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Published: 2009-01-09
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Taxonomy of Margattea Shelford, 1911 from China (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae)

College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716China
College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716China
College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716China
Blattodea Blattellidae Pseudophyllodrominae Margattea new species china

Abstract

Margattea spinifera Bey-Bienko, 1958, and M. limbata Bey-Bienko, 1954, are redescribed and illustrated, and four new species: M. producta, M. multipunctata, M. mckittrickae, M. concava, spp. nov. (Blattaria, Blattellidae), are described from Xizang Zang Autonomous Region, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Yunnan and Hainan province, China. A key to the males is included.

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