Pseudocalolampra Roth & Princis, 1971

Anisyutkin, Leonid N., 2018, Little known Epilamprinae (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae) from the collections of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève. Part 3, Revue suisse de Zoologie 125 (1), pp. 1-16 : 10

Genus Pseudocalolampra Roth & Princis, 1971

Type species: Epilampra pardalina Walker, 1868 , by original designation.

Remarks: This genus was described on the basis of two species from Africa: P. pardalina Walker, 1868 (from Kenya to Botswana) and P. inexpectata Roth & Princis, 1971 ( Kenya) . Later, P. pilosa Grandcolas, 1993 from Madagascar was added ( Grandcolas, 1993).

There are several types of armament along the lower margin of the tarsus. In one of the most common types, two more or less symmetrical rows of spines are present along the lower margin of the tarsus. Each of the two rows of spines (interior and exterior) is situated on a more or less developed longitudinal elevation. These elevations are symmetrical. In my opinion this is a plesiomorphic state, at least for the Blaberidae . In a derived state, one of these elevations is displaced laterally and consequently the corresponding row of spines is displaced to a lateral position (see Anisyutkin, 1999: figs 7-8). This character state is probably a synapomorphy of several genera of Epilamprinae : Calolamprodes Bey-Bienko, 1969, Paracalolamprodes Anisyutkin, 2015 and Pseudocalolampra .