Dziriblatta (Sculptoblatta), Bohn, 2019

Bohn, Horst, 2019, Revision of the genus Dziriblatta Chopard, 1936 (Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Ectobiinae) from North Africa, Spain, and the Macaronesian islands. I. The nine subgenera of the genus, Zootaxa 4610 (1), pp. 1-73 : 20

Sculptoblatta , subgen. nov.

Etymology. The name refers to the unusually sculptured (from Latin: sculptura) T7 of some more derived species of the subgenus.

Type Species. Dziriblatta nigriventris Chopard, 1936b .

Species. Dziriblatta (Sculptoblatta) nigriventris Chopard 1936b , comb. nov.

Dziriblatta (Sculptoblatta) notabilis Chopard 1936b , comb. nov.

Dziriblatta (Sculptoblatta) prisca , spec. nov.

In addition to the three species listed there are several new species to be described in the future.

Distribution. Eastern part of Morocco except southeastern plains (Fig. 28), eastward up to the middle of Algeria, similarly as subgenus Dziriblatta ( Fig. 27 ).

Diagnosis. characterized by the distinctly triangular tegmina with narrowly rounded apex; similarly shaped tegmina also present in Pauciscleroblatta kroumiriensis , which, however, strongly differs in the structure of the male T7 and its gland and in the structure of the female genital sclerites. T7 gland in the majority of the species isolated at the anterior border of T7 ( Fig. 9D ), surface of T7 often moulded by various kinds of processes.

Figures

Fig. 27. Distribution of subgenera of Dziriblatta outside Morocco. Sculptoblatta has a similar distribution as subgenus Dziriblatta reaching from central Morocco eastward as far as middle Algeria. The wide gap between the two populations of Pauciscleroblatta is certainly due to insufficient sampling in the area in between.

Fig. 9A–P. Outline of the structures of Sculptoblatta nigriventris. Male: A–H, J–L. A: T1–4; B: T5; C: T6; D: T7 with gl gland: E: T8; F: T9; G: T10, ap medio-anterior arm of left paraproct, arrow points to the left preparaproct; H: left tegmen; J: hook; K: subgenital plate, one pleated scale sclerite (ss) present, cs cleft sclerite, R'3 sclerite; L: thoracal nota. Female: I, M– P. I: left tegmen; M: thoracal nota; N: T5; O: dorsal genital complex, bd dorsal basivalvular sclerite, corresponding ventral sclerite not visible, sp spermathecal plate; P: ventral genital complex. – Enlargements: Same scale for A–I, for J,K,O,P, and for M,N. – Identifications: A–F (Ma 180/1), G (Ma 245/1), H (Ma 180/5), I (Ma 180/4), J–L (Ma 180/2), M–P (Type, Bo 233).