Notes on some corydiid species from China, with the description of a new genus (Blattodea: Corydioidea: Corydiidae)

Summary

This article presents the diversity of cockroach family Corydiidae from China. Epipolyphaga wukong Qiu, Che et Wang, n. gen., n. sp., is described. Habitus and detailed characters of the new taxa are illustrated. A comparison between the new genus and the morphologically similar genus Eupolyphaga Chopard is given. The genus Tivia Walker and the species Eucorydia westwoodi (Gerstaecker) are newly recorded from China. The Corydioidea chapter in Cockroaches of Southeastern China by Liu et al. is revised. A key to genera and a checklist of Chinese Corydiidae are provided.

Résumé

Notes sur les Corydiidae de Chine, avec la description d‘un nouveau genre (Blattodea : Corydioidea : Corydiidae). Cet article présente la diversité des blattes de la famille des Corydiidae en Chine. Epipolyphaga wukong Qiu, Che & Wang, n. gen., n. sp. est décrit. L‘habitus et des caractères de détail des nouveaux taxa sont illustrés. Une comparaison est faite entre le nouveau genre et le genre morphologiquement semblable Eupolyphaga Chopard. Le genre Tivia Walker et l‘espèce Eucorydia westwoodi (Gerstaecker) sont nouvellement cités de Chine. Le chapitre traitant des Corydioidea dans l‘ouvrage Cockroaches of Southern China de Liu et al. est révisé. Une clé des genres et une liste des Corydiidae de Chine sont proposées.

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Keywords:

• Epipolyphaga
• Tivia
• Holocompsa
• Eucorydia
• taxonomy
• morphology
• checklist
• key

Acknowledgements

We sincerely thank Prof. Zi-Zhong Yang (DLU), Dr. Hong Liu (IZCAS), Mr. Jia-Zhi Zhang (Shanghai), and Mr. Fa-Lei Wang (Chongqing) for helping with specimens used in this article, and to Amoret Spooner (OUM), Katherine Child (OUM), and Gunvi Lindberg (NRM) for helping with specimen photos of Holocompsa debilis. The excellent photograph of a living H. debilis was kindly provided by Dr. Ji-Shen Wang (Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi). Sonia Lopes (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and one anonymous reviewer are acknowledged for their valuable comments and suggestions on the manuscript.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China [XDJK2017B032]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [Nos. 31772506]; Natural Science Foundation Project of Chongqing [No. cstc2016jcyjA0487].