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Eucorydia miyakoensis

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Eucorydia miyakoensis
Conservation status
Critically Endangered Species (Japanese Ministry of the Environment)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Corydiidae
Genus: Eucorydia
Species: E. miyakoensis
Binomial name
Eucorydia miyakoensis
Yanagisawa, Sakamaki, and Shimano, 2021

Eucorydia miyakoensis is a species of cockroach first discovered on Miyako Island, in Japan's Ryukyu Archipelago, in 2021. It is found exclusively in the forests of Miyako Island, where it lives in the forest floor's leaf litter and humus.

Appearance

Eucorydia miyakoensis males grow between 12.5 and 13 mm in length. It has a distinct orange band on its upper wings. The antennae are shiny and black, and divided into 36–38 segments.

References

  1. "Three species that inhabit Okinawa are granted Urgent Endangered Species Designation". Ryukyu Shimpo – Okinawa, Japanese newspaper, local news. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  2. ^ Yanagisawa, Shizuma; Hiruta, Shimpei F.; Sakamaki, Yositaka; Shimano, Satoshi (2021-06-17). "A New Species of the Genus Eucorydia (Blattodea: Corydiidae) from the Miyako-jima Island in Southwest Japan". Species Diversity. 26 (2): 145–151. doi:10.12782/specdiv.26.145. ISSN 1342-1670.
  3. Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  4. ^ "Three centipede and cockroach species are newly named and placed under protection in Okinawa". SoraNews24 -Japan News-. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  5. ^ Center (APRC), Asia and Pacific Research. "Three species, including a new species of cockroach, found in the Nansei Islands are designated as". ScienceJapan. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
Taxon identifiers
Eucorydia miyakoensis


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