Heterogamodes (Heterogamisca) zavattarii ( Salfi, 1935 ) 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 : 27

No. 14. Heterogamodes (Heterogamisca) zavattarii ( Salfi, 1935) , comb. nov.

Figs. 7C,D

Heterogamodes zavattarii Salfi, 1935: 121 , figs. 1–6.

Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) zavattarii : Princis 1962: 64.

Male characters. Tibia armament: male specimen from Egypt [1.8.0][6.8.1][9/10.7.4], dorsal spines of hindtibia distributed into two groups (7/8+3). The armament of the hindtibia noted by Salfi for the type specimens from Libya is slightly different [10.7.5] and raises the question whether the specimens from Egypt really represent Salfi’s species. Unfortunately, none of the other characters requested for a comparison are treated in the original description, and the author’s drawings of the tibial armament are not reliable since they show unrealistic high numbers of spines on the front- (altogether 13 spines) and midtibia (11 dorsal spines). The data now listed in Table 1 are all from the Egypt specimen. Dorsal spines of midtibia and ventral spines of the hindtibia show an unusual arrangement: they are inserted rather close to the spines of the respective apical whorl, separated by less than half of the spine length; and the ventral spines of the hindtibia are arranged relatively close together fairly in a longitudinal line. This arrangement resembles in some way the situation found in the genus Nymphrytria , in which, however, the respective spines are much stronger and longer, nearer together and arranged in a strict line, including also one apical spine.—Subgenital plate: Fig. 7C .—Right phallomere: Fig. 7D .

Female: identity as in male doubtful.

Type material: 3♂, 1♀, Libya, Gialo , IX.1934 . Type material not traceable, presumably lost.

Material studied: 1♂, Egypt, Maragi , 26.VIII.1935, J.Omer-Cooper (prep.: Bo 1381) ; 1♀, Egypt, Siwa , 16.VII.1935, J.Omer-Cooper. (det. B.P.Uvarov). (M. London) .

Figures

FIGURE 7. Subgenital plate (at the left, ventral view) and posterior part of the right phallomere (at the right, standard view) of male.—Species: A,B: Heterogamisca senegalensis, Bo 1419; C,D: H. zavattarii, Bo 1381; E,F: H. zolotarevskyi, Bo 1418; G,H: Atuberculoblatta intermedia, Holotype, Bo 1425.—Phallomere type: B,D,F: Type 1; H: Type 1/2.—Explanations: R1M, R2, R3 the three sclerites of the right phallomere, MD main dent of R2, ue its upper etage; tr tubercular ridge.—Enlargements: Scale 0.25 mm.