Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) persica ( Chopard, 1921 ) 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. 31. Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) persica ( Chopard, 1921) , comb. nov.

Figs. 3C , 11C,D

Polyphaga persica Chopard, 1921: 51 , pl. 2/figs. 14,16.

Heterogamodes persica : Chopard 1929: 316.

Arenivaga (Heterogamisca) persica : Bey-Bienko 1950: 320, fig. 127; Princis 1962: 68.

Heterogamisca persica : Grandcolas 1994a: 157.

Male characters. Wings: tegmina with subcosta lobe.—Femur armament: all femora without apical spine.—Tibia armament: [1.8.0][7.7.1][10.7.4], dorsal spines of hindtibia distributed in groups (7+3). The armament of the hindtibia in the holotype is [10.7.4], as is also specified in Chopard’s original description; but in his later paper (with additional material) the dorsal surface of the hindtibia is listed with one spine less [9.7.4].—Tarsal arolia: absent.—Subgenital plate: with styli ( Fig. 11C ).—Right phallomere: Fig. 3C , 11D .

Female: Chopard 1929, 316.

Material studied. Holotype, ♂, NW Persia, Kasvin , 4.IX.1919, P.A.Buxton (prep.: Bo 1385). (M. London).

Figures

FIGURE 3. The right phallomere and its parts. A: Complete right phallomere of Type 1 in standard view, seen from the left (inner face) towards the right (outer face); the position of the other two axes of the body are indicated by the labels ant(erior)— post(erior) and dors(al)—ventr(al). The three sclerites of the phallomere are R1M, R2, and R3. The largest dent of R2 is called main dent (MD), in this case stepped in two etages, upper etage (ue). R1M with a tubercular ridge (tr), the two arrows point to an edge where R1M and R2 articulate. B: Most posterior part of Type 6 phallomere in ventral view, showing the frontside of R1M and the backside of the main dent, with its vertical arm (va) in focus, the horizontal arm (ha) out of focus. C,D: Isolated R1M sclerite, with the sclerotised part (sc) at the left, in D (Type 1) with a tubercular ridge (tr), the membraneous part at the right, in C (Type 2) with a gutterlike deepening (g), arrows indicate where R1M articulates with R2. E–G. Phallomeres in ventral view showing the backside of the main dent, R1M with a ridge (r). E: Phallomere Type 1/2, r of R1M as in Type 2 without tubercular elevations, ue in outline rounded as in Type 1, but with a small lobelike projection (l) recalling the pointed tip of Type 2. F,G: Type 3 phallomeres, main dent with a deep incision (arrow).—Species: A: Heterogamisca arenarum, Type; B: Psammoblatta minuta, Type; C: Mollidentoblatta persica, Holotype; D: Heterogamisca longipilosa, Holotype; E: Atuberculoblatta intermedia, B 1416; F: Fissidentoblatta afghana, Paratype; G: F. polyphagella, Holotype.—Enlargements: Scale in B 0.1 mm, in all others 0.25 mm.

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.