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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Subfamily: | Diplopterinae |
| Genus: | Diploptera de Saussure, 1864 |
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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. They are viviparous cockroaches and are therefore used for insect endocrinological studies.
Species
The Cockroach Species File 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)
References
- ^ Cockroach Species File: genus Diploptera Saussure, 1864 (retrieved 26 October 2023)
- ^ Li, X.; Wang, Z. (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.
- 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.
- Li, X.-R.; Li, M.; Wang, Z.-Q. (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.
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