Diploptera

Diploptera
Adult Diploptera punctata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Blaberidae
Subfamily:	Diplopterinae
Genus:	Diploptera de Saussure, 1864
Species
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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, 1925
• Diploptera elliptica Li & Wang, 2015
• Diploptera erythrocephala Princis, 1950
• Diploptera maculata Hanitsch, 1925
• Diploptera minor (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
• Diploptera naevus Li & Wang, 2015
• Diploptera nigrescens Shiraki, 1931
  • D. n. nigrescensShiraki, 1931
  • D. n. guaniLi & Wang, 2015
• Diploptera parva Princis, 1953
• Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz, 1822) - type species (as Diploptera silphaSaussure)

References

1. Cockroach Species File: genus Diploptera Saussure, 1864 (retrieved 26 October 2023)
2. Li, X.; Wang, Z. (2015-09-14). "A taxonomic study of the beetle cockroaches (Diploptera Saussure) from China, with notes on the genus and species worldwide (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Diplopterinae)". Zootaxa. 4018 (1): 35–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.2. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   26624027.
3. Marchal, Elisabeth; Hult, Ekaterina F.; Huang, Juan; Stay, Barbara; Tobe, Stephen S. (2013). "Diploptera punctata as a model for studying the endocrinology of arthropod reproduction and development". General and Comparative Endocrinology. 188: 85–93. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.018. PMID   23644152.
4. Li, X.-R.; Li, M.; Wang, Z.-Q. (2017-09-18). "Preliminary molecular phylogeny of beetle cockroaches ( Diploptera ) and notes on male and female genitalia (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Diplopterinae)" . Zootaxa. 4320 (3). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.7. ISSN   1175-5334.