Luridiblatta cyprica, Bohn, 2022

Bohn, Horst, 2022, Revision of the genus Luridiblatta (Blaberoidea, Ectobiidae, Ectobiinae), Zootaxa 5215 (1), pp. 1-72 : 19-20

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5215.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7403399

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AED24E-FFBA-DF33-A5BE-FE14CB21FC8F

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scientific name

Luridiblatta cyprica
status

sp. nov.

8. Luridiblatta cyprica , sp. nov.

Figs. 2E View FIGURE 2 , 4B,C View FIGURE 4 , 5C,D View FIGURE 5 , 6B View FIGURE 6 , 25A–L View FIGURE 25 , 26A–D View FIGURE 26 , 27A,B View FIGURE 27 , 28A–E View FIGURE 28 , 33E–G View FIGURE 33 , 34G–K View FIGURE 34 , 35G,H View FIGURE 35 , 43 View FIGURE 43

Diagnosis. In the male sex distinguished from the preceding species by a further specialised hook having a strongly enlarged crest with two antlerlike processes; from L. beybienkoi and L. graeca , which have the same type of hook, in both sexes distinguishd by the shape of the mesal dark stripe of the pronotum, female moreover by the slight, but distinctly convex apex of the tegmina.

Etymology. The name of the species refers to its—presumably exclusive—occurrence on the island Cyprus.

Material studied. Type material. Holotype, ♂, ex L, CYPRUS, Moni Agiou Neofytou , N Pafos, 450 m, 15.V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (completely on two slides: Cy 18/1). (Coll. Bohn, ZSMC).

Addional material. CYPRUS. ex L: 1♂, 6L, Ieoron Apollonos, near Episkopi (W Lemesos), 100 m, 11. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Cy 4/1); ex L: 1♂, 2♀, 4L, 1 km E Moni Agiou Nikolaou (E Akrotiri), 0 m, 11. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Cy 5/1; ♀, Cy 5/2); GoogleMaps ex L: 1L, Pentadactylus Range, E slope of Mt. Kyprissavouni (= Alemdag ), N 35°19’05” / E 33°07’01”, 870 m, 12. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (Cy 8); GoogleMaps ex L: 1♂, 1♀, Pentadactylus Range , 3.5 km SE Agios Illarion (near Kyrenia = Girne), 350 m, 13. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Cy 11/1; ♀, Cy 11/2); GoogleMaps ex L: 2L, Pentadactylus Range, Vouno–Moni Panagias Apsinthiotissas ( N Lefkosia), 400 m, 13. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (Cy 13); GoogleMaps ex L: 10L, Pentadactylus Range, 3.5 km N Kythrea (= Deǧirmenlik ), 300 m, 14. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (Cy 14); GoogleMaps ex L: 2♂, 2♀, 1L, Region of Pentadactylus Range, 2 km E Agios Dimitrianos, near Agios Amvrosios (E Kyrenia = Girne ), N 35°21’01” / E 33°35’40, 50 m, 14. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Cy 16/1; ♀, Cy 16/2); GoogleMaps ex L: 4♂, 4♀, Kantara Forest, Pass btw. Flamoudi (= Mersinlik) & Ardana (= Ardahan), 450 m, 14. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Cy 17/1; ♀, Cy 17/2,3); GoogleMaps 1L, Moni Agiou Neofytou , N Pafos, 450 m, 15. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (Cy 18); GoogleMaps ex L: 3♂, 1♀, 8L, Tilliria, Gialia (10 km NE Polis), 150 m, 15. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Cy 20/1; ♀, Cy 20/3; L, Cy 20/2); GoogleMaps ex L: 2L, Troodos Mts. , 3 km N Kalapanagiotis, 400 m, 17. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (Cy 22); GoogleMaps ex L: 3♂, 1L, Troodos Mts., Adelphi Forest, Panagia ( Peristerona– Platanistasa ), 500 m, 17. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Cy 23/1); GoogleMaps ex L: 3♂, 1♀, 2L, Troodos Mts., Adelphi Forest, Panagia Forviotissa ( Asinou ), 500 m, 18. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Cy 24/1); GoogleMaps ex L: 4♂, 4♀, 2L, Troodos Mts. , 2 km E Pera Pedi (S Platres), 700 m, 18. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Cy 25/1; ♀, Cy 25/2,3); GoogleMaps ex L: 2♂, Pyrgos Kitiou, near Kiti (S Larnaka), 20 m, 19. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Cy 27/1); GoogleMaps ex L: 5♂, 4♀, 4L, Agia Napa (SE Famagusta), 50 m, 19. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Cy 28/1; ♀, Cy 28/2); GoogleMaps ex L: 2♂, 2♀, 2L, Troodos Mts., Adelphi Forest, Stavros tou Agiasmati (N Platanistasa), 800 m, 20. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Cy 29/1; ♀, Cy 29/2,3); GoogleMaps ex L: 6♂, 3♀, Pafos, Tombs of the Kings, 25 m, 22. V.2004, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Cy 30/1; ♀, Cy 30/3). (Coll. Bohn, ZSMC) GoogleMaps

