Hemithyrsocera palliata (Fabricius, 1798)

Zhang, Sainan, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2019, A wingless species of the genus Hemithyrsocera Saussure (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) from China, Zoological Systematics 44 (2), pp. 123-131 : 129

Hemithyrsocera palliata (Fabricius, 1798) ( Figs 18–19 )

Blatta palliata Fabricius, 1798: 186 .

Thyrsocera nigra Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865: 120 , synonymized by Princis, 1971: 1124.

Ellipsidium subcinctum Walker, 1868: 85 , synonymized by Princis, 1971: 1124.

Ectobia indica Saussure, 1869: 230 , synonymized by Princis, 1971: 1124.

Phyllodromia fuliginosa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 16 , t. 1, f. 2; Kirby, 1904: 92; Shelford, 108: 13; Hanitsch, 1927: 35; Princis, 1950: 204.

Hemithyrsocera fuliginosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl) : Shelford, 1913: 66.

Hemithyrsocera palliata (Fabricius) : Shelford, 1913: 661; Wu, 1935: 15; Bey-Bienko, 1954: 3; 1957: 899; 1970: 374.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to H. fulmeki , but differs in the posterior margin of pronotum with yellow border; the right lateral side of subgenital plate fanlike, whose base with fingerlike process.

Measurements (mm). Male, body length (including tegmina) 11.0–12.5; pronotum length × width 2.5 × 3.3–4.0; tegmina length 9.0–10.0. Female, body length (including tegmina) 9.0–10.0; pronotum length × width 2.2–3.0 × 3.5–4.0; tegmina length 7.5–8.5.

Material examined. 1♀, Redaisuo, Jianfengling , Hainan, 13–18 October 1992, leg. Zurao Liu et al.; 1♀, Tongmuguan , Hainan, elev. 970 m, 3 June 1960, leg. Gentao Jin ; 5♀, Jianning , Fujian, 6 June 1959, leg. Gentao Jin & Minglin Yang ; 10♂ 5♀, Ninghua , Fujian 14 May 1959, leg. Gentao Jin & Minglin Yang ; 4♀, Wuyishan , Fujian, 21 June 1957 ; 2♀, Yaoshan, Xiuren , Guangxi, 5 June 1938 , leg. unknown; 8♀, Jianyang , Fujian, 20 June 1937 , leg. unknown.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Hainan, Guangxi), Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, India.

Figures

Figures 10–21. Habitus of Hemithyrsocera spp., male. 10–11. H. bifurcata Che, 2009. 12–13. H. marginalis (Hanitisch, 1933). 14–15. H. macifera (Roth, 1985). 16–17. H. vittata (Brunner von Watterwyl, 1865). 18–19. H. palliata (Fabricius, 1798). 20–21. H. fulmeki Hanitisch, 1932. 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Dorsal view. 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21. Ventral view. Scale bars=10mm.