Dziriblatta (Pauciscleroblatta), 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 : 11

Pauciscleroblatta , subgen. nov.

Etymology. The name refers to the number of male genital scale sclerites (Latin: pauci = some).

Type species. Hololampra kroumiriensis Adelung, 1914 .

Species. Two known species, four new to be described.

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

Dziriblatta (Pauciscleroblatta) galilaeana ( Bey-Bienko, 1969) , comb. nov.

Distribution. Eastern Algeria, Tunisia, Israel, Cyprus ( Figs. 27 , 32).

Diagnosis. Male characterized by having three or four genital scale sclerites, preglandular margin of T7 not set off; female characterized by the anteriorly fused long dorsal basivalvular sclerites forming a sustained V.

Figures

Fig. 27. Distribution of subgenera of Dziriblatta outside Morocco. Sculptoblatta has a similar distribution as subgenus Dziriblatta reaching from central Morocco eastward as far as middle Algeria. The wide gap between the two populations of Pauciscleroblatta is certainly due to insufficient sampling in the area in between.