Hemithyrsocera Saussure 1893
- Dataset
- A wingless species of the genus Hemithyrsocera Saussure (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) from China
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Blattodea
- family
- Ectobiidae
- genus
- Hemithyrsocera
materials_examined
Type species: Blatta palliata Fabricius, 1798, designed by Kirby, 1904. Generic description. Tegmina and hind wings fully developed extending beyond end of abdomen or curtate, former with a forked radial vein, discoidal veins longitudinal; latter with radial vein forked, CuA simple or with 1 – 3 complete branches, apical triangle developed. Spines of front femur Type A 2 – 3; pulvilli on 4 proximal tarsomeres, tarsal claws symmetrical, simple, arolia present. First abdominal tergum of male unspecialized; seventh abdominal tergum specialized, with a medial depressed region containing setae or sometimes the depression is subobsolete and setae are absent; most species also have a lateral lobe on each side of the segment. Supra-anal plate symmetrical, with a subcercal (intercercal) process ventrally near the base of each cercus. Subgenital plate strongly asymmetrical, hind margin with various shaped processes bearing long spines; styli represented by 1 or 2 large processes, right stylus sometimes presents as a small cylindrical process. Male genitalia have the hook on the left side (L 3) and the median phallomere (L 2 vm) often with a slender rod or filament arising near or beyond the middle. Distribution. China, India, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.