Diploptera

Diploptera, also known as the beetle cockroach, is a genus of blaberid cockroaches. 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] They are viviparous cockroaches and are therefore used for insect endocrinological studies.[2] There are eight known species and two subspecies.[1][3]

Beetle cockroach (Diploptera)
Adult Diploptera punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Blaberidae
Subfamily:	Diplopterinae
Genus:	Diploptera de Saussure, 1864

Species

Species included:[1][3]

• 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
  • Diploptera nigrescens nigrescens Shiraki, 1931
  • Diploptera nigrescens guani Li & Wang, 2015
• Diploptera parva Princis, 1953
• Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz, 1822)

References

1. LI, XINRAN; WANG, ZONGQING (2015-09-14). "

   A taxonomic study of the beetle cockroaches (Diploptera Saussure) from China, with notes on the genus and species worldwide (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Diplopterinae)

   ". Zootaxa. 4018 (1): 35–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26624027.
2. Marchal, Elisabeth; Hult, Ekaterina F.; Huang, Juan; Stay, Barbara; Tobe, Stephen S. (2013). "Diploptera punctata as a model for studying the endocrinology of arthropod reproduction and development". General and Comparative Endocrinology. 188: 85–93. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.018. PMID 23644152.
3. LI, XIN-RAN; LI, MENG; WANG, ZONG-QING (2017-09-18). "Preliminary molecular phylogeny of beetle cockroaches ( Diploptera ) and notes on male and female genitalia (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Diplopterinae)". Zootaxa. 4320 (3). ISSN 1175-5334.