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New Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) from French Guiana and a Revised Checklist for the Region.

Authors :
Evangelista DA
Kotyková Varadínová Z
Jůna F
Grandcolas P
Legendre F
Source :
Neotropical entomology [Neotrop Entomol] 2019 Aug; Vol. 48 (4), pp. 645-659. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 19.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Although French Guiana is one of the greatest hotspots of cockroach biodiversity on Earth, there are still undocumented species. From both newly collected and museum specimens, we provide species descriptions for Buboblatta vlasaki sp. nov., Lamproblatta antoni sp. nov., and Euhypnorna bifuscina sp. nov. and report new geographic records for species in the genera Epilampra Burmeister, Euphyllodromia Shelford, Ischnoptera Burmeister, and Euhypnorna Hebard. Finally, we update the checklist of species known from the region to 163 total species records from French Guiana, making it the second greatest hotspot of known cockroach biodiversity on Earth.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1678-8052
Volume :
48
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Neotropical entomology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
30891709
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-019-00677-6