Anaplecta nigra Deng, Liu, Wang, and Che 2020
- Dataset
- Eight new species of the genus Anaplecta Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Blattoidea: Anaplectidae) from China based on molecular and morphological data
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Deng, Wenbo, Liu, Yuchao, Wang, Zongqing, Che, Yanli (2020): Eight new species of the genus Anaplecta Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Blattoidea: Anaplectidae) from China based on molecular and morphological data. European Journal of Taxonomy 720: 77-106, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1117
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Blattodea
- family
- Ectobiidae
- genus
- Anaplecta
- species
- Anaplecta nigra
description
Description Male MEASUREMENTS (mm). Male: pronotum length × width: 1.3 × 1.9, tegmina length: 5.9, overall length: 6.5. Female: pronotum length × width: 1.4 × 1.8, tegmina length: 5.9, overall length: 6.5. COLORATION. Body yellowish brown, eyes black, antennae dark brown (Fig. 8 A – B). Face yellowish brown (Fig. 8 C). Pronotum yellowish-brown lateral borders of pronotum hyaline (Fig. 8 D). Two thirds of tegmina yellowish brown, remaining dark brown (Fig. 8 G). Wings with costal field and appendicular field infuscated, other part pale brown, with veins brown (Fig. 8 H). Abdominal sterna yellowish brown with black borders; legs pale yellowish brown; cerci brown (Fig. 8 B). HEAD AND THORAX. Interocular space greater than distance between antennal sockets (Fig. 8 C). Fourth and fifth maxillary palpi subequal in length, shorter than third maxillary palpus, fifth maxillary palpus slightly thicker than fourth, which is nearly triangular (Fig. 8 E). Pronotum nearly oval (Fig. 8 D). Tegmina with veins distinct; wings with radial veins nearly distinct, CuA ending at CuP, (Fig. 8 G – H). Front femur type B 2 (Fig. 8 F). Pulvilli absent, arolia present. MALE ABDOMEN AND GENITALIA. Supra-anal plate with paraprocts almost identical, simple sheet-like (Fig. 8 I). Subgenital plate fan-shaped, distinctly asymmetrical with posterior margin strongly produced at middle; two styli long, left stylus skewed to hind margin of subgenital plate, distance between two styli very short (Fig. 8 J). Phallomere complex, L 1 small with slender and curved filamentary structure, L 2 v and L 2 vm broad, L 2 d dentate and sheet-like, L 3 robust with apex of the uncinate part tapering; R 1 arc-shaped, R 2 irregular bone sheet and weakly sclerotized, R 3 short simple sheet-like (Fig. 8 K – M).
description
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diagnosis
Diagnosis This species resembles A. basalis but can be distinguished from it by: 1) subgenital plate distinctly asymmetrical with posterior margin strongly produced at middle, while slightly asymmetrical with posterior margin more or less produced in A. basalis; 2) supra-anal plate with paraprocts nearly identical, distinctly different for A. basalis.
distribution
Distribution China (Xizang).
etymology
Etymology The specific name is derived from the Latin word ‘ niger ’ and refers to the black markings at the base of tegmina.
materials_examined
Type material Holotype CHINA • ♂; Yunnan, Xizang, Medog County, Gelin Village; 29 ° 12 ′ 59 ″ N, 95 ° 10 ′ 14 ″ E; 1822 m a. s. l.; 16 Jul. 2016; Jian-yue Qiu and Hao Xu leg.; SWU. Paratype CHINA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; SWU.