Dziriblatta (Macaroblatta), Bohn, 2019

Bohn, Horst, 2019, Revision of the genus Dziriblatta Chopard, 1936 (Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Ectobiinae) from North Africa, Spain, and the Macaronesian islands. I. The nine subgenera of the genus, Zootaxa 4610 (1), pp. 1-73 : 29

Macaroblatta , subgen. nov.

Etymology. The name of the subgenus refers to the distribution of its species on the northern Macaronesian islands.

Type species. Dziriblatta (Macaroblatta) dendroglandulosa , spec. nov.

Species.

Dziriblatta (Macaroblatta) brullei (Princis, 1963) , comb. nov. (Tenerife)

Dziriblatta (Macaroblatta) chavesi ( Bolívar, 1898) , comb. nov. (Azores)

Dziriblatta (Macaroblatta) infumata (Brunner v. W., 1865), comb. nov. (Madeira)

Dziriblatta (Macaroblatta) lindbergi (Chopard, 1955) , comb. nov. (Lanzarote)

Dziriblatta (Macaroblatta) pallidula (Princis, 1942) , comb. nov. (Gomera)

Dziriblatta (Macaroblatta) dendroglandulosa , spec. nov. (Fuerteventura)

Apart from the species listed above numerous new species from various islands to be described.

Diagnosis. Males well characterized by the left paraproct bearing two strong spines, the short transversely cut supraanal plate with variously shaped posterior border, and the shape of S9 with its right border in longitudinal orientation.

Distribution. Northern Macaronesian Islands: Canaries, Madeira, Azores ( Fig. 27 ).

Figures

Fig. 27. Distribution of subgenera of Dziriblatta outside Morocco. Sculptoblatta has a similar distribution as subgenus Dziriblatta reaching from central Morocco eastward as far as middle Algeria. The wide gap between the two populations of Pauciscleroblatta is certainly due to insufficient sampling in the area in between.