Phyllodromica bey-bienkoi Mařan, 1957: 481

Bohn, Horst, 2022, Revision of the genus Luridiblatta (Blaberoidea, Ectobiidae, Ectobiinae), Zootaxa 5215 (1), pp. 1-72 : 20-21

Phyllodromica bey-bienkoi Mařan, 1957: 481 .

Phyllodromica (Luridiblatta) beybienkoi: Princis 1971: 1118 .

Luridiblatta beybienkoi: Failla & Messina 1993: 101 , figs. 7,8.

Phyllodromica ebneri Harz, 1975: 7 , figs. 9,10; Failla & Messina 1993: fig. 9.

Diagnosis. From the very similar L. graeca in the male sex distinguished by the absence of an edge or fold reaching from the anterior border of the pit opening till near to the lateral border of T7 ( Fig. 30A,B , 33B–D ; compare with Fig. 33H–J ), glandular tubules inconspicuous, terminal end not club-shaped.

Material studied. Type material. Holotype, ♂, Turkey, Karapinar, Toros , 1.VIII.1947, Exp. N. Mus.ČSR. (completely on three slides: Bo 346). (M. Praha).

Type material of P. ebneri , synonymised with L. beybienkoi by Failla & Messina 1993. Holotype, ♂, Palestine, Khudeira [= Hadera] b. Haifa, 14.-16.VII.1928, R.Ebner (completely on two slides: Bo 343). (M. Genéve); Paratypes, 1♂, 1♀, Libanon, Aïn Sofar, 22.VIII.1928, R.Ebner (slide: ♂, Bo 1223). (M. Wien) .

Additional material. — Greece, Sporades. 2♂, Isola di Coo [Kos], Altopiano di Agrello, tra Antimachia e Chefalo , 13.IX.1934 (slide: 1♂, Bo 345). (Coll. Napoli). — TURKEY. Prov. Antalya: ex L: 4♂, 2♀, 8L, Çirali (S Kemer), 30 m, 13.- 15.V.2006, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ty 1/1; ♀, Ty 1/3); ex L : 1♀, 1L, 5 km NW Çirali (S Kemer), 230 m, 13.-15.V.2006, leg. B. & H.Bohn (Ty 2) ; ex L: 1♂, Kemer–Kumluca , 9 km NE Kumluca, 550 m, 13.V.2006, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ty 3/1); ex L: 2L, 13 km ESE Manavgat, 50 m, 16.V.2006, leg. B. & H.Bohn ( Ty 13). (Coll. Bohn, ZSMC). — LEBANON. 1♂, Aïn Sofar , 23.VIII.1928, Ebner ; 1♀, Bcharré, Zedernwald bei Bcharré , 1400-2050 m, 10.VIII.1928, R. Ebner; 1L, Bcharré , 1400 m, 5.- 11.VIII.[19]28, R. Ebner. (M. Wien) .— 1♀, Libanon, Bicfain, 890 m, 1887, Tavoni [?] (M. Paris). — ISRAEL. ex L : 6♂, 6♀, 1L, Mt. Meron, 1120 m, 16.VII.2010, leg. H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Is 14/2) ; 1♂; exL: 17♂, 10♀, 2L, Hadera, Hadera Forest (SW Hadera), 10 m, 18.VII.2010, leg. H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Is 20/1; ♀, Is 20/2) ; 4♂, 1♀, Karmel Mountains, Keren Karmel, 450 m, 21.VII.2010, leg. H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Is 21/1) ; 8♂, 2♀, 1L, Yodfat (SE Sakhnin), 500 m, 18.VII.2010, leg. H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Is 22/1). (Coll. Bohn, ZSMC) .— 1♂, #A 6506, SH.I.R.M. B.SH.G. [= Dganya Alef ?], 1.IX.1943, leg. Y.Palmoni (slide: Bo 1249; Isr 1) ; 1♂, #A 7543, SH.I. R.M. B.SH.G. [= Dganya Alef?], in fallen leafs of Nerium oleander , 11.VIII.1944, leg. Y.Palmoni (slide: Bo 1269; Isr 1); 1L, #A 7467, Wadi Kurdani (near ‘Ako) [‘En Afeq], 29.VII.1944, leg. Z.Zudai (Isr 1) ; 1♀, Meron, 10.IX.1973, D.Furth (s. Is 14) ; 1L, #A 6344, Nahal Yarmuk , 8.VIII.1943, leg. Y.Palmoni (Isr. 10). (M. Tel Aviv). — 2L, Palaestina, Gebata [= Gvat], am Licht, II.1928, Bodenheimer (Isr 12). (M. Berlin). —1L, Paläst., Benyamina b. Haifa, 17.VII.[19]28, Ebner (Isr 9); 1L, Palästina, Karmel, 19.VII.[19]28, Ebner (Isr 8). (M. Wien) .— SYRIA, Golan (under Israel administration): exL: 2♂, 3♀, 1L, Mt. Hermon, Ski Lift Station, 1650 m, 16.VII.2010, leg. H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Is 15/1,2); exL: 11♂, 4♀, 3L, Mt. Hermon, Majdal e-Shams– Ski Lift Station , Nakhal Guvta , 1400 m, 16.VII.2010, leg. H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Is 16/1,2) ; 1♂; exL: 11♂, 9♀, 2L, Odem Forest near Mas’ada, margin of Great Yuba , 1000 m, 17.VII.2010, leg. H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Is 18/1; ♀, Is 18/2,3). (Coll. Bohn, ZSMC) .— 1♀, Har Hermon , 33.18,1N 35.46,2E, 1600 m, 20.VII.2009, L.Friedman (Isr 11); 1L, Neve-Ativ, 26.VII.1973, D.Furth (Isr 6). (M. Tel Aviv) .

