Eupolyphaga dongi 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 dongi Qiu, Che & Wang, 2018

Fig. 10E-H

Eupolyphaga dongi Qiu, Che & Wang, 2018: 52; Qiu et al. 2019: 11 (checklist).

Type locality.

"Yunnan Prov., Baoshan City, Longyang District, Nankang Village; 1980 m."

New material examined.

China · 1 male; Yunnan Prov., Baoshan City, Mt. Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve, Baihualing ; 13 April 2017; Zhi-Wei Dong leg.; SWU-B-CC-010070 · 2 females, 1 nymph, 8 oothecae; Yunnan Prov., Baoshan City, Mt. Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve, Baihualing ; 20-21 June 2020; Lu Qiu, Jin-Lin Liu leg.; SWU-B-CC-010071 to 010073 .

Supplemental description.

Female: Body length 20.1-21.2 mm, body width 14.6-14.9 mm. Body dark brown, with small fuzzy markings (Fig. 10E ). Face with a large black spot, vertex and antennal sockets forming a pale-colored frame enclosing the large black spot. Ocelli degraded and not distinct. Tibial spines reddish brown, pulvilli present, arolia absent. Abdomen with some inconspicuous pale-colored markings and a pale-colored midline. The posterior edge of the supra-anal plate protruded, median emargination small. Posterior margin of subgenital plate wide, with an inconspicuous central shallow concavity (Fig. 10E, F ).

Nymphs: Similar to female.

Ootheca: Reddish brown. Surface with obvious longitudinal lines (Fig. 10G ). Serrations short and thick, nearly triangular, terminus blunt, without respiratory canals (Fig. 10H ).

Natural history.

This species can be found in dry soil under huge rocks in the forest of Baihualing.

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).