''Diploptera'', also known as the

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

cockroach Cockroaches (or roaches) are a paraphyletic group of insects belonging to Blattodea, containing all members of the group except termites. About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known ...

, is a

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of blaberid cockroaches. Cockroaches of this genus resemble beetles, with hardened tegmina and cross-folded hindwings. They live in

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s in

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and

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, and

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including

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. They are

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cockroaches and are therefore used for insect endocrinological studies. There are eight known species and two subspecies.

Species

Species included: * ''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 ** ''Diploptera nigrescens nigrescens'' Shiraki, 1931 ** ''Diploptera nigrescens guani'' Li & Wang, 2015 * ''Diploptera parva'' Princis, 1953 * '' Diploptera punctata'' (Eschscholtz, 1822)

References

Cockroach genera {{Cockroach-stub