Rediscovered and new perisphaerine cockroaches from SW China with a review of subfamilial diagnosis (Blattodea: Blaberidae)
Author
Li, Xin-Ran
Author
Wang, Li-Li
Author
Wang, Zong-Qing
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-17
4410
2
251
290
journal article
30247
10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.2
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1175-5326
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Genus
Achatiblatta
gen. nov.
Etymology.
This compound word is derived from Latin nouns
achates
(agate) and
blatta
(cockroach), referring to the natural beauty of this genus. Feminine.
Diagnosis.
Body size small in the subfamily, tarsus very short, hind tarsus shorter than half of tibia. Nymphs and females with broadened terga (including supra-anal plate) extending beyond sterna.
Type species.
Achatiblatta achates
gen. & sp. nov.
.
Distribution.
Hainan Island.