A taxonomic study of Eupolyphaga Chopard, 1929 (Blattodea: Corydiidae: Corydiinae)
Author
Qiu, Lu
Author
Che, Yang-Li
Author
Wang, Zong-Qing
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-29
4506
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journal article
28060
10.11646/zootaxa.4506.1.1
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Key to the male of
Eupolyphaga
species
1 Tegmina totally unicolored (
Figs. 11 A
;
12 E
)............................................................... 2 - Tegmina more or less maculated.......................................................................... 3 2 Pronotum generally unicolored (
Fig. 13 P
)............................................................
E. fusca
- Pronotum anterior distinctly marginated (
Fig.
12 I
)......................................................
E.
sp. 3 3 Tegmina brown, only with several hyaline maculae, vertex of head yellow (
Figs. 12 A
;
13 N
)..................
E. robusta
- Ground color of tegmina hyaline, strongly maculated......................................................... 4
4 Tegmina short, only beyond the end of abdomen about
3.4–6.5 mm
.............................................. 5
- Tegmina long, exceeded the end of abdomen more than 8.0 mm................................................. 6
5 Abdomen brown (
Fig. 7 E
), distributed around Mt. Everest.................................
E. everestiana everestiana
- Abdomen yellow, distal portion slightly dark brownish (
Fig. 7 K
), distributed in Lhoka................
E. everestiana reni
6 Both abdomen and legs pale yellow...................................................................... 11
- Not as above......................................................................................... 7
7 Abdomen maculated, median with a longitudinal line........................................................ 10
- Abdomen not maculated................................................................................ 8
8 Pronotum generally unicolored........................................................................... 9
- Pronotum marginated anteriorly......................................................................... 15
9 Tegmina with dense and mixed maculae (
Fig. 5 A
)................................................
E. hupingensis
- Tegmina with scattered maculae, outer margins brownish (
Fig. 9 F
).......................................
E. xuorum
10 Pronotum brown to dark brown, anterior yellowish marginated................................................. 12
- Pronotum yellow, disc with an irregular brown marking (
Fig. 15 G
).....................................
E. maculata
11 Pronotum with anterior yellow (
Fig. 13 A
)..........................................................
E. sinensis
- Pronotum generally unicolored, reddish brown to brown (
Fig. 13 G
).......................................
E. hanae
12 Pronotum brown, with a very weak yellowish margin anteriorly; tegmina with outer base brownish, maculae very fine and scattered (
Fig. 15 P
; 9 A).........................................................................
E. dongi
- Pronotum brown, anterior margin muddy yellowish.......................................................... 13
13 Legs black (
Fig. 10 D
)..........................................................................
E. nigrifera
- Legs brown to dark brown, distinctly yellowish mixed....................................................... 14
14 Body brown, tegmina with dense maculae (
Fig. 10
G–H)....................................
E. fengi yongshengensis
- Body dark brown, tegmina with loose maculae (
Fig. 10
E–F).........................................
E. fengi fengi
15 Interocular space as wide as the distance between ocelli (
Fig. 14
E–F)...................................
E. thibetana
- Interocular space narrower than the distance between ocelli................................................... 16
16 Tegmina with scattered spots........................................................................... 17
- Tegmina with dense or mixed speckles.................................................................... 18
17 Body dark brown to black, anterior of pronotum white narrowly............................................... 20
- Body yellowish brown, anterior of pronotum whitish yellow widely (
Figs. 6
J–M; 14 A)..................
E. yunnanensis
18 Tegmina with dim and small maculae, pronotum with a yellow anterior margin not reach to the lateral borders, body black ventrally (
Figs. 8
E–F; 16 D)....................................................................
E. daweishana
- Tegmina with mixed maculae, body brown ventrally......................................................... 19
19 Pronotum with anterior margin yellow, apex of the yellow area narrow, widened toward lateral (
Fig. 13 D
)..
E. shennongensis
- Pronotum with anterior margin whitish yellow, apex of the yellow area narrow, then widened near the apex, and becoming much narrower toward the lateral borders (
Fig. 14 P
)...............................................
E. hengduana
20 Body dark brown, maculae on tegmina larger, fewer......................................................... 21
- Body black, maculae on tegmina smaller, relatively denser (
Fig. 8
I–J).................................
E. nigrinotum
21 Body large,
17.8–20.1 mm
not including tegmina, pronotum setose, the yellowish anterior margin indistinct or narrow (
Fig. 16 G
).............................................................................................
E. wooi
- Body small,
15.6–16.8 mm
not including tegmina, pronotum and head with very long hair, with a distinct yellowish margin anteriorly (
Fig. 14
J–L)...........................................................................
E. pilosa