Neostylopyga
Neostylopyga is a genus of cockroaches described by Robert Walter Campbell Shelford in 1911. Some of the species are strikingly coloured and patterned and are popular in cultures under the common name harlequin roaches or harlequin cockroaches.[1]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Genus: | Neostylopyga Shelford, 1911 |
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Taxonomy and systematics
The type species of the genus is Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813), but at first it was assigned to the genus Blatta and subsequently to other genera, including Periplaneta, to which it is closely related.[1] The current genus was assigned by Shelford in 1911.[2]
Accepted species
The following are the species currently recognised, listed in alphabetic sequence:
- Neostylopyga albofasciata (Hanitsch, 1950)
- Neostylopyga annulicornis Princis, 1962
- Neostylopyga atrox (Hanitsch, 1928)
- Neostylopyga badia Princis, 1966
- Neostylopyga coxalis (Walker, 1868)
- Neostylopyga hova (Saussure, 1891)
- Neostylopyga jambusanensis Roth, L. M., 1988
- Neostylopyga laosana Anisyutkin, 2010
- Neostylopyga maculifrons (Hanitsch, 1931)
- Neostylopyga maindroni (Shelford, 1911)
- Neostylopyga michaelseni (Shelford, 1909)
- Neostylopyga modesta Bei-Bienko, 1965
- Neostylopyga nana (Shelford, 1912)
- Neostylopyga neavei (Shelford, 1911)
- Neostylopyga nkelei (Hanitsch, 1950)
- Neostylopyga nossibei (Saussure, 1899)
- Neostylopyga ornata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
- Neostylopyga papuae (Shaw, 1925)
- Neostylopyga parallela Bolivar, 1897
- Neostylopyga picea (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
- Neostylopyga propinqua (Shelford, 1910)
- Neostylopyga quadrilobata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898)
- Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813)
- Neostylopyga rufescens (Chopard, 1924)
- Neostylopyga rufimarginata (Hanitsch, 1950)
- Neostylopyga salomonis (Shelford, 1910)
- Neostylopyga schultzei (Shelford, 1912)
- Neostylopyga sexpustulata (Walker, 1871)
- Neostylopyga unicolor Princis, 1966
- Neostylopyga variabilis Princis, 1962
- Neostylopyga vicina (Chopard, 1924)
- Neostylopyga voeltzkowi (Saussure, 1899)
- Neostylopyga weileri (Shelford, 1908)
Pest status
Neostylopyga is related to invasive pest species such as Periplaneta americana, and like the major pest species, some members of the genus, such as Neostylopyga rhombifolia, the "harlequin cockroach", have spread to so many regions as to be regarded with suspicion at least.[3] In some countries, it already is seen as a largely outdoor domestic pest.[4] Certainly none of the species is widely seen as one of the major pest roaches yet.
References
- Anisyutkin, L.N. "New data on the genus Neostylopyga Shelford, 1911 (Dictyoptera, Blattidae) with description of a new species from Laos". Entomological Review. 90 (7): 871–876. doi:10.1134/S0013873810070055.
- Ent. Rec. 23(9):242 1911
- New Zealand Biosecurity Harlequin Cockroach
- William H. Robinson (14 April 2005). Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 464–. ISBN 978-1-139-44347-0.