Lauraesilpha, Grandcolas, 1997

Murienne, JérÔme, Pellens, Roseli & Grandcolas, Philippe, 2008, Short-range endemism in New Caledonia. New species and distribution of the genus Lauraesilpha Grandcolas, 1997 (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattidae, Tryonicinae), Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 197, pp. 261-272 : 263

publication ID	978-2-85653-605-6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B0D634D-7582-4A57-9DD4-4067DFFC0DBD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5493037
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A06F43-AC19-FFF4-C2E2-3814C0D4BC5F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lauraesilpha
status	n. sp.

Treatment

Lauraesilpha View in CoL do Murienne n. sp.

Figs 1-6

TYPE MATERIAL. — Male holotype, female allotype, MNHN, Mont Do, 948 m, rainforest, S 21°44,948’ E 166°00,212’, 13.V.2005, day, P. Grandcolas, J. Murienne, R. Pellens rec. GoogleMaps

TYPE LOCALITY. — Mont Do, 948 m, rainforest, S 21°44,948’ E 166°00,212’ GoogleMaps .

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 2 nymphs, MNHN, Mont Do, 948 m, rainforest, S 21°44,948’ E 166°00, 212’, 13.V.2005, day, P. Grandcolas, J. Murienne, R. Pellens rec. GoogleMaps

DESCRIPTION. — Fore femora with anteroventral margins with one large apical spine and a row of very small setae. Mid femora with anteroventral margins with one distal spine. Hind femora with anteroventral margins with one large distal spine. Male supra-anal plate (Fig. 1) with hind margin weakly concave medially. Male subgenital plate with the hind margin rounded and slightly protruding between styli.

Male genitalia with a medium-sized sclerite L3v with the hind lobe angularly curved and a truncated apex. Sclerite L2d with a large base and an apex narrow and elongated (Fig. 2). External branch of sclerite L2v wide at the basis and strongly curved at the apical third (Fig. 3). Internal branch of sclerite L2v large, roughly rectangular with several protruding apophyses (Fig. 4).

Female genitalia with laterosternal shelf with transversal sclerotization bearing approximately fifteen little spines on each side. Anterior arch (Fig. 5) with a large area covered by little spines and protruding lobes on the side of the spermathecal plate. Basivalvulae (Fig. 6) curved, not fused and with a marked asymmetry. Right part of basivalvulae locally fused with the spermathecal plate, greatly expanded and tooth-shaped externally. Spermatheca forked with a basal elongated ampulla and an apical rounded ampulla.

MEASUREMENTS. — Body length: ♂: 13.5 mm; ♀: 13.5 mm. Pronotum length: ♂: 3.3mm; ♀: 3.7 mm. Pronotum width: ♂: 4.5mm; ♀: 5 mm. Interocular width: ♂: 1.6 mm; ♀: 1.7 mm. Interantennal width: ♂: 1.0 mm; ♀: 1.1 mm.

ETYMOLOGY. — Species named after type locality.