Litoblatta misionerae, Valverde & Crespo, 2021

Valverde, Alejandra Del Carmen & Crespo, Francisco A., 2021, Four new species of Litoblatta from Argentina with a key to species based on males (Blattaria: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae), Zootaxa 4941 (4), pp. 553-568 : 557-558

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.4.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C272B6E8-E85D-4946-8547-964588FC9A31

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4595718

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/003B87FA-FF8F-FFC4-BCCB-F5E227B1FE3A

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Plazi

scientific name

Litoblatta misionerae
status

sp. nov.

Litoblatta misionerae sp. nov.

( Figs. 15–21 View FIGURES 15‒21 , 70 View FIGURES 68‒74 )

Holotype. Argentina. Province of Misiones : ♁, PN Iguazú, Barrio Guardaparques (lat 25.6399S, long 54.3618W), 2009, Ramírez Llorenz, P. coll. ( MACN) MACN-En 34650 GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. L. misionerae is the only species described from Argentina with a spinous left stylus ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 15‒21 ). Styli located at right angles; the right is transversal and the left is parallel to the body longitudinal axe as in L. clara , but it differs from the latter by a slender via ( Figs. 20–21 View FIGURES 15‒21 ), not strongly curved apically. Scale zone sz ( Figs. 19 View FIGURES 15‒21 , 70 View FIGURES 68‒74 ) presents a patch of long hairs located in a soft cuticle area.

Male. Measurements in mm. N= 1. PL: 5.10; TeL: 19.60; TL: 22.40; IO: 1.10; IOc: 0.70; IA: 1.10. Supra anal plate with an apical straight margin ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 15‒21 ). Both stylus with spines ( Fig. 16–17 View FIGURES 15‒21 ). Right paraproct with a spinous area near its base on the internal border ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 15‒21 ). R1P shows distally a patch of hairs (longer than in the other species) located in a soft cuticle area sz ( Fig. 18–19 View FIGURES 15‒21 ). L2 broader basally, via softly curved and slender ( Fig. 20–21 View FIGURES 15‒21 ).

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. The specimen was collected from the Province of Misiones.

MACN

Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Ectobiidae

Genus

Litoblatta

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