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<figureCitation id="0B489F5A3974AD5C9220556682ADC2CA" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Chiral dimorphism in male genitalia of Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A-C male paratypes, the samples from Mt Ailaoshan A mirrored genitalia, dorsal and ventral views B normal genitalia, ventro-caudal view (L 3 on the left) C mirrored genitalia, ventro-caudal view (L 3 on the right). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958912" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">, 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="85956947A3E4963E501C5D58AEC1EA0B" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. A-D hind tarsi A Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. B V. ferruginea Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. C V. undulata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. D Planiblatta crassispina Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. E spermatheca, in order from left to right: V. punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov., V. ferruginea Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov., P. crassispina Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (A-D); 0.5 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958916" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">, 7 (in part)</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="F4BA2F367DD1C2560D9E3B8BCE33A690" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Type materials.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="240553F26C54E57F275E34042814E081" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Holotype</emphasis>
: China • ♂; Sichuan, Miyi County, Panzhihua City; 20.VII.2021; Lu Qiu leg.; SWU-B-BL-083301.
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: China • 1♂; Sichuan, Mt Lushan, Xichang City, Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture; 21.VII.2022; Bianlun Li &amp; Lin Guo leg.; SWU-B-BL-083302 • 1♂; Sichuan, Mt Lushan, Xichang City, Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture; 1800 m alt.; 30.VI.2015; Chao Zhou leg.; SWU-B-BL-083303 • 1♀; Sichuan, Mt Lushan, Xichang City, Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture; 21.VII.2022; Wei Han &amp; Xinxing Luo leg.; SWU-B-BL-083304 • 2♂♂; Sichuan, Mt Daheishan, Panzhihua City; 20-21.V.2011; Keliang Wu leg.; SWU-B-BL-083305 to 083306 • 5♂♂; Yunnan, Mt Ailaoshan, Xinping County; 1988 m alt.; 24.V.2018; Lu Qiu, Wenbo Deng &amp; Zhiwei Dong leg.; SWU-B-BL-083307 to 083311 • 1♂, 2♀; Yunnan, Mt Ailaoshan, Xinping County; 1988 m alt.; 11-13.V.2016; Lu Qiu &amp; Zhiwei Qiu leg.; SWU-B-BL-083312 to 083314 • 4♀♀; Yunnan, Xishan Scenic Area, Kunming City; 2240 m alt.; 27.VI.2021; Jiawei Zhang &amp; Jinlin Liu leg.; SWU-B-BL-083315 to 083318 • 1♂; Yunnan, Wenquan Street, Kunming City; 1900 m alt.; 3-4.VI.1974; Yao Zhou &amp; Feng Yuan leg.; SWU-B-BL-083319 • 1♂; Qiongzhu Temple, Kunming City; 2166 m alt.; 14.VI.1980; collector unknown; SWU-B-BL-083320 • 2♂♂; Yunnan, Mengxima Town, Yingjiang County, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture; 1470 m alt.; 9.VI.2008; Weiwei Zhang leg.; SWU-B-BL-083321 to 083322 • 1♂; Yunnan, Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture; 1160 m alt.; 27-31.VI.1974; Yao Zhou &amp; Feng Yuan leg.; SWU-B-BL-083323 • 1♂; Yunnan, Baihualing, Mt Gaoligong, Baoshan City; 1523 m alt.; 19.IV.2014; Yunkong Jiang &amp; Tian Lu leg.; SWU-B-BL-083324 • 2♂; Yunnan, Hanlongzhai, Baihualing, Mt Gaoligong, Baoshan City; 1508 m alt.; 11.VI.2023; Xinran Li &amp; Yifeng Liu leg.; SWU-B-BL-083325 to 083326 • 1♂; Yunnan, Yuxi City; 13.V.1980; Jingrong Zhao leg.; SWU-B-BL-083327.
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<paragraph id="42A141452DE33A42D24569B9AC7ECE1D" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ABF07A71528F8DB7A18EC594ACD1B55F" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Combining the following characteristics, this species is easily distinguished from other species of this genus: 1) pronotum with dense punctures; 2) the middle and hind femora with sparse spines; 3) body brown and cerci yellowish brown; 4) L4C with densely spiny process; 5) the end of L2 with one long spine; 6) the distal part of R1G with a thick spine; 7) the surface of the basivalvulae with furrows and microtrichia; 8) the end capsule of the spermatheca rod-shaped.</paragraph>
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Sexual dimorphism present.
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.
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Male body brown to dark brown and female body black; ocelli white; cerci and styli yellowish brown (Fig.
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female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (
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Vertex slightly exposed. Interocular space slightly wider than the interocellar space, shorter than the distance between antennal sockets (Fig.
<figureCitation id="25C0907A469AC7D45291484CBB0268F7" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1E</figureCitation>
). Antennae longer than the body. Pronotum subelliptical, with the lateral edges not curved downward; anterior margin nearly concave, the median of hind margin convex; the widest point after the midpoint, the surface thin with dense punctures (Fig.
<figureCitation id="6AB6E7BC4F11AA250E8ABA7D5DC4CCF9" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1F</figureCitation>
). The posterior-lateral angles of metanotum without projections (Fig.
<figureCitation id="09C21694B2842559D493D60CA1E74577" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1H</figureCitation>
). Tegmina and wings well developed, surpassing the tip of abdomen (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7040D22F95FADA6E2F2677DFB4C34265" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1A, B, I, J</figureCitation>
). Tegmina with ScP strong, posterior branch of R not reaching the end of tegmina (Fig.
<figureCitation id="98C2825D24D79FF6F0ED92B6BB19D751" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1I</figureCitation>
). Legs slender. Front femur of type A2 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="96AA7129C7ECC5B1D6D17A37E7E40472" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1G</figureCitation>
). Mid- and hind legs with sparsely spines on ventral margin. Hind metatarsus approximately equal to the remaining segments combined. Pulvilli present on 1-4 tarsal segments, claws symmetrical and unspecialized, arolium small (Fig.
<figureCitation id="59EDEE566E485B8FAED468735CF174F7" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. A-D hind tarsi A Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. B V. ferruginea Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. C V. undulata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. D Planiblatta crassispina Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. E spermatheca, in order from left to right: V. punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov., V. ferruginea Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov., P. crassispina Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (A-D); 0.5 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958916" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">7A</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="CD39AFA42F68880BB911EB63B4F5441C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">
<emphasis id="A9192A182096BF19749B4F2C8D3033F5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Abdomen</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
First tergite of male abdomen with visible gland, setose gland sparse and not obscured by metanotum (Fig.
<figureCitation id="56F13BA2D1B9D82DCE35293362D481F9" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1H</figureCitation>
). Supra-anal plate short, lateral margin shrunken inward; the middle part of hind margin concave at an obtuse angle. Paraprocts (pp.) long, strip-shaped. Cerci robust (Fig.
<figureCitation id="06D83FD587DD9705B304DF529EB72EAC" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1K</figureCitation>
). Subgenital plate nearly square; the hind margin arcuate, and the middle slightly concave. Styli symmetrical and apically rounded (Fig.
<figureCitation id="ABAB9593F61B383B5DC665ABB8161F04" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1L</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="E8E2AEDDE7D6F7CF511D74E8ED61F764" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Genitalia</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="A3B48009BDF40D91019B57B3890635B8" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1M</figureCitation>
). L1 composed of one elongate sclerite and membrane bearing pubescence. L4C thin ribbon-like, with a densely spiny process near basal inner margin. L2 irregular, the end with one long spine inward. L3 unciform and well sclerotized, the basal part bifurcated. The distal part of R1H broad, the inner margin bifurcated with two small spines. The distal part of R1G with a slightly curved and thick spine inward.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FEEA0EB3BE69620CB979D15161357910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">
<emphasis id="467A9925096845B3EABF9DA6E09DAB4C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Female</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="382EEBBB8E6A7B1C2B514FFABFCF94A9" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1C, D</figureCitation>
). Body length: 21.6-24.7 mm; pronotum length
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width: 6.4-8.2 mm
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8.5-10.5 mm; tegmina length
<normalizedToken id="CEA59C7F72BB6571DE87D30DA091C17F" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
width: 6.3-7.5 mm
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5.1-6.4 mm.
