New species of Eupolyphaga Chopard, 1929 and Pseudoeupolyphaga Qiu & Che, 2024 (Blattodea, Corydioidea, Corydiinae), with notes on their female genitalia

Zookeys. 2024 Sep 4:1211:151-191. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1211.128805. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Two new species of Eupolyphaga (E.bicolor Han, Che & Wang, sp. nov. and E.nigra Han, Che & Wang, sp. nov.) and six new species of Pseudoeupolyphaga (P.flava Han, Che & Wang, sp. nov., P.deficiens Han, Che & Wang, sp. nov., P.magna Han, Che & Wang, sp. nov., P.longiseta Han, Che & Wang, sp. nov., P.latizona Han, Che & Wang, sp. nov., and P.baimaensis Han, Che & Wang, sp. nov.) are described and illustrated. The female external genitalia and spermathecae of these two genera are reported and the role of these characters in species delimitation is discussed.

Keywords: Cockroach; Dictyoptera; Polyphagini; spermatheca.

Grants and funding

National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (nos. 32070468 and 32170458) and a Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2022FY202100)