Three cryptic Anaplecta (Blattodea, Blattoidea, Anaplectidae) species revealed by female genitalia, plus seven new species from China

By

Zhu, Jing
Zhang, Jiawei
Luo, Xinxing
Wang, Zongqing
Che, Yanli

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1080

Pages

53--97

Subjects

ABGD , Anaplecta omei , cryptic species , DNA barcodes , female genitalia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1080.74286

 

Abstract

Morphological characteristics, including male and female genitalia, combined with DNA barcodes were used to identify 470Anaplectaspecimens sampled from China. TenAnaplectaspecies are new to science, including three cryptic species:A. paraomeiZhu & Che,sp. nov.,A. condensaZhu & Che,sp. nov., andA. longihamataZhu & Che,sp. nov., which are distinguished mainly by their female genitalia. The other seven new species are as follows:A. bicrurisZhu & Che,sp. nov.,A. spinosaZhu & Che,sp. nov.,A. ungulataZhu & Che,sp. nov.,A. anomalaZhu & Che,sp. nov.,A. serrataZhu & Che,sp. nov.,A. bombycinaZhu & Che,sp. nov., andA. truncatulaZhu & Che,sp. nov.This study illustrates that differences in female genitalia can be used to distinguish among species ofAnaplecta. The female genitalia of 19 ChineseAnaplectaspecies are described and illustrated in this paper.