<emphasis id="823DF445DA067FAE49B8BC81BE851CDF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">
<emphasis id="968E7A59F6B85F77E40BDCBE3815CDFF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Head and thorax</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Interocular space slightly wider than the interocellar space and the distance between antennal sockets (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F551A018A71231DFFA8EFFA526F1DCAA" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1D</figureCitation>
). Pronotum subelliptical, the widest point near hind margin; anterior margin and hind margin straight (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3CBBF9D018560C9196F55088469EA0C8" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1C</figureCitation>
). Tegmina and hind wings reduced. Tegmina squamiform, reaching the first tergite of abdomen; the outer margin oblique (Fig.
<figureCitation id="740BAE232EEFAF750D915716E978F31A" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1C</figureCitation>
). Hind wings small lobe-like. Hind metatarsus approximately equal to the remaining segments combined. Pulvilli present on 1-4 tarsal segments, claws symmetrical and unspecialized, arolium smaller than male (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F80ADBA39866099D11BA51F2862A5538" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. A-D hind tarsi A Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. B V. ferruginea Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. C V. undulata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. D Planiblatta crassispina Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. E spermatheca, in order from left to right: V. punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov., V. ferruginea Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov., P. crassispina Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (A-D); 0.5 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958916" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">7A</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="27BB73FBE0B1FC6BD34834B9F6C722DC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">
<emphasis id="6FEED82CE3086F6E9EF5A173E1C94C95" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Abdomen</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Hind margin of tergum X (TX) with median invagination, and with a membranous line inside; cerci thick and upturned (easily broken) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9CE4C46B1095DC9B07E86CC1CB7E4537" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A ootheca-carrying female B ootheca C male on rocks D female in the grass. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (B). A, C, D photographed by Xinran Li." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958911" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">2A, D</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="693A859E31A8F9FA74D01B4DDCA3DCA2" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Genitalia</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="961FF679F5A8B06538964428A06816D9" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A, B, E-M male holotype C, D, N female paratypes A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E head F pronotum G front femur H hind margin of metanotum and tergal gland I tegmen J hind wing K supra-anal plate, ventral view L subgenital plate, dorsal view M male genitalia, dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) N female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10.0 mm (A-D, I, J); 2.0 mm (E-H, K, L, N); 1.0 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958910" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">1N</figureCitation>
). First valve (v.I.) well sclerotized. First valvifer (vlf.I) small. Second valve (v.II) with strip-like sclerite. Posterior lobes of valvifer II (p.l.) irregular, the outer margin slightly connected with laterosternite IX (ltst.IX). Laterosternite IX broad and irregular. The base of anterior arch (a.a.) extended downward, surface densely covered with microtrichia. Spermathecal plate (sp.pl.) small, connected to basivalvulae (bsv.) by membrane. Spermathecal opening (sp.o.) located at the base of basivalvulae. Spermatheca branched, the leading duct short, the branching duct relatively long, and the end capsule rod-shaped (Fig.
<figureCitation id="D60F4901C485C565327B69535659F46D" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. A-D hind tarsi A Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. B V. ferruginea Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. C V. undulata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. D Planiblatta crassispina Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. E spermatheca, in order from left to right: V. punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov., V. ferruginea Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov., P. crassispina Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (A-D); 0.5 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958916" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">7E</figureCitation>
). Basivalvulae bulbous and flared, surface with furrows and microtrichia. Laterosternal shelf (ltst.sh.) symmetrical, the base with furrows.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="ABF624778870F0A6E05A755EC363187E" pageId="0" pageNumber="401" type="ootheca">
<paragraph id="ED00CA9F2F7D1BC7EF96B682BEFB3CD5" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Ootheca.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B7CB2CEF41E7EBC17B97FE06F72EC084" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">
11.4 mm long, 5.6 mm wide, reddish brown. Overall long, ridge slightly broad with serrations (Fig.
<figureCitation id="22A37BC96B9AACA5ED7516A94DAB61FB" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A ootheca-carrying female B ootheca C male on rocks D female in the grass. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (B). A, C, D photographed by Xinran Li." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958911" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">2A, B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EAA7A3A0564ADF8DABD7CDA6110BE844" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">
<emphasis id="56A881021C669B1CD6637DA51CE67C09" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov.
