Pseudoeupolyphaga simila (Qiu, 2022)

Han, Wei, Che, Yan-Li, Zhang, Pei-Jun & Wang, Zong-Qing, 2024, New species of Eupolyphaga Chopard, 1929 and Pseudoeupolyphaga Qiu & Che, 2024 (Blattodea, Corydioidea, Corydiinae), with notes on their female genitalia, ZooKeys 1211, pp. 151-191 : 151-191

Pseudoeupolyphaga simila (Qiu, 2022)

Fig. 14 A – J

Eupolyphaga simila Qiu, 2022 in Han et al. 2022: 81.

Pseudoeupolyphaga simila : Han et al. 2024: 166 .

Type locality.

“ Sichuan Province, Lixian County, Miyaluo Town, Siboguo Village; 2944 m ”.

New material examined.

China • 3 males, 1 nymph; Sichuan Province, Aba Prefecture, Li County, Parktou Township , Tazigou ; 22 Apr. 2023; Wei Han leg • 1 male, 1 female; Sichuan Province, Aba Prefecture, Li County, Dagou Village ; 18 Apr. 2023; Wei Han leg.

Remarks.

There was almost no difference in the external morphology between samples from Dagou Village (Fig. 14 A, B ) and the type locality Sibogo Village ( Han et al. 2022: fig. 6 A, B), aside from slightly denser tegmina markings in the former. The most discernible difference between Tazigou samples (Fig. 14 C, D ) and those from Sibogo Village was the relatively shorter and broader tegmina. Measurements for the Tazigou samples were as follows (mm): overall length: 21.87, body length: 16.71, body width (tegmina not included): 9.89, tegmen length × width: 18.44 × 8.13, and pronotum length × width: 8.37 × 3.88. Regarding genetic distance, it was 3.52 % between Sibogo Village and Dagou village, 5.31 % between Sibogo Village and Tazigou samples, and 5.12 % between Dagou Village and Tazigou samples. Geographically, none of the three regions are more than thirty kilometers apart from each other. Hence, samples from both Dagou village and Tazigou are classified as P. simila .

Figures

Figure 14. Pseudoeupolyphaga simila (Qiu, 2022) A, B male from Dagou Village, Li County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province C – J male and nymph from Tazigou, Putou Township, Li County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province A habitus, dorsal view B habitus, ventral view C habitus, dorsal view D habitus, ventral view E supra-anal plate, ventral view F subgenital plate, ventral view G genitalia, dorsal view H right phallomere, right-ventral view I a living male, dorsal view J a living nymph, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 cm (A – D); 0.1 cm (E – H).