Description. Size. Male. Length of pronotum 1.50–1.73 (mean 1.61) mm, length of tegmina 3.33–3.81 (mean 3.67) mm. (N = 12/12). Female. Length of pronotum 1.54–1.79 (mean 1.69) mm, length of tegmina 1.66–1.98 (mean 1.80) mm. (N = 5/12). T6 of male: Distance between the anterior bristle stripes in % of the tergite breadth: range 21.6–31.9, mean 25.7. (N = 13).

Female tegmina. Apical border weakly convex ( Figs. 25H View FIGURE 25 , 26B View FIGURE 26 ).

Male abdomen. Tergites: Fig. 25A–F. T View FIGURE 25 6 View FIGURE 6 Highly specialised as described under characters of the genus and the beybienkoi -group ( Figs. 2E View FIGURE 2 , 4B,C View FIGURE 4 , 5C,D View FIGURE 5 , 6B View FIGURE 6 ). T7. Pit opening with gutters (gu, Fig. 33E–G View FIGURE 33 ), pit size: up to size 4 ( Fig. 26C View FIGURE 26 ), anterior pit wall (aw) with a narrow stabilising bracelet (s, Figs. 27B View FIGURE 27 , 28D,E View FIGURE 28 ), window frame (wf) with well developed transversal folds (tf) ( Figs. 26D View FIGURE 26 , 27B View FIGURE 27 , 28E View FIGURE 28 ); posterior pit wall (pw) with a pair of wide and shallow bulges (bu, Fig. 28B View FIGURE 28 ); glandular pouches long, considerably surpassing T7 (gp, Figs. 26C View FIGURE 26 , 27A View FIGURE 27 ), tubules short, not reaching the lateral borders of the tergite (tu, 27B, 28D,E). Genital hook. Shaft (sh), especially in the upper part, well sclerotised, upper end right of the insertion of the claw (cl) more or less in full breadth elevated to an apically rounded process (ap); claw at the base less strongly curved than in the preceding species, strongly broadening towards a large crest (cr) having two unregularly shaped antlerlike processes (an) with wrinkled surface; darkened upper half of the shaft often with an indistinct network of whitish lines somehow resembling the colouration of giraffes ( Fig. 25K, s View FIGURE 25 . also Figs. 29L View FIGURE 29 , 31K View FIGURE 31 ).

Colouration as a rule darker than in the other species of the beybienkoi- group: dark stripes of pronotum in both sexes usually broader, the mesal one additionally distinguished by two intermitted slight broadenings, near to the anterior end suddenly strongly narrowing ( Fig. 34G–K View FIGURE 34 ); tergites 1–5 always with a dark mesal patch ( Fig. 25A View FIGURE 25 ), T6 and 7 often with more or less extended darkenings ( Figs. 25C View FIGURE 25 , 27A View FIGURE 27 , 28A View FIGURE 28 ).

Distribution. Occurrence of the species restricted to the island Cyprus, where it is widely distributed.

Remarks. Unfortunately, all available imagines were grown in the laboratory from relatively young larval stages, conditions which may cause abnormal imaginal moultings. Indeed, some of the imagines show crumpled wings due to incomplete stretching. Since, however, the majority of the specimens appears normal and uniform in all important characters it appears justified to erect a new species for the Cypric representatives. There are two more arguments for the assumption that the breeding conditions did not noticeably influence the normal expression of the specific characters: (1) The unusually dark colouration of the Cypric representatives in comparison with other species of the beybienkoi -group; usually, specimens moulted in captivity rather have a lighter than a darker colouration. (2) Numerous of the specimens of L. beybienkoi and L. quadrivittata from Israel had also been collected as larvae (though in a slightly later stage than those from Cyprus); none of the corresponding imagines showed remarkable differences in the specific characters.

ZSMC

Germany, Muenchen [= Munich], Zoologische Staatssammlung

ZSMC

Zoologische Staatssammlung

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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Ectobiidae

Genus

Luridiblatta

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