Anaplecta Burmeister, 1838

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, pp. 77-106 : 83-84

Genus Anaplecta Burmeister, 1838

Anaplecta Burmeister, 1838: 494 .

Anaplecta – Hebard 1929: 27. — Bruijning 1948: 43. — Princis 1965: 367. — Roth 1990: 645; 1996: 304; 2003: 36. — Beccaloni 2014.

Type species

Anaplecta lateralis Burmeister, 1838 .

Diagnosis

Sexual dimorphism indistinct. Size small. Body smooth. Color ranging from brownish yellow to dark brown. Eyes large, wide apart. Ocelli absent, or only indicated by two dim white spots. Antennae longer than body length. Clypeus distinct, swollen (except for Australian species A. calosoma Shelford, 1912 ). Tegmina and wings: usually fully developed, both extending over the end of abdomen (except for Australian species A. brachyptera Roth, 1990 ). Tegmina narrow, usually with three longitudinal or sublongitudinal sectors. Wings often infuscated, radial field and part of appendicular field darker than remaining part and with large appendicular field about 40% of wings; costal veins and radial veins sometimes obvious, sometimes indistinct; two weakly developed veins, one longitudinal along fold, the other somewhat oblique in appendicular field. Legs: front femur type B2. Pulvilli absent or apparent on the fourth proximal tarsomere only. Claws usually simple, rarely serrated, symmetrical. Arolia present. Abdomen: male: middle area of supra-anal plate with a cluster of pubescence; apical margin convex, with long setae. Subgenital plate generally symmetrical; styli cylindrical with setae; female: subgenital plate valvular. Genitalia: male: hook (L3) on left.

Distribution

North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania.

Key to species of Anaplecta in China

1. Disk of pronotum bicolored............................................................................................................... 2 – Disk of pronotum unicolored............................................................................................................. 4

2. Disk of pronotum dark brown with median yellowish-brown through anterior to posterior .............. ......................................................................................................... A. strigata Deng & Che sp. nov.

– Disk of pronotum with anterior half crimson-brown, posterior half yellowish-white ...................... 3

3. Tegmina with anal area dark brown, the rest yellow (except the hyaline lateral margins) .............................................................................................................. A. basali s Bey-Bienko, 1969

– Tegmina brownish (except the hyaline lateral margins).................... A. bicolor Deng & Che sp. nov.

4. Tegmina with anal area black, the rest yellow (except the hyaline basal lateral margins) .................. ............................................................................................................ A. nigra Deng & Che sp. nov.

– Tegmina unicolored (except the hyaline lateral margins).................................................................. 5

5. Three to four cross-veins in mediocubital field of wings ..................... A. malayensis Shelford, 1906 – Five to seven cross-veins in mediocubital field of wings .................................................................. 6

6. Paraprocts specialized, right paraproct with many spines on curly posterior marign, or left paraproct with either small process or large, round and flat extension.............................................................. 7 – Paraprocts unspecialized.................................................................................................................... 9

7. Right paraproct with many short, stout spines on curly posterior margin........................................... .................................................................................................................. A. omei Bey-Bienko, 1958 – Right paraproct not as above ............................................................................................................. 8

8. Left paraproct with a small process. ................................................ A. cruciata Deng & Che sp. nov. – Left paraproct with a large, round and flat extension ....................... A. furcata Deng & Che sp. nov.

9. Right phallomere degraded or absent ............................................... A. arcuata Deng & Che sp. nov. – Right phallomere present................................................................................................................. 10

10. Right phallomere with special horny structure............................... A. corneola Deng & Che sp. nov. – Right phallomere with irregular bone sheet........................... A. staminiformis Deng & Che sp. nov.