Calolamprodes Explained

Calolamprodes is a genus of Asian cockroaches in the family Blaberidae and the monotypic subfamily Calolamprodinae Wang & Wang, 2023,^[1] erected by G.Y. Bey-Bienko in 1969.^[2] Species have been recorded from India, China and Indochina.^[3]

Species

The Cockroach Species File^[3] includes 2 subgenera:

Calolamprodes (Brachycalolamprodes) Anisyutkin, 1999

1. Calolamprodes gorochovi Anisyutkin, 1999 (Vietnam)

Calolamprodes (Calolamprodes) Bey-Bienko, 1969

1. Calolamprodes beybienkoi Anisyutkin, 2006
2. Calolamprodes characterosa (Walker, 1868)
3. Calolamprodes elephan Anisyutkin, 2006
4. Calolamprodes formosus Anisyutkin, 2006
5. Calolamprodes khmericus Anisyutkin, 2006
6. Calolamprodes laevis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893) - type species (as Epilampra laevis Brunner von Wattenwyl)
7. Calolamprodes thailandensis Anisyutkin, 1999

Notes and References

1. Wang Y-S, Zhang J, Lo N, Bourguignon T, Guo L, Li B-L, Che Y-L, Wang Z-Q (2023) Phylogenetic analysis of Blaberoidea reveals non-monophyly of taxa and supports the creation of multiple new subfamilies. Cladistics, 39(3), 198–214. DOI
2. Bey-Bienko GY (1969) New genera and species of cockroaches (Blattoptera) from tropical and subtropical Asia. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 48(4), 831–862.
3. https://cockroach.speciesfile.org/otus/857190/overview Cockroach Species File: genus Calolamprodes Bey-Bienko, 1969 (retrieved 25 October 2023)