Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) pilosella, Bohn, 2024

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 : 34

No. 32. Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) pilosella , comb. nov.

Figs. 11E,F

Heterogamia pilosella Saussure, 1895: 82 .

Heterogamodes pilosella : Chopard 1929: 293, pl. 9/fig. 15.

Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) pilosella : Princis 1962: 62.

Hemelythroblatta pilosella : Grandcolas 1994a: 157.

Male characters. Wings: tegmina with subcosta lobe.—Femur armament: frontfemur without, mid- and hindfemur with apical spine.—Tibia armament: [1.8.0][7.7.1–2][10–11.7.5], dorsal spines of hindtibia evenly distributed.— Tarsal arolia: present.—Subgenital plate: according to Chopard with extremely short and thick styli, but all specimens studied inclusively the holotype are without styli; Chopard presumably misinterpreted the slightly produced lateral corners of the subgenital plate as styli, Fig. 11E .—Right phallomere: R1 M with a short ridge on its most posterior part, no tubercles, Fig. 11F .

Female: Chopard 1929, 294.

Material studied. Holotype, 1♂, Scioa, Let-Marafia , VI.–VII.1880, Antinori (prep.: Bo 1426). (M. Genova) .— Other material: 1♂, Abyssinia, Dobba, 26.I.02, Degen, 1902–22 (prep.: Bo 1410) (det. L.Chopard). (M. London). — 3 ♂, Abyssinie, Diré-Daoua, 1919, A.Marchand. (M. Paris) .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Subgenital plate (at the left, ventral view) and posterior part of the right phallomere (at the right, standard view) of male.—Species: A,B: Mollidentoblatta oblonga, Type, Bo 1393, right stylus lost; C,D: M. persica, Holotype, Bo 1385, dents of R2 in D isolated; E,F: M. pilosella. (E) Holotype, Bo 1426; (F) Bo 1410; G,H: M. rugosa, Bo 1389.—Phallomere type: Type 2 in all corresponding figures.—Explanations: R1M, R2, R3 sclerites of the right phallomere, MD main dent of R2, ue its upper etage; s stylus—Enlargements: Scale 0.25 mm.