Diploptera
Adult Diploptera punctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blaberidae
Subfamily: Diplopterinae
Genus: Diploptera
de Saussure, 1864
Species

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Diploptera, occasionally called beetle cockroaches, is a genus of blaberid cockroaches in the monotypic subfamily Diplopterinae. Cockroaches of this genus resemble beetles, with hardened tegmina and cross-folded hindwings. They live in tropical forests in South China and Southeast Asia, and Pacific islands including Hawaii.[1][2] They are viviparous cockroaches and are therefore used for insect endocrinological studies.[3]

Species

The Cockroach Species File[1][2][4] lists:

References

  1. ^ a b Cockroach Species File: genus Diploptera Saussure, 1864 (retrieved 26 October 2023)
  2. ^ a b Li, X.; Wang, Z. (2015-09-14). "A taxonomic study of the beetle cockroaches (Diploptera Saussure) from China, with notes on the genus and species worldwide (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Diplopterinae)". Zootaxa. 4018 (1): 35–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26624027.
  3. ^ Marchal, Elisabeth; Hult, Ekaterina F.; Huang, Juan; Stay, Barbara; Tobe, Stephen S. (2013). "Diploptera punctata as a model for studying the endocrinology of arthropod reproduction and development". General and Comparative Endocrinology. 188: 85–93. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.018. PMID 23644152.
  4. ^ Li, X.-R.; Li, M.; Wang, Z.-Q. (2017-09-18). "Preliminary molecular phylogeny of beetle cockroaches ( Diploptera ) and notes on male and female genitalia (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Diplopterinae)". Zootaxa. 4320 (3). ISSN 1175-5334.
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