Semi-aquatic Epilamprinae cockroaches (Blattodea: Blaberidae) in Cameroon: towards a revision of continental African species of Rhabdoblatta Kirby, 1903 and Africalolampra Roth, 1995 Author Mbia, Donald-L’or Nyame 5CE07C5E-9C4A-4A42-87C8-BBC8432FA2FA Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Environment, Faculty of Science, P. O Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon. nyamedonal@gmail.com Author Ngon, Eric Belmond Biram à 169E7869-A6D2-418D-90D3-C16DA625DE61 Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Environment, Faculty of Science, P. O Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon. & Institute of Geological and Mining Research, P. O Box 4110, Yaounde, Cameroon. birame.eric@yahoo.fr Author Legendre, Frédéric 73B1BA6E-E129-4B14-A604-44B2220673C5 Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. frederic.legendre@mnhn.fr Author Menbohan, Samuel Foto 2B6302EA-0D70-4716-8CBB-3B80F355AFD0 Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Environment, Faculty of Science, P. O Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon. sfotomenbohan@yahoo.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-07-26 946 1 1 57 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2615/11981 journal article 300915 10.5852/ejt.2024.946.2615 d6543159-4921-40d5-862c-5d1f7d89f646 2118-9773 13177205 EFC377D4-50BD-43BD-A2E0-F2256AC38523 Key for males in the genus Africalolampra Roth, 1995 1. Overall length, from the vertex to the tip of the abdomen, smaller than 20 mm .............................. 2 – Overall length, from the vertex to the tip of the abdomen, larger than 20 mm ................................ 3 2. Tegmina and abdominal sternites with several brown maculae, pronotum with uneven dots and maculae ............................................................................ A. camerunensis ( Borg, 1902 ) comb. nov. – Tegmina and abdominal sternites mostly unicolored, pronotum with rather uniform pattern of dots ...................................................................................................... A. erubescens ( Gerstaecker, 1883 ) 3. Face, frons and vertex speckled with dark dots and blotches, tergal specialization fleshy, nonsetose and white ...................................................................................................... A. erhmanni Roth, 1995 – Face, frons and vertex without conspicuous black dots, tergal specialization as a pit with two transverse fold-like elevations that meet mesally .................... A. stipata ( Walker, 1868 ) comb. nov.