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.[1][2] They are viviparous cockroaches and are therefore used for insect endocrinological studies.[3]
Diploptera | |
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Adult Diploptera punctata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Blaberidae |
Subfamily: | Diplopterinae |
Genus: | Diplopterade Saussure, 1864
Species
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Species
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The Cockroach Species File[1][2][4] lists:
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