Anaplecta bicolor Deng & Che, 2020

Deng, Wenbo, Liu, Yuchao, Wang, Zongqing & Che, Yanli, 2020, Eight new species of the genus Anaplecta Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Blattoidea: Anaplectidae) from China based on molecular and morphological data, European Journal of Taxonomy 720, pp. 77-106 : 99-101

Anaplecta bicolor Deng & Che sp. nov.

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9EAA3F86-9C7F-453E-BA98-651CAF105F17

Fig. 9

Diagnosis

This species resembles A. basalis in disk of pronotum with anterior half crimson-brown and posterior half yellowish-white, but can be distinguished by the following characters: 1) tegmina without black markings in Anaplecta bicolor Deng & Che sp. nov., the base of tegmina with black markings in A. basalis ; 2) phallomere with a cluster of setae in former, the latter without; 3) L2d and L2vm absent in former, present in latter.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Latin word ‘ bicolor ’ and refers to the pronotum with the anterior half crimson-brown and the posterior half yellowish white.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA • ♂; Yunnan, Xishuangbanna , Mengla County; 21°27′46″ N, 101°33′19″ E; 668 m a.s.l.; 16 Jul. 2004; Zong-qing Wang leg.; SWU.

Paratypes

CHINA – Yunnan • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; SWU • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Wangtianshu ; 21°37′20″ N, 101°35′17″ E; 733 m a.s.l.; 23 May 2016; Lu Qiu and Zhi-wei Qiu leg.; SWU .

Description

Male

MEASUREMENTS (mm). Male: pronotum length ×width: 1.3×1.8, tegmina length: 5.2, overall length: 6.2.

COLORATION. Body reddish brown, eyes black, antennae yellow ( Fig. 9 A–B). Vertex, frons reddish brown; clypeus yellowish brown ( Fig. 9D ). Disk of pronotum with anterior half reddish brown, posterior half yellowish white, lateral borders of pronotum hyaline ( Fig. 9C ). Tegmina pale reddish brown, lateral margins of tegmina hyaline ( Fig. 9E ). Wings with costal field and appendicular field infuscated, other part pale gray, with veins yellow ( Fig. 9H ). Legs and cerci yellowish brown ( Fig. 9B ).

HEAD AND THORAX. Interocular space greater than distance between antennal sockets ( Fig. 9D ). Pronotum subcircular ( Fig. 9C ). Tegmina with veins basically distinct; wings with radial veins slightly indistinct, CuP and CuA merging into one venation ( Fig. 9 E–F, H). Front femur type B2 ( Fig. 9G ). Pulvilli absent, arolia present.

MALE ABDOMEN AND GENITALIA. Supra-anal plate with paraprocts almost identical, slender piece of bone sheet connected with each paraproct ( Fig. 9I ). Subgenital plate fan-shaped, asymmetrical, hind margin

extending beyond end of left stylus, but almost equal to right; two styli very small, distance between them long ( Fig. 9J ). Phallomere complex, L1 small with slender and curved filamentary structure, L2v clubbed, L2d and L2vm absent, L3 robust, uncinate part with apex enlarged and sharp; R1 irregular and middle wide, R2 irregular bone sheet, weakly sclerotized, R3 short simple sheet-like. Moreover, cluster of setae in right phallomere ( Fig. 9 K–M).

Distribution

China (Yunnan).

Figures

Fig. 9. Anaplecta bicolor Deng & Che sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (SWU). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Pronotum, dorsal view. D. Head, ventral view. E. Tegmina. F. Tegmina vein. G. Front femur, ventral view. H. Wings. I. Supra-anal plate, dorsal view. J. Subgenital plate, ventral view. K. Hook, ventral view. L. Left phallomere, ventral view. M. Right phallomere, ventral view. Scale bars: A–B, G–H =1 mm; C–F, I–J= 0.5 mm; K–M= 0.25 mm.