Taxonomy of Margattea Shelford, 1911 from China (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae)
Author
Wang, Zong-Qing
Author
Che, Yan-Li
Author
Wang, Jin-Jun
text
Zootaxa
2009
1974
51
63
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185116
79e0238c-0ca9-4af7-ae1d-5b867590fcd8
1175-5326
185116
Key to the males of
Margattea
from
China
1. Tegmina and wings slightly reduced, not extending beyond apex of abdomen, or greatly reduced...........2
- Tegmina and wings fully developed, extending well beyond the apex of abdomen...................................3
2. Tegmina and wings greatly reduced, barely reach middle of abdomen
...................................
M. hemiptera
- Tegmina and wings slightly reduced, extending almost to the apex of abdomen. .....................
M. nimbata
3. Pronotal disk dark brown, tegmen pale brown; styles slender, distinctly longer than interstylar space (fig. 2)
..................................................................................................................................................
M.limbata
- Pronotal disk not as above..........................................................................................................................4
4. The eighth tergum unspecialized
................................................................................
M. producta
,
sp. nov.
- The eighth tergum specialized, with a group of setae near posteromedian margin (fig.14, 42)..................5
5. Pronotal disk castaneous with several symmetrical white spots (fig. 32) .........
M. multipunctata
,
sp. nov.
- Pronotal disk not as above...........................................................................................................................6
6. The front femur
Type
B2, distal part just with 2 larger spines (fig. 27) ......................
M. concava
,
sp. nov.
- The front femur
Type
B3, distal part with 3 larger spines, one slightly shorter than others, but distinctly longer than minute spines (fig.13, 41).........................................................................................................7
7. Interstylar plate semicircular, hind margin armed with small spines (fig. 16) ..........................
M. spinifera
- Interstylar margin not as above
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M. mckittrickae
,
sp. nov.