Dendroblatta iani

Lopes, Sonia Maria, Oliveira, Edivar Heeren De & Silva, Luiz Rafael Silva Da, 2014, Dendroblatta iani (Rocha e Silva-Albuquerque, 1964) n. comb. (Ectobiidae, Blattellinae), Zootaxa 3861 (5), pp. 498-500 : 498

Dendroblatta iani (Rocha e Silva-Albuquerque, 1964) n. comb.

( Figs. 1–8 )

Xestoblatta iani Rocha e Silva-Albuquerque, 1964:11; Princis, 1969:899; Beccaloni, 2013. Blattodea .speciesfile.org (MNRJ)

Geographical distribution. Brazil (Pará).

Material examined. Holotype male, Instituto Agronômico do Norte, Belém, Pará, 7/IV/1963, PS Humphrey col. (IAN. Perchedon net # BI, 1 meter from the ground. Capoeirão about 18 years old.

Comments. After the revision of the species of the genus Xestoblatta Hebard, 1916 deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Museu Nacional, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we examined the exemplar designated by the author as the holotype of Xestoblatta iani . Based on the general morphology of the specimen: pronotum (transverse with side rounded, hyaline, transparent) ( Fig. 1 ); spines of the legs (row of four consecutive developed spines followed by 7 smaller spines, plus one pre-apical and two apical spines) ( Fig. 2 ); supra-anal plate (ciliate and prominent among the cerci) ( Fig. 3 ); subgenital plate (ciliate, with two short symmetrical styles and a more heavily sclerotized projection between them) ( Fig. 4 ); type of specialization in the abdomen (two parallel tufts of cilia located medially on the seventh tergite) ( Fig. 5 ); genitalia: left phallomere inverted Y-shaped with tapered arms, and a medial strongly sclerotized structure ( Fig. 6 ); median sclerite with elongated stem having the sclerotized apex, slender apically ( Fig. 7 ); right phallomere elongated, hook-shaped, tapering to the sclerotized apex ( Fig. 8 ); and body medium in size. These characteristics indicate that X. iani belongs to the genus Dendroblatta Rehn, 1916 and is therefore included among the Pseudophyllodromiinae .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Dendroblatta iani (Rocha e Silva-Albuquerque, 1964) Holotype male. Fig 1: pronotum; Fig. 2: anterior femur; Fig. 3: supra-anal plate, dorsal view; Fig. 4: subgenital plate, ventral view; Fig. 5: tergal modification on the seventh tergite, dorsal view; Fig. 6: left phallomere, dorsal view; Fig. 7: median sclerite, dorsal view; Fig. 8: right phallomere, dorsal view.