The cockroaches of Balta Tepper from China, with the description of four new species (Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Pseudophyllodromiinae) Author Qiu, Zhi-Wei Author Che, Yan-Li Author Zheng, Yu-Hong Author Wang, Zong-Qing text ZooKeys 2017 714 13 32 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.714.14041 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.714.14041 1313-2970-714-13 BD6F82D9CA6F46338BA8C132E5AE35BC Balta Tepper, 1893 Balta Tepper, 1893: 39. Type species: Balta epilamproides Tepper, 1893: 39. Kirby 1904 : 106; Shelford 1908 : 19; Hebard 1943 : 37; Princis 1951 : 68; 1969 : 968; Roth 1991 : 967; Che et al. 2010 : 56. Mareta Bolivar , 1895: 371. Type species: Mareta conspicienda Bolivar ; by monotype. Kirby 1904 : 97; Shelford 1908 : 10 (under Phyllodromia synonymy); Rehn 1922 : 14; Hebard 1929 : 18; Rehn 1931 : 300. Synonymized with Balta by Princis 1969 : 968. Eoblatta Shelford, 1911: 155 (nec Eoblatta Handlirsch, 1906). Type species: Blatta notulata Stal , 1860; by monotype. Hebard 1917 : 26. As a synonym of Balta in Beccaloni 2014. Allactina Hebard, 1929: 18 (nec Allactina Curran, 1924). Type species: Allactina jacobsoni Hebard, 1929. Synonymized with Balta by Princis 1969 : 968. Graptoblatta Hebard, 1929: 23. Type species: Blatta notulata Stal , 1860. Princis 1969 : 957 (as a synonym of Lupparia ). Synonymized with Balta by Princis 1969 : 968. Diagnosis. See Che et al. (2010) . Discussion. The characters of L. nodigera Bey-Bienko and L. valida Bey-Bienko were compared with the generic diagnosis of Lupparia : the hind wing of the two species with the apical triangle small or not distinct differs from the main generic characters of Lupparia , and are consistent with Balta . The two species also share the following characters: 1) abdominal tergites unspecialized, tarsal claws strongly asymmetrical and unspecialized; 2) median phallomere appendage present and with brush-like structure; 3) front femur type B or C, which are also consistent with Balta . Therefore the two species are transferred to the genus Balta . Checklist of Balta species from China B. barbellata Che & Chen, 2010 China (Hainan) B. curvirostris Che & Chen, 2010 China (Hainan) B. crena sp. n. China (Yunnan) B. dissecta Che & Wang, 2010 China (Fujian) B. hwangorum Bey-Bienko, 1958 China (Yunnan) B. jinlinorum Che & Wang, 2010 South China B. maculata sp. n. China (Yunnan) B. nodigera (Bey-Bienko, 1958), comb. n. China (Yunnan) B. notulata Stal , 1860 (Oriental region islands, Indian Ocean islands, Korean Peninsula, Australasian islands) B. spinea Che & Chen, 2010 China (Hainan) B. spinescens Che & Wang, 2010 (Southeast China) B. tangi sp. n. China (Yunnan) B. valida (Bey-Bienko, 1958), comb. n. China (Yunnan) B. vilis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 (Southeast Asia, East Asia) B. yaoi sp. n. China (Yunnan) Key to species of Balta from China (males)

37	2
1591113	3
62	B. yaoi sp. n.
38	B. maculata sp. n.
4
40647688	5
B. spinea
B. spinescens
B. notulata
2348728496	6
10	B. hwangorum
26121440	7
96	8
244884	12
2393	9
234581	11
2	B. jinlinorum
393	10
B. valida comb. n.
B. barbellata
7681	B. nodigera comb. n.
4043	B. tangi sp. n.
2324	13
14
2226	B. crena sp. n.
B. dissecta
B. curvirostris
B. vilis