<strong><em>Macrostylopyga</em> gen. nov., a new genus of cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattidae), with descriptions of two new species</strong>

LEONID N. ANISYUTKIN; ALEXANDR E. ANICHKIN; NGUYEN VAN THINH

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.5.2

Issue: Vol. 3635 No. 5: 2 Apr. 2013

Type: Articles

Published: 2013-04-02

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.5.2

Page range: 520–532

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Macrostylopyga gen. nov., a new genus of cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattidae), with descriptions of two new species

LEONID N. ANISYUTKIN⁺⁻
ALEXANDR E. ANICHKIN⁺⁻
NGUYEN VAN THINH⁺⁻

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia Joint Russian-Vietnamese Research and Technological Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow, 119071 Russia Joint Russian-Vietnamese Research and Technological Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Joint Russian-Vietnamese Research and Technological Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Blattodea morphology new taxa paedomorphosis Laos South-East Asia Vietnam

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Abstract

The genus Macrostylopyga gen. nov. and two species (M. grandis sp. nov. and M. bidupi sp. nov.) are described. A de-tailed morphological description with special attention to the male genitalic structures is provided. Some aspects of the evolution of wingless cockroaches are briefly discussed.