Eucorydia forceps
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Ordo: Blattodea
Familia: Corydiidae
Genus: Eucorydia
Name
Eucorydia forceps (Hanitsch, 1915) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Corydia forceps Hanitsch, 1915: 125 (male holotype, “Bukit Kutu, Selangor, 3000m”), Plate 7, fig. 41; Hanitsch 1923[1]: 466.
- Eucorydia forceps: Hebard 1929[2]: 14; Bruijning 1948[3]: 149 (1 male, “Aur Kumanis, Sumatra”, 1 female, “Belang”, all in Leiden Museum); Princis 1963[4]: 83.
Type material examined
HOLOTYPE of Corydia forceps, ♂ (OUM, TYPE ORTH 280), MALAYSIA: two identical labels: “April 1915. SELANGOR, F. M. S., 3457 ft, 35 m N. N. E. of Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Kutu. R. Hanitsch.”, “Bukit Kutu/ Selangor/ April 1915/ 3457”, one number label: “21”, four determination labels: “TYPE./ Corydia forceps, Hanitsch./ J. Straits Br., B, as.S., No.69, p.125, pl.vii.41.”, “Corydia forceps, Han.”, “TYPE ORTH: 280/ Corydia forceps Hanitsch/ HOPE DEPT. OXFORD”, “Eucorydia forceps Princis, 1963”.
Diagnosis
Male: Total length about 15 mm, body metallic blue, legs and abdomen metallic blue. Tegmina with two small yellow spots laterally. Tegmina covered with white pubescence, the arrangement as in Fig. 11K. Lateral portions of abdomen orangish emarginated.
This species resembles E. aenea, but with legs and abdomen metallic blue, and the yellow spots on tegmina are small.
Distribution
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur.
Taxon Treatment
- Qiu, L; Che, Y; Wang, Z; 2017: Revision of Eucorydia Hebard, 1929 from China, with notes on the genus and species worldwide (Blattodea, Corydioidea, Corydiidae) ZooKeys, (709): 17-56. doi
Images
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![Figure 11. A–N Eucorydia species outside China A–G E. aenea: A–C lectotype of Corydia aenea, male D–E male, from east India F–G female, from Palon, Myanmar [A–G © by Natural History Museum Vienna, NOaS Image Collection, Harald Bruckner, published with permission] H–K E. forceps: H–J holotype of Corydia forceps, male [H–J photographed by Katherine Child and provided by Amoret Spooner, copyright Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford (OUM)] K original figure of Corydia forceps in Hanitsch (1915)[5] L–N holotype of Eucorydia gemma, male [L–N provided by Jason Weintraub, copyright by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States (ANSP)]. Scale bars 10 mm, A–G, K without scale bar.](/wiki/File:Zookeys-5555-017-g011.jpg)
Other References
- ↑ Hanitsch R (1923) Malayan Blattidae. Part II. Journal Straits Branch Royal Asiatic Society 1: 395–474.
- ↑ Hebard M (1929) Studies in Malayan Blattidae (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 81: 1–109.
- ↑ Bruijning C (1948) Studies on Malayan Blattidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 29: 1–174.
- ↑ Princis K (1963) Blattariae: Suborde Polyphagoidea: Fam.: Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae; Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. In: Beier M (Ed.) Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 4. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk’s-Gravenhage, 77–172.
- ↑ Hanitsch R (1915) Malayan Blattidæ. Journal Straits Branch Royal Asiatic Society 69: 17–178.
