Luridiblatta longitubulata, Bohn, 2022

Bohn, Horst, 2022, Revision of the genus Luridiblatta (Blaberoidea, Ectobiidae, Ectobiinae), Zootaxa 5215 (1), pp. 1-72 : 11-12

1. Luridiblatta longitubulata , sp. nov.

Figs. 1A , 2A , 4H , 7A–N , 8A–E , 9A–G , 10A–F , 34A , 35A , 37 , 39 , 43

Hololampra (Lamprella) trivittata (nec Serville, 1839): Bolívar 1921: 451, 452, figs. 1,2.

Phyllodromica (Luridiblatta) trivittata (nec Serville, 1839): Harz 1976: 299, figs. 879, 919, 1039-1042.

Diagnosis. In the male sex from the other three species of the longitubulata -group distinguished by the very long glandular pouches and tubules (in Latin: tubula, -ae) of T7.

Etymology. The species name refers to the long glandular tubules of T7 of male.

Material studied. Type material. Holotype, 1♂, SPAIN, Prov. Cádiz, 5 km E Arcos de la Frontera , 200 m, 1.IX.1983, leg. B. & H. Bohn (completely on two slides, Sp 45/2). (M. Madrid, MNCN).

Additional material. SPAIN. 6♂, 22♀, Prov. Córdoba, Emb. de S. Rafael de Navallana (near Córdoba ), 400 m, 27.VIII.1983, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Sp 38/7,11; ♀, Sp 38/12,13) ; 3♂, 10♀, Prov. Córdoba, Sta. María de Trassierra (near Córdoba ), 600 m, 28.VIII.1983, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Sp 39/4,5; ♀, Sp 39/6,7) ; 10♂, 18♀, same data as holotype (slides: ♂, Sp 45/1,8,11–14; ♀, Sp 45/6,7,9,10) ; 7♂, 1L, Prov. Cadiz, Pto. del Boyar (near Grazalema, NE Ubrique), 1100 m, 2.IX.1983, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Sp 47/2,3,10,11,17; ♀, Sp 47/13,15,16,18,19; L, Sp 47/14) ; 1♀, 1L, Prov. Málaga, Bobadilla (near Antequera ), 400 m, 3.IX.1983, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♀, Sp 48/2; L, Sp 48/1). (Coll. Bohn, ZSMC) .— 1♂, La Nava (Cabra, Córdoba ), 30.VIII.2019, Manuel Baena leg. (5) ; 3♀, La Suara (Jerez de la Fra., Cádiz ), 27.IX./30.X.2019, Álvaro Pérez leg. (6) ; 1♀, Aerogeneratores Los Lances (Tarifa, Cádiz ), 15.XI.2020, Álvaro Pérez leg. (7) ; 1♀, Sierra de Montecoche (Los Barrios, Cádiz ), XI.2020, Álvaro Pérez leg. (8) ; 3♂ L, 1♀ L, Torre de Castilnovo (Conil de la Fra., Cádiz ), Álvaro Pérez leg. (9) ; Laguna de la Paja (Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz ), 17.IX.2019, Álvaro Pérez leg.(10) ; Dehesa de las Yeguas ( Puerto Real , Cádiz ), 6.IX.2019, Álvaro Pérez leg. (11). ( Material of Álvaro Pérez ) .— MOROCCO. 2♂; ex L : 6♂, 3♀, 1O, Rif, btw. Bab-Sidi-Kebat & Boured, 1000 m, 15.VIII.1984, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 8/2,4; ♀, Ma 8/5) ; 3♂, 3♀ ; ex L: 1♂, 1♀, 11 km N Merhraoua (S Taza), 1200 M, 17.VIII.1984, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 12/1,8); ex L: 1♂, 1♀, 1O, near M. F. Tamtroucht ( S Tizi-Oulmou, S Taza), 1700 m, 17.VIII.1984, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 13/1,2) ; 38♂, 29♀, 13L, btw. Azemmour & El-Jadida (SW Casablanca), 20 m, 21.VIII.1984, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 17/1,5–10,14,15; ♀, Ma 