Taxonomic update on the genus Unihamus Luo & Wang, 2025 (Blattidae, Blattinae), with three new species described
Xin-Xing Luo, Meng-Yu Qiu, Ting-Ting Cai, Zong-Qing Wang, Yan-Li Che · 2026
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Description
Xin-Xing Luo and co-authors update, in 2026, the taxonomy of a young cockroach genus. Unihamus was carved out of a broader group only recently, and its species and anatomy stayed poorly documented. The team redescribes the founding species and adds three new ones, each named and diagnosed in detail.
Males and females of each species were matched using DNA barcodes, avoiding the classic trap of describing the sexes as different species. High-resolution photographs support the diagnoses. The authors also look ahead at what a distinctive internal structure might reveal in future work on this small genus of the cockroach family Blattidae.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xin-Xing Luo, Meng-Yu Qiu, Ting-Ting Cai, Zong-Qing Wang, Yan-Li Che |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |