Drymaplaneta

Drymaplaneta
Drymaplaneta semivitta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Blattidae
Genus:	Drymaplaneta
Species
Drymaplaneta communis Drymaplaneta heydeniana Drymaplaneta lobipennis Drymaplaneta semivitta Drymaplaneta shelfordi Drymaplaneta variegata

Drymaplaneta is a genus of cockroaches.

Biodiversity and distribution

• 6 species

Table 1: Number of species of Drymaplaneta in each region in which it is present (A=adventive, E=endemic, I=indigenous)

	Australia	New Zealand
Drymaplaneta	6E[1]	2A[2]

Systematics

• belongs to the tribe Methanini[3]
• within the tribe Methanini, the genus can be recognised by the greatly reduced, lobiform tegmina, with hind wings absent, and third and fourth segments of maxillary palps swollen in males[3]
• D. lobipennis and D. shelfordi are uniformly dark[3]
• D. heydeniana is light yellowish brown, darkening apically, with translucent yellow margins on thorax and abdomen[3]
• the remaining three species (D. communis, D. semivitta and D. variegata) are very similar to each other
• the hind tibiae of males are conspicuously expanded and flattened in D. semivitta and D. variegata, but not in any of the other species[3]
• D. variegata is lighter in colour than D. semivitta, darkening apically.[3] The possibility of synonymy of these two nominal species has been suggested[4]

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
2. NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)
3. Mackerras, M.J. 1968: Australian Blattidae (Blattodea) IX. Revision of the Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian Journal of Zoology, 16(3): 511-575. doi:10.1071/ZO9680511
4. Ramsay, G.W. 1975: Appendix to the Gisborne cockroach. New Zealand entomologist, 6(1): 72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1975.9723106 PDF Archived February 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine