No. 44. Fissidentoblatta afghana (Bey-Bienko, 1967), comb. nov.

Figs. 3F, 14E,F

Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) afghana Bey-Bienko, 1967: 408, fig. 1; Princis 1971: 1136

Male characters. Tibia armament: [2.7.0][(6)7.7.2][11.7.5], dorsal spines of hindtibia fairly evenly distributed. Bey-Bienko’s spine formula for the fronttibia is [1.7.1]; he assigns one of the two proximal spines to the dorsal, the other to the ventral surface of the tibia (see also Polyphaga).—Tarsal arolia: absent.—Subgenital plate: without styli, Fig. 14E.—Right phallomere: Figs. 3F, 14F.

Female: Bey-Bienko 1967, 409.

Material studied. Paratype, 1♂, Afghanistan, Ghar Kouh-Dozd, at Dilaram, 1065 m, 3.VI.1962, K.Lindberg (prep.: Bo 1398) (M. St.Petersburg) .