Rhabdoblatta Kirby 1903
Creators: name: Guo, Lin
name: Zhang, Zhi-Yu
name: Cai, Jin-Zhuo
name: Wang, Zong-Qing
name: Che, Yan-Li
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea
Blaberidae
Rhabdoblatta

description: Rhabdoblatta Kirby, 1903
Rhabdoblatta Kirby, 1903: 276.
Type species: Epilampra praecipua Walker, 1868; by monotype.
Shelford 1910: 12; Hanitsch 1915: 73; Asahina 1964: 93; McKittrick 1964: 37; Bey-Bienko 1965: 1642; Princis 1967: 663; Princis 1971: 1157; Mavropulo et al. 2015: 28; Yang et al. 2019: 35.
Heterolampra Kirby, 1903: 276.
Type species: Epilampra dilatata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865. Synonymized by Princis 1967: 663.
Epilampra Shelford, 1909: 133. Synonymized by Princis 1967: 663.
Morphnodes Hebard, 1929: 93.
Type species: Epilampra vasta Walker, 1868. Synonymized by Princis 1967: 663.
Diagnosis. Body size medium to large, sexual dimorphism insignificant, females slightly larger than males. Vertex slightly exposed. Pronotum subelliptical and the widest part in the middle, middle of posterior margin obtusely produced. Tegmina and wings of male fully developed extending well beyond the end of the abdomen.Anteroventral margin of front femur Type B; the hind metatarsus longer or nearly equal to the remaining segments combined, inner margin with two rows of ventral spines; the pretarsus with large arolia, tarsal claws symmetrical and unspecialized. Supra-anal plate flat, slightly quadrangular, with curved sides. Subgenital plate various in shapes.
Male genitalia. Right phallomere consisting of sclerites R1T, R2, R3, R4 and R5; R1T with caudal part subrectangular, the end of R2 rounded; R3 connected to R 5 in caudal part; R4 present independently. The shape of apical sclerite of L2D and sclerite L3 varies, the apical membrane of L2D typically with chaetae.
Remarks. Based on the similar structure of the right phallomere, there are 7 genera in the Epilamprinae that are similar to Rhabdoblatta: Anisolampra, Acutirhabdoblatta, Brephallus, Cyrtonotula, Morphna, Pseudophoraspis, Opisthoplatia. The genus Rhabdoblatta differs from related genera in the morphology of the pronotum: the pronotum of Rhabdoblatta is almost peach-shaped, while nearly oval with tuberculate surfaces in Anisolampra, subelliptic and broad in Morphna, nearly subrhombic and broad in Brephallus and Pseudophoraspis. The difference between Rhabdoblatta and Cyrtonotula is that tegmina and wings of Rhabdoblatta are extending beyond the abdomen, those of Cyrtonotula don’t exceed the abdomen except for Cyrtonotula longialata Wang & Wang, 2021. C. longialata can be distinguished from Rhabdoblatta species by having specialized abdominal tergite.
In addition the genus Rhabdoblatta is very similar to Opisthoplatia (O. ecarinata, O. saussurei) and Acutirhabdoblatta (A. densimaculata) in terms of morphological characters, which is why, the three related mentioned above species were once placed in the genus Rhabdoblatta (Anisyutkin 2003; Yang et al. 2019). Wang et al. (2023) distinguished the genus Rhabdoblatta from the two genera mentioned above on the basis of right phallomere, tarsal claws and paraprocts.
