Dziriblatta (Discleroblatta) merrakescha ( Adelung, 1914 ) 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 : 14-16

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4610.1.1

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Dziriblatta (Discleroblatta) merrakescha ( Adelung, 1914 )
status

comb. nov.

Dziriblatta (Discleroblatta) merrakescha ( Adelung, 1914) , comb. nov.

Figs. 3 View Fig A–R, 4A–N, 21C, 26, 30.

Hololampra merrakescha Adelung, 1914: 192 View in CoL .

Dziriblatta merrakescha: Chopard 1936b: 158 .

Lobolampra merrakescha: Chopard 1943: 35 .

Phyllodromica (Lobolampra) merrakescha: Morales Agacino 1948: 346 View in CoL ; Princis 1971: 1116.

Dziriblatta vicina Chopard, 1936b: 156 View in CoL . syn. nov.

Lobolampra vicina: Chopard 1943: 33 , fig. 28.

Material studied.

Type material. Morocco. Syntypes: 1♂, 1♀, Mogador, Mz. Escalera (abd. of ♂ on slide: Bo 7, ♀ completely on slide: Bo 347) [Ma 2] ; 1♂, 1 larva, Mogador, Febrero, Mz. Escalera (♂ completely on two slides: Bo 206). ( MNMS).—Type of Dziriblatta vicina Chopard, 1936 : 1 ♀, Tizi n’Test & Dj. Imdress, 2000–2450 m (Goundafa), 11.–14.V.1927, Miss. Le Cerf & Talbot, Grand-Atlas, 28.IV.–9.VI.1927 (completely on two slides: Bo 232) (Ma 151). ( MNHN) .

Additional material. Morocco. 1 ♀, Tenfecht (Takeljount), 1000–1200 m, 30.IV.1927, Miss. Le Cerf & Talbot, Grand - Atlas, 28.IV.–9.VI.1927 ( Dz. vicina , det. Chopard) (slide: Bo 230) [Ma 3] ; 1♂, Maroc , Env. d’Agadir, foret d’Adamine (slide: Bo 128) [Ma 4]. ( MNHN) .— 12♂, 11♀, 1L, Pays Chiadma , 6 km NNE Had-Draâ (30 km NE Essaouira), 250 m, 21.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 138a/2,3,5,7–9; ♀, Ma 138a/1,4,6) ; 2♀ , Pays Chiadma, J. Hadid (ca. 50 km NE Essaouira ), 700 m, 7./ 8.V.1997, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♀, Ma 140/1) ; 3♂, 1♀ , 1L, Pays Chiadma, J. Hadid (ca. 50 km NE Essaouira ), 700 m, 19.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 140a/2) ; 1♀ , W slope of Haut Atlas , 3 km S Immoussèr-des-Ida-Outanane (50 km NE Agadir), 1100–1200 m, 10.V.1997, leg. B. & H.Bohn (Ma 142) ; 3♂, 26♀, W slope of Haut Atlas , 11 km NE Immoussèr-des-Ida-Outanane (50 km NE Agadir), 1600 m, 10.V.1997, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 143/1; ♀, Ma 143/2–5) ; 2♂, 14♀ , 1L, 2O, W slope of Haut Atlas , ca. 20 km NE Immoussèr-des-Ida-Outanane (50 km NE Agadir), 1550 m, 10./ 11.V.1997, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 144/1) ; 1♂, 8♀ , Haut Atlas , W above Zinit (N Tizi-n’Tabgourt, SE Imi-n-Tanoute), 1700– 1900 m, 11./ 12.V.1997, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 145/1) ; 1♀ , Haut Atlas , Ti-n-Mellili (near Tanefacht, NNE Taroudannt), 1200 m, 14.V.1997, leg. B. & H.Bohn (Ma 147) ; 4♂, 5♀, 1O, Haut Atlas , Islane (near Tasguinnt, NNE Taroudannt), 1900–2100 m, 14.V.1997, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 148/1) ; 1♀ , Haut Atlas, S slope of Tizi-n-Test , 1200m, 15.V.1997, leg. B. & H.Bohn (Ma 149) ; 3♂, 12♀, 1L, 2O, Haut Atlas, S slope of Tizi-n-Test , 1900 m, 15.V.1997, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 151/1,3,5; ♀, Ma 151/4,6–9); numerous ♂ & ♀, W slope of Haut Atlas , 3 km SW Oulma (ca. 20 km NNE Agadir), 300 m, 17./ 23.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 189/4); numerous ♂ & ♀, Anti-Atlas , btw. Imi-Mqourn & Äït-Baha, 500 m, 18/ 23.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 190/4; ♀, Ma 190/3) ; 13♂, 7♀ , 3L, Anti-Atlas , ca. 12 km SE Äït-Baha, 950 m, 18.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 191/3,4; ♀, Ma 191/5) ; 1♂ ; ex L: 7♂, 5♀, 1L, Anti-Atlas , 22 km E Tafraoute, 1500 m, 18.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 192/3) ; 13♂, 11♀ , 1L; ex L: 1 ♂, 3♀, Assaka (22 km NNE Tamri, N Agadir), 250 m, 19.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 193/1) ; 1♂ ; ex L: 1♂, 2♀, 1L, Pays Haha , 2.5 km S Souk-et-Tnine-Imi-n-Tlit (SE Essaouira), 500 m, 19.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 194/1) ; 8♂, 10♀ , 1O, Pays Chiadma 3 km W Ounara (24 km E Essaouira), 250 m, 21.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 195/1– 3,6,7; ♀, Ma 195/4,5) ; 4♂, 2♀ , Pays Haha , 7 km NNE Tamanar (Essaouira—Agadir), 200 m, 21.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 196/1) ; 1♂, 1♀ , 2L, Sous , btw. Souk-Khémis-d’Arazane & Agadir-d’Iznaguen (E Taroudannt), 350 m, 22.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 197/1) ; 2♂, 1♀ , 3L, Anti-Atlas , near Tizi-n- Taghatine, 1800 m, 22.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 198/1) ; 9♂, 1♀ , 16L, Anti-Atlas , Imaridèn— Ouaoufenrha (ca. 30 km ESE Taroudannt), 750 m, 22.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 199/1) ; 1♂ ; ex L: 1♂, 1♀, 3L, Anti-Atlas , 2 km S Dar-Lahoussine (ca. 23 km SE Âït-Baha), 600 m, 23.II.1998, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 200/1). (C. Bohn, ZSM) .

