Schistopeltis peculiaris Rehn, 1916

Vélez, Andrés & Gutiérrez, Esteban, 2010, The Neotropical genus Schistopeltis (Blattaria: Blaberidae, Zetoborinae) with a new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 2411, pp. 53-58 : 56

Schistopeltis peculiaris Rehn, 1916

( Figs. 1, 2 , 4 )

Rehn, 1916: 240, Plate 14, figs. 16–17 (original description); Princis, 1964: 262 (species catalogue); Roth, 1970: 223, 233, 235, figs. 21, 111–113 (male genitalia).

Specimen examined. Male holotype, Brazil, Porto Velho, Rio Madeira, Stanford Expedition, Mann and Baker coll. (No. 5244, ANSP).

Measurements (mm). Body length, 26.8; pronotum length times width 6.3 x 11.4; tegmen length times width 23 x 8.2.

Comment. The female of Schistopeltis peculiaris is still unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. Schistopeltis spp.: 1 – 2, Schistopeltis peculiaris Rehn, male holotype from Brazil: 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, median sclerite L 2 vm, L 2 d (dorsal); 3, Schistopeltis lizeri Rehn, male holotype from Bolivia: 3, habitus (dorsal).

FIGURES 4 – 14. Schistopeltis spp.: 4, Schistopeltis peculiaris Rehn, male holotype from Brazil, pronotum (dorsal). 5, Schistopeltis lizeri Rehn, male holotype from Bolivia, pronotum (dorsal). 6 – 14, Schistopeltis microschistos n. sp.: 6 – 8, male holotype: 6, pronotum (dorsal); 7, head; 8, habitus (dorsal); 9 – 14, male paratype: 9, paraprocts (rp: right, lp: left); 10, supra-anal plate (sa) and cerci (c) (dorsal); 11, subgenital plate (sg) and styles (s) (ventral); 12, first genital sclerite of left phallomere L 1 (dorsal); 13, median sclerite L 2 vm, L 2 d (dorsal); 14, hooked sclerite of right phallomere R 2 (ventral). Arrows indicate pronotal fissures.