Cylindrogaster species

Kamimura, Yoshitaka & Ferreira, Rodrigo L., 2017, Earwigs from Brazilian caves, with notes on the taxonomic and nomenclatural problems of the Dermaptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 713, pp. 25-52 : 33

Cylindrogaster species Fig. 22

Material examined.

1 nymph, Cavidade RF 86, Barao de Cocais , Minas Gerais , 9.ii.2015, ATIVO AMBIENTAL leg. ( ISLA 15507) - 1 nymph, Cavidade CBT_09, Barao de Cocais , Minas Gerais, 19.i.2015, ATIVO AMBIENTAL leg. ( ISLA 15508) - 1 nymph, S11D, S11D-0003, Serra / Sul, Canaã dos Carajás, Pará, 16.xii.2014, CARSTE leg. ( ISLA 17201) - 1 nymph, Gruta da Lapinha , Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, 7.vii.2011, Ferreira, RL leg. ( ISLA 21083) - 3 nymphs, Cave GEM-1194, Parauapebas, Pará, 23.ii.2011, CARSTE leg. ( ISLA 21087) - 1 nymph, CAPA 03, Itabirito, Minas Gerais, 11.xi.2013, SPELAYON leg. ( ISLA 21088) - 1 nymph, Cave Mll GEM-1705, Parauapebas, Pará, 13.iv.2011, CARSTE leg. ( ISLA 21091) - 2 nymphs, Cave Mll GEM-1738, Parauapebas, Pará, 3.xi.2011, CARSTE leg. ( ISLA 21092) - 1 nymph, Cave Mll GEM-1694, Parauapebas, Pará, 20.iii.2011, CARSTE leg. ( ISLA 21095) - 4 nymphs, Didi Vieira cave , Afonso Cláudio, Espírito Santo, 23.iii.2005, Souza MS et al. leg. ( ISLA 21098) - 1 nymph, Sitio Paraiso cave , Ecoporanga, Espírito Santo, 22.vii.2004, Souza MS et al. leg. ( ISLA 21099) - 2 nymphs, Gruta do Roxo , Novo Oriente de Minas , Minas Gerais, 20.vii.2002, Souza MS et al. leg. ( ISLA 21100) - 1 nymph, SEP-0407 (Geraldo Gusso), Felipe Guerra, Rio Grande do Norte, 2.x.2010, Ferreira, RL leg. ( ISLA 21102) - 1 nymph, Lapa de Urtiga, Vazante, Minas Gerais, 16.ix.2010, Ferreira, RL leg. ( ISLA 2735) .

Remarks. A total of 21 nymphs of Cylindrogaster were examined. Nymphal cerci were frequently lost in these specimens, but when present, they were always segmented instead of unsegmented forceps of adults (Fig. 22 ).

Species diagnosis has not been established for nymphal samples of Cylindrogaster spp.

Figures

Figures 12 - 22. 12 - 17 Cylindrogaster sp. 1 (female): habitus (12), spiny ridges (indicated by the blue arrowheads) on the mesothorax (13), wing base of the left hindwing (14), and genital regions (15 - 17) 18 - 21 Cylindrogaster sp. 2 (female): habitus (18), spiny ridges (indicated by the blue arrowheads) on the mesothorax (19), fustis of the left hindwing (20), and genital regions (21) 22 Cylindrogaster sp. (nymph): detail of cercus. Scale bars 3 mm for Figs 12, 18; 0.5 mm for Figs 13 - 15, 19 - 22; 200 μm for Figs 16, 17.