Schistopeltis

Vélez, Andrés & Gutiérrez, Esteban, 2010, The Neotropical genus Schistopeltis (Blattaria: Blaberidae, Zetoborinae) with a new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 2411, pp. 53-58 : 58

Key to species of Schistopeltis

1 Pronotum with wing-like lateral sections narrow and long. Pronotal anterior margin with arcuate-truncated fissures ( Fig. 4 ). Male body length 26.8 mm ............................................................................................. S. peculiaris ( Brazil)

- Pronotum with wing-like lateral sections wide and short. Pronotum anterior margin with variable fissures ( Figs. 5, 6 ). Male body length less than 26 mm .......................................................................................................................... 2

2 Pronotal anterior margin with rounded fissures ( Fig. 5 ). Male body length 20 mm ......................... S. lizeri ( Bolivia)

- Pronotal anterior margin with V shaped fissures ( Fig. 6 ). Male body length 25 mm .................................................... ................................................................................................................................ S. microschistos n. sp. ( Colombia)

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 14. Schistopeltis spp.: 4, Schistopeltis peculiaris Rehn, male holotype from Brazil, pronotum (dorsal). 5, Schistopeltis lizeri Rehn, male holotype from Bolivia, pronotum (dorsal). 6 – 14, Schistopeltis microschistos n. sp.: 6 – 8, male holotype: 6, pronotum (dorsal); 7, head; 8, habitus (dorsal); 9 – 14, male paratype: 9, paraprocts (rp: right, lp: left); 10, supra-anal plate (sa) and cerci (c) (dorsal); 11, subgenital plate (sg) and styles (s) (ventral); 12, first genital sclerite of left phallomere L 1 (dorsal); 13, median sclerite L 2 vm, L 2 d (dorsal); 14, hooked sclerite of right phallomere R 2 (ventral). Arrows indicate pronotal fissures.