Ischnoptera atrata Hebard, 1916

Evangelista, Dominic A., Chan, Kimberly, Kaplan, Kayla L., Wilson, Megan M. & Ware, Jessica L., 2015, The Blattodeas. s. (Insecta, Dictyoptera) of the Guiana Shield, ZooKeys 475, pp. 37-87 : 47-48

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.475.7877

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C4ACAF17-E887-406A-AF7C-6D0155E7F392

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/50AFE6E5-CB1C-6C45-F763-B02274361024

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scientific name

Ischnoptera atrata Hebard, 1916
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Blattodea Ectobiidae

Ischnoptera atrata Hebard, 1916 View in CoL

Materials.

Adult ♂.

Voucher number: DECBA2153.

Collection locale. CEIBA Biological Station, Madewini, Guyana.

GPS: 6°29'N, 58°13'W.

Collection date: December - 2011.

Collectors. Dominic Evangelista, Ian Biazzo, Joseph A. Evangelista, Paul Frandsen, William R. Kuhn, and Jessica L. Ware.

Collection/ecological information.

This specimen was collected in a pitfall trap baited with beer in an uplands secondary forest area.

Adult ♂ Figure 8.

Voucher number: DEKBO0594.

Collection locale. Karanamabu Ranch, Rupununi, Guyana.

GPS: 3°45'0.1"N, 59°18'53.7"W.

Collection date: 10 - June - 2013.

Collectors. Dominic A. Evangelista, Oswin Ambrose, Susan George, and Megan M. Wilson.

Collection/ecological information.

This specimen was collected in a pitfall trap baited with beer in a forest proximal to the Rupununi River.

Morphological identification.

Both specimens mostly agree with the description and figures of Hebard (1916). However, there are slight differences in the supra-anal plate when compared to Hebard’s illustration. The white region on the SA plate of our specimen is slightly larger than in Hebard’s illustration. It is possible that this is a different species than that described by Hebard, but this cannot be fully determined without a full phylogenetic treatment of sexual morphology and genetic information of individuals from both Trinidad and Guyana.

Known geographic distribution.

Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Ectobiidae

Genus

Ischnoptera