Anaplecta paraomei 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/D8AD2528-06E2-4980-A090-6CC1089F3256

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Anaplecta paraomei Zhu & Che
status

sp. nov.

Anaplecta paraomei Zhu & Che sp. nov.

Figures 11 View Figure 11 , 16D-F View Figure 16

Type material.

Holotype: China • male; Guizhou Prov., Dushan County; 25°45.60'N, 107°33.03'E; 7 June 2019; Lu Qiu, Wen-Bo, Deng, leg.; SWU-B-B-A060104.

Paratypes: China • 12 males and 4 females, same data as holotype; SWU-B-B-A060105 and 060120.

Diagnosis.

This species is very similar to A. omei , but can be distinguished as follows: 1) the paraprocts not extending backward in A. paraomei sp. nov., while left paraproct extending backward in A. omei ; 2) the apex of R1 nearly symmetrical in A. paraomei , while asymmetrical in A. omei ; 3) intercalary sclerite nearly strip-shaped in A. paraomei , while spindle-shaped in A. omei ; and 4) posterior margin of anterior arch hip-shaped in A. paraomei sp. nov., while smooth in A. omei .

Etymology.

The Latin word para means similar, referring to its close resemblance to A. omei .

Measurements (mm).

Male: pronotum length × width: 1.29-1.35 × 2.00-2.09, tegmina length: 5.24-5.53, overall length: 6.15-6.57. Female: pronotum length × width: 1.44 × 2.09, tegmina length: 5.31, overall length: 6.23

Description.

Coloration. Body yellowish brown, face yellow (Fig. 11A, B View Figure 11 ). Antennae and maxillary palpus brown (Fig. 11D View Figure 11 ). Pronotum and tegmina yellowish brown, lateral edges hyaline (Fig. 11C, E View Figure 11 ). Hind wings infuscate, costal field and appendicular field darker than remaining parts (Fig. 11F View Figure 11 ). Abdominal sterna, legs, and cerci yellow brown (Fig. 11B View Figure 11 ).

Head and thorax. The distance between antennal sockets narrower than interocular space. Fifth maxillary palpus nearly oval, slightly thicker and wider than others (Fig. 11D View Figure 11 ). Pronotum subelliptic, anterior and posterior margins nearly straight, lateral margin protruding and arc-shaped (Fig. 11C View Figure 11 ). Tegmina with slightly indistinct veins, radius posterior veins of hind wings slightly indistinct, with one transverse vein between M and CuA (Fig. 11E, F View Figure 11 ). Front femur Type B2 (Fig. 11B View Figure 11 ). Pulvilli absent, tarsal claws symmetrical.

Male genitalia. Supra-anal plate asymmetrical, the left paraproct with dense spines on curly posterior margin; right paraproct with dense spines on curly apex (Fig. 11G View Figure 11 ). Subgenital plate sub-trapezoidal, the center of anterior slightly curved, interstylar margins straight. Styli medium, length about 1/5 of interstylar space (Fig. 11H View Figure 11 ). L1 subcircular, with a curved and long filamentary structure. L2v curved, bifurcated at the apex, with a sharp horn. L2vm broad. L3 robust, with extremely bent and sharp uncinate part (Fig. 11I View Figure 11 ). R1 highly sclerotized, the proximal part nearly dichotomous branching (Fig. 11J View Figure 11 ). R2 irregular, weakly sclerotized. R3 slightly curved, sheet-like (Fig. 11K View Figure 11 ).

Female genitalia. Supra-anal plate nearly symmetrical. Paraprocts broad, not extending to the posterior margin of supra-anal plate. Intercalary sclerite short, nearly strip-shaped (Fig. 16D, E View Figure 16 ). Right first valvifer arm robust, curled (Fig. 16D View Figure 16 ). First valve robust. Second valve small, basally fused. Third valve broad. The anterior margin of anterior arch slightly curled, with a nearly transparent hook-shaped protrusion and the posterior margin hip-shaped. Basivalvula broad, with dense punctuations, the right lateral deeply concave (Fig. 16D View Figure 16 ). Vestibular sclerite broad, slightly curled, sheet-like. Laterosternal shelf slightly sclerotized, lateral margin nearly straight. (Fig. 16F View Figure 16 ).

Distribution.

China (Guizhou).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Anaplectidae

Genus

Anaplecta