Austroectobius sp.

Vera, Alejandro & Schapheer, Constanza, 2018, Austroectobius invunche: new genus and species of Ectobiidae for Chile (Insecta, Blattaria), Zootaxa 4500 (1), pp. 115-125 : 121-122

Austroectobius sp.

Material examined: Female, Chile, Araucanía, Lican Ray , 2/II/2016, col. A. Vera.

Female similar to the description of previous species. It differs in having more oval general shape (body length 10.6mm); dark thoracic pigmentation; anterior margin of pronotum rounded; shorter pronotum (length 2.2mm, width 4.6mm). Abdominal color pattern as in Fig. 1f ; tergites darker than in A. invunche , V to VII with posterior margin largely pigmented yellow with dark spots. Spermatheca has a long rolled tube in barrel-shape ( Figs. 8a, b ). This morphology may be complementary to the long ejaculatory duct present in males.

It is not described as a species, because the male is unknown; with more evidence it could be confirmed as a species or as part of the variability of A. invunche sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Austroectobius males (above) and females (below). A. invunche sp. nov.: a, holotype, dorsal and b, ventral view; c, male paratype, dorsal view; d, female paratype dorsal view; e, ventral view; f, Austroectobius sp. dorsal view. Scale bar = 2mm.

FIGURE 8. Austroectobius sp., a, female genitalia and spermatheca, lateral view; b, spermatheca Scale bars: a = 1mm; b = 0.5mm