Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) aethiopica ( Chopard, 1929 ) 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 : 30

No. 17. Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) aethiopica ( Chopard, 1929) , comb. nov.

Figs. 8A,B

Heterogamodes aethiopica Chopard, 1929: 299 , fig. 51.

Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) aethiopica : Princis 1962: 67.

Hemelytroblatta aethiopica : Grandcolas 1994a: 157.

Male characters. Wings: Tegmina with subcosta lobe.—Femur armament: all femora without apical spine.—Tibia armament: [1.8.0][7.7.1][11.7.4], dorsal spines of hindtibia evenly distributed.—Tarsal arolia: present.—Subgenital plate: without styli, Fig. 8A .—Right phallomere: Fig. 8B .

Female: Chopard 1929, 300.

Material studied. Holotypus, 1♂, Harrar, 94, P.Felter (prep.: Bo 1427). (M. Genova) .— Other material: 1♂, S.&.S.E. Abyssinia, 1909-130, R. E.Drake-Brockman (prep.: Bo 1409) (det. K.Princis, 1953). (M. London) .

Remarks. The specimen from the London Museum, det. by Princis as Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) aethiopica , differs from the type specimen in size and in the structure of the main dent of the right phallomere. It is presumably a so far undescribed species. Subgenital plate: Fig. 8C .—Right phallomere: Fig. 8D .

Figures

FIGURE 8. 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 aethiopica, Holotype, Bo 1427; C,D: M. spec., Bo 1409; E,F: M. africana; (E) Bo 1331, (F) Is 26/1; G,H: M. chopardi, Holotype, Bo 1379. 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.