Eupolyphaga hupingensis Qiu, Che & Wang, 2018

Han, Wei, Qiu, Lu, Zhu, Jing, Wang, Zong-Qing & Che, Yan-Li, 2022, Exploring the diversity of Eupolyphaga Chopard, 1929 (Blattodea, Corydioidea): species delimitation based on morphology and molecular analysis, ZooKeys 1120, pp. 67-94 : 67

Eupolyphaga hupingensis Qiu, Che & Wang, 2018

Figs 10A-D , 11

Eupolyphaga hupingensis Qiu, Che & Wang., 2018: 18; Qiu et al. 2019: 11 (catalogue).

Type locality.

"China: Hunan: Daling Village, Hupingshan Town, Shimen County", 444 m.

New material examined.

China · 1 male, 2 females, 1 ootheca; Hunan Prov., Zhangjiajie City, Sangzhi County, Badagongshan Nature Reserve , Tianpingshan Mountain ; 1400 m; 29°46.99'N, 110°05.44'E; 30-31 July 2019; Hao Xu, Jian-Yue Qiu leg.; SWU-B-CC-010066 to 010068 · 1 male; Anhui Prov., Jinzhai County, Mazongling ; 580 m; 2 August 2018, Yu-Chen Zheng leg.; SWU-B-CC-010069 .

Supplementary description.

Female: Body length 32.3-41.0 mm, body width 21.5-23.7 mm. Body uniformly dark reddish brown. Antennal sockets, ocelli, ante-clypeus, and labrum white. Ocelli large. Distance between ocelli almost equal to interocular space, and slightly narrower than distance between antennal sockets. Arolia and pulvilli absent. Posterior margin of supra-anal plate protruded, medially with a large incision (Fig. 10A, B ).

Nymph. Similar to female, blackish brown.

Ootheca. Reddish brown. Longitudinal lines distinct and evenly arranged (Fig. 10C ). Serrations of keel large, strongly curved, the space between the nearest two serrations compact, each serration with weak respiratory canals (Fig. 10D ).

Distribution.

China: Hunan, Anhui (new record).

Remarks.

The individual from Jinzhai County (North Anhui) is almost morphologically identical to other specimens of E. hupingensis , only the color of its clypeus and labrum, abdomen and legs are lighter than those of holotype (Fig. 11B, C ), and styli are slender (Fig. 11F ). However, the COI genetic distance between individuals from Jinzhai and Shimen County (North Hunan) reached 8.21%. Because only one specimen is available from Jinzhai, we temporarily regard it as intraspecific variation and look forward to obtaining more samples for further investigation.

Figures

Figure 10. Eupolyphaga hupingensis from Mt. Badagongshan, Hunan Province (A-D) and Eupolyphaga dongi from Mt. Gaoligongshan, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province (E-H). A female, dorsal view B female, ventral view C ootheca, lateral view D serrations of ootheca E female, dorsal view F female, ventral view G ootheca, lateral view H serrations of ootheca. Scale bars: 1.0 cm (A, B, E, F); 0.2 cm (C, G); 0.05 cm (D, H).

Figure 11. Eupolyphaga hupingensis, male from Mazongling, Jinzhai County, Anhui Province A habitus, dorsal view B habitus, ventral view C head, ventral view D tegmen, ventral view E supra-anal plate, ventral view F subgenital plate, ventral view G genitalia, dorsal view H right phallomere, right-ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 cm (A, B, D); 0.2 cm (C, G, H); 0.1 cm (E, F).