17/4,11–13) ; Lac des Âït-Aadel (70 km E Marrakech), 900 m, leg. B. & H.Bohn: 1♀, 1O, 26.VIII.1984 (Ma 20) / ex L: 1♂, 1L, 28.IV.1989 (slide: ♂, Ma 20a/1); Tizi-n-Ifar ( NE Beni-Mellal ), 1800 m, leg. B. & H.Bohn: 28.VIII.1984, 2♂, 3♀ (slides: ♂, Ma 24/7,10) / 1♂, 2♀, 14.VIII.1999 (Ma 24a) ; 7♂, 13♀, 7 km SW Ifrane, 1700 m, 1.IX.1984, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 31/2–8) ; 2♂, 5♀, 2O/ 2♀, 1L, Jbel Zalagh (near Fès), 900 m, 2.IX.1984 / 3.VI.1989, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 33/1,3) ; 5♂, 1♀, 2L, Volubilis (N Meknès), 400 m, 4.IX.1984, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 35/1–3) ; Barrage Bin-el-Ouidane, near Ouaouizarht , 900 m, leg. B. & H.Bohn: ex L: 1♂, 1♀, 9L, 22.V.1997 (slide: ♂, Ma 91a/1) / ex L : 3♂, 1♀, 1L, 13.VIII.1999 (slides: ♂, Ma 91b/2,3); ca. 7 km N El Had ( SE Beni-Mellal ), 1200 m, leg. B. & H.Bohn: 4♂, 6♀; ex L: 2♂, 2♀, 30.V.1989 (slides: ♂, Ma 93/4,5) / ex L: 2♀, 14.VIII.1999 (Ma 93a); ex L : 1♀, ca. 3 km W Souk-el-Arba-Ouakbli (E Beni-Mellal), 1400 m, 13.VIII.1999, leg. H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 94a/2,3); ex L : 2♂, 2♀, 2L, 9 km SW Asni, 1000 m, 17.V.1997, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 155/1,2) ; 1♂, Moyen Atlas, 5 km S Tizi-n-Isly ( ESE El-Ksiba), 1400 m, 15.VIII.1999, leg. H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 168a/3) ; 3♂, 1♀, ca. 6 km SE Cherket (Tizi-n-Isly—Imilchil), 1750 m, 15.VIII.1999, leg. H.Bohn (slides: ♂, Ma 169a/4,5) ; Mts. des Beni-Snassèn , M. F. d’Âïn-Âlmou, 950–1200 m, leg. B. & H.Bohn: ex L: 1♀, 16.IV.1998 (Ma 235) / 4♂, 1♀, 17.VIII.1999 (slides: ♂, Ma 235a/4,5) / 1♂, 2♀, 15.IX.2000 (Ma 235b) ; ex L: 1♂, Moyen Atlas, 13 km S Âïn-Leuh, 1700 m, 15.VIII.1999, leg. H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 279/1) ; 1♂, 2♀, Jbel bou Iblane, N slope of Tizi-Oulmou, 1650 m, 20.IX.2000, leg. B. & H.Bohn (slide: ♂, Ma 304/1) .— ALGERIA.? 4L, Prov. Laghouat, Laghouat, Forêt de Aflou , 13.V.2013 – 6.I.2015, leg. Y.Adjami & F.Masna (Al 30) ; 4♂, 2♀, 1L, Prov. Djelfa, Djelfa, Forêt de Djelfa, 3.III.–22.VIII.2013, leg. F.Masna & Y.Adjami (slides: 4♂, Al 31b/1,5,6,7). (Coll. Bohn, ZSMC).

Earlier reports, det. as L. trivittata . SPAIN. Cazurro y Ruiz, 1888: Sevilla (1); Bolívar, 1897: Moron de la Frontera (2); Ragge, 1995: Bonanza n. Sanlúcar de Barrameda (3). PORTUGAL. Fernandes, 1965: Algarve oriental, Monte Gordo (4).

Description. Size. SPAIN. Male. Length of pronotum 1.47–1.73 (mean 1.55) mm, length of tegmina 2,42–2.82 (mean 2.59) mm. (N = 10/7). Female. Length of pronotum 1.80–1.87 (mean 1.84) mm, length of tegmina 2.10–2.46 (mean 2.30) mm. (N = 7/9). Specimens from MOROccO slightly larger: Male. Length of pronotum, mean 1.63 mm, length of tegmina, mean 2, 78 mm. (N = 18/25).

Wings. Apex of tegmina in both sexes shallowly, but distinctly concave ( Figs. 7H,I , 8B,C ); hindwings of variable shape, not broadening towards the apex ( Fig. 7J,K ).

Male abdomen. Tergites: Fig. 7A–G. T 6 as described under characters of the genus and the species group ( Fig. 1A ). T7. Pit size: largest with size 5, in most cases 3–4 ( Figs. 9A–G , 10A–F ); anterior pit wall (aw) usually rather plane ( Figs. 8A , 9F,E , 10A,D ), more seldom with a pair of more or less protruding humps (hu) and laterally adjacent excavations (ec, Figs. 9G , 10B ), windows with a narrow stabilising bracelet s and a well developed frame (wf) surrounding them, the strongly narrowed tailpieces (tp) of the glandular pouches often well visible through the windows ( Figs. 8A , 10A,D ); posterior pit wall (pw) with a pair of well developed hemispherical bulges (bu, Fig. 9A ); glandular pouches (gp) long, usually considerably longer than length of T7 measured at the lateral borders, variously shaped ( Figs. 8A , 9B , 10A–F ); tubules (tu) also very long, virtually stretched reaching far beyond the lateral border of T7 ( Fig. 8A ). Genital hook with relatively normally shaped shaft, below the apical process not or only weakly bulged out ( Fig. 7L–N ).

Distribution. The species has a wide distribution area including southern Portugal and Spain (south of latitude 38° N), large parts of Morocco and the Western half of Algeria ( Figs. 37 , 39 ).

Figures

FIGURE 1A–D. Structures of male T6 of Luridiblatta; overview pictures to show the differences between the three species groups of the genus: A: longitubulata-, B,C: trivittata-, D: beybienkoi-group. The figure shows an exemplary selection of species of the three groups; the remaining species are similaraly depicted on Figs. 5E,F and 6A–D.—Abbreviations: ab anterior border of the tergite; ad, pd anterior, posterior deepening; arrows point to the anterior bristle stripe; mi group of lightly coloured spots indicating the insertion of dorso-ventral muscles; tr transversal ridge, not present in C,D; pr, po pre-ridge, post-ridge area of tergite.—Identifications: A (Sp 45/2, holotype), B (Sz 7/4), C (Al 36/7, holotype), D (Is 23/1).

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 4A–H. Structures of male T6.—A–D: Anterior deepenings ad, (A–C) from the left, (D) from the right side; in the longitubulata-group (A) without peculiar structures, in the beybienkoi-group (B–D) with a slitlike opening (arrows). E– H: Posterior deepenings pd, in the trivittata- (E,F) and beybienkoi-group (G), and their homologon mi (H) in the species of the longitubulata-group; the light oval spots are the sites where dorso-ventral muscles insert; all from the left side.—Other abbreviations:br bristles of the anterior bristle stripe, out of focus; the upper part of (ad) in (C) also out of focus.—Enlargements: Same scale for A–H.—Identifications: A (Sa 21/19), B (Cy 25/1), C (Cy 18/1, holotype), D (Is 11/1), E (Sz 7/4), F (Al 36/7, holotype), G (Is 23/1), H (Sp 45/2, holotype).

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 7A–N. Main structures of L. longitubulata.—A–G. Male tergites. A: T1–3; B: T4; C: T5; D: T6; E: T7 with glandular pouch gp, tubules tu, and pit pi; F,G: T8, (G) anterior part in higher magnification, showing the rough cuticular structures along the anterior border.—H,I. Left tegmen of male (H) and female (I).—J,K. Hind wing lobe l with part of metanotum mt of male (J) and female (K).—L–N. Male genital hook with shaft sh, apical process of shaft ap, velum ve, and claw cl with its crest cr.—Enlargements: Same scale for A–F, and for H,I.—Identifications: A–H (Sp 45/2, holotype), I (Sp 45/10), J (Sp 45/8), K (Sp 47/15), L (Sp 39/4), M,N (Sp 45/14).

