Drymaplaneta is a genus of cockroaches.
Biodiversity and distribution
6 species
Table 1: Number of species of Drymaplaneta in each region in which it is present (A=adventive, E=endemic, I=indigenous)
belongs to the tribe Methanini
within the tribe Methanini, the genus can be recognised by the greatly reduced, lobiform tegmina, with hind wings absent, and third and fourth segments of maxillary palps swollen in males
D. lobipennis and D. shelfordi are uniformly dark
D. heydeniana is light yellowish brown, darkening apically, with translucent yellow margins on thorax and abdomen
the remaining three species (D. communis, D. semivitta and D. variegata) are very similar to each other
the hind tibiae of males are conspicuously expanded and flattened in D. semivitta and D. variegata, but not in any of the other species
D. variegata is lighter in colour than D. semivitta, darkening apically. The possibility of synonymy of these two nominal species has been suggested
