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Diploptera maculata Hanitsch 1925

Description

Diploptera maculata Hanitsch, 1925

(Figs. 14, 66–68)

Diploptera maculata Hanitsch, 1925: 104, figs. 17, 18, locality Borneo; Bruijning, 1948: 152, locality Borneo.

Male unknown.

Taxonomic notes. Hanitsch (1925) has proposed an interesting likelihood that D. maculata is the female of D. bicolor based on the two holotypes being almost the same except for the gender and the markings on the pronotum; even their different markings share the same contour. A second specimen of D. maculata was recorded by Bruijning (1948) but “unluckily” was the same gender, female, as the holotype. Similarly, a second specimen of D. bicolor (see below for details) is a male. So the hypothesis that they are the same species has not yet been proven or refuted.

In addition, it is noteworthy that Hanitsch’s illustration was drawn by Mr. V. Knight instead of Hanitsch himself. This is probably why the image has something discrepant with the true insect, e.g., the size of head, the shape of pronotum, and the seam between tegmina. A similar situation occurs in D. bicolor.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE (OUM) fixed by monotypy, female, “ Pah Trap, Kalabit, Sarawak, x.1922 – i.1923, Coll. by Dr. E. Mjöberg ”.

Other material examined. 1 female (RMNH), “Z. Kenepai, 1894, Jan”, coll. “Borneo Exped. Dr. Nieuwenhuis”.

Notes

Published as part of Li, Xinran & Wang, Zongqing, 2015, A taxonomic study of the beetle cockroaches (Diploptera Saussure) from China, with notes on the genus and species worldwide (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Diplopterinae), pp. 35-56 in Zootaxa 4018 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/289448

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
OUM
Family
Blaberidae
Genus
Diploptera
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Blattodea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hanitsch
Species
maculata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Diploptera maculata Hanitsch, 1925 sec. Li & Wang, 2015

References

  • Hanitsch, R. (1925) On a collection of Blattidae from Northern Sarawak, chiefly Mt. Murud and Mt. Dulit. Sarawak Museum Journal, 8, 75 - 106.
  • Bruijning, C. F. A. (1948) Studies of Malayan Blattidae. Zoologische Mededeelingen, 29, 1 - 174.