Rhabdoblatta melancholica (Bey-Bienko, 1954)

Yang, Rong, Wang, Zhenzhen, Zhou, Yanshuang, Wang, Zongqing & Che, Yanli, 2019, Establishment of six new Rhabdoblatta species (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) from China, ZooKeys 851, pp. 27-69 : 50-51

Rhabdoblatta melancholica (Bey-Bienko, 1954) Figures 10O, P, 11 A–D, 12P

Stictolomapra melancholica Bey-Bienko, 1954: 21; Bey-Bienko 1957: 901; Princis 1967: 686.

Rhabdoblatta melancholica , Anisyutkin, 2003: 550.

Measurements (mm).

Female, overall length: 20.3-22.0.

Female.

Female similar to male. But individual color variable (Figures 10O, P, 11 A–D).

Female genitalia.

Moderately sclerotized. Ovipositor extending toward to brood sac. Tergal process of the eighth abdominal tergite slender, length ca. 1/2 of tergal process of the ninth abdominal tergite. Tergal process of the ninth abdominal tergite robust, linked with the ninth tergum. First valves of ovipositor with apex membranous, inner margin with fine bristles. Second valves of ovipositor tube-shaped, completely covered by the first valves of ovipositor. Third valves of ovipositor wider, length slightly shorter than the first valves of ovipositor. Gonangulum irregular. Sclerotized lobes of the second and third pairs of valves flake-shaped. Anterior arch of second valvifer narrow in middle and both sides wider. Basivalvula with semicircular arms, the mid-sclerite separate. Vestibular sclerite membranous, apical sclerite vestigial. Transverse sclerotized plate semicircular. Brood sac membranous and without sclerotized section (Figure 12P).

Material examined.

2 males, Guangxi Prov., Jinxiu County, Dayaoshan Nature Reserve, Hekou Reserve Station, 6-7-VII-2015, Lu Qiu & Qi-kun Bai leg.; 1 female, Guangxi Prov., Jinxiu County, Yinshan Park, 16-17-VII-2015, Lu Qiu & Qi-kun Bai leg.; 1 male, Guizhou Prov., Kuankuoshui Nature Reverse, Baishaogou, 5-VI-2010, Ke-liang Wu & Jia-jia Zhao leg.; 2 males and 1 female, Chongqing Prov., Simianshan Mountain, Ertai, 20-VI-2014, Hao Xu leg.; 10 males and 5 females, Sichuan Prov., Dujiangyan City, Qingchengshan Town, 19-V-2014, Lu Qiu; 50 males, Hubei Prov., Dabieshan Mountain, Taohuachong, 604 m, 27-VI-2014, Xin-ran Li & Yan Shi leg.; 10 females, Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City, Tianmu Village, 23-VII-2016, Lu Qiu & Zhi-wei Qiu leg.; 2 females, Anhui Prov., Huangshan City, Tangkou Town, 10-VII-2014, Xin-ran Li & Jian-yue Qiu leg.; 8 males and 1 female, Hainan Prov., Diaoluoshan Mountain, 18-IV-2015, Lu Qiu & Qi-kun Bai leg.; 16 males and 2 females, Hainan Prov., Diaoluoshan Mountain, 916 m, 16-IV-2015, Lu Qiu & Qi-kun Bai leg.; 2 males, Fujian Prov., Wuyishan Mountain, 10-VI-1980, Shi-yang Xia leg.; 1 male, Guangdong Prov., Nankunshan Mountain, 15-VI-1981, Qin-jin Liu & Xue-feng Li leg.; 1 male, Jiangxi Prov., Jinggangshan Mountain, 23-V-1981, Jin Liu & Yao Liu leg.; 1 male, Shaanxi Prov., Foping County, 890 m, 26-VI-1999, You-wei Zhang leg.; 1 male, Gansu Prov., Kangxian County, Yangba Town, 1020 m, 10-VII-1999, Hong-jian Wang leg.; l male, Huan Prov., Hengshan Mountain, Mojingtai, 21-VI-1963, Ji-kun Yang leg.; 1 male, Yunnan Prov., Cangyuan County, 750 m, 19-V-1980, Hong-xing Li leg.

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Anhui, Yunnan, Hainan).