Notolampra Saussure, 1862

Anisyutkin, Leonid N., 2020, New and little known Epilamprinae (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae) from the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève and the Zoological Institute of Saint Petersburg. Part 4, Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (1), pp. 105-117 : 113

Genus Notolampra Saussure, 1862

Type species: Epilampra lucida Saussure, 1862 (junior synonym of Blatta gibba Thunberg, 1826 ), by monotypy.

Remarks: According to structures of the male genitalia the type species is similar to representatives of the genus Colapteroblatta (see above), whereas its habitus is similar to that of Thorax pocellana ( Saussure, 1862) , the type and so far only species of the genus Thorax Saussure, 1862 . The male genitalia of Thorax (see Anisyutkin, 2014), however, clearly differ from those of Notolampra and Colapteroblatta . I assume that the similarity in the appearance of Notolampra and Thorax is due to convergence.

Species included: Three species from South America ( Brazil, Surinam, French Guiana, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago), as given in Beccaloni (2014).