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Sinodiapterna yushana Li & Wang, new species
No full textSinodiapterna yushana Li & Wang, new species Distribution. Central Taiwan (type locality: Salishen, Nantou County).Published as part of Wang, Chuan-Chan, 2017, The genus Sinodiaptera Dellacasa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) in Taiwan, pp. 68-80 in Zootaxa 4320 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/89156
Pseudochoutagus Che, Zhang and Wang
No full textPseudochoutagus Che, Zhang and Wang, new genus Type species: Pseudochoutagus curvativus sp. nov. Description. Body hemispherical. Head (including eyes) distinctly narrower than pronotum. Vertex much longer than broad, more or less triangular with median carina present in dorsal view, apex upcurved in lateral view. Ocelli present. Frons slightly elevated, disc finely granulose, median carina present. Frontoclypeal suture strongly arched. Clypeus with medial carina. Rostrum long, reaching to metatrochanter. Pronotum narrow, with two central pits; anterior margin distinctly convex; posterior margin nearly truncate. Mesoscutellum more or less triangular, with one pit along each lateral margin. Tegmen thickly and coarsely reticulate; claval suture present. Wing well-developed, longer than half length of tegmen, with two lobes, veins distinct and netlike. Legs relatively long, not dilated; lateral margin of hind tibia with two teeth. Spinulation formula of hind leg 7-11 - 2 (numbers of spines at apex of hind tibia, first and second tarsomeres, respectively). Male genitalia symmetrical; aedeagus tubular, with two spinous processes near mid-length. Diagnosis. The genus is readily separated from others in the tribe of Issini by its long upturned vertex. The new genus superficially resembles Choutagus Zhang, Wang and Che, 2006 (Hemisphaeriinae) in its extended head, but can be distinguished from the latter by: 1) tegmen with claval suture present (absent in Choutagus); 2) hind wing bilobed (not bilobed in Choutagus); 3) apex of vertex upturned (nearly horizontal in Choutagus); 4) head and thorax without lateral carinae, and pronotum and mesoscutellum without median and lateral carinae (all carinae present in Choutagus). Within its own tribe, Pseudochoutagus is also similar to Thabena Stål, 1866 (Issini) according to the bilobed hind wings with deep cleft between the remigium and vannus, and a large process on the hind margin of female sternum VII. It differs from this genus by: 1) head (including eyes) distinctly narrower than pronotum (nearly equal in Thabena); 2) vertex much longer than broad, more or less triangular and with median carina present (vertex approximately quadrangular, broader than long and median carina absent in Thabena); 3) vertex with apex upcurved in lateral view (nearly horizontal in Thabena). Etymology. Pseudochoutagus refers to the superficial resemblance of this genus to Choutagus Zhang, Wang and Che. The gender is masculine. Distribution. China (Hainan).Published as part of Che, Yanli, Zhang, Yalin & Wang, Yinglun, 2011, A new genus of the tribe Issini Spinola (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) from China, pp. 62-66 in Zootaxa 3060 on page 63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20445
Cultural Discourse in Taiwan. Ed. Chin-Chuan Cheng, I-Chun Wang, and Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek.
Full text linkThe collected volume Cultural Discourse in Taiwan — edited by Chin-Chuan Cheng, I-Chun Wang, and Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek and published by National Sun Yat-sen Uiniversity Press in 2009 — is intended as an addition to scholarship in the field of Taiwan Studies. The articles in the volume are in many aspects comparative and the topics discussed are in the context of literary and culture scholarship. At the same time, the volume is interdisciplinary as the articles cover historical perspectives, analyses of texts by Taiwan authors, and cultural discourse as related to Taiwan consciousness, language, and linguistic issues. Copyright release to the authors
Scalida pyrrhocephala Wang & Che 2010, sp. nov.