<emphasis id="046DAE1BA7DF5F70692329813335D5D5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">A</emphasis>
ootheca-carrying female
<emphasis id="F2B79D0315B92D337414176B743DE984" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">B</emphasis>
ootheca
<emphasis id="5501FA2C763CC8DDAC3AFF0FEEDFFCE6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">C</emphasis>
male on rocks
<emphasis id="C64CE0FAFE872427FE94716B04FCB90C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">D</emphasis>
female in the grass. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (
<emphasis id="75D033BD9BF0C32A1B57A2CCEFED4D26" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">B</emphasis>
).
<emphasis id="1AD057F93567D3F2455023D216BC839C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">A, C, D</emphasis>
photographed by Xinran Li.
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B1483B3D606168B50DED4FCF59369BE2" pageId="0" pageNumber="401" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="043659E9B77C05273DEB1680FE0F6721" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="12998498E32A84AD76D9BE7FB8A10F0E" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">
The species epithet is from the Latin word &quot;
<emphasis id="2C754C0C4F189C60ADE1DCD88910BF8B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">punctatus</emphasis>
&quot;, which is in reference to the dense punctures on the pronotum.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3D694ECB7926E1237C8905A90FC324E9" pageId="0" pageNumber="401" type="natural history">
<paragraph id="1ABA1EE0C118473B6859A8CB4B8451F0" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Natural history.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D2C8195CA25F8633AEAA24C49FBB29F1" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">
This species has been found in the wild not far from human habitats, on roadsides or in grassy areas (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3C69BCD799E35745425CEC69891E5A2E" pageId="0" pageNumber="401" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="78B09472975813754F93FB5D3550E8B9" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F71CCB35C079BB5CFDE53A0991142AD3" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">China (Sichuan, Yunnan).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="185011E47BC91A40154A4BFDA680FB4B" pageId="0" pageNumber="401" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="B5921D38633C3D7FBCEBBBC69C90792F" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8996496938748B93EA231B400D8E815A" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">
Stochastic chiral dimorphism was found in male genitalia of this species. The genitalia of some male samples are left-right mirrored in comparison with common arrangement of
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(Fig.
<figureCitation id="D84B4403623DAEF4EBDE606B975093D5" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Chiral dimorphism in male genitalia of Vittiblatta punctata Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov. A-C male paratypes, the samples from Mt Ailaoshan A mirrored genitalia, dorsal and ventral views B normal genitalia, ventro-caudal view (L 3 on the left) C mirrored genitalia, ventro-caudal view (L 3 on the right). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113403.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958912" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">3A-C</figureCitation>
). We carefully examined all male specimens, and this phenotype was found in samples from three localities: Mt Ailaoshan (normal genitalia in two samples and mirrored genitalia in three samples), Baihualing (normal genitalia in one sample and mirrored genitalia in one sample) and Mt Daheishan (normal genitalia in one sample and reversed genitalia in one sample). In addition, there are no significant differences between the two kinds of genitalia, so they should be the same species. This is the first discovery of intraspecific genital chirality in
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.
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<emphasis id="9ABFFABC248D2B2DAFDCC7AB52A193CB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Chiral dimorphism in male genitalia of
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<emphasis id="CC3911C72CF319A6D70A68B4C55EB4C7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">Vittiblatta punctata</emphasis>
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Luo &amp; Wang, sp. nov.
<emphasis id="C89A15C220C2810DA3A475C10A3A7C90" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">A-C</emphasis>
male paratypes, the samples from Mt Ailaoshan
<emphasis id="00B48896E17544D0CCF1486FDD6EE42E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">A</emphasis>
mirrored genitalia, dorsal and ventral views
<emphasis id="7974800945BE465F85AE110E9B238A0E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">B</emphasis>
normal genitalia, ventro-caudal view (L3 on the left)
<emphasis id="BA8C1DB3AD227A10B12A8D930CFB82DA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="401">C</emphasis>
mirrored genitalia, ventro-caudal view (L3 on the right). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.
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