Pycnoscelus semivitreus Princis, 1967

Wang, Yi-Shu, Dong, Xiao-Jiao, Wang, Zong-Qing & Che, Yan-Li, 2025, Taxonomic update of Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862 (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Pycnoscelinae), with descriptions of two new species from China, ZooKeys 1231, pp. 45-67 : 45-67

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1231.141287

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15001850

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scientific name

Pycnoscelus semivitreus Princis, 1967
status

 

Pycnoscelus semivitreus Princis, 1967 View in CoL

Fig. 6 View Figure 6

Pycnoscelus semivitreus Princis, 1967: 148; Princis 1971: 1141; Roth 1998: 112. View in CoL

Material examined.

Malaysia • 1 male; Borneo, Mt. Trus Madi, Jungle Girl Camp ; 2–5 Oct. 2015; Ye-Jie Lin leg. 1 male; Borneo, Mt. Trus Madi, Jungle Girl Camp ; 3 May 2023; Cai-Xia Yuan leg.

Diagnosis.

This species can be easily distinguished from all its congeners by its huge right style, which extends to the left posterolateral angle of subgenital plate (Fig. 6 G View Figure 6 ).

Supplementary description of male.

Male genitalia: right phallomere with caudal part of sclerite R 1 T irregular, inner margin produced at middle; R 2 nearly straight, R 3 forked, R 4 plate-like; R 5 elongated, lying above R 2 (Fig. 6 H View Figure 6 ). Apical part of sclerite L 2 D elongated, the right side with several sharp teeth; apical membrane well developed, covered with microtrichia (Fig. 6 I, J View Figure 6 ). Sclerite L 3 hook subquadrate apically, inner margin with a tooth at apex; sclerite L 4 U divided into two parts (Fig. 6 K View Figure 6 ).

Measurements (mm).

Body length including tegmen: 20.7; pronotum length × width: 4.7 × 6.2; tegmen length: 17.0.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Blaberidae

SubFamily

Pycnoscelinae

Genus

Pycnoscelus

Loc

Pycnoscelus semivitreus Princis, 1967

Wang, Yi-Shu, Dong, Xiao-Jiao, Wang, Zong-Qing & Che, Yan-Li 2025
2025
Loc

Pycnoscelus semivitreus

Roth LM 1998: 112
Princis K 1971: 1141
Princis K 1967: 148
1967