The genus Cryptocercus in East Asia: distribution and new species (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattaria, Polyphagidae) Author Grandcolas, Philippe Author Legendre, Frédéric Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, UMR 5202 CNRS, Département Systématique et Évolution, case postale 50, 45 rue Buffon, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) pg @ mnhn. fr pg@mnhn.fr Author Park, Yung Chul Seoul National University, Department of Biology, Kwanak-gu Shillim-dong San 56 - 1, Seoul 151 - 742 (South Korea) Current address: Department of Biology, Dongguk University, Pil-Dong, Seoul 100 - 715 (South Korea) Author Bellés, Xavier Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC), Department of Physiology and Molecular Biodiversity, Jordi Girona 18, E- 0834 Barcelona (Spain) Author Murienne, Jérôme Author Pellens, Roseli Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, UMR 5202 CNRS, Département Systématique et Évolution, case postale 50, 45 rue Buffon, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) text Zoosystema 2005 27 4 725 732 journal article 6354 10.5281/zenodo.4689649 6c0730bd-805a-4118-877f-0f6f277bf22f 1638-9387 4689649 Cryptocercus hirtus Grandcolas F Bellés , n. sp. ( Figs 1C , K-M; 2A) TYPE MATERIAL . — Holotype + , China , Gansu , Cheumen (= Shimen), 8.V.1919 , P. Licent coll. ( MNHN ). TYPE LOCALITY . — Shimen, Gansu , China . ETYMOLOGY. — The species is named according to the ornamented pronotum. MEASUREMENTS. — Body length: + , 23.5 mm . Pronotum length: + , 5.8 mm . DESCRIPTION Large species with mesonotum, metanotum and tergites slightly punctuated. Pronotum with a very peculiar shape ( Fig. 2A ) comprising two pairs of very well delimited protuberances, the hind ones at the summit of the usual hind protuberances, the fore ones very sharp, and a protruding fore margin. Fore femora ( Fig. 1C ) with ventro-anterior margin with five spines, the larger ones in the middle of the row. Subgenital plate with posterior margin not strongly sinuous. Female genitalia ( Fig. 1 K-M) Basivalvulae ( Fig. 1L ) with anterior and posterior margins clearly delimited and convex, with a distinctive sclerotized appendix following the median membranous groove. Laterosternite IX ( Fig. 1M ) small, with a sharp and short ventral part. Spermatheca large ( Fig. 1K ) with long and locally widened ducts, the apical ampulla oval-elongated, the basal ampulla also elongated and with a long and twisted apex.