Plectoptera infulata Rehn and Hebard

Lu, Wenhua, Valentine, Barry D., Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. & Gutiérrez, Esteban, 2014, Ecology and Diversity of Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattaria) from the Virgin Islands, Insecta Mundi 2014 (349), pp. 1-32 : 18-19

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5178725

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Plectoptera infulata Rehn and Hebard
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16. Plectoptera infulata Rehn and Hebard View in CoL ( Fig. 13 View Figures 13–16 ), NEW RECORD

Plectoptera infulata Rehn and Hebard 1927: 314 View in CoL ; Puerto Rico, Vieques Island. Diagnosis. Adults 6.5–7 mm, oval, with full tegmina in both sexes ; pale yellowish brown; pronotum in 6 of 12 specimens with dull white, opaque, lateral margins (transparent in 6 others); tegmina with major veins opaque but not white, cells lacking any complex reticulum as in P. rhabdota View in CoL (Species 17); interocular space with a dark band above a pale field (in one specimen this entire area is brown); abdomen and cerci paler than those of congeners.

Comments. A unique feature of this genus is the hindwing, which, at rest, is folded forward so that the wing apex rests above and near the wing base, thus explaining the generic name where ‘ plectos’ means folded in Latin and ‘ ptera’ wings. Another unique feature is that the tegmina meet in a straight line down the back, overlap less than other cockroaches. Plectoptera infulata is a new record and second species in the genus from the Virgin Islands. It is arboreal and probably diurnal ( Table 1), not as common as P. rhabdota on Guana Island, suggesting a preference for wetter habitats. A female carried a partly visible oothecum in November 2001. It is herein recorded for the first time on Guana and Tortola of BVI in addition to a previous record from Puerto Rico ( Princis 1965).

Specimens examined. BDVC — 1 male, BVI, Tortola Is. , Chalwell, 470 m, VI-VII.2001, C. Petrovic, at light ; male/ 1 female [with oothecum], BVI, Tortola Is. , Chalwell, 470 m, XI.2001, C. Petrovic ; 2 males, BVI, Tortola Is., Chalwell, 16-24.X. 2003, 470 m, C. Petrovic, at light. NMNH — 1 specimen, BVI, Tortola Is. , Chalwell, 16/ 24.X.2003, C. Petrovic, at light. UDCC — 1 female [with oothecum], BVI, Guana Is., 26.X.1997, C. R. Bartlett ; 2 males, BVI, Tortola Is. , Sage Mt., 14.X.1993, C. Bartlett & J. Cryan ; 1 adult, BVI, Tortola Is. , 28.X.1997, C. Bartlett .

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

UDCC

University of Delaware

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Ectobiidae

Genus

Plectoptera

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Plectoptera infulata Rehn and Hebard

Lu, Wenhua, Valentine, Barry D., Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. & Gutiérrez, Esteban 2014
2014
Loc

Plectoptera infulata

Rehn, J. A. G. & M. Hebard 1927: 314
1927
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