Diploptera
Genus of cockroaches
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Subfamily: | Diplopterinae |
| Genus: | Diploptera de Saussure, 1864 |
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Species
The Cockroach Species File[1][2][4] lists:
- Diploptera bicolor Hanitsch, 1925
- Diploptera elliptica Li & Wang, 2015
- Diploptera erythrocephala Princis, 1950
- Diploptera maculata Hanitsch, 1925
- Diploptera minor (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
- Diploptera naevus Li & Wang, 2015
- Diploptera nigrescens Shiraki, 1931
- D. n. nigrescens Shiraki, 1931
- D. n. guani Li & Wang, 2015
- Diploptera parva Princis, 1953
- Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz, 1822) - type species (as Diploptera silpha Saussure)