Hemithyrsocera

Wang, Zongqing & Che, Yanli, 2017, Three new species of cockroach genus Hemithyrsocera Saussure, 1893 (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae) with redescriptions of two known species from China, Zootaxa 4263 (3), pp. 543-556 : 544-545

Key to species of Hemithyrsocera from China

1. Disk of pronotum black brown, without markings............................................................2

- Disk of pronotum with markings........................................................................10

2. Cu vein of hind wing with 3 complete branches...................................................... H. limbata

- Cu vein of hind wing with 0–2 complete branches............................................................3

3. Supra-anal plate without intercercal processes............................................... H. longiseta sp. nov.

- Supra-anal plate with distinct intercercal processes...........................................................4

4. Posterior border of pronotum black.......................................................................5

- Posterior border of pronotum yellowish brown.............................................................. 6

5. Distal parts of intercercal processes smooth, without spines......................................... H. marginalis

- Distal parts of intercercal processes unsmooth with spines................................... H. spinibarbis sp. nov.

6. Tegmina black with orange yellow radial field....................................................... H. vittata

- Tegmina unicolor, black or yellowish brown................................................................7

7. Anterior border of pronotum yellowish brown...................................................... H. bifurcata

- Anterior border of pronotum blackish brown................................................................8

8. Posterolateral corners of subgenital plate produced into process.................................................9

- Posterolateral corners of subgenital plate not produced into process................................. H. multicuspidata

9. Right lateral side of subgenital plate fingerlike, whose base with small processes............................ H. fulmeki

- Right lateral side of subgenital plate fanlike, whose base with fingerlike process............................ H. palliata

10. Seventh tergite without lateral processes.......................................................... H. macifera

- Seventh tergite with lateral processes..................................................................... 11

11. L2vm with base rounded....................................................................... H. simulans

- L2vm with base tapering...............................................................................12

12. Hind margin of supra-anal plate conical, with spines near apical part........................ H. banvaneuensis rec. nov.

- Hind margin of supra-anal plate transverse, without spines near apical part........................ H. forcipata sp. nov.