Panesthia sinuata Saussure, 1895

Wang, Xiudan, Wang, Zongqing & Che, Yanli, 2014, A taxonomic study of the genus Panesthia (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Panesthiinae) from China with descriptions of one new species, one new subspecies and the male of Panesthiaantennata, ZooKeys 466, pp. 53-75 : 61-62

Taxon classification Animalia Blattodea Blaberidae

Panesthia sinuata Saussure, 1895 Figs 21-22, 74-83

Panesthia sinuata Saussure, 1895: 318; Roth 1979: 55; Feng and Woo 1990: 216.

Remarks.

This species is similar to Panesthia angustipennis spadica , but can be distinguished by body length (19-29 mm), which is commonly smaller than the latter (34-42 mm). In male of Panesthia sinuata , the anterior margin of pronotum is broadly concave and the corners of the indentation upturned (Fig. 74), while the latter is merely concave and without corners in small individuals about 34 mm. The anteroventral margin of front femur often bears 0-1 spine in Panesthia sinuata , but more than two spines in Panesthia angustipennis spadica . Roth (1979) described this species as similar to Panesthia antennata , but the male of the latter had no mesal elevation of the anterior margin of pronotum.

Material examined.

Two males and one female, China: Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, Menghai, 1200-1600m, 26 July 1958, coll. Shuyong Wang; one male, China: Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, 1050-1080m, 9 June 1958, coll. Fuji Pu. (SWU)

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Guangdong); Vietnam; Laos; Malaysia.