The species of Symplocodes Hebard (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae) with description of a new species from China Author Zheng, Yuhong Author Wang, Chenchen Author Che, Yanli Author Wang, Zongqing text Journal of Natural History 2015 2015-07-31 50 339 361 journal article 21259 10.1080/00222933.2015.1079337 b3e847ad-dad9-4fb9-822f-ef8adee0ed2d 1464-5262 3992080 25DFE591-F01F-4EC7-95CD-604A7D70C3BA Symplocodes manubria Feng et Guo, 1990 ( Figures 1A, B , 2A – L , 8D – F ) Symplocodes manubria Feng et Guo, 1990: 340 . Materials examined One male ( holotype ), China , Yunnan Prov ., Xishuangbanna , Meng ’ a, 1050 – 1080 m , 6 August 1958 , coll . FJ Pu ; two males ( paratypes ), same data as above; one male, China , Yunnan Prov ., Simao , 29 May 1986 , coll . PZ Feng; one male, China , Yunnan Prov . , Xishuangbanna , Dadugang , 11 August 2009 , coll. ZQ Wang; one male, China , Yunnan Prov . , Simao , 1500 m , 30 – 31 October 2007 , coll. WW Zhang; one male, China , Yunnan Prov . , Yingjiang , Tongbiguan , 1287 m , 2 June 2008 , coll. WW Zhang; one male, China , Yunnan Prov . , Xishuangbanna , Mt Kongmingshan , 2100 m , 20 September 1957 , coll . SY Wang . ( SWU ) Redescription Female unknown. Length, male ( holotype in parentheses), overall length including tegmen: 13.6 – 15.2 (15.2)mm; pronotum length × width: 2.9 – 3.5 (3.4)mm × 3.8 – 4.2 (4.2)mm; tegmen length: 11.9 – 12.5 (12.5)mm. Body medium, yellowish brown ( Figure 1A ). Vertex yellowish brown, some individuals with irregular brown maculae ( holotype without maculae). Face reddish brown, with one round reddish brown spot near antennal socket ( Figure 2A ). Ocellar spot yellowish white. Antennae blackish brown with base yellowish brown ( Figure 1B ). Fifth maxillary palpomere blackish brown with apex yellowish white, the others yellowish brown ( Figure 1B ). Pronotum yellowish brown, with two distinct reddish brown V-shaped maculae near hind margin; each lateral corner with one curved blackish brown stripe ( Figures 1A , 2D ). Tegmina yellowish brown, hind wings hyaline. First through ninth abdominal terga blackish brown; sterna yellowish brown and first through seventh segment ’ s lateral borders with black irregular maculae ( Figure 1B ). Figure 1. (A, B) Symplocodes manubria Feng et Guo from China, Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, Meng ’ a; male (holotype): (A) dorsal view (B) ventral view. (C, D) Symplocodes marmorata marmorata (Brunner von Wattenwyl) from China, Xizang Aut. Reg., motuo; male: (C) dorsal view (D) ventral view. (E, F) Symplocodes marmorata tsaii (Bey-Bienko) comb. nov. from China, Sichuan Prov., Xichang; male: (E) dorsal view (F) ventral view. (G, H) Symplocodes ridleyi (Shelford) from China, Yunnan Prov., Menglun; male: (G) dorsal view (H) ventral view. (I, J) Symplocodes euryloba sp. nov. from China, Hainan Prov., Mt Jianfengling; male (paratype): (I) dorsal view (G) ventral view. Scale bars = 10.0 mm. Figure 2. Symplocodes manubria Feng et Guo from China, Yunnan Prov., xishuangbanna, meng ’ a. (A) Head, frontal view; (B) maxillary palps 3 – 5; (C) front femur; (D) pronotum; (E) tegmen; (F) hind wing; (G) abdominal tergum 7, dorsal view; (H) supra-anal plate and paraprocts, ventral view; (I) subgenital plate, dorsal view; (J) phallomere L3; (K) phallomere L2vm; (L) phallomeres R2 & R3. Scale bars = 0.5 mm (A – D, G, H, J – L), 1 mm (E, F, I). Vertex with interocular space less than the distance between antennal sockets ( Figure 2A ). Third and fifth maxillary palpomeres approximately same length, and both weakly longer than the fourth ( Figure 2B ). Pronotum subelliptical, widest behind the middle ( Figure 2D ). Both tegmina and hind wings fully developed, extending beyond end of abdomen ( Figure 1A ). Tegmen with six or seven ( holotype with seven) anterior rami of radius ( ANT . R . RAMI ) and nine to twelve ( holotype with nine) apical rami of radius ( AP . RAMI ), one or two ( holotype with two) apical rami with branches; median (M) and cubitus (CU) veins longitudinal, with complex branches ( Figure 2E ) . Hind wing with one anterior ramus of radius, R1 without branch; median and cubitus veins weakly curved, the former simple and cubitus vein with one complete branch after the middle, incomplete branch absent ( Figure 2F ) . Front femur Type A3 ( Figure 2C ), pulvilli on four proximal tarsomeres. Tarsal claws symmetrical, distinctly dentate ( Figure 8D – F ). Seventh abdominal tergum specialized with the centre hyaline and with a scattered cluster of minute setae ( Figure 2G ). Supra-anal plate ( Figure 2H ) symmetrical in ventral view, hind margin slightly concave in the middle, posterior region scattered with six spines; right and left intercercal processes dissimilar, apex acute, left process slender with a spine-like process near the middle, pointing to the right; right process more or less short with apex branched. Left posterolateral corner of subgenital plate ( Figure 2I ) without obvious process, but with incision; right posterolateral corner with process perpendicular to subgenital plate; hind margin produced in the middle and bearing a conical stylus; left posterolateral margin with a large, long process (as indicated in Figure 2I ) pointing to the left and somewhat upwards, whose outer margin has a row of setae; the dorsal surface of subgenital plate with one complex sclerite in centre, whose hind margin is setose; left stylus absent. Genitalia with L3 ( Figure 2J ) very small, without pre-apical incision; L2vm ( Figure 2K ) slender and apically tapering, with filamentous branch near apical third; R2 ( Figure 2L ) with a curved sclerite, R3 ( Figure 2L ) with two obvious sclerites, one of which is rod-like, the other is discoidal. Remarks This species is similar to S . marmorata marmorata ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 ) , but can be distinguished in the following characteristics. First, for the former, subgenital plate with a long process pointing to the left, while in the latter, the process is short. Second, intercercal processes of the former dissimilar, the right process slender with a large “ spine ” , the left one shorter with apex branched; but in the latter, symmetrical and broad, strongly curved and each with a large dark spine. Third, paraprocts of the former without spines, while in the latter, several spines are present. Distribution China ( Yunnan ).