Description. Size. Male. Israel: Length of pronotum 1.82–1.98 (mean 1.91) mm, length of tegmina 4,1–4,86 (mean 4.69) mm. (N = 7/7). Turkey: Mean length of pronotum 1.7 mm, of tegmina 4.15 mm. (N = 5/5). T6. Distance between the anterior bristle stripes in % of the tergite breadth: range 18.8–26.9, mean 22.3. (N = 9).

Female tegmina. Apical border shallowly concave ( Figs. 24I , 29H ).

Male abdomen. Tergites. Fig. 29A–F. T 6 . Highly specialised as described under characters of the genus and the beybienkoi -group ( Figs. 2F–H , 6C ). T7. Pit opening laterally drawn out to gutters (gu) almost reaching the lateral border of the tergite ( Figs. 30A,B , 33B–D ), anterior border of the opening (ab) laterally not continuing into an edge (ed) ending near the lateral border (comp. Fig. 33H–J ); pit size up to size 4 ( Fig. 33C ); anterior pit wall (aw) with well-developed transversal folds (tf), posterior pit wall (pw) with a pair of wide shallow bulges (bu), glandular pouches long (gp), tubules short, inconspicuous, terminal end not club-shaped (tu, Figs. 29D , 30A,B ). Genital hook. Claw (cl) as in L. cyprica and L. graeca with a large crest (cr) having two antlerlike processes ( Fig. 29K,L ).

Distribution. The species is distributed from Northern Israel over Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Southern Sporades (Kos). In Israel, the exact borderline between L. beybienkoi and the southernly adjacent L. quadrivittata is not known; the southernmost finding of the first species is at Hadera (Is 2 in Figs. 41 , 42 ), the northernmost of the latter is in the Ben Shemen Forest southeast of Tel Aviv (Is 11). From the area in between only indeterminable larval specimens (from Tel Aviv) are known (Isr 5 and Isr7); they are preliminarily listed under the material of the latter species (with a question mark). No material is available from Palestine-Westbank.

Figures

FIGURE 2A–H. Stuctures of male T6 in more detail. A–F: Cut-outs from the left side of T6 containing the deepenings ad and pd; mi site of muscle insertions; tr transversal ridge. G,H: Mesal end of the left anterior bristle stripe with anterior and posterior trench at, pt and their fusion point fp.—Enlargements: Same scale forA–H.—Identifications:A (Sp 45/2, holotype), B (Sz 7/4), C (Al 36/7, holotype), D (Is 23/1), E (Cy 23/1), F (Ty 3/1), G (Is 14/2), H (Ty 3/1).

FIGURE 6A–D. Structures of male T6. Continuation of overview pictures of male T6, species: L. vesiculosa (longitubulata- group), with fully developed transversal ridge tr; L. cyprica, L. beybienkoi and L. graeca (beybienkoi-group), without transversal ridge, but with ad, pd anterior, posterior deepening; fo membraneous fold; arrowhead indicates w-shaped dark line.—Identifications: A (Ma 5/1), B (Cy 18/1, holotype), C (Ty 3/1), D (Kr 23/2, holotype).

FIGURE 24A–I. Structures of species of the beybienkoi-group.—A–E. Male structures of L. quadrivittata. A: T7 with glandular pouches gp; B,C: pit structures in more detail, focus stacking in B superficial, in C deeper. Abbreviations: ap, pb anterior, posterior border of pit opening; aw, pw anterior, posterior pit wall; bo pit bottom (profile); bu bulge; gu gutter; s stabilising bracelet; “sa” position of the strongly sclerotised area in the species of the first two species groups; tf transversal folds; ts surface cuticula of the tergite. D,E: apical part of the hook, in D focus on the apical process of the shaft ap, in E on the tip tc of the claw cl, cr crest.—F,G and H,I: Left male (F,H) and female (G,I) tegmina (anteriorly at the right, posterior border below) of L. quadrivittata (F,G) and L. beybienkoi (H,I): each bristle of the lightly coloured area between the dark longitudinal stripes inserted in the center of a dark spot (arrowheads).—Identifications: A–C,F (Is 23/1), D,E (Is 11/1), G (Is 23/3), H (Is 14/2), I (Is 18/2).

FIGURE 29 A–L. Main structures of L. beybienkoi.—A–F. Male tergites. A: T1–4; B: T5; C: T6; D: T7, with glandular pouches gp, pit pi (for more details see Fig. 30B); E,F: T8, (F) anterior part in more detail, rough cuticular structures along the anterior border only far laterally (arrow).—G,H. Left tegmen of male (G) and female (H).—I,J. Hindwing lobe l with part of metanotum mt of male (I) and female (J).—K,L. Male genital hook, with shaft sh, its apical process ap, velum ve, claw cl with crest cr, the latter with two strong antlerlike processes an.—Enlargements: Same scale for A–E, for G,H, and for I,J.— Identifications:A–F,H (Ty 3/1), G (Is 17/2), I (Is 16/1), J (Is 22/3), K (Bo 376, holotype), L (Is 14/2).

FIGURE 30 A,B. Structures of male T7 in L. beybienkoi. Abbreviations: ab, pb anterior, posterior border of pit opening; aw, pw anterior, posterior pit wall, the latter with a shallow bulge bu; gu gutter; gp glandular pouch; tf transversal folds; arrows in (A) indicate a gap in the sclerotisation of the pit bottom, present also on the right.—Identifications: A (Ty 1/1), B (Ty 3/1).

FIGURE 33 A–J. Left side of male T7 in the species of the beybienkoi-group. In all species the lateral angles of the pit opening are drawn out to a rather narrow gutter gu almost reaching the lateral border of the tergite. In L. graeca the anterior border of the pit opening continues laterally into a narrow edge ed converging with the gutter and approaching it closely near the lateral border of the tergite.—Further abbreviations: ab, pb anterior, posterior border of the pit opening; aw, pw anterior, posterior pit wall; gp glandular pouch; tu glandular tubule.—Identifications: A (Is 11/1), B (Ty 3/1), C (Is 21/1), D (Ty 1/1), E (Cy xx/1), F (Cy 18/1, holotype), G (Cy 21/1), H (Gr 1/5), I (Kr 23/2, holotype), J (Kr 10/5).

FIGURE 41. Distribution of the two species of Luridiblatta occurring in Israel and Syria. In the region of transition between the two species only indistinguishable larvae were found.

FIGURE 42. Localities and their numbers of the species of Luridiblatta occurring in Israel and Syria. Black squares: material from museums, in the text designated as Isr numbers; black discs: material collected by the author, in the text designated as Is number.