Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) rugosa (Schulthess-Rechberg, 1894) Bohn, 2024

Bohn, Horst, 2024, The spine armament of the legs as an important means for the characterisation of the genera of Corydiinae and their relationships (Blattodea, Corydiidae), Zootaxa 5482 (1), pp. 1-79 : 34-35

No. 33. Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) rugosa (Schulthess-Rechberg, 1894) , comb. nov.

Figs. 11G,H

Heterogamia rugosa Schulthess-Rechberg, 1894: 68 .

Heterogamodes rugosa : Chopard 1929: 289, pl. 9/fig. 13.

Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) rugosa : Princis 1962: 61.

Male characters. Wings: tegmina with subcosta lobe.—Femur armament: all femora with apical spine, that of frontfemur tiny.—Tibia armament: [1.8.0][7.7.1–2][(12)11.7.5(4)], dorsal spines of hindtibia evenly distributed.— Tarsal arolia: present.—Subgenital plate: without styli, Fig. 11G .—Right phallomere: Fig. 11H .

Female: Chopard 1929, 290.

Material studied: 3♂, Tanzania, Arusha Prov., near Namanga , 18.XII.1999, leg. Werner & Lizler (prep.: Bo 1389) ; 1♂, Tanzania, Ngorogoro Conservation Area , 8.–9.II.2002, leg. E.G.Burmeister ; 2♂, Kenya, near Kibwezi , 2.XII.1996, leg. Werner & Lizler ; 1♂, Kenya, Sagala Reg., Voi , 3./ 4.XII.1996, leg. Werner & Lizler ; 1♂, Nord- Tanganyika, Mbugwe Manjara See, b. Magugu , 10.XI.–4.XII.1959, leg. J.Popp. ( ZSM) .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Subgenital plate (at the left, ventral view) and posterior part of the right phallomere (at the right, standard view) of male.—Species: A,B: Mollidentoblatta oblonga, Type, Bo 1393, right stylus lost; C,D: M. persica, Holotype, Bo 1385, dents of R2 in D isolated; E,F: M. pilosella. (E) Holotype, Bo 1426; (F) Bo 1410; G,H: M. rugosa, Bo 1389.—Phallomere type: Type 2 in all corresponding figures.—Explanations: R1M, R2, R3 sclerites of the right phallomere, MD main dent of R2, ue its upper etage; s stylus—Enlargements: Scale 0.25 mm.