On cockroaches of the subfamily Epilamprinae (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae) from South India and Sri Lanka, with descriptions of new taxa
Author
Anisyutkin, Leonid N.
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-08-08
3847
3
301
332
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.1
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1175-5326
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19E58554-5B31-496B-B851-A26DEE4B7929
Genus
Morphna
Shelford, 1910
Type
species:
Epilampra maculata
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
. By subsequent designation.
Note
. The genus
Morphna
originally included four species from South and South-East Asia (
Shelford 1910, p. 6, 7
):
Epilampra amplipennis
Walker
,
E
.
plana
Brunner
von Wattenwyl,
E
.
maculata
Brunner
von Watenwyl and
E
.
badia
Brunner
von Wattenwyl (=
E
.
dotata
Walker
).
E. maculata
was designated as the
type
species by
Hebard (1930)
. The male genitalia of
M. dotata
were described and illustrated by
Anisyutkin & Gorochov (2001)
.
According to
Beccaloni (2007)
, there are 12 species in the genus
Morphna
:
M. amplipennis
(Walker)
,
M. auriculata
(Brunner von Wattenwyl),
M. badia
(Brunner von Wattenwyl),
M. clypeata
Anisyutkin & Gorochov
,
M. decolyi
(Bolivar)
,
M. dotata
(Walker)
,
M. humeralis
(Bruijning)
,
M. imperatoria
(Stål)
,
M. maculata
(Brunner von wattenwyl),
M. moloch
(Rehn)
,
M. plana
(Brunner von Wattenwyl) and
M. pustulata
(Hanitsch)
.