Dziriblatta (Pauciscleroblatta) kroumiriensis ( 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 : 12-13

Dziriblatta (Pauciscleroblatta) kroumiriensis ( Adelung, 1914) , comb. nov.

Figs. 1 A–P, 2A-O, 8J, 21D, 23I, 24K, 32.

Hololampra kroumiriensis Adelung, 1914: 134 .

Hololampra finoti Bolívar, 1914: 167 . syn. nov.

Lobolampra finoti: Failla & Messina 1989: 38 , figs. 9–12.

Dziriblatta theryi Chopard, 1936a: 63 , figs. 7, 9. syn. nov.

Lobolampra theryi: Chopard 1943 , fig. 31.

Lobolampra adelungi Chopard, 1943: 32 . syn. nov.

Aphlebia algerica (nec Bolívar): Finot 1895: 85, pl. 10, figs. 5, 6.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of the subgenus by the characteristic shape and colour of the tegmina, in the male additionally by the characteristic arrangement of the porous glands laterally at the anterior border of T2 and the usually very dark colouration.

Material studied.

Type material. Syntypes: 1♂, 1♀, Aïn Draham , Kroumirie [ Tunisia], Gadeau (abd. and left tegmen of male on two slides: Bo 195) [Tu 1]. ( MNMS).— Type of Lobolampra theryi : 1♂, Algérie, Boufarik, A.Thery (abd. and left tegmen on two slides: Bo 6) [Al 11]. ( MNHN) .— Syntypes of Lobolampra adelungi : 1♂, 1♀, Tunisie, Envoi Blanc , 17.IV.1892 (♂ completely and remnants of ♀ on three slides: Bo 228) [Tu 3]. ( MNHN).— Type of Hololampra finoti : 1♂, Algérie, Col des Oliviers, Collection Brünner (det. as: Aphlebia algerica Bol. ?, Coll. Finot) (three slides, prepared by Failla & Messina) [Al 8]. ( MNHN) .

Additional material. Algeria. 1♀, Algérie, Col des Oliviers, Collection Brünner (slide: Bo 152) [Al 8] ; 1♀, St.Antoine [= El Hedaick], 1919, A.Thery (slide: Bo 359) [Al 18] ; 1♀, Tarfaia [Locality not identifiable], 1919, A.Thery (slide: Bo 360). ( MNHN) .— 2♀; ex L: 2♀, Prov. Bouira, btw. Zouggara & Ouled-Ziane (ca. 10 km W Lakhdaria), 500 m, 21.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♀, Al 2/2) ; 34♂, 4♀, 6L; ex L: 19♀, 3L, Prov. Blida, Atlas de Blida, Chréa, 700–1400 m, 22./ 23.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Al 4/3,12,14,15; ♀, Al 4/ 4,11,13) ; 1♂, 10♀, Prov. Blida, Boufarik (near Alger), 100 m, 23.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Al 5/6) ; 2♀, Prov. Tipaza, Tombeau Royal Mauretanien (near Tipaza), 200 m, 24.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♀, Al 6/ 2) ; 1♀, Prov. Tizi-Ouzou, Larbaa (near Makouda , 17 km N Tizi-Ouzou), 300 m, 25.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♀, Al 9/3) ; 19♀, 5O, Prov. Bouira, Grande Kabylie, Massif du Djurdjura, 3 km N M'Chedallah, 550 m, 26.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♀, Al 12/2) ; 2♀, Prov. Bouira, Taourirt (ca. 40 km E Bouira), 400 m, 26.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (Al 13) ; 4♂, 16♀, Prov. Bordj-Bou-Arréridj, 7 km W Mansoura (30 km W Bordj- Bou-Arréridj), 700 m, 27.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Al 15/2,3); ex L : 1♂, Prov. Batna, Monts de Belzma, Seriana , 1100–1300 m, 27.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Al 16/3) ; 2♀, Prov. Batna, Monts de Belezma , near Oued El Ma (10 km E Mérouana), 1000 m, 28.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♀, A 17/1) ; 17♀, 19L, Prov. Annaba, Région de Berrahal, Forêt de Chêne-liège , 39.III.- 10.V.2016, leg. L.I. (Al 33c). (C. Bohn, ZSM) . Tunisia. 1♀, Tunisie ( MNHN) .— 6♂, 19♀, Prov. Jendouba, Monts de Medjerda, Forêt du Feidja, A. Soltane, 600 m, 16./ 17.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Tu 11/3,6; ♀, Tu 11/7) ; 2♂, 7♀, Prov. Jendouba, Bulla Regia (near Jendouba), 300 m, 17.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Tu 12/1) ; 2♂, Prov. Jendouba, Bulla Regia (near Jendouba), 300 m, 12.IV.1995, leg. M. Faas (Tu 12a) ; 3♂, 1♀, ex L: 2♂, 2♀, 2L, Prov. Béja, 4 km W Nefza, 200 m, 18.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Tu 15/3) ; 3♂, 8♀, Prov. Bizerta, S shore of Lac Ichkeul (near Bizerte), 100 m, 18.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Tu 17/1) ; 1♀, Prov. Béja, Monts de Téboursouk, btw. Béja & Téboursouk , 200 m, 20.IV.1990, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♀, Tu 18/1) ; 1♂, Prov. Béja, Dougga (near Téboursouk), 13.IV.1995, leg. M. Faas (slide: ♂, Tu 19/1). (C. Bohn, ZSM) .

