Litoblatta brasiliensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1865)
- Dataset
- Four new species of Litoblatta from Argentina with a key to species based on males (Blattaria: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Blattodea
- family
- Ectobiidae
- genus
- Litoblatta
- species
- Litoblatta brasiliensis
description
(Figs. 27 – 33, 72)
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Right paraproct with a group of long spines, apically divergent (Fig. 28). Right stylus with rounded apex (Figs. 29 – 30). R 1 P with a quadrangular scale zone sz distally (Figs. 33, 72). Male. Measurements in mm. N = 8. PL: 3.00 ‾ 3.66; TeL: 12.61 ‾ 15.27; TL: 15.43 ‾ 18.33; IO: 0.70 ‾ 0.80; IOc: 0.40 ‾ 0.80; IA: 0.80 ‾ 0.90. Supra anal plate apical margin with a medial notch (Fig. 27). Right stylus with rounded apex (Figs. 29 – 30). Right paraproct with a group of long spines, apically divergent (Fig. 28). R 1 P with a quadrangular scale zone sz distally (Figs. 31 – 33, 72). Female. Apterous, described by Hebard 1921. Our female specimens could not be associated with males.
distribution
Distribution. Argentina-Provinces of Córdoba, Corrientes, La Rioja and Salta.
materials_examined
Material examined. ARGENTINA. 2 ♁, locality, date and coll. missing (MLP). Province of Córdoba: ♁, locality missing, 20 / XI / 1948, López P. coll. (IFML). Province of Corrientes: ♁, San Cayetano, II / 2009, Patittucci L. coll. (FCEN); 2 ♁, Departamento T. de Apóstol, Manantiales, XI / 1946, coll. missing, (IFML). Province of La Rioja: ♁, locality missing, 28 / X / 1930, Gómez M. coll. (MACN). Province of Salta: ♁, Forestal (35 km from J. B. González), 18 / XII / 1979, Leg. Turk S. & Fonollat P. (IFML).