Eucorydia miyakoensis

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Eucorydia miyakoensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Corydiidae
Genus: Eucorydia
Species:
E. miyakoensis
Binomial name
Eucorydia miyakoensis
Yanagisawa, Sakamaki, and Shimano, 2021

Eucorydia miyakoensis is a species of cockroach first discovered on Miyako Island, in Japan's Ryukyu Archipelago, in 2021. [1] [2] [3] It is found exclusively in the forests of Miyako Island, where it lives in the forest floor's leaf litter and humus. [4]

Appearance

Eucorydia miyakoensis males grow between 12.5 and 13 mm in length. [5] It has a distinct orange band on its upper wings. [4] [5] The antennae are shiny and black, and divided into 36–38 segments. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Three species that inhabit Okinawa are granted Urgent Endangered Species Designation". Ryukyu Shimpo – Okinawa, Japanese newspaper, local news. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  2. 1 2 Yanagisawa, Shizuma; Hiruta, Shimpei F.; Sakamaki, Yositaka; Shimano, Satoshi (2021-06-17). "A New Species of the Genus Eucorydia (Blattodea: Corydiidae) from the Miyako-jima Island in Southwest Japan". Species Diversity. 26 (2): 145–151. doi: 10.12782/specdiv.26.145 . ISSN   1342-1670.
  3. ↑ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  4. 1 2 "Three centipede and cockroach species are newly named and placed under protection in Okinawa". SoraNews24 -Japan News-. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  5. 1 2 Center (APRC), Asia and Pacific Research. "Three species, including a new species of cockroach, found in the Nansei Islands are designated as". ScienceJapan. Retrieved 2022-11-27.


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