Diploptera
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Diploptera, occasionally called beetle cockroaches, is a genus of blaberid cockroaches in the monotypic subfamily Diplopterinae. Cockroaches of this genus resemble beetles, with hardened tegmina and cross-folded hindwings. They live in tropical forests in South China and Southeast Asia, and Pacific islands including Hawaii.[1][2] They are viviparous cockroaches and are therefore used for insect endocrinological studies.[3]
Species
The Cockroach Species File[1][2][4] lists:
- Diploptera bicolor Hanitsch, 1925Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Diploptera elliptica Li & Wang, 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Diploptera erythrocephala Princis, 1950Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Diploptera maculata Hanitsch, 1925Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Diploptera minor (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Diploptera naevus Li & Wang, 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Diploptera nigrescens Shiraki, 1931Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- D. n. nigrescens Shiraki, 1931Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- D. n. guani Li & Wang, 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Diploptera parva Princis, 1953Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz, 1822)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - type species (as Diploptera silpha SaussureScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
References
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