taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D03B3AF37AFF8BC7EEE31CC1DFF8D4.taxon	description	Both sexes of	en	Davranoglou, Leonidas-Romanos, Hadjiconstantis, Michael, Mann, Darren J. (2020): First record of the Turkestan cockroach (Shelfordella lateralis) from Cyprus and Turkey (Dictyoptera: Blattidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 50 (1): 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3635796, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3635796
03D03B3AF37AFF8BC7EEE31CC1DFF8D4.taxon	description	are easily distinguished from all other native or invasive cockroaches of Cyprus and Turkey, based on the following characters: in males, the lateral margins of the pronotum and tegmina are distinctly transluscent (Fig. 1 A, C, D; black arrows), the ventral surface of the body is pale white (Fig. 1 E), and the shape of the phallomeres as in Fig. 2 A, B. In females, the tegmina (tg) are always brachypterous and possess a characteristic yellowish stripe (Fig. 1 B, F), whereas tergum 1 is provided with a pair of orange spots on its lateral margin (Fig. 1 B, F; white arrows); the ventral surface of the fore coxae is almost entirely pale, while the mid and hind coxae are bicolorous, being black and pale on their anterior and posterior halves respectively (Fig. 1 G). The external female genitalia (Fig. 2 C, D) and ootheca (Fig. 1 H) are also characteristic for this species, and identical to those of the Turkish and USA specimens examined in this study. Since all our specimens possess the characters diagnostic for this species (Grandcolas 1994 b; Tanaka 2003), we believe that our identification is justified. Morphology of male genitalia The paraprocts (papt) are strongly asymmetrical (Fig. 2 A, B; black dashed line); L 3 (L 3 d) bears three distinct processes: a small, semi-transparent spine (1), a large, hooklike process (2), and a medium sized spine with a tapered apex (3) (Fig. 2 A); L 4 C (L 2 d) is in the shape of a sclerotized line, its apex is distinctly bilobed due to the presence of a membranous lobe (Fig. 2 A, B); ventral to L 4 C, there is a large membranous lobe [lml (L 2 v); part of phallomere L 2 according to Anisyutkin (2014)], whose sclerotised portion bears a field of setae (Fig. 2 A, B); the caudal process of L 2 is in the form of an acute spine (Fig. 2 A, B); L 4 F is small and rounded (outline indicated by white dashed line on Fig. 2 B); phallomeres L 1 and L 4 D are not observed. We note that there is an incongruence between the two studies of Grandcolas (1994 a, b) regarding the identity of certain phallomeres: using his terminology, what he illustrated as L 2 d and L 2 v of Periplaneta are mentioned as L 3 v and L 2 d respectively in Shelfordella. Rearing The first generation (F 1) offspring matured after one year, with the majority being males (10 females and 20 males). The adults reproduced continuously throughout the year until dying approximately one year later. The reproductive output of this species was considerable, even when kept in seminatural conditions with cold periods during winter, as by the time F 1 died out, the subsequent two generations (adults F 2 and larvae F 3) in the the captive population numbered more than 4,000 individuals. By rearing this species in the local climate for more than two years, as well as collecting gravid females and larvae from the wild, we provide evidence that the species can reproduce successfully in Cyprus.	en	Davranoglou, Leonidas-Romanos, Hadjiconstantis, Michael, Mann, Darren J. (2020): First record of the Turkestan cockroach (Shelfordella lateralis) from Cyprus and Turkey (Dictyoptera: Blattidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 50 (1): 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3635796, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3635796