FIGURE 8A–F. Structures and colouration of L. longitubulata (A–E) and L. vesiculosa (F).—A. T7 of male in more detail. Ventral fold (vf) dividing the posterior part of the tergite; ws, sp weakly, strongly sclerotised area of the tergite surface; glandular structures: tubules tu and pouches gp, the latter ending posteriorly in a narrow tailpiece tp; pit structures: ab, pb anterior, posterior border of the pit opening; anterior pit wall aw, in the upper part with a strongly sclerotised area sa; further below with the transparent windows w, the window frame wf, and the stabilising bracelet s; posterior wall of pit pw with a pair hemispherical bulges bu; bo bottom of pit in profile; the opponent arrows indicate the axis of the assumed turning of the pit after mounting.—B,C. Left male (B) and female (C) tegmen (anteriorly at the right, posterior border below; compare with Fig. 7H,I); bristles of the lightly coloured area between the dark longitudinal stripes not inserted in the center of a dark spot (arrowheads, compare with Fig. 24F–I).—D–F. Thoracal nota (pr pronotum, ms mesonotum, mt metanotum) and tegmina, male (D) and female (E) of L. longitubulata, female of L. vesiculosa (F).—Identifications: A,B (Sp 45/2, holotype), C (Sp 45/10), D (Sp 45/12), E (Sp 47/13), F (Ma 46/3).

FIGURE 9A–G. L. longitubulata, variability in size and shape of the glandular pit of T7. In Fig. A focus stacking is restricted to the interval between the tergite surface and the posterior border of the pit opening and shows that the hemispherical bulge of the posterior pit wall does not affect the overlaying cuticle of the tergite surface; in the other figures focus stacking reaches as deep as is necessary to have the anterior border of the pit opening in focus. The shorter the pit the more of the structures of the anterior pit wall are visible. Notice the correlation between the shape of the hemispherical bulge and the length of the pit.— Abbreviations: ab, lb, pb anterior, lateral, posterior border of the pit opening; aw, lw, pw anterior, lateral, posterior pit wall; bo bottom of pit (pofile), arrow points to a less sclerotised part; bu hemispherical bulge; ec excavation; gp glandular pouch; hu hump; sa strongly scerotised area in the upper part of the aw; s stabilising bracelet, in C covered by pw, but shining through; tu tubules; vf ventral fold of T7; wf window frame.—Enlargements: Same scale for C–G.—Identifications: A (Ma 33/1), B,D (Sp 47/11), C (Sp 47/17), E (Sp 45/8), F (Sp 39/5), G (Sp 39/4).

FIGURE 10A–F. Male T7 in L. longitubulata from various locations in Morocco to show the variability in the length and shape of the glandular pouch gp; pi glandular pit; hu hump and adjacent ec excavation of the anterior pit wall.—Identifications:A (Ma 17/14), B (Ma 8/2), C (Ma 13/1), D (Ma 12/1), E (Ma 20a/1), F (Ma 33/1).

FIGURE 34 A–O. Pronotum (A–K), resp. pronotum, mesonotum and tegmina (L–O) of the Luridiblatta species designated on the corresponding figures.—Enlargements: Length of scale in all specimens 0,5 mm.—Identifications: A (Sp 45/2, holotype), B (Ma 14/6, holotype), C (Ma 5/8, holotype), D (Is 11/1), E (Is 13/4), F (Kr 23/2, holotype), G (Cy 18/1, holotype), H (Cy 23/1), I (Cy 24/1), J (Cy 29/3), K (Cy 29/2), L (Kr 20/2), M (Is 22/3), N (Sz 7/4), O (Sz 9/5).

FIGURE 35 A–I. Colouration of female tergites in Luridiblatta species.—A–C. Longitubulata-group (comparable colouration also in L. gibberosa).—D. Trivittata-group (colouration of the female of L. habbachii not kown).—E–H. Beybienkoi-group (similar colouration also in L. beybienkoi).—Abbreviations of the dark patches: m mesal, sm submesal, l lateral, sl sublateral, ts transversal stripe; arrows point to the mesal patch of T1 showing characteristic differences between the first two and the third species group.—Identifications: A (Sp 47/15), B (Ma 3/20), C (Ma 16/Y), D (Sa 21/17), E (Is 13/4), F (Gr 1/8), G (Cy 25/3), H (Cy 30/3), I (Bo 1302).

FIGURE 37. Distribution of the species of Luridiblatta occurring in Portugal, Southern Spain and Morocco. There are also one or two localities of L. longitubulata in Middle Algeria (Fig. 39).

FIGURE 39. Distribution of the species of Luridiblatta occurring in Algeria. The determination of the four larval specimens from locality Al 30 (with question mark) as L. longitubulata is only supported by geographical considerations.

FIGURE 43. Cladogram of the Luridiblatta species reconstructed via the states of five characters listed below. The crown species on the tree are well distinguished by autapomorphies; but since these cannot contribute to the analysis of the phylogeny they are not inserted on the tree.