Description. Size. Length of pronotum in male 1.76–1.98 (mean 1.87) mm, in female 2.08–2.43 (mean 2.34) mm.

Wings. Tegmina triangular, with a broad base and narrowly rounded apex; broadest in about the basal third of the length, in the male relatively broader than in the female ( Figs. 1H, I, L, M , 2 A–E).

Male structures. T2 laterally near the anterior border with some large superficially situated glandular pores, laterally adjacent surface deepened to a transversely oval groove, walls of the groove densely covered with large pores deepening to huge saclike gland cells ( Figs. 2F, G ). Large glandular pores usually also present anteriorly on T8–10 ( Fig. 2H ). T7 gland with some variation in size and shape of the anterior pouch and of the unsclerotized field posteriorly of the pouch opening, between specimens from the same as well as from different localities ( Figs. 2 K–N). Four scale sclerites present: no.1 large, pleated, no.2 snuglike, no.3 more or less plane, with relatively long scales, no.4 small, without consistent shape ( Figs. 1K , 21D).

Colouration. Tegmina. Transparent ( Figs. 1H, I, L, M ), in the male costal and apical border usually darkly lined ( Figs. 2 A–C, E), sometimes also posterior surface infuscated, but without dark spots ( Fig. 2E ). Male. Apart from the broad transparent margins of pro- and metanotum often almost uniformly dark, blackish or dark brown ( Figs. 1 A–G, L); lightly coloured (whitish or pale yellowish) areas: posterior and lateral borders of abdominal tergites, lateral borders of sternites, coxa-trochanter and femur-tibial joint and tarsi of legs. Extension of lightened areas on tergites variable, in a given specimen increasing from T7 towards T2; by more extended lightenings a pattern of variously large dark markings is revealed. Female. Mainly of pale yellowish colour. Head variously dark, but always with distinctly lighter coloured interocular stripe. Nota ( Fig. 1M ) yellowish with an often indistinct pattern of darker spots, on the metanotum reaching far into the transparant lateral margins, mesonotum often with a dark marking along the lateral margins. Legs at most darkened at the base. Abdominal tergites yellowish, anteriorly of transversal ridge with a broad dark transversal stripe ( Fig. 1N ), posteriorly with a pattern of variously sized and coloured spots, often with a transversal row of larger, darker patches. Abdominal sternites either dark with a broad lateral lightening, or with still more extended lightenings.

Distribution. Distributed in eastern Algeria (east of Tipasa near Alger) and in Tunisia (west of Bizerta), in both countries in a broad stripe along the northern mountain chain of the Tell-Atlas (Fig. 32).

