No. 20. Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) curtipennis (Chopard, 1929), comb. nov.

Fig, 9G

Heterogamodes curtipennis Chopard, 1929: 306, pl. 9/fig. 20.

Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) curtipennis: Bey-Bienko 1950: 307; Princis 1962: 66.

Hemelytroblatta curtipennis: Grandcolas 1994a: 157.

Male characters. Wings: slightly shortend, tegmina with subcosta lobe.—Tibia armament: [1.8.0][7.7.2][10.7.5], dorsal spines of hindtibia ± evenly distributed. The left midtibia of the type specimen has the unusual number of 9 dorsal spines. The four instead of five tarsal segments of the leg indicate that it is an artefact caused by a loss and subsquent regeneration of the leg.—Tarsal arolia: present.—Subgenital plate: with strong bristles only along the posterior margin, styli present (figure not available).—Right phallomere: Fig. 9G.

Female: unknown,

Material studied. Type, 1♂, Arkanan, Dr. Krüper (prep.: Bo 1428). (M. Berlin) .