Diploptera, occasionally called beetle cockroaches, is a genus of blaberid cockroaches in the monotypic subfamily Diplopterinae. Cockroaches of this genus resemble beetles, with hardened tegmina and cross-folded hindwings. They live in tropical forests in South China and Southeast Asia, and Pacific islands including Hawaii. They are viviparous cockroaches and are therefore used for insect endocrinological studies.

Species

The Cockroach Species File lists:

  • Diploptera bicolor Hanitsch, 1925
  • 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 D. n. nigrescens Shiraki, 1931 D. n. guani Li & Wang, 2015
  • Diploptera parva Princis, 1953
  • Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz, 1822) - type species (as Diploptera silpha Saussure)