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

Litoblatta tucumanae sp. nov.

( Figs. 22–26, 71)

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) , 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) 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). L2 and via are disposed in an almost right angle ( Fig. 24). The scale zone sz ( Figs. 26, 71) 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). Paraprocts: similar to L. lutea but the spines of the right paraproct are shorter and are placed on the internal basal border ( Fig. 23). L2 and via are disposed in an almost right angle. Via slender and slightly curved uniformly ( Fig. 24). L3 hook shaped, with an apical incision ( Fig. 25). 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).

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. From the Province of Tucumán.

Distribution. Argentina-Provinces of Salta and Tucumán.