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Issue: Vol. 5866 No. 1: 10 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5866.1.11
Page range: 147-156
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New data on the genera Pseudophoraspis Kirby, 1903 and Stictomorphna Bruijning, 1948 (Blaberidae: Epilamprinae) from Vietnam

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Universitetskaya Emb. 1; 199034 Saint Petersburg; Russia; Southern branch of Vietnam-Russia Tropical Research and Technological Center; Ho Chi Minh City; Vietnam
Southern branch of Vietnam-Russia Tropical Research and Technological Center; Ho Chi Minh City; Vietnam
All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection; Russian Academy of Sciences; Saint-Petersburg – Pushkin; 196608; Russia
Blattodea cockroach morphology new species taxonomy

Abstract

This paper describes a new species of the genus Pseudophoraspis Kirby, 1903 (P. attenuata sp. nov.) from Vietnam. The genus Brephallus Wang, Zhao, Li, Che et Wang, 2018, syn. nov. is synonymized with the genus Stictomorphna Bruijning, 1948. The diagnoses of the genera Pseudophoraspis and Stictomorphna are clarified. New data on the morphology and biology of representatives of these genera are presented. For Pseudophoraspis kabakovi Anisyutkin, 1999, photographs of the holotype are provided for the first time.

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How to Cite

Anisyutkin, L.N., Duc, N.T. & Neimorovets, V.V. (2026) New data on the genera Pseudophoraspis Kirby, 1903 and Stictomorphna Bruijning, 1948 (Blaberidae: Epilamprinae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa, 5866 (1), 147–156. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5866.1.11