Pseudophoraspis clavellata Wang et al., 2013

Wang, Zhenzhen, Zhao, Qiongyao, Li, Weijun, Che, Yanli & Wang, Zongqing, 2018, Establishment of a new genus, Brephallus Wang et al., gen. nov. (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) based on two species from Pseudophoraspis, with details of polymorphism in species of Pseudophoraspis, ZooKeys 785, pp. 117-131 : 117

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.785.26565

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:03C407E5-E7D8-4CD4-A81C-8F9CA0F78BE0

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E7EA15AC-E293-657A-3064-45A49700FF0E

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scientific name

Pseudophoraspis clavellata Wang et al., 2013
status

 

Pseudophoraspis clavellata Wang et al., 2013 View in CoL Figures 2 K–N, 3 C–E, 4B, 5 C–D

Note.

Wang et al. (2013) described the male of P. clavellata including the male genitalic structures (Figures 2 K–L, 4B and 5C). Description of the female and nymph is provided here.

Material examined.

China: Yunnan: Thirty males and one female, Pu’er City, Meizi Lake, 2016.V.20, coll. Lu Qiu and Zhi-Wei Qiu; two males, Jinhong City, Dadugang, 2014.VI.29, coll. Conlin McCat (= Xin-Ran Li) and Hong-Guang Liu; one nymph, Xishuangbanna, Menghai County, Bulong Natural Reserve, 2017.I.31, coll. Jian-Yue Qiu and Hao Xu; male (holotype), Xishuangbanna, 1981.V.27-30, coll. Zhi-Gang Zheng.

Female description

(Figures 2 M–N, 3E). Identical to the female of P. recurvata but body larger; in addition, legs, venter of thorax and abdomen yellow.

Female measurements.

Overall length 28.1 mm; head length × width: 3.8 mm × 3.7 mm; pronotum length × width: 7.0 mm × 12.5 mm.

Nymph

(Figure 3 C–D). Body flattened. Identical to adult female but lacking wings.

Known geographic range.

China (Yunnan).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Blaberidae

Genus

Pseudophoraspis