No full textScalida pyrrhocephala Wang & Che, sp. nov. Figures 31–41 Description. Male: Pronotum length×width 2.5× 3.1mm, tegmen length 10.5 mm, body length (including tegmen) 12.5 mm. Body blackish brown. Vertex brown with testaceous band. Occiput region pale yellow. Antennal base yellowish brown, remainder of antenna dark brown. Apex of fourth and fifth maxillary palpomeres blackish brown. Pronotum yellowish brown with blackish brown U-shaped maculae (Fig.32). Tegmina blackish brown, basal and apical part paler brown. Vertex with interocular space distinctly narrower than the distance between antennal sockets, with one transverse band between eyes (Fig. 31). Third and fifth maxillary palpomeres about same length, each distinctly longer than the fourth (Fig. 32). Tegmina with discoidal sectors longitudinal. Hind wings with costal vein thickened distally, radial vein straight and unbranched; medial and cubital vein distinctly curved near middle, medial vein simple, unbranched, cubital vein with 3 complete branches and 2 incomplete branches, apical triangle small (Fig. 33). Front femur Type B 3 (Fig. 34). First abdominal tergum with one group of setae in middle (Fig.35); seventh abdominal tergum with two depressions near anterior margin, lateroposterior angles produced into round protuberance (Fig.36). Male genital supra-anal plate in ventral view nearly symmetrical with some slender setae and minute teeth, hind margin sinuously produced into two long, spine-like processes directed laterad and with rounded knob between them (Fig. 37). Paraprocts asymmetrical, in ventral view the right irregular with some slender setae, hind margin with three minute teeth near apex; left paraproct irregular, robust and bifurcate (Fig. 37). Subgenital plate in dorsal view nearly symmetrical, lateral margins rounded, posterior margin slightly convex with two styli, each curved and bifurcate apically, the right arising from a distinct incision (Fig. 38). Left hook-like phallomere with distal part stout (Fig. 39); median phallomere sticklike and shallowly curved, long and slender with acute apex, appendage absent (Fig.40); right phallomere reduced, irregular, sclerotized plate with slender base and swollen apex, and with one S-shaped appendage (Fig. 41). Material examined. Holotype ♂, China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Puwen, 8 July 2004, coll. Xu Xiangrong. Paratypes: 8 ♂, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Mengla, 16 July 2004, coll. Wang Zongqing; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menglun, 12 July 1957, coll. Wang Zongqing; 1 ♂, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Jinghong, 25 June 1958, coll. Zheng Leyi. Remarks. This species is similar to S. spinosolobata, also known from Yunnan, China. However, it can be distinguished from the latter by: 1) first and seventh abdominal terga specialized; in S. spinosolobata seventh abdominal tergum unspecialized; 2) supra-anal plate in ventral view with some slender setae and minute teeth, hind margin sinuous and produced into two long, spine-like processes directed laterad and with a rounded knob between them; in S. spinosolobata hind margin of supra-anal plate broadly rounded; 3) subgenital plate in dorsal view with lateral margins deeply sinuate, posterior margin distinctly convex with two different styli; in S. spinosolobata subgenital plate trapeziform, transverse, hind margin slightly rounded. Etymology. The specific epithet pyrrhocephalus references the reddish vertex of this species.Published as part of Wang, Zongqing & Che, Yanli, 2010, The genus Scalida Hebard (Blattaria: Blattellidae, Blattellinae) in China, pp. 37-46 in Zootaxa 2502 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2502.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/530219
Margattea producta Wang, Che & Wang, 2009, sp. nov.
No full textMargattea producta, sp. nov. (Figs. 17–22) Description. Pronotum length width, 2 3mm; tegmen length, 11 mm; overall length, 13mm. Yellowish brown. Head with a brown band on vertex, frons yellowish white. Antennae dark brown, pronotal disk yellowish brown with dark brown spots and stripes. Interocular space greater than the distance between the antennal sockets. Maxillary palps with segments 3 and 4 about equal, each distinctly longer than the fifth segment. Pronotum oval. Tegmina and wings fully developed extending well beyond the end of abdomen; wings with costal veins weakly thickened on distal halves, (8–9) bifurcated; median vein simple, cubitus vein with 2 complete branches, apical triangle small. The front femur Type B 2, tarsal claws symmetrical with minute teeth on the ventral margins. The eighth tergum unspecialized. Supra-anal plate with the mid of hind margin strongly concave, two sides produced, distal portion acute, curved downward. Subgenital plate asymmetrical, left side produced almost reaching the end of left style; interstylar margin slightly asymmetrical, not produced beyond the tips of the similar styles, left phallomere with a long, spine-like process, median phallomere slender, distal portion curved; right phallomere with its apical of hook-like portion acute, spine-like. Female unknown. Holotype: male, China: Xizang Zang Autonomous Region: Zhangmu, 24.vi. 1975, Coll. Wang Zi-Qing. Paratype: 1 male, China: Xizang Zang Autonomous Region: Zhangmu, 14.vi. 1980, collector unknown. Comments: The species is similar to M. contingens with eighth tergum unspecialized, but can be distinguished by greatly concaved supra-anal plate. Distribution: China: Xizang Zang Autonomous Region. Etymology: The Latin word productus meaning stretched or extended, refers to two sides of the supraanal plate produced.Published as part of Wang, Zong-Qing, Che, Yan-Li & Wang, Jin-Jun, 2009, Taxonomy of Margattea Shelford, 1911 from China (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae), pp. 51-63 in Zootaxa 1974 on pages 55-58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18511
Margattea multipunctata Wang, Che & Wang, 2009, sp. nov.
