivalvula broad, kidney shaped, posterior margin curled, with spines at left lateral (Fig. 14G View Figure 14 ). Vestibular sclerite small. Laterosternal shelf slightly sclerotized, lateral margin slightly curved (Fig. 14I View Figure 14 ).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Anaplectidae

Genus

Anaplecta