Taxonomic notes on Japanese Blattaria, VIII. : The Anaplectidae of Japan and Taiwan

Abstract

No representative of a tropical cockroach family Anaplectidae had been known from the present Japanese limits before the War, although Shiraki (1931) recorded "three" species from Taiwan. Surveys made after the War yielded one Anaplectella species from the Ryukyus and one new Anaplecta from Kyushu and Shikoku. A redescription of the former species and the description of the new Anaplecta were given in this paper. Brief notes on the other Taiwanese species were also added.