No full textMargattea multipunctata, sp. nov. (Figs. 30–36) Description. Pronotum length width, 2.5 4mm; tegmen length, 11.5–12mm; overall length, 14mm. Yellowish brown. Head with a brown band on vertex, pronotal disk castaneous with several symmetrical white spots. Interocular space very narrow, less than half of distance between antennal sockets, maxillary palps with segments 3 and 4 about equal, each distinctly longer than the swollen 5 th segment. Pronotum suboval. Tegmina and wings fully developed extending well beyond the end of abdomen; wings with costal veins thickened on distal halves; median vein simple; cubitus vein with 3 complete branches, the distal branch bifurcated, apical triangle small. The front femur Type B 2, tarsal claws with subobsolete denticles on ventral margins. The eighth tergum of abdomen specialized with a group of setae near the posteromedian margin. Supra-anal plate symmetrical, hind margin convex, rounded. Subgenital plate symmetrical, interstylar plate slightly produced, hind margin transverse, styli similar, cylindrical and widely apart. Left phallomere with a spine-like process on left side and a brush-like process in the mid; median phallomere bifurcated, both branches slender, curved and acute on apex, associated median sclerite with several spine-like processes at distal portion; apex of hook-like right phallomere curved, acute. Female similar to male, supra-anal plate symmetrical, mid of hind margin slightly concave. Subgenital plate with hind margin broad and round. Holotype: male, China: Yunnan province: Meng la, 17.vii. 2004, Coll. Wang Zong-Qing. Paratypes: 6 males, 8 females, same data to holotype. 3 females, China: Yunnan province: Meng lun, 12 / 13. vii. 2004, Zhang Yan-Ning. 1 female, China: Yunnan province: Meng lun, 12 / 13. vii. 2004, Coll. Xu Xiang-Rong. 1 male, 1 female, China: Yunnan province: Meng la, 16.vii. 2004, Coll. Wang Zong-Qing. Comments: The species is easy to identify by its pronotal disk castaneous with several symmetrical white spots, which distinguished from others. Etymology: The species name is derived from the Latin prefix " multi and Latin word punctatus ", referring to the pronotal disk with several symmetrical white spots. Distribution: China: Yunnan province.Published as part of Wang, Zong-Qing, Che, Yan-Li & Wang, Jin-Jun, 2009, Taxonomy of Margattea Shelford, 1911 from China (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae), pp. 51-63 in Zootaxa 1974 on pages 58-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18511
Scalida quadrispinata Wang & Che 2010, sp. nov.
