Rhabdoblatta bicolor (Guo, Liu & Li, 2011)

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 : 51-52

Rhabdoblatta bicolor (Guo, Liu & Li, 2011) Figures 11 E–H, 12Q

Rhabdoblatta bicolor Guo, Liu et Li, 2011: 723.

Measurements (mm).

Female, overall length: 19.0-22.5.

Female.

Female similar to male (Figure 11 E–H).

Female genitalia.

Moderately sclerotized. Ovipositor extends toward brood sac. Tergal process of the eighth abdominal tergite slender, length ca. 1/3 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 wide and flat, 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 wide. Basivalvula with semicircular arms, the mid-sclerite separate. Vestibular sclerite membranous, apical sclerite vestigial. Transverse sclerotized plate semicircle. Brood sac membranous and without sclerotized section (Figure 12Q).

Material examined.

3 males, Zhejiang Prov., Jiangshan City, Shuangxikou Village, 26-27-V-2017, Xin-ran Li, Li-li Wang & Meng Li leg.; 3 males and 1 female, Zhejiang Prov., Jiangshan City, Shuangxikou Village, 26-27-V-2017, Hua Zhang leg.; 1 female, Anhui Prov., Huangshan City, Tangkou Town, 10-VII-2014, Xin-ran Li & Jian-yue Qiu leg.; 1 female, Chongqing Ciry, Pengshui County, Taiyuan Village, 850 m, 10-VII-1989, Long-long Yang leg.; 1 female, Guizhou Prov., Qiandongnan Zhou, Shibing County, Shamuhe, 19-VI-1981, unknown; 1 female, Guangxi Prov., Jinxiu County, Wangshanzhuang, 20-V-1999, Fu-sheng Huang leg.

Distribution.

China (Chongqing, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Anhui, Guangxi).