Haplosymploce

Zheng, Yuhong, Li, Xinran & Wang, Zongqing, 2016, A taxonomic report on the cockroach genus Haplosymploce Hanitsch from China including one new species (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae), Zootaxa 4066 (2), pp. 161-170 : 163

Key to males of Haplosymploce worldwide*

1. Only the first abdominal tergum specialized......................................................( pica group)...2

- The first and seventh abdominal terga specialized................................................( nigra group)...4

2. Tegmina yellowish, basal and apical regions black.................................................... H. bicolor

- Tegmina black with pale maculae on the costal field and the basal anal field....................................... 3

3. Pronotum black.................................................................................. H. pica

- Pronotum red............................................................................... .. H. ruficollis

4. A pair of filamentous membranes arising from the posterior margin of the metanotum extend to the first abdominal tergum ( Fig. 14 ).................................................................................. H. andamanica

- No filamentous membrane arising from the margin of the metanotum ( Fig. 27 )..................................... 5

5. Tegmina pale yellowish-white whereas pronotum dark................................................. H. montis

- Tegmina and pronotum dark ( Figs. 4, 6 ).................................................................... 6

6. Femora pale yellowish, black brown at apex; male supraanal plate blunt at hind margin...................... H. reversa

- Femora black ( Figs. 5, 7 ), supraanal plate of male nearly truncated ( Fig. 29 ).......................................7

7. Antennae and cerci orangish yellow, intercercal processes slim ( Fig. 29 )........................... H. aurantiaca sp. n.

- Antennae and cerci black, intercercal processes sturdy.................................................. H. nigra

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 17. Haplosymploce andamanica (Princis, 1951), male from China, Yunnan, Ruili; 8 head, frontal view; 9 maxillary palps 3 – 5; 10 pronotum; 11 front femur; 12 tegmen; 13 hindwing; 14 abdominal tergum 1, dorsal view; 15 abdominal tergum 7, dorsal view; 16 supra-anal plate, paraprocts and intercercal processes in ventral view with an arrow indicating the large apical spines; 17 subgenital plate and phallomeres, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 21 – 34. Haplosymploce aurantiaca sp. n., male paratype from China, Hainan, Wuzhi Mountain; 21 head, frontal view; 22 maxillary palps 3 – 5; 23 pronotum; 24 front femur; 25 tegmen; 26 hindwing; 27 abdominal tergum 1, dorsal view; 28 abdominal tergum 7, dorsal view; 29 supra-anal plate, paraprocts (fp = fingerlike process) and intercercal processes (ip), ventral view; 30 subgenital plate, dorsal view; 31 phallomere L 3; 32 – 33 phallomere L 2 vm, 32 is malformed and 33 is normal; 34 phallomeres R 2 & R 3. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 2 – 7. Habitus. 2 – 3 Haplosymploce andamanica (Princis, 1951), male from China, Yunnan, Ruili; 4 – 7 Haplosymploce aurantiaca sp. n., from China, Hainan; 4 – 5 male holotype; 6 – 7 female paratype. Scale bar = 10 mm.