AnimaliaBlattodeaBlaberidaeWangZhenzhenZhaoQiongyaoLiWeijunCheYanliWangZongqingEstablishment 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 PseudophoraspisZookeys1992018201878511713110.3897/zookeys.785.26565 Pseudophoraspis kabakovi Anisyutkin, 1999Figures 2O–R, 3A–B, 4C, 5E–FNote.

The male of P.kabakovi was described (Figures 2O–P, 4C, 5E) by Anisyutkin (1999) and Wang et al. (2013), but little was known about the female and nymph until now.

Male genitalia of Pseudophoraspis and Brephallus Wang et al., gen. nov. AP.recurvataBP.clavellataCP.kabakoviDBrephallusfruhstorferi (Shelford, 1910) comb. nov. EBrephallustramlapensis (Anisyutkin, 1999) comb. nov. F supra-anal plate of P.recurvataG supra-anal plate of Brephallustramlapensis (Anisyutkin, 1999) comb. nov. (Scale bars = 1 mm).

Materials examined.

China: Yunnan: One male, Xishuangbanna, 1974.IV.13, coll. Yao Zhou and Feng Yuan; twenty males, five females and one nymph, Xishuangbanna, Menglun Town, 2016.V.27, coll. Lu Qiu and Zhi-Wei Qiu; one male and two females, Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Wangtianshu, 2016.V.23, coll. Lu Qiu and Zhi-Wei Qiu.

Female description

(Figures 2Q–R, 5F). Body yellowish brown. Eyes and antennae black, ocellar spots pale yellow. Pronotum with dense small brown spots. Tegmina with scattered large black spots. Abdominal sterna with small and fewer large black dots, large black dots along the hind margins of the segments. Cerci brown.

A female of P.recurvata from Hainan Province. This specimen, collected as a nymph in 8 April 2015, was reared at Southwest University by Lu Qiu and adult emergence occurred in 21 May 2015 B male of P.recurvata from Hainan Province C male of P.clavellata from Yunnan Province D habitat of P.clavellataE male of P.kabakovi from Yunnan Province F female of P.kabakovi from Yunnan Province. A–F Photographed by Lu Qiu G–HBrephallusfruhstorferi (Shelford, 1910) comb. nov. from Hainan Province (Photographed by Xin-Ran Li).

Similar to male in general appearance, but shorter and convex. Tegmina and wings shorter than in males. Fore femur with six spines along anterior margin and one single apical spine. Hind metatarsus with two rows of spines along most of its length. Claws symmetrical, simple; arolium well developed. Abdominal terga unspecialized. Supra-anal plate caudal margin with a medial V-shaped excavation. Hypandrium posterior margin emarginate near mid-line.

Female measurements.

Overall length 32 ± 0.2 mm; head length × width: 4.2 ± 0.1 mm × 3.6 ± 0.1 mm; pronotum length × width: 8.3 ± 0.2 mm × 12.1 ± 0.2 mm; tegmina length × width: 25.4 ± 0.1 mm × 10.3 ± 0.2 mm.

Nymph.

Identical to adult females of P.recurvata and P.clavellata except for undeveloped wing (Figure 3A–B).

Known geographic range.

China (Yunnan); Vietnam.

A–DBrephallusfruhstorferi (Shelford, 1910) comb. nov. (male A–B female C–D) E–FBrephallustramlapensis (Anisyutkin, 1999) comb. nov. (male) G–JP.recurvata (male G–H female I–J) K–NP.clavellata (male K–L female M–N) O–RP.kabakovi (male O–P female Q–R). Scale bars = 10 mm (A–F) Scale bars = 5 mm (G–R).

A–BP.kabakovi (nymph) scale bars = 5 mm C–DP.clavellata (nymph) E abdomen of female of P.clavellataF–GBrephallusfruhstorferi (Shelford, 1910) comb. nov. (nymph).

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