Rhabdoblatta elegans
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Ordo: Blattodea
Familia: Blaberidae
Genus: Rhabdoblatta
Name
Rhabdoblatta elegans Anisyutkin, 2000 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Rhabdoblatta elegans Anisyutkin, 2000: 190.
Measurements (mm)
Female, overall length: 38.3–42.7.
Female
Female similar to male but slightly larger (Figure 8M–P).
Female genitalia
Moderately sclerotized. Ovipositor back to brood sac. Tergal process of the eighth abdominal tergite slender, from the base to the end gradually narrowing, length ca. 1/2 of tergal process of the ninth abdominal tergite. Tergal process of the ninth abdominal tergite robust, linked with tergal process of the eighth abdominal tergite. First valves of ovipositor slender, apex membranous, inner margin with fine bristles. Second valves of ovipositor tube-shaped, completely covered by the first valves of ovipositor. Third valves of ovipositor slightly wider, length shorter than the first valves of ovipositor. Gonangulum boat-shaped. Sclerotized lobes of the second and third pairs of valves nearly rectangular. Anterior arch of second valvifer slender, middle narrow and both sides wide. Basivalvula robust and with semicircular arms, the mid sclerite incompletely separated. Vestibular sclerite wide, apical sclerite vestigial. Transverse sclerotized plate absent. Brood sac membranous and without sclerotized section (Figure 12H).
Material examined
8 males and 10 females, Yunnan Prov., Jinping County, Maandi Township, Butterfly Valley, 14-V-2015, Jian-yue Qiu leg.; 1 female, Yunnan Prov., Baoshan City, Zaolong, 22-VIII-2015, Xin-ran Li & Zhi-wei Qiu leg.; 1 male, Yunnan Prov., Mengla County, 10-V-2015, Jian-yue Qiu leg.; 1 male, Jiangxi Prov., Fuzhou City, Gaoping Town, Qiayuan Village, 1298 m, 5-V-1980, Yan-bao Qiu leg.; 1 male, Guangxi Prov., Jinzhongshan Mountain, 1-VIII-2014, Jian-hua Huang leg.; 1 male and 1 female, Guangdong Prov., Nanling Nature Reserve, 5–7-VI-2010, unknown.
Distribution
China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi).
Taxon Treatment
- Yang, R; Wang, Z; Zhou, Y; Wang, Z; Che, Y; 2019: Establishment of six new Rhabdoblatta species (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) from China ZooKeys, 851: 27-69. doi
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