Description. Size. Length of pronotum in male 1.79–1.92 (mean 1.84) mm, in female 2.18–2.50 (mean 2.30) mm.

Male structures. See under characters of the subgenus.

Colouration. Male. Mainly dark brown, with pale yellowish lightenings. Head: dark with a light interocular stripe. Thorax ( Fig. 3N View Fig ): Nota with a ground pattern consisting of variously sized small brownish spots thinning out towards the transparent margins. The pattern is overlayed by dark colour in the central areas of the nota. The dark areas on meso- and metanotum may be variously lightened by longitudinal stripes revealing the dot pattern. Tegmina transparent, with some dark spots. Colour of legs varying between almost completely dark—with lightenings only at the coxa-trochanter joints and the tarsi—and completely yellowish. Abdomen ( Figs. 3 View Fig A–H): T2–5 anteriorly of the transversal ridge dark, posteriorly with dispersed dark spots near the transversal ridge fused to seven larger patches; T6,7 similar to preceding tergites, but median part dark up to the posterior border; T8–10 almost completely dark. Sternites dark with lightly coloured lateral margins. Female. Lighter coloured than male. Head as in male, but with lighter brown. Thorax ( Figs. 3O View Fig , 4 View Fig K–N): Nota with a similar ground pattern as in male, seldom overlayed by larger brownish markings. Tegmina as in male. Legs yellowish, at most darkened at the basal parts. Abdomen: Tergites similar as T 2–5 in male, but dark dots smaller and dark patches less intense; sternites very variable in colouration: seldom almost completely dark with light lateral margins, mostly with more extended lightenings, light areas with dispersed dark spots.

Distribution. In the southwestern corner of Morocco (SW of Marrakech) including the western part of the High Atlas, the Sous, and parts of the Anti-Atlas, at altitudes between 200 and 2400 m (Figs. 28, 30).

Remarks. The species Dz. vicina Chopard, 1936b , was described after a single female from the High Atlas, according to Chopard differing from Dz. merrakescha by the different colouration of the pronotum: in the latter only covered with small darker spots, while the former should additionally have a larger dark marking along the anterior margin of the disk ( Chopard 1943, fig. 28).

The differences in the colouration of the females between Dz. merrakescha and Dz. vicina as indicated by Chopard are minimal; at other localities much darker specimens had been found ( Fig. 4L View Fig ). Moreover, most of the females collected at the type locality of Dz. vivina were considerably lighter coloured than the type specimen ( Figs. 4M, N View Fig ). Comparison of the male tergal glands from various localities does not allow a distinction of separate species. The differences in the structure of the glandular pit between the type specimen of Dz. merrakescha ( Fig. 4G View Fig ) and males from the type locality of Dz. vicina ( Fig. 4F View Fig ) are rather small and well encompassed by the range of variability found at a single locality (Ma 138, near the type locality of Dz. merrakescha , Figs. 4 View Fig A–E). Dz. vicina , therefore, has to be considered as a junior synonym of Dz. merrakescha .

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Ectobiidae

Genus

Dziriblatta

Loc

Dziriblatta (Discleroblatta) merrakescha ( Adelung, 1914 )

Bohn, Horst 2019
2019
Loc

Phyllodromica (Lobolampra) merrakescha: Morales Agacino 1948: 346

Princis, K. 1971: 1116
Morales Agacino, E. 1948: 346
1948
Loc

Lobolampra merrakescha:

Chopard, L. 1943: 35
1943
Loc

Lobolampra vicina:

Chopard, L. 1943: 33
1943
Loc

Dziriblatta merrakescha:

Chopard, L. 1936: 158
1936
Loc

Dziriblatta vicina

Chopard, L. 1936: 156
1936
Loc

Hololampra merrakescha

Adelung, N. 1914: 192
1914
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