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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  1. a b Cockroach Species File: genus Diploptera Saussure, 1864 (retrieved 26 October 2023)
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