Sorineuchora undulata (Bey-Bienko, 1958)

Li, Meng, Che, Yan-Li, Zheng, Yu-Hong & Wang, Zong-Qing, 2017, The cockroach genus Sorineuchora Caudell, 1927 from China (Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Pseudophyllodromiinae), ZooKeys 697, pp. 133-156 : 138-139

Sorineuchora undulata (Bey-Bienko, 1958) Figs 5, 11 J–K

Chorisoneura undulata Bey-Bienko, 1958: 680, 689 (♂).

Sorineuchora undulata (Bey-Bienko): Roth 1998: 21 (♂).

Material examined

(all deposited in IESUW). 1 male, China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Wangtianshu, 23 May 2016, Zhi-Wei Qiu and Lu Qiu leg.

Diagnosis.

On the frons between the ocelli with the V shaped blotch (Fig. 5A); tegmina yellowish brown with four dark spots on the radius and many black dots on veins (Fig. 5D); L1 with setae on the right apex; L2vm with its middle inflated, the apex with two branches, L2d setose, R3 right pre-apex lying under the L2vm (Fig. 5I). Using these traits, S. undulata can be distinguished from its congeneric species.

Supplement to the description provided in Roth (1998).

Measurements

(mm). Body length without cerci: 8.9; overall length including tegmen: male 10.8; pronotum length × width: male 2.2 × 4.1; tegmen length: male 9.0.

Male. Tegmina yellowish brown with four dark spots on the radius and many black dots on veins (Figs 5D, 11J). Interocular space slightly narrower than the distance between antennal sockets. Paraprocts sheet-like and the left with a branch (Fig. 5F). L1 consisting of several irregular sclerites, the right apex with setae (Fig. 5H); L2vm with its middle inflated, the apex with two branches, L2d setose, R3 right pre-apex lying under the L2vm (Fig. 5I); hooked phallomere (R2) on the right side, with a preapical incision.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan).

Remarks.

The dots on tegmina of S. undulata resemble that of S. punctipennis , it differs in having longer body, shorter tegmina, and a strong wavy and bent CuA of the hind wing (Fig. 5E).