Diploptera nigrescens nigrescens Shiraki, 1931

Li, Xinran & Wang, Zongqing, 2015, A taxonomic study of the beetle cockroaches (Diploptera Saussure) from China, with notes on the genus and species worldwide (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Diplopterinae), Zootaxa 4018 (1), pp. 35-56 : 47

Diploptera nigrescens nigrescens Shiraki, 1931

( Figs. 10 , 29–30 , 56 )

Diploptera nigrescens Shiraki, 1931: 174 , fig. 1, localities “Musha & Horisha, Formosa ”, now Wushe & Puli, Taiwan.

Type materials examined. SYNTYPE (NTU), male, “ Formosa. Musha,” (now Taiwan. Wushe), “1919. V 18 – VI 15. T. Okuni, J. Sonan, K. Miy., M. Yosh.”; SYNTYPE (NTU), male, “ Formosa. Horisha,” (now Taiwan. Puli), “– 18. V–VIII. H. Kawamura.”.

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 16. Pronota of Diploptera spp. & subspp. presented in monochrome, i. e., white indicates unicolor or lighter coloration, whilst black is for darker portion. 2 – 3 D. punctata; 2 male; 3 female; 4 – 5 D. minor; 4 female; 5 male; 6 D. erythrocephala, male; 7 – 8 D. parva; 7 male; 8 female; 9 D. naevus sp. n., male; 10 D. nigrescens nigrescens, male; 11 – 12 D. nigrescens guani subsp. n.; 11 male; 12 female; 13 D. bicolor, male; 14 D. maculata, female; 15 – 16 D. elliptica sp. n.; 15 male; 16 female. (Dashed lines indicate depression. Scale bar = 2 mm)

FIGURES 17 – 30. Diploptera spp. & subspp. distributed in China. 17 – 18 D. punctata, female from Yunnan, Menglun; 19 – 21 D. punctata, lectotype (ZMMU) from Hawaii instead of China, photographed by Dr. Andrey L. Ozerov, copyright ZMMU, published with permission; 22 – 24 D. elliptica sp. n.; 22 – 23 male holotype from Yunnan, Cangyuan, Banhong; 24 female paratype from Yunnan, Mengla, Mohan; 25 – 26 D. naevus sp. n., male holotype from Xizang, Motuo, Beibeng; 27 – 28 D. nigrescens guani subsp. n., male holotype from Guangxi, Chongzuo, Daqingshan; 29 – 30 D. nigrescens nigrescens, male syntype (NTU) from Taiwan, photographed by Yi-Ho Liu and downloaded from NTU website, copyright Insect Museum Digital Archives Project, Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University. (Scale bars = 5 mm.)

FIGURES 54 – 56. 54 D. punctata eating lemon peel in Hawaii, 2006. XI. 29, image by Forest & Kim Starr (University of Hawaii); 55 Cypress with damage by D. punctata in Hawaii, 2005. VII. 11, image by Forest & Kim Starr (University of Hawaii); 56 D. nigrescens nigrescens Shiraki, 1931 from Taiwan, Chiayi County, Tashan (= Xiaotashan), about 1200 m, photographed by Gaga (Taiwan). The insect was found near a light trap but not on the curtain.