On cockroaches of the subfamily Epilamprinae (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae) from South India and Sri Lanka, with descriptions of new taxa Author Anisyutkin, Leonid N. text Zootaxa 2014 2014-08-08 3847 3 301 332 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.1 624e0a0e-4766-436b-a552-8aad3b411999 1175-5326 253194 19E58554-5B31-496B-B851-A26DEE4B7929 Indoapterolampra rugosiuscula Anisyutkin , sp. nov. ( Figs. 1A–C , 2 A–K, 3 A–J) Material . Holotype — male , SOUTH INDIA , state Tamil Nadu , Coimbatore , 1400 ft. , November 1959 , coll. P.S. Nathan ( MMUM ); paratype — male , same data as the holotype ( ZIN ) . Description . Male (the holotype ). General color black, with yellowish elements ( Figs. 1A–C , 2 B); central part of facial part of head ( Fig. 2 A), thoracic and abdominal tergites black; eyes and antennae brownish; vertex, areas at ocellar spots, lateral parts of head and mouthparts yellowish; pronotum and, in less degree, mesonotum bordered with yellow along anterior and lateral sides, metanotum and abdominal tergites bordered with yellow along lateral sides; pro-, meso- and metanotum with yellow spots on caudal margins; legs contrastingly colored ( Fig. 1C ), brown, partly yellowish; abdominal sternites reddish brown; cerci and styli yellowish. Surfaces lustrous; antennae with lustrous proximal 12–13 segments, the rest of segments dull; thoracic and abdominal tergites strongly punctuated, somewhat rugose, with longitudinal inflations ( Figs. 1B , 2 B); facial part of head punctuated, with wrinkles above mouthparts ( Figs. 1A, C , 2 A). Head distinctly rounded at vertex, slightly longer than wide ( Figs. 1A, C , 2 A); ocellar spots distinct; distance between eyes about as long as eye length; distance between antennal sockets about 2.2 times of the scape length ( 1 mm ); approximate length ratio of 3rd–5th segments of maxillary palps 1: 1:. 1.1. Thoracal tergites convex; thoracic and abdominal tergites laterally margined ( Figs. 1B , 2 B). Pronotum campaniform, anterior and lateral margins semicircular; meso- and metanotum transverse; pro- and metanotum with posterior margin weakly projected caudally, mesonotum with posterior margin nearly straight; posterolateral margins distinctly attenuate caudally ( Figs. 1B , 2 B). Anterior margin of fore femur armed as in the type B, with 5 spines, including 2 apical ones. Fore tibiae thickened distally ( Fig. 2 C), all tibiae distinctly dorsoventrally flattened. Claws symmetrical, simple; arolium vestigial ( Fig. 2 F). Anal plate (tergite X) with caudal margin rounded, median incision indistinct ( Fig. 2 G); cerci short, dorsoventrally flattened, with indistinct segmentation, densely covered with bristles from below ( Fig. 2 H, I). Variations . The facial part of head in the paratype more sculptured, rugose. Approximate length ratio of 3rd–5th segments of maxillary palps 1: 1: 1.3. Anterior margin of fore femur with 5 spines, including 1 apical one. Anal plate with caudal margin very weakly incised. Sclerite R3 of male genitalia with cranial apex bent upward in less degree ( Fig. 3 F); R5 comparatively larger than in holotype , irregularly sclerotized ( Fig. 3 E). Female unknown. Measurements (mm). Head length: 4.5 (4.5), width 4.3 (4.3), pronotum length 5.7–6.3(5.7), width 8.8–9.3(8.8), mesonotum length 2.7–3(2.7), width 9.4–10(9.4), metanotum length 3.0(3.0), width 9.8–10.1(9.8). Measurements in parenthesis are those of holotype . Comparison . As given for the genus. FIGURE 1. A, D, F, H—facial part of head; B, E, G, I, J—general view from above; C—anterior part of body from below. A–C— Indoapterolampra rugosiuscula sp. nov. (male, holotype); D, E— Morphna lucida sp. nov. (male, holotype); F, G— M. plana ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 ) (male); H–J— M. decolyi ( Bolivar, 1897 ) (H, I—male, J—female). In Figs. B, I, J abdominal apex removed. All specimens are pinned. FIGURE 2. Indoapterolampra rugosiuscula sp. nov. , male, holotype. A—facial part of head; B—head, thorax and 1–7th abdominal tergites from above; C—left fore leg from anterior, tarsus not shown; D, E—left hind tarsus from below (D) and outside (E), pretarsus absent; F—pretarsus of mid left leg; G—abdominal apex from above; H, I—left cercus from above (H) and below (I); J—paraprocts from below; K—hypandrium from below. Dotted area shows dark color (A) or membranous parts (D, E, H, J, K). Punctured lines on Fig. B show yellow spots. Abbreviations: d.e. ; i.o ; l.s.a. —see text. Scale bar 1 mm: a = A; b = B; c = C; d = D, E; f = G; g = H, I; h = J; i = K. FIGURE 3. Indoapterolampra rugosiuscula sp. nov. , hypandrium and male genitalia (A–D, G–J—holotype, E, F—paratype). A—hypandrium and genitalia from above; B, E—right phallomere from above; C—sclerite R3 from below; D, F—cranial part of sclerite R3 from outside; G, H—apical part of sclerite L2D from above (G) and outside (H); I, J—sclerite L3. Dotted area shows membranous parts. Abbreviations: a.scl. ; b.L2D ; b.L3 ; c.p.R1T ; f.s. ; f.scl. ; L4U ; m.l. ; r.plm. ; R1T ; R2 ; R3 ; R4 ; R5 —see text. Scale bar 1 mm: a = A; b = B–F; c = G, H; d = I, J. The new species is somewhat similar to Placoblatta rugosa Bey-Bienko, 1969 , but readily differs from it in the absence of tegmina and the structure of the apical part of sclerite L2D ( Anisyutkin 1999 ).