No full textScalida quadrispinata Wang & Che, sp. nov. Figures 23–30 Description. Male: Pronotum length×width 2.4× 3.6 mm, tegmen length 13 mm, body length including tegmen 15 mm. Body blackish brown. Vertex blackish brown, testaceous or yellowish brown. Occiput region pale yellow. Antennal base blackish brown, remainder of antenna yellowish brown. Fifth maxillary palpomere dark brown. Pronotum brown with darker U-shaped macula on disk (Fig. 23). Tegmina blackish brown, basal and apical part paler brown. Vertex with interocular space nearly equal to distance between antennal sockets (Fig. 22). Third and fifth maxillary palpomeres about equal length, each distinctly longer than the fourth. Tegmina with discoidal sectors and anal vein longitudinal. Hind wings with costal vein thickened distally, radial vein straight, unbranched; medial and cubital vein distinctly curved near middle, medial vein simple and unbranched, cubital vein with 3 complete branches and 3 incomplete branches, apical triangle distinct and large (Fig. 24). Front femur Type B 3 (Fig. 25). Abdominal terga unspecialized. Male genitalia with supra-anal plate in ventral view symmetrical, hind margin produced into two spinelike processes, with four minute, scattered spines; a small spine arising next to long, tapering process, middle of hind margin with one small, semicircular, projecting medial lobe with scattered small teeth (Fig. 26). Paraprocts asymmetrical, in ventral view right paraproct irregular with one large spine in middle, and three minute teeth on the spine; left paraproct irregular, robust and bifurcated, with one large curved and acuminate spine directed cephalad nearly in middle (Fig. 26). Subgenital plate in dorsal view asymmetrical, lateral margins shallowly sinuate and upcurved near apex; right posterior corner distinctly concave. Two styli dissimilar, left stylus upright, bifurcate, with curved arms, the right stylus curved to the right, apex with two minute teeth; rounded protuberance between styli (Fig. 27). Left hook-like phallomere with distal part slender (Fig. 28); median phallomere long, bent near apex, distal part with thick, short setae; one associated median phallomere appendage present, beneath median phallomere, nearly S- shaped, acuminate at right distal part and quadrifurcated at left (Fig. 29). Right phallomere reduced, left lateral margin with 2 teeth near apex (Fig. 30). Material examined. Holotype ♂, China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Jinghong, 650m, 23 June 1957, coll. Meng Xuwu. Paratypes: 10 ♂, 1 ♀, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Xiaomengyang, 850 m, 17 June 1957, coll. Wang Shuyong. Remarks. This species is similar to S. biclavata. It differs from that species as follows: 1) hind margin of supra-anal plate produced into two spine-like processes; in S. biclavata, middle of hind margin with one Wshaped incision, two posterior angles acuminate and with some long setae; 2) subgenital plate in dorsal view asymmetrical, lateral margins shallowly sinuate and upcurved near apex, right posterior corner distinctly concave; in S. biclavata, subgenital plate in dorsal view asymmetrical, irregularly trapezoid-like, middle of posterior margin distinctly convex. Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin prefix “ quadri ” and the Latin word “ spinatus ”, referring to the apical margin of the supra-anal plate with 4 spines.Published as part of Wang, Zongqing & Che, Yanli, 2010, The genus Scalida Hebard (Blattaria: Blattellidae, Blattellinae) in China, pp. 37-46 in Zootaxa 2502 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2502.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/530219
Margattea mckittrickae Wang, Che & Wang, 2009, sp. nov.
No full textMargattea mckittrickae, sp. nov. (Figs. 37–44) Description. Pronotum length width, 4.3 3.5mm; tegmen length, 12–13mm; overall length, 16.5mm. Yellowish brown. Head without or with three reddish brown bands on vertex and face. Pronotal disk with reddish brown spots and longitudinal stripes. Interocular space weakly less than the distance between the antennal sockets. Maxillary palps with segments 3 and 4 about equal, each distinctly longer than the fifth segment. Tegmina and wings fully developed extending well beyond the end of abdomen. Wings with subcosta and costal vein thickened on distal halves, 7–10 branched; median vein simple; cubitus vein with 3 complete branches, the third branch bifurcated, apical triangle small. The front femur Type B 3, tarsal claws symmetrical with subobsolete denticles on the ventral margins. The eighth segment of abdomen specialized with a group of setae near posteromedian margin. Supra-anal plate symmetrical, hind margin triangular. Subgenital plate weakly asymmetrical, interstylar plate slightly produced, hind margin straight, two styli similar, widely apart. Left phallomere with 2 longer, spine-like processes, curved to underside; median phallomere stout, distal portion with a lot of spines, associated median sclerites present, the small one covered with a lot of spines; right phallomere with its apical of hook-like portion acute, spine-like. Holotype: male, China: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Jinxiu County: Luoxiang, 450m, 30.vi. 2000, Coll. Yao Jian. Paratype: 1 male, Yunnan province: Hekou, 7.iv. 1982, Coll. Jin Gen-Tao. Comments: The species is similar to M. punctalata and M. nimbata, but can be distinguished by the larger size, tegmina and wings fully developed. Etymology: This species is named after the famous cockroach specialist Frances A. McKittrick in honor of her great contribution to taxonomy. Distribution: China: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Yunnan province.Published as part of Wang, Zong-Qing, Che, Yan-Li & Wang, Jin-Jun, 2009, Taxonomy of Margattea Shelford, 1911 from China (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae), pp. 51-63 in Zootaxa 1974 on page 62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18511
Balta jinlinorum Che and Wang, sp. nov.
