Psammoblatta livida (Brunner v. W., 1865)

Bohn, Horst, 2024, The spine armament of the legs as an important means for the characterisation of the genera of Corydiinae and their relationships (Blattodea, Corydiidae), Zootaxa 5482 (1), pp. 1-79 : 37-38

No. 39. Psammoblatta livida (Brunner v. W., 1865) , comb. nov.

Figs. 13C,D , 18K

Heterogamia livida Brunner v. W., 1865: 359.

Heterogamodes livida : Chopard 1929: 308, figs. 63–65, Pl. 9/fig. 17.

Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) livida : Bey-Bienko 1950: 308, figs. 123,124; Princis 1962: 62.

Male characters. Wings: tegmina with subcostal lobe.—Tibia armament: [1.8.0][7.7.2][(10)11.7.5], dorsal spines of hindtibia evenly distributed.—Tarsal arolia: present.—Subgenital plate: Fig. 13C .—Right phallomere: Fig. 13D .—Cercal tricholiths: Fig. 18K .

Female: Chopard 1929, 309.

Material studied. 4♂, Turkey, near Egidir , 4./ 13.IX.1999, Werner & Lizler leg. (prep.: Bo 1334) ; 1♂, Turkey, near Silifke , VIII.1999, leg. Werner. ( ZSM) .— 2♂, [ Griechenland], Parnass, Krüper (prep.: Bo 1395) (det. L.Chopard). (M. Wien) .

Figures

FIGURE 13. Subgenital plate (at the left, ventral view) and posterior part of the right phallomere (at the right, standard view) of male.—Species: A: Nymphrytria mirabilis, detail from Fig. 12G; B: Leiopteroblatta monodi, Holotype, in fairly ventral view; C,D: Psammoblatta livida. (C) Bo 1334; (D) Bo 1395; E,F: P. longipes, Holotype, Bo 1422; G,H: P. minuta, Type, Bo 1400.— Phallomere types: B: Type 5b; D,F,H: Type 6.—Explanations: R1M, R2, R3 sclerites of the right phallomere, MD main dent of R2, not stepped, in D, F appearing divided by a short incision between its horizontal (ha) and vertical arm (va).—Enlargements: Scale in B 0.1 mm, in all others 0.25 mm.

FIGURE 18. Cerci of male with tricholiths, ventral view.—Species: A: Euthyrrhapha pacifica, Cap Verden, Cv 35/7; B: Tiviella inconspicua, Bo 612; C: Homoeogamia mexicana, Bo 1180; D: Polyphagina algerica, Bo 1376; E: Arenivaga bolliana, Bo 1407; F: Eremoblatta subdiaphana, Bo 1415; G: Ergaula cf. capensis, Bo 1185; H: Therea cf. petiveriana Bo 1378; I: Polyphaga aegyptiaca, from Lesbos, ex. cult.; J: Anisogamia tamerlana, Bo 1401; K: Psammoblatta livida, Bo 1334.—Number of tricholiths per anulus: A: one or two (at the base few anuli); B–F: two; G,H: three; I–K: more than five.—Enlargements: Scale in B 0.1 mm, in all others 0.25 mm.