Luridiblatta sp. A

Bohn, Horst, 2022, Revision of the genus Luridiblatta (Blaberoidea, Ectobiidae, Ectobiinae), Zootaxa 5215 (1), pp. 1-72 : 22

11. Luridiblatta sp. A

Fig. 22I–K, M

Material studied. ALGERIA. 1♂, Giryville [=? El Bayadh, Western Algeria], VIII.[18]97 (completely on three slides: Bo 1298). (M. Paris) .

Description. Size. Male. Length of pronotum: 1.6 mm; length of tegmina: 4 mm.

Tegmina: Relatively long, apex fairly symmetrically rounded, lightly coloured area between dark stripes with some bristles (resp. their bases since bristles are all lost) inserted in weakly darkened spots. (Hindwings and abdomen not saved.)

Relationship. The three mentioned features of the tegmina suggest an intermediate position between the trivittata - and the beybienkoi -group; for a more exact determination the structures of T6 and of the glandular pit should be known.

Figures

FIGURE 22A–M. Male structures of L. habbachii and of L. spec. A.—A–H,L. L. habbachii, male holotype. A: T2,3; B: T4; C: T5; D: T6; E: T7 with glandular pit pi and pouches gp, the latter not well stretched; F: pit in more detail: ab, pb anterior, posterior border of pit opening; aw, pw anterior, posterior pit wall, the first with the strongly scerotised area sa, and a slight posterior excavation ec, the latter with apair of hemispherical bulges bu; G,H:left tegmen, (G) lightlycoloured area beween the arrows shown in (H) in more detail: bristles lost, but circular bases still visible; they are not positioned in the center of a dark spot (arrowhead); L: pronotum.—I–K,M. Luridiblatta sp. A. I–K: tegmina; (I) left tegmen, lightly coloured area between arrows shown in (J) in more detail, (K) respective aerea from the right tegmen: some of the bristle bases in the center of a—though only weakly—dark spot; M: pronotum.—Enlargements: Same scale in A–E.—Identifications:A–H,L (Al 36/7, holotype), I–K, M (Bo 1298)