Anaplecta cruciata 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 : 95-97

Anaplecta cruciata Deng & Che sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

This species can be easily separated from other species by the left phallomere with a strongly thickened filamentary structure, which is crossed with another bone fragment.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Latin word ‘ cruciatus ’ and refers to the crossed bone fragments (L1 and L2v) of the left phallomere.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA • ♂; Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Yaoqu Town ; 21°43′26″ N, 101°32′30″ E; 820 m a.s.l.; 10 May 2015; Jian-yue Qiu leg.; SWU.

Paratypes

CHINA – Yunnan • 1 ♂; Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Shangyong Town ; 21°14′36″ N, 101°42′26″ E; 792 m a.s.l.; Jian-yue Qiu leg.; SWU • 8 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; 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. 7 A–B). Vertex, frons reddish brown; clypeus yellowish brown ( Fig. 7C ). Pronotum dark brown, lateral borders of pronotum hyaline ( Fig. 7D ). Tegmina pale dark brown, lateral margins of tegmina nearly hyaline ( Fig. 7E ). Wings with costal field and appendicular field infuscated, other part yellowish brown, with veins brown ( Fig. 7I ). Legs yellowish brown, cerci dark yellowish brown ( Fig. 7B, J ).

HEAD AND THORAX. Interocular space greater than distance between antennal sockets ( Fig. 7C ). Fourth and fifth maxillary palpi subequal in length, longer than third maxillary palpus, fifth maxillary palpus slightly thicker than fourth, which is nearly oval ( Fig. 7G ). Pronotum subparabolic ( Fig. 7D ). Tegmina with veins indistinct; wings with radial veins basically distinct, CuP and CuA merging into one venation ( Fig. 7 E–F, I). Front femur type B2 ( Fig. 7H ). Pulvilli absent, arolia present.

MALE ABDOMEN AND GENITALIA. Paraprocts different, the left paraproct with small process ( Fig. 7J ). Subgenital plate asymmetrical, styli with length about ½ of interstylar space, interstylar margin arcuate ( Fig. 7K ). Phallomere simple, L1 with filamentary structure strongly thickened, which is crossed with another bone fragment (L2v), L2d and L2vm degraded, L3 robust with apex of uncinate part enlarged and blunt; R1 absent, R2 irregular bone sheet, weakly sclerotized, R3 short simple sheet-like ( Fig. 7 L–N).

Distribution

China (Yunnan).

Figures

Fig. 7. Anaplecta cruciata 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. Subgenital plate, ventral view. L. Hook, ventral view. M. Left phallomere, ventral view. N. Right phallomere, ventral view. Scale bars: A–C = 1 mm; D–F, I–K=0.5 mm; G–H=0.2 mm; L–N=0.25 mm.