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Eupolyphaga sinensis (Walker, 1868)

Chinese medicinal cockroach; turtle cockroach

Copyright NHM, London. Holotype female of synonym Polyphaga sinensis, dorsal view. Depicts CollectionObject 1552854; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E) 876173, 1e184154-66b2-400b-b8bb-50052625b578, a CollectionObject.
Copyright NHM, London. Holotype female of synonym Polyphaga sinensis, dorsal view. Depicts CollectionObject 1552854; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E) 876173, 1e184154-66b2-400b-b8bb-50052625b578, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Holotype female of synonym Polyphaga sinensis, data labels, underside. Depicts CollectionObject 1552854; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E) 876173, 1e184154-66b2-400b-b8bb-50052625b578, a CollectionObject.
Copyright NHM, London. Holotype female of synonym Polyphaga sinensis, ventral view. Depicts CollectionObject 1552854; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E) 876173, 1e184154-66b2-400b-b8bb-50052625b578, a CollectionObject.
Copyright NHM, London. Male: ventral view, non-type. Depicts Eupolyphaga sinensis (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Copyright NHM, London. Male: data labels, non-type. Depicts Eupolyphaga sinensis (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Copyright NHM, London. Holotype female of synonym Polyphaga sinensis, data labels. Depicts CollectionObject 1552854; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E) 876173, 1e184154-66b2-400b-b8bb-50052625b578, a CollectionObject.
Copyright NHM, London. Male: dorsal view, non-type. Depicts Eupolyphaga sinensis (Walker, 1868), an Otu.

Nomenclature (5)

  • Polyphaga sinensis Walker, 1868: 14.

    Holotype; female; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) BMNH(E) 876173; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); China: North

  • Heterogamia dohrniana Saussure, 1893: 309.
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  • Eupolyphaga sinensis (Walker, 1868) in Beier, 1962: 53.
  • Eupolyphaga sinensis (Walker, 1868) in Han, Che, Zhang & Wang, 2024: 163.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Beier, M. (1962) Blattariae: Subordo Polyphagoidea: Fam. Polyphagidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage. Issue 3, 1–74 pp.
  • Han, W., Che, Y.-L., Zhang, P.-J. & Wang, Z.-Q. (2024) New species of Eupolyphaga Chopard, 1929 and Pseudoeupolyphaga Qiu & Che, 2024 (Blattodea, Corydioidea, Corydiinae), with notes on their female genitalia. ZooKeys, 1211, 151–191. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1211.128805
  • Saussure, H.de (1893)
  • Walker, F. (1868) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), E. Newman, Printer, London. 239 pp.

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