Episymploce torchaceus (Feng and Woo, 1999) Jin & Zhao & Han & Li & Wang & Che, 2022

Jin, Duting, Zhao, Qiongyao, Han, Wei, Li, Jinxiang, Wang, Zongqing & Che, Yanli, 2022, Molecular data resolving the systematics of the related Blattellidae genera Symploce, Episymploce, and Blattella (Blattodea: Blaberoidea), Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 80, pp. 187-208 : 187

3.2.10. Episymploce torchaceus (Feng and Woo, 1999) comb. nov.

Symploce torchaceus Feng and Woo, 1999: 51 (Type locality: Fujian, China); Wang and Che, 2013: 4.

Material examined.

CHINA • 1 ♂ (holotype of S. torchaceus ); Fujian Prov., Mt. Wuyi ; 10 July 1982; Feng Xia leg. • 1 ♂ (paratype of S. torchaceus ); Hainan Prov., Mt. Jianfengling ; 21 March 1983; Shaoying Liang leg. • 2 ♂♂; Hainan Prov., Linshui County, Mt. Diaoluo ; 3 May 2013; Shunhua Gui leg.

Remarks.

Symploce torchaceus Feng and Woo, 1999 was established based on the samples form Mt. Wuyi and Mt. Jianfengling, which was redescribed by Wang and Che (2013) where the detailed information on genitalia was provided for the first time. Herein, we transfer this species to genus Episymploce on basis of characteristics as follows: body medium-sized; posterior margin of subgenital plate slightly thickened and setaceous. And in our ML and BI inferences Symploce torchaceus Feng and Woo, 1999 was grouped together with other Episymploce members forming a monophyletic group (Fig. 1 , supplementary material Fig. S1).

Figures

Figure 1. Maximum likelihood (ML) tree based on three mitochondrial genes 12 S rRNA, 16 S rRNA, COII and two nuclear genes 28 S rRNA, histone H 3. The topologies yielded by Bayesian inference (BI) are almost identical with ML tree (see supplementary material Fig. S 1). Branch labels provide bootstrap support (bs) of nodes in ML and posterior probability (pp) (%) of nodes in BI; (*) indicates the branch label of the corresponding analysis is 100 or 1.0, respectively; (-) means the node is absent for the given analysis.