Leuropeltis urubuzense, Lopes, Sonia Maria & Khouri, Andréa, 2010

Lopes, Sonia Maria & Khouri, Andréa, 2010, Description of a new species and first records of two species of Leuropeltis Hebard, 1921 (Blattellidae, Pseudophyllodromiinae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 2545, pp. 33-38 : 34

Leuropeltis urubuzense sp. nov.

( Figs. 1 , 4–13 )

Dimensions of holotype 3: Total length 20 mm, width of pronotum 6 mm, length of pronotum 4 mm, width of tegmen 5 mm, length of tegmen 17 mm. Interocular space 1 mm.

General coloration brown ( Fig. 1 ). Each article of maxillary palpi banded: dark brown proximally, light brown distally. Antennae tomentose. Compact spot in the central disk of the pronotum with nebulous form and with two divergent brown-black stripes, legs with pulvilli dark-brown, aroliae, and symmetrical, simple claws.

Head ( Fig. 4 ) dorsally enlarged with exposed vertex under pronotum. Interocular space similar to the size of the space between the bases of antennal insertions. Maxillary palpi with third article longer than the others; fifth article shell-shaped, wider at base than at apex.

Pronotum ellipsoid ( Fig. 5 ). Fore femur with ventro-cephalic margin armed with a row of 6 small spines and well-developed spine at apex ( Fig. 6 ); ventro-caudal margin armed with two large spines, and two additional spines apically ( Fig. 7 ).

Seventh abdominal tergite modified, in the form of two sets of parallel transverse striations ( Fig. 4 ). Supra-anal plate setose on apex and prominent median edge between cerci. Cerci setose, large and narrowed apically ( Fig. 9 ). Subgenital plate slightly asymmetrically setose, with median region narrowed apically; styles large and differentiated ( Fig. 10 ). Right phallomere hook-shaped ( Fig. 11 ). Median sclerite long, apically modified in the junction, with apex sickle-shaped ( Fig. 12 ). Left phallomere inverted, Y-shaped, median structure sclerotized ( Fig. 13 ).

Type material. Holotype 3, Brazil, Amazonas: Rio Urubu, 2o10`S, 59o49`W, 09–10 May 1983, P. Buhrnheim, N. Otaviano & F. Peralta colls.; paratype 3, same locality as holotype, 10–12 February 1983, P. Buhrnheim & Leite da Silva colls.

Etymology. The name of the species is derived from the name of the place where the specimens were collected: Urubu River.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Leuropeltis spp. 1. L. urubuzense sp. nov., holotype 3 (total length 20 mm).

FIGURES 4 – 13. Leuropeltis urubuzense sp. nov., holotype 3. 4. Head, ventral view. 5. Pronotum, dorsal view. 6. Anteroventral margin of fore femur. 7. Posteroventral margin of fore femur. 8. Modification of seventh abdominal tergite, dorsal view. 9. Supra-anal plate, dorsal view. 10. Subgenital plate, dorsal view. 11. Right phallomere, dorsal view. 12. Median sclerite, dorsal view. 13. Left phallomere, dorsal view.