Anaplecta furcata Deng & Che, 2020

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 : 93-95

Anaplecta furcata Deng & Che sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

This species resembles A. cruciata Deng & Che sp. nov., but can be distinguished from it by the following characters: 1) left phallomere with filamentary structure unthickened in the former, strongly thickened in the latter; 2) left paraproct with large, round and flat extension, latter without.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Latin word ‘ furcatus ’ and refers to the shape of the left paraproct plate looking like a fork.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA • ♂; Guangxi, Jinxiu County, Mt. Dayao ; 24°08′26″ N, 110°11′42″ E; 944 m a.s.l.; 7 Jul. 2015; Lu Qiu and Qi-kun Bai leg.; SWU.

Paratypes

CHINA • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; SWU.

Description

Male

MEASUREMENTS (mm). Male: pronotum length × width: 1.2–1.3× 1.3–1.4, tegmina length: 4.5–5.2, overall length: 5.8–6.6. Female: pronotum length ×width: 1.3 ×1.4–1.5, tegmina length: 4.2–4.5, overall length: 5.6–5.9.

COLORATION. Body dark brown, eyes black, antennae dark brown ( Fig. 6 A–B). Head dark reddish brown ( Fig. 6C ). Pronotum dark brown, lateral borders of pronotum hyaline ( Fig. 6D ). Tegmina brown ( Fig. 6E ). Wings with costal field and appendicular field infuscated, other part pale brown, with veins brown ( Fig. 6I ). Abdominal sterna, and cerci dark brown; legs dark yellowish brown ( Fig. 6B ).

HEAD AND THORAX. Interocular space greater than distance between antennal sockets ( Fig. 6C ). Fourth and fifth maxillary palpi almost equal in length, shorter than third maxillary palpus, fifth maxillary palpus strongly thicker than fourth, which is nearly triangular ( Fig. 6G ). Pronotum subcircular ( Fig. 6D ). Tegmina with veins indistinct; wings with radial veins slightly indistinct, CuA ending at CuP, ( Fig. 6 E– F, I). Front femur type B2 ( Fig. 6H ). Pulvilli absent, arolia present.

MALE ABDOMEN AND GENITALIA. Supra-anal plate longer, left paraproct with large, round and flat extension, right one simple sheet-like ( Fig. 6 J–K). Subgenital plate fan-shaped, nearly symmetrical; styli with length about ¼ of interstylar space, interstylar margin arcuate ( Fig. 6L ). Phallomere complex, L1 triangle with slender and curved filamentary structure, L2v long and slender, L2vm wide with brush-like structure, L3 with apex of uncinate part enlarged and blunt; R1 arc-shaped, R2 irregular bone sheet and weakly sclerotized, R3 short simple sheet-like ( Fig. 6 M–N).

Distribution

China (Guangxi).

Figures

Fig. 6. Anaplecta furcata Deng & Che sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (SWU). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Head, ventral view. D. Pronotum, dorsal view. E. Tegmina. F. Tegmina vein. G. Maxillary palp. H. Front femur, ventral view. I. Wings. J. Supra-anal plate, dorsal view. K. Supra-anal plate. L. Subgenital plate, ventral view. M. Hook, ventral view. N. Left and right phallomere, ventral view. Scale bars: A–B =1 mm; C–F, H–N =0.5 mm; G =0.25 mm.