No full textBalta jinlinorum Che and Wang sp. nov. Figures 57–67 Description. Pronotum length×width 2.3–2.8 × 3.4–4.6 mm; tegmen 11.0–13.0 mm; overall length including tegmen 13.0–15.0mm. Body yellowish brown. Vertex pale yellow or yellowish white. Discoidal area of pronotum yellowish brown with black spots, broad lateral areas semihyaline. Venter yellowish brown, lateral area with dark brown stripes and spots. Vertex with interocular space slightly less than distance between antennal sockets (Fig. 57). Third and fourth maxillary palpomeres about same length, both distinctly longer than the fifth. Tegmen with discoidal veins longitudinal. Hind wing with most costal veins bifurcated; medial vein simple, without branches; cubital vein with 4 complete branches and 1 incomplete branch, triangular apical area reduced and small (Fig. 59). Front femur of Type B 2 (Fig. 60), tarsal claws strongly asymmetrical and unspecialized (Fig. 61). Male genitalia with supra-anal plate in ventral view short, hind margin smoothly arched (Fig. 62); right and left paraprocts slightly symmetrical, plate simple, distorted, with apices rounded and with scattered short setae (Fig. 62). Subgenital plate in dorsal view with lateral margins strongly curved, hind margin deeply and concavely excavated with large quadrangular, semihyaline medial lobe; styli fingerlike, arising on each side of excavation and directed medially (Fig. 63). Left phallomere enlarged, sclerotized plates irregular (Fig. 64). Median phallomere long, sticklike, slightly curved with base blunt and apex acuminate (Fig. 65); one associated median phallomere appendage present, which is bifurcated near middle and with apex swollen into long brush-like structure, the branch beneath arched and apex tapering, the other below bent in the middle, twining with basal part of median phallomere, apex blunt (Fig. 66). Hook-like phallomere with sclerotized portion small, on right side, slender and with V-shaped preapical incision (Fig. 67). Material examined. Holotype m?, China, Fujian, Cong’an, 230–250m, 26 May 1960, Jin Gentao and Lin Yangming coll. Paratypes: 1m?, Hainan, Jianfeng Mountain, 14 May 1997, Wang Lianmin coll.; 2m?, Guangxi, Longzhou, 31 May 1997, Yang Maofa coll.; 1m?, Anhui, Huoshan, Fozi Mountain, 200m, 6 July 1964, Jin Gentao coll.; 1m?, Jiangxi, Jiulian Mountain, 3 May 1986, Luo Zhiyi coll.; 2m?, Guizhou, Leigong Mountain, Xiaodanjiang, 800–900m, 5 June 2005, Tang Yi coll.; 1 f?, same data but Song Yuehua coll. Remarks. This species resembles B. barbellata Che & Chen sp. nov., but it can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters: 1) front femur of Type B 2 (B 3 in barbellata); 2) median phallomere with only one large brush-shaped appendage near distal portion (two small brush-shaped appendages either near distal portion or at base in barbellata); 3) middle of hind margin of subgenital plate nearly truncate and not produced in dorsal view (produced and rounded in barbellata). Etymology. The specific name is the combination of the family names of the holotype collectors (Jin Gentao and Lin Yangming).Published as part of Che, Yanli, Chen, Li & Wang, Zongqing, 2010, Six new species of the genus Balta Tepper (Blattaria, Pseudophyllodrominae) from China, pp. 55-67 in Zootaxa 2609 on page 65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19776
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