Macrostylopyga gen. nov., a new genus of cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattidae), with descriptions of two new species
Author
Anisyutkin, Leonid N.
Author
Anichkin, Alexandr E.
Author
Thinh, Nguyen Van
text
Zootaxa
2013
3635
5
520
532
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3635.5
6c160e64-940a-41f6-89d4-e7299281bc6e
1175-5326
217427
5E6A3AFD-89BF-441F-A826-A075C932D42D
Macrostylopyga laosana
(Anisyutkin, 2010)
(
Figs. 25, 26
,
35–38
,
56
)
Material.
Holotype
male,
Laos
: Vientiane (Wieng Jan) Prov., National Park Phu Khao Khouay, Ban Vangheua, elevation =
800 m
,
18°20.102'N
,
102°48.983'E
, pitfall & carrion trap, mixed bamboo forest,
27 February–28 March 2008
, coll. S. Tarasov.
Originally
M. laosana
was assigned to the genus
Neostylopyga
, with the comment that this species and
N. rhombifolia
(Stoll)
, the
type
species of the genus
Neostylopyga
, probably belonged to different genera (Anisyutkin 2010). The original description (Anisyutkin 2010) can be supplemented with the following details.
Description
. Male (
holotype
). Tibiae not thickened distally, apical spines not reinforced. Metatarsus of hind tarsi (
Figs. 25, 26
) slightly longer than other segments combined, with 2 rows of spines along lower margin (exterior row with 16–19 spines, interior row with 11–12 spines); second segment with 4 spines in exterior row and single spine corresponding to interior row on left tarsus; all segments with small apical euplantulae bordered with 2 additional spines (
Fig. 25
,
a.s.
); claws symmetrical, simple; arolium vestigial. Left hind tarsus abnormal, with 4 segments. Fore and middle tarsi similar to hind tarsi, but comparatively shorter; fore and middle metatarsi with
14/ 8 and 12/7–8
spines in exterior/interior rows respectively, second segment of left middle tarsus with single spine along lower margin; other segments without armament along lower margin.