Drymaplaneta
| Drymaplaneta | |
|---|---|
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| Drymaplaneta semivitta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Genus: | Drymaplaneta |
| Species | |
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Drymaplaneta communis | |
Drymaplaneta is a genus of cockroaches.
Biodiversity and distribution
- 6 species
Table 1: Number of species of Drymaplaneta in each region in which it is present (A=adventive, E=endemic, I=indigenous)
| Australia | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|
| Drymaplaneta | 6E[1] | 2A[2] |
Systematics
- belongs to the tribe Methanini[3]
- within the tribe Methanini, the genus can be recognised by the greatly reduced, lobiform tegmina, with hind wings absent, and third and fourth segments of maxillary palps swollen in males[3]
- D. lobipennis and D. shelfordi are uniformly dark[3]
- D. heydeniana is light yellowish brown, darkening apically, with translucent yellow margins on thorax and abdomen[3]
- the remaining three species (D. communis, D. semivitta and D. variegata) are very similar to each other
- the hind tibiae of males are conspicuously expanded and flattened in D. semivitta and D. variegata, but not in any of the other species[3]
- D. variegata is lighter in colour than D. semivitta, darkening apically.[3] The possibility of synonymy of these two nominal species has been suggested[4]
References
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mackerras, M.J. 1968: Australian Blattidae (Blattodea) IX. Revision of the Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian journal of zoology, 16(3): 511-575. doi:10.1071/ZO9680511
- ↑ Ramsay, G.W. 1975: Appendix to the Gisborne cockroach. New Zealand entomologist, 6(1): 72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1975.9723106 PDF
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