Checklist of Rhabdoblatta species from China
Rhabdoblatta alligata (Walker, 1868): 71. Hongkong
Rhabdoblatta abdominalis (Kirby, 1903): 279. Guangxi
Rhabdoblatta antecedens Anisyutkin, 2000: 404. Guizhou
Rhabdoblatta atra Bey-Bienko, 1970: 364. Guangxi, Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta asymmetrica Bey-Bienko, 1968:107. Xizang
Rhabdoblatta beybienkoi Anisyutkin, 2003: 615. Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta bicolor Guo, Liu & Li, 2011: 723. Zhejiang, Chongqing, Guizhou
Rhabdoblatta bazyluki Bey-Bienko, 1970: 366. Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta bielawskii Bey-Bienko, 1970: 365. Hainan, Guangxi
Rhabdoblatta chaulformis Yang, Wang, Zhou, Wang & Che, 2019: 43. Chongqing
Rhabdoblatta denticuligera Anisyutkin, 2000: 402. Fujian
Rhabdoblatta elegans Anisyutkin, 2000: 398. Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta formosana (Shiraki, 1906): 185. Taiwan
Rhabdoblatta gyroflexa Yang, Wang, Zhou, Wang & Che, 2019: 41. Guangxi
Rhabdoblatta humeralis (Shiraki, 1931): 187. Taiwan
Rhabdoblatta incisa Bey-Bienko, 1969: 843. Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan Rhabdoblatta immaculata (Kirby, 1903): 279. Guangdong
Rhabdoblatta imperatrix (Kirby, 1903): 274. Fujian, Hainan
Rhabdoblatta karnyi (Shiraki, 1931): 186. Taiwan
Rhabdoblatta krasnovi (Bey-Bienko, 1969): 845. Guangxi, Chongqing, Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta kryzhanovskii Bey-Bienko, 1958: 682. Yunnan, Xizang
Rhabdoblatta kabakovi Kirby, 1903: 844. Hubei, Guangxi, Chongqing,Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta luteola Anisyutkin, 2000: 400. Sichuan
Rhabdoblatta maculata Yang, Wang, Zhou, Wang & Che, 2019: 45. Guizhou
Rhabdoblatta marginata Bey-Bienko, 1969: 843. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
Rhabdoblatta marmorata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893): 29. Yunnan, Xizang
Rhabdoblatta mascifera Bey-Bienko, 1969: 844. Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta melancholica (Bey-Bienko, 1954): 21. Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hainan
Rhabdoblatta monochroma Anisyutkin, 2000: 400. Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta mentiens Anisyutkin, 2000: 411. Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi Rhabdoblatta monticola (Kirby, 1903): 277. Guangdong, Guangxi
Rhabdoblatta nigrovittata Bey-Bienko, 1954: 21. Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta omei Bey-Bienko, 1958: 681. Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta orlovi Anisyutkin, 2000: 404. Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta parvula Bey-Bienko, 1958: 681. Chongqing, Guizhou
Rhabdoblatta princisi (Bey-Bienko, 1957): 900. Zhejiang, Fujian
Rhabdoblatta punkiko Asahina, 1967: 436. Taiwan
Rhabdoblatta puncticulosa Anisyutkin, 2000: 411. Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta pisarskii Bey-Bienko, 1970: 365. Hainan
Rhabdoblatta rustica (Stål, 1877): 34. Taiwan
Rhabdoblatta regina (Saussure, 1869): 270. Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta rattanakiriensis Anisyutkin, 1999: 253. Hainan
Rhabdoblatta ridleyi (Kirby, 1903): 278. Xizang
Rhabdoblatta similis (Bey-Bienko, 1954): 22. Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guizhou
Rhabdoblatta sinensis (Walker, 1868): 197. Fujian, Hongkong
Rhabdoblatta similsinuata Yang, Wang, Zhou, Wang & Che, 2019: 35. Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta sinuata Bey-Bienko, 1958: 682. Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta segregata Anisyutkin, 2000: 415. Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta simulans Anisyutkin, 2000: 398. Yunnan, Xizang
Rhabdoblatta takahashii Asahina, 1967: 434. Taiwan
Rhabdoblatta vittata Bey-Bienko, 1969: 844. Yunnan
Rhabdoblatta vietica Anisyutkin, 2000: 412. Guangdong
Rhabdoblatta xiai Liu & Zhu, 2001: 81. Zhejiang
Rhabdoblatta maculosa Guo et Che, sp. n.
Rhabdoblatta equalisinensis Guo et Che, sp. n.
Rhabdoblatta cavicola Guo et Che, sp. n.
description: Published as part of Guo, Lin, Zhang, Zhi-Yu, Cai, Jin-Zhuo, Wang, Zong-Qing & Che, Yan-Li, 2024, Establishment of three new species of Rhabdoblatta Kirby, 1903 (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) from China on the basis of molecular and morphological data, pp. 545-558 in Zootaxa 5463 (4) on pages 549-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/11612335