Remarks. The conformity in the appearance of tegmina and porous glands on T2 between the type specimens of Hololampra kroumiriensis , Hololampra finoti , Dziriblatta theryi and Lobolampra adelungi leave no doubt concerning the synonymies listed above. Female due to a similar colouration in earlier papers often confused with Dz. algerica , which, however, has differently shaped tegmina, notwithstanding the strong differences in the genital sclerites.

Figures

Fig. 1A–P. Outline of the structures of Pauciscleroblatta kroumiriensis. Male: A–H, J–L. A: T2–4; B: T5; C: T6; D: T7, gl gland, pm preglandular margin, tr transversal ridge; E: T8; F: T9; G: T10, c cercus, pa left paraproct with ap medio-anterior arm; H: left tegmen; J: hook of 'left' phallomere; K: S9, aa anterior apodemes, s stylus, with four scale sclerites (nos. 1–4, 1 pleated), 'right' phallomere with cs cleft sclerite and R´3 sclerite (only partly visible), ea endophallus apodeme; L: thoracal nota. Female: I, M–P. I: left tegmen; M: thoracal nota; N: T5; O: dorsal genital complex, bd, bv dorsal, ventral basivalvular sclerites, pt8, 9 paratergites 8, 9, sp spermathecal plates, v ovipositor valves; P: ventral genital complex, with if intersternal folds, ls laterosternal shelf. – Enlargements: Same scale for A–I, for M, N, and for O, P. – Identifications: A–G (Al 4 /15), H (Al 4/12), I (Al 4/13), J, K, L (Al 4/14), M, O (Al 4/4), N (Al 4/11). Explanations, valid for all comparable plates. "G: T10" means: terminalia consisting of T10 with cercus (c) and as sternal structures preparaprocts (not always visible) and paraprocts (pa), the left with medio-anterior arm (ap). "K: S9" means: subgenital plate with the two anterior apodemes (aa) and the stylus (s), and as associated structures – situated dorsally upon the plate – the scale sclerites and phallomeres; 'right' phallomere with cleft sclerite (cs) and R'3 sclerite (R'3), 'left' phallomere with hook (removed and separately depicted in J) and endophallus apodeme (ea); scale slerite(s) and phallomeres often set aside for better viewing. "O: dorsal genital complex" means: female terminalia consisting of T9, 10, paraprocts (pa) and the dorsal genital complex with paratergites 8, 9 (pt8, 9), ovopositor valves (v), basivalvular sclerites (bv, bd) and spermathecal plates (sp). Orientation of pieces: Dorsal view, anterior end on top (Figs. A–F, H, I, K–N). Exceptions: 1. Male terminalia (G): ventral view, anterior end on top. 2. Hook (J): dorsal view, posterior (apical) end on top.; 3. Female terminalia (O,P): ventral view, posterior end on top. For explanations of hook structures see Fig. 7J.

Fig. 2A–O. Structures of Pauciscleroblatta kroumiriensis. Male: A–N. A–E, left tegmen. A: type of H. finoti, slide made by FAILLA & MESSINA; B: type of Dz. theryi, slide: Bo 6; C: type of H. kroumiriensis, slide: Bo 195; D: type of L. adelungi, slide: Bo 228; E: specimen Al 15/3. The dark netlike structures visible in A–C do not represent colouration but dried internal tissues made visible by the clearing potential of the embedding medium. F, G: gland structures laterally at the anterior margin of T2, with LM (F), with SEM (G), the intersegmental membrane arising at the anterior margin and normally covering the gland cells (gc) removed, g groove, black arrows point to glandular pores within or outside the groove, white arrows to the posterior margin of the groove opening; H: glandular pores on T8; I: T6 with normal bristles, with pointed tip; J: forceps bristles of the T7 gland, SEM; K–N: variation in the shape of the T7 gland, p pouch, pm preglandular margin, tr transversal ridge. Female, O: left half of dorsal genital complex, detail of Fig.1O, bd, bv dorsal, ventral basivalvular sclerites, sp spermathecal plate. – Enlargements: Same scale for A–E, and for K–N. – Identifications: F,L (Al 4/14), G,J (Al 4/5), H (Tu 11/3), I (Tu 15/3), K,L (Al 4/15,14), M (Tu 17/1), N (Tu 19/1), O (Al 4/4).