Africalolampra Roth, 1995

Leonid N. Anisyutkin, 2016, New and little known Epilamprinae (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae) from the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève and the Zoological Institute RAS, Saint Petersburg. Part 2, Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1), pp. 139-152 : 140

Genus Africalolampra Roth, 1995

Remarks: The genus Africalolampra initially comprised a single species, A. ehrmanni , from Kenya ( Roth, 1995). The genus diagnosis used a complex of characters, including weak sexual dimorphism (tegmina and wings completely developed in both sexes), metatarsus with 2 rows of spines along lower margin, tarsal claws distinctly serrated, first abdominal tergite of male with medial specialization, left stylus absent ( Roth, 1995).

Thetwospeciesdiscussedbelowroughlycorrespondtothe diagnosis of Roth, but A. punctipennis has a pronounced sexual dimorphism, tegmina and wings completely developed in the male, but distinctly shortened in the female, and an unspecialized first abdominal tergite (see description below). The structure of the head is markedly different in A. erubescens and A. punctipennis (compare Fig. 1 and 24 of present paper).

The structure of the male genitalia of A. ehrmanni was described only briefly. The statement that sclerite L2D (=L2d in Roth, 1995) of the male genitalia is not divided into a basal and apical part is probably erroneous because a small sclerotization is discernible on Fig. 4 in the original description ( Roth, 1995). This sclerotization could correspond to the “apical sclerite” of sclerite L2D (compare fig. 4 in Roth, 1995 and Figs 10, 11 of present paper).

Included species: The type species, A. erubescens ( Gerstaecker, 1883) and A. punctipennis (Saussure, 1895) .

Figures

Figs 1 - 15. Africalolampra erubescens (Gerstaecker, 1883), male. (1) Facial part of head. (2) Pronotum, dorsal view. (3) First abdominal tergite, dorsal view. (4) Abdominal apex, dorsal view. (5) The same, caudal view. (6) The same, hypandrium and genitalia removed, ventral view. (7) Hypandrium, ventral view. (8) Right phallomere, dorsal view. (9) The same, ventral view. (10) Sclerite L 2 D, dorsal view. (11) Caudal part of sclerite L 2 D, dorsal view. (12) Sclerites L 3 and L 4 U. (13 - 15) Apex of sclerite L 3. Dotted areas show membranous parts. Abbreviations: ap. scl., bul., f. s., L 4 U, out., pl. s., R 1 T, R 2, R 3, R 4?, R 5, s. t., tub. - see chapter “ abbreviation used in figures ”, for details see text. Scale bars 1 mm: a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, d = 4, e = 5, f = 6, g = 7, h = 8, 9, i = 10, j = 11, k = 12, l = 13 - 15.

Figs 24 - 37. Africalolampra punctipennis (Saussure, 1895), male. (24) Facial part of head. (25) Pronotum, dorsal view. (26) Abdominal apex, dorsal view. (27) Paraprocts, ventral view. (28) Hypandrium, ventral view. (29) Right phallomere, dorsal view. (30) The same, ventral view. (31) Sclerite L 2 D, dorsal view. (32, 33) Caudal part of sclerite L 2 D. (34) The same, caudal view. (35 - 37) Apex of sclerite L 3. Dotted areas show membranous parts. Abbreviations: f. s., pl. s., R 2, R 3, R 4?, R 5 - see chapter “ abbreviation used in figures ”, for details see text. Scale bars 1 mm: a = 24, b = 25, c = 26, d = 27, e = 28, f = 29, 30, g = 31, h = 32 - 34, i = 35 - 37.