Litoblatta tucumanae, Valverde & Crespo, 2021

Valverde, Alejandra Del Carmen & Crespo, Francisco A., 2021, Four new species of Litoblatta from Argentina with a key to species based on males (Blattaria: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae), Zootaxa 4941 (4), pp. 553-568 : 558-559

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scientific name	Litoblatta tucumanae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Litoblatta tucumanae sp. nov.

( Figs. 22–26 View FIGURES 22‒26 , 71 View FIGURES 68‒74 )

Holotype. Argentina. Province of Tucumán: ♁, Departamento Cruz Alta, La Soledad, Cañete (lat 26.8685S, long 64.8452W), 27/I/1966, Bucher E. coll. ( IFML) TBLA 002 (= L. brasiliensis in Crespo & Valverde 2008; Crespo et al. 2010)

Paratypes. Argentina. Province of Salta: ♁, Cafayate , 20/XII/1970, Stange L. coll. ( IFML). Province of Tucumán: ♁, locality missing, 430 m. a.s.l ., XII/1946, Córdoba J. coll. ( IFML); ♁, Tucumán, locality missing , 12/I/1965, Weyrauch W. coll. ( MLP); ♁, Tafí Viejo 700 m. a.s.l ., 10/ III /1962 , Weyrauch W. coll. ( IFML); ♁, Departamento Leales , San Genaro, V /1948 , coll. missing, ( IFML); ♁, Famaillá , X/1947, García B.L. coll. ( IFML); ♁, Cochuna , (lat 27.317S, long 65.917W) GoogleMaps , 10/ II /2013, Rubio G.D., Iuri H., Ojanguren A., Porta A. & Adilardi R. colls. ( FCEN): ♁, Departamento Cruz Alta, La Soledad, Cañete (lat 26.8685S. long 64.8452W) GoogleMaps 4/ III /1967 , Bucher E. coll. ( IFML) TBLA003 .

Diagnosis. Paraprocts similar to L. lutea but the spines of the right paraproct are shorter and are placed on the internal basal border ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 22‒26 ). L2 and via are disposed in an almost right angle ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 22‒26 ). The scale zone sz ( Figs. 26 View FIGURES 22‒26 , 71 View FIGURES 68‒74 ) occupies less than half of the sclerotized surface.

Male. Measurements in mm. N= 8. PL: 3.40‾4.36 (3.72); TeL: 13.85‾18.73 (18.73); TL: 17.67‾22.07 (19.73); IO: 0.50‾1.00 (1.00); IOc: 0.40‾0.80 (0.80); IA: 0.80‾0.90 (0.90). Supra anal plate with an apical straight margin ( Fig.22 View FIGURES 22‒26 ). Paraprocts: similar to L. lutea but the spines of the right paraproct are shorter and are placed on the internal basal border ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 22‒26 ). L2 and via are disposed in an almost right angle. Via slender and slightly curved uniformly ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 22‒26 ). L3 hook shaped, with an apical incision ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 22‒26 ). R1P with a quadrangular posterior area sclerotized with scale zone included. The scale zone sz occupies less than half of the sclerotized surface ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 22‒26 ).

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. From the Province of Tucumán.

Distribution. Argentina-Provinces of Salta and Tucumán.

References

Crespo, F. A. & A. C. Valverde. (2008) Blattaria. In: Claps, L. E., Debandi, G. & Roig-Junent, S. (Eds.), Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos. Vol. 2. Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, Mendoza, pp. 167 - 179.

Crespo, F. A., Valverde, A. C. & Iglesias, M. S. (2010) Catalogue of Blattaria (Insecta) from Argentina. Zootaxa, 2726 (1), 1 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2726.1.1

Figures

FIGURES 22‒26. Litoblatta tucumanae sp. nov. 22. Supra anal plate with straight apical margin, dorsal view. 23. Right paraproct with short conical spines placed on the internal basal border, ventral view. 24. Subgenital plate and L2+via, ventral view. 25. L3 invaginated, ventral view. 26. Right complex R, ventral view.

FIGURES 68‒74. Schemes of the sclerite R1P with the convex scale zone sz, dorsal view. 68. Litoblatta lutea sp.nov. 69. L. elisae sp. nov. 70. L. misionerae sp. nov. 71. L. tucumanae sp. nov. 72. L. brasiliensis. 73. L. argentina. 74. L. clara.