Blattella subvittata Hebard, 1929

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Blattella subvittata Hebard, 1929

Fig. 20 A – O

Blattella subvittata Hebard, 1929: 58; Bruijning 1948: 36; Princis 1950: 176; Princis 1953: 55; Princis 1957: 144.

Blattella sauteri subvittata ( Karny, 1915): Princis 1969: 844; Asahina 1981: 258.

Blattella subvittata Hebard: Roth 1985: 99.

Type locality.

“ Pasoeroean, eastern Java ”.

New material examined.

China • 1 male & 1 female; Hainan Province, Sanya City, Jiyang Town, Liupan Cun ; 8 Apr. 2015; Xin-Ran Li, Zhi-Wei Qiu leg. • 1 female; Guangdong Province, Gaozhou City, Genzi Town ; 11 June 2019; Rong Chen, Shan Gao leg. • 2 males; Hainan Province, Yinggeling, Nankai protection station ; 14 July 2023; Yi-Shu Wang, Jin-Zhuo Cai leg. • 1 female; Hainan Province, Jianfeng Town ; 18 July 2023; Yi-Shu Wang, Jin-Zhuo Cai leg.

Distribution.

China (Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan); Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand.

Remark.

Based on the markings of pronotum, the shape of abdominal tergite 7, and the structure of subgenital plate and supra-anal plate, samples from Hainan and Guangdong were identified as B. subvittata , with the closest genetic distance to B. punctoria (12.32 %).

Figures

Figure 20. Blattella subvittata Hebard A, B, E – O. Male; C, D. Female. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Habitus, dorsal view; D. Habitus, ventral view; E. Pronotum, dorsal view; F. Head, ventral view; G. Tegmen, ventral view; H. Hind wing, ventral view; I. Abdominal tergite 7, ventral view; J. Front femur, ventral view; K. Median phallomere, ventral view; L. Supra-anal plate, ventral view; M. Left phallomere, ventral view; N. Right phallomere, ventral view; O. Subgenital plate, ventral view. Scale bars: 5 mm (A, B, C, D, G, H); 1 mm (E, F, I – O).