Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) africana (Linnaeus, 1758) 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. 18. Hemelytroblatta (Mollidentoblatta) africana (Linnaeus, 1758) comb. nov.

Figs. 8E,F

Blatta africana Linnaeus, 1758: 424 .

Heterogamodes africana : Chopard 1929: 301.

Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) africana : Bey-Bienko 1950: 319; Princis 1962: 66.

Hemelytroblatta africana : Grandcolas 1994a: 157.

Male characters. Wings: tegmina with subcosta lobe.—Femur armament: all femora without apical spine.—Tibia armament: [1.8.0][7.7.2][10.7.5(4)], dorsal spines of hindtibia distributed in three (4+3+3) or two groups (7+3).— Tarsal arolia: present.—Subgenital plate: with styli, Fig. 8E .—Right phallomere: Fig. 8F .

Female: Chopard 1929, 303.

Material studied. 9♂, Israel, 1 km N Gesher , N 32°37’47” E 35°33’17”, – 190 m, 31.III.2011, leg. H. Bohn (prep.: Is 26/1) ; 1♂, [ Israel], Jericho , 42 (prep.: Bo 1331). ( ZSM) .

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.