Anaplectoidea Shelford, 1906

Senraj, M., Babu, R. & Subramanian, K. A., 2025, New record of the genus Anaplectoidea Shelford, 1906 (Blattodea: Pseudophyllodromiidae: Anaplectoidinae) from India, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5693 (3), pp. 423-431 : 424-425

Genus Anaplectoidea Shelford, 1906

Anaplectoidea Shelford, 1906: 247 ( Anaplectoidea nitida Shelford , by monotypy); Hanitsch 1928: 6; Hebard 1929: 28; Hanitsch 1932: 58; Princis 1950: 220; Princis 1965: 384; Princis 1971: 1144; Roth 1996: 352; Wang et al. 2006: 22 .

Distribution: Oriental and Palearctic region ( Beccaloni 2025).

Remarks: The majority of the Anaplectoidea species are known from the Oriental regions. Shelford (1909) described Anaplectoidea modesta from Sri Lanka, but Roth (1996) questioned the placement of this species and suggested that it belongs to Malaccina or Anaplectella due to presence of three cubitus branches and a longer appendicular field. Roth (1996) also noted that the type specimen is not available and that the original description lacks specific characters; hence, the genus placement is doubtful. An updated global checklist of Anaplectoidea is provided below.

Checklist of Anaplectoidea species from the World.

1. A. cylindrica Wang, Jiang & Feng, 2006 - China

2. A. dohertyi Shelford, 1907 - Indonesia: Java and Sulawesi Islands

3. A. hyalina Bruijning, 1948 - Indonesia: Java Island

4. A. incognita Roth, 1996 - Unknown (Not Mentioned)

5. A. klossi Hanitsch, 1927 - Vietnam (female)

6. A. lampongensis Hanitsch, 1932 - Indonesia: Java and Sumatra Islands; Malaysia; Thailand; Myanmar

7. A. medanensis Roth, 1996 - Indonesia

8. A. modesta Shelford, 1909 - Sri Lanka

9. A. modiglianii Hanitsch, 1932 - Indonesia: Mentawai Islands

10. A. nitida Shelford, 1906 - Indonesia: Sumatra, Sulawesi and Malucu Islands ; Myanmar: Kachin.

11. A. popovi Bey-Bienko, 1969 - China

12. A. spinea Wang, Jiang & Feng, 2006 - China

13. A. varia Bey-Bienko, 1958 - China

14. A. indica sp. nov. - Jharkhand, India

15. A. garoensis sp. nov. - Meghalaya, India

16. A. sp. - Tamil Nadu, India

Keys to males of the known species of genus Anaplectoidea

(after Roth 1996 and Wang et al. 2006); ( A. nitida and A. klossi are excluded because of undescribed males; A. modesta is excluded due to doubtful placement in the genus).

1. Right posterolateral corner of the subgenital plate produced................................................... 2

- Not as above......................................................................................... 3

2(1). Styli elongate, slender, separated by a small interstylar lobe ( Roth 1996 - Figs 21D, E).................. A. lampongensis

- Styli elongated without interstylar lobe ( Fig. 3H )............................................ A. garoensis sp. nov.

3(1). Hind margin of subgenital plate with a lobe between the styli.................................................. 4

- Hind margin of subgenital plate without a lobe between the styli................................................ 7

4(3). The interstylar lobe much larger and contiguous with the left stylus ( Roth 1996 - Figs 23D, E)............... A. incognita

- The interstyler lobe small.............................................................................. 5

5(4). Right stylus longer than left stylus ( Roth 1996 - Fig. 20D).............................................. A. popovi

- Both styli equal in length............................................................................... 6

6(5). Right paraproct deeply notched, left paraproct with two sclerites ( Roth 1996 - Fig. 22 D)................. A. medanensis

- Right paraproct apex acute, left paraproct curved like a hook ( Fig. 2H )............................. A. indica sp. nov.

7(3). Subgenital plate symmetrical, hind margin convexly round, styli symmetrical ( Roth 1996 - Fig. 25G).......... A. hyalina

- Not as above........................................................................................ 8

8(7). Subgenital plate asymmetrical, styli symmetrical with spine or apical spines...................................... 9

- Subgenital plate and styli asymmetrical.................................................................. 11

9(8). Styli symmetrical, apical part acute; median phallomere apical end acute ( Wang et al. 2006 - Fig. 3H )........... A. spinea

- Styli symmetrical, terminating with small spine............................................................ 10

10(9). Both styli terminating with small spine ( Roth 1996 - Fig. 25D)....................................... A. modiglianii

- Left stylus curved, apically acute; right stylus elongate, cylindrical, with a minute terminal spine ( Roth 1996 - Fig. 24C)............................................................................................... A. dohertyi

11(8). Left stylus distinctly longer than right, apex without spine ( Wang et al. 2006 - Fig. 2C )................... A. cylindrica

- Left stylus small, distinctly shorter than right, apex acute ( Wang et al. 2006 - Fig. 1C ) ........................ .. A. varia

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution map of the genus Anaplectoidea Shelford, 1906 in India.

FIGURE 2. Anplectoidea indica sp. nov. Male. A) habitus, dorsal view. B) ventral view. C) hind wing. D) front femur. E) seventh abdominal tergum. F) supraanal plate, ventral view. G) tarsal claw. H) subgenital plate, ventral view. I) genital hook. J) median phallomere. K) right phallomere.

FIGURE 3. Anaplectoidea garoensis sp. nov. Male. A) habitus, dorsal view. B) ventral view. C) hind wing. D) seventh abdominal tergum. E) tarsal claw. F) supraanal plate, ventral view. G) front femur. H) subgenital plate, ventral view. I) genital hook. J) median phallomere. K) right phallomere.