Eucorydia sp. 1

Qiu, Lu, Che, Yan-Li & Wang, Zong-Qing, 2017, Revision of Eucorydia Hebard, 1929 from China, with notes on the genus and species worldwide (Blattodea, Corydioidea, Corydiidae), ZooKeys 709, pp. 17-56 : 46

Eucorydia sp. 1

Eucorydia aenea : Asahina 1971: 258, (1 male and 1 female, "Doi Pui, 1685m, N. Thailand") (misidentification).

Material examined.

None.

Remarks.

This species was reported in Asahina (1971), where it was misidentified as E. aenea . According to Asahina, it is characterized as following: male body length 14.5 mm, tegmen length 13.0 mm; female body length 14.0 mm, tegmen length 9.0 mm. Female similar to the male, head shiny black, pronotum metallic blue. Tegmina metallic blue, basal half of the anal areas yellow, median of the tegmina with three large yellow spots, the lateral two on the margins, slightly elongate, the median one transverse. Abdomen orange in dorsal view, terga 1, 7 and 8 black laterally, terga 9, supra-anal plate and cerci black, subgenital plate and styli black.

After examining the specimens of E. aenea that Brunner v. W. studied, this species shows a very different tegmina color pattern from E. aenea . Eucorydia sp. 1 has more yellow spots on its tegmina (two yellow spots at base and three large yellow spots distributed in the middle), while E. aenea only has two elongate yellow spots on the tegmina margins. The marking pattern of the tegmina also distinctly differentiates it from other congeners. Thus it is considered an unnamed species, but due to lack of specimens for study, it is simply recorded here for future study.

Distribution.

Thailand: Chiang Mai (Doi Pui).