Margattea semicircularis Li & Che, 2024

Li, Qian-Qian, Yao, Wen-Wen, Zhang, Ke, Wang, Zong-Qing & Che, Yan-Li, 2024, Six new species of Margattea Shelford, 1911 (Blaberoidea, Pseudophyllodromiidae, Neoblattellini) from China, ZooKeys 1191, pp. 339-367 : 339

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1191.113147

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scientific name

Margattea semicircularis Li & Che
status

sp. nov.

Margattea semicircularis Li & Che sp. nov.

Fig. 6A-N View Figure 6

Type material.

Holotype: China • ♂; Guizhou Province, Zunyi City, Suiyang County, Qingbantang Town, Baishao Ditch; 30 Jul. 2013; Xiu-Dan Wang leg; SWU-B-PS000034. Paratype: China • 1 ♂; same data as holotype; SWU-B-PS000035.

Measurements

(mm). Male (n = 2), pronotum: length × width 2.3-2.5 × 3.0-3.4, tegmina length: 10.7-11.2, body length: 10.5-11.0, overall length: 12.9-13.2.

Description.

Male. Coloration. Body, head and face yellowish brown (Fig. 6A, B View Figure 6 ). Interocular space with a wide brown transverse band. Ocellar spots small, white, with brown spots beside them. Antennal base pale yellowish brown, other segments brown (Fig. 6D View Figure 6 ). Maxillary palpi dark brown (Fig. 6H View Figure 6 ). Pronotal disc yellowish brown with reddish tan spots and stripes, and two lateral borders pale linen-colored and transparent (Fig. 6C View Figure 6 ). Legs yellowish brown, with black spots at the base of the tibial spines. Tegmina pale yellowish brown, hind wings brownish grey (Fig. 6F, G View Figure 6 ). Abdomen yellowish brown, with black stripes along lateral margins of sterna and reaching the end of abdomen; both sides of each abdominal sternum with one small black spot on the inside of the longitudinal lines (Fig. 6B View Figure 6 ). Cerci yellowish brown (Fig. 6K View Figure 6 ). Styli pale yellow (Fig. 6M View Figure 6 ).

Head. Vertex slightly exposed, interocellar distance wider than the distance between eyes, narrower than the distance between antennal sockets (Fig. 6C, D View Figure 6 ). Pronotum subelliptical, broader than long, anterior and posterior margins nearly straight, and postero-lateral angle blunt and round; disc with symmetrical spots and stripes (Fig. 6C View Figure 6 ). Maxillary palpi slender, fifth maxillary palpus expanded, third and fourth maxillary palpi nearly equal in length, both longer than fifth maxillary palpus (Fig. 6H View Figure 6 ). Tegmina and hind wings. Tegmina and hind wings fully developed, both extending beyond the end of abdomen (Fig. 6A, B View Figure 6 ). Tegmina with M and CuA radial, M straight with seven complete branches. Hind wings with ScP and RA expanded at apex; M simple, without branches; CuA with five complete branches (Fig. 6F, G View Figure 6 ). Legs. Anteroventral margin of front femur Type B3 (Fig. 6I View Figure 6 ). Four proximal tarsomeres with pulvilli. The pretarsi with arolium, trsal claws symmetrical and specialized, with minute denticles on ventral margins.

Abdomen and genitalia. Eighth abdominal tergum specialized, with a heart-shaped transparent area and a tuft of bristles in the middle (Fig. 6E View Figure 6 ). Supra-anal plate symmetrical, anterior margin straight and truncate, the middle of posterior margin slightly produced. Paraprocts simple, similar, and flaky. Cerci long, setae on the ventral surface (Fig. 6K View Figure 6 ). Subgenital plate nearly symmetrical, anterior margin slightly concave in the middle. Styli similar, conical; interstylar margin strongly semicircular produced, both sides with spines (Fig. 6K View Figure 6 ). Left phallomere small, irregular, bone-shaped, with two small spines (Fig. 6J View Figure 6 ). Median phallomere curved hook rod-shaped, with a row of spines at apex. Accessory sclerite I arched, two ends enlarged, left end trigonate, right end with a row of spines; accessory sclerite II long transverse (Fig. 6L, M View Figure 6 ). Hook phallomere on the right side, apex curved inwards with a short spine (Fig. 6N View Figure 6 ).

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to M. spinifera Bey-Bienko, 1958a in general appearance, but can be differentiated from the latter by the following characters: 1) left phallomere with two small spines; while the latter, left phallomere with three spine-like processes; 2) accessory sclerite I arched, left end trigonate; while in the latter, accessory sclerite I arched, left end expanded with fuzz; 3) accessory sclerite II long transverse, and with two lamellar structures with a row of spines, while in the latter, without other accessory sclerites.

Etymology.

The scientific name is derived from the Latin word semicircularis, which indicates the interstylar margin has a semicircular protrusion.

Distribution.

China (Guizhou).