Cariblatta sp. 2

Lu, Wenhua, Valentine, Barry D., Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. & Gutiérrez, Esteban, 2014, Ecology and Diversity of Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattaria) from the Virgin Islands, Insecta Mundi 2014 (349), pp. 1-32 : 15

10. Cariblatta sp. 2 , NEW RECORD ( Fig. 9 )

Diagnosis. Female adult 11 mm, elongate and narrow, with full tegmina; pale brown with dark antennae (in contrast to Species 9, C. antiguensis ); frons and vertex ferruginous, without prominent spots; pronotal central area variegate, brown, lacking dark spots as in C. antiguensis , but with a short, subbasal, curved, dark, transverse bar; legs all pale, tibiae without black spots at base of spines; costal cell of tegmina with a strongly contrasting creamy-white stripe along its inner margin; 7–8 costal veins thickened, clubbed radiate white; underside mostly black, but lateral and posterior margins of each segment creamy white; cerci with base dark, tip pale, and a black, tapering, dorsal stripe on intervening articles; venter and legs without black spots.

Comments. This species is less spotted than C. antiguensis . It may be one of the six species known from Puerto Rico ( Gutiérrez and Fisk 1998). A single female is known; new collecting efforts, especially for males, will better define its taxonomic status.

Figures

Figures 8–12. Blattellidae. 8) Cariblatta antiguensis female adult from Tortola Island and nymph from Guana Island. 9) Cariblatta sp. 2 from Tortola Island. 10) Cariblatta sp. 3 from Tortola Island. 11) Euthlastoblatta facies adult and nymph from Guana Island. 12) Nyctibora lutzi adult and nymph from Guana Island (all specimens in BDVC).