Ischnoptera atrata Hebard, 1916

Evangelista, Dominic A., Chan, Kimberly, Kaplan, Kayla L., Wilson, Megan M. & Ware, Jessica L., 2015, The Blattodeas. s. (Insecta, Dictyoptera) of the Guiana Shield, ZooKeys 475, pp. 37-87 : 47-48

Taxon classification Animalia Blattodea Ectobiidae

Ischnoptera atrata Hebard, 1916

Materials.

Adult ♂.

Voucher number: DECBA2153.

Collection locale. CEIBA Biological Station, Madewini, Guyana.

GPS: 6°29'N, 58°13'W.

Collection date: December - 2011.

Collectors. Dominic Evangelista, Ian Biazzo, Joseph A. Evangelista, Paul Frandsen, William R. Kuhn, and Jessica L. Ware.

Collection/ecological information.

This specimen was collected in a pitfall trap baited with beer in an uplands secondary forest area.

Adult ♂ Figure 8.

Voucher number: DEKBO0594.

Collection locale. Karanamabu Ranch, Rupununi, Guyana.

GPS: 3°45'0.1"N, 59°18'53.7"W.

Collection date: 10 - June - 2013.

Collectors. Dominic A. Evangelista, Oswin Ambrose, Susan George, and Megan M. Wilson.

Collection/ecological information.

This specimen was collected in a pitfall trap baited with beer in a forest proximal to the Rupununi River.

Morphological identification.

Both specimens mostly agree with the description and figures of Hebard (1916). However, there are slight differences in the supra-anal plate when compared to Hebard’s illustration. The white region on the SA plate of our specimen is slightly larger than in Hebard’s illustration. It is possible that this is a different species than that described by Hebard, but this cannot be fully determined without a full phylogenetic treatment of sexual morphology and genetic information of individuals from both Trinidad and Guyana.

Known geographic distribution.

Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana