New and little known Epilamprinae (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae) from the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève and the Zoological Institute of Saint Petersburg. Part 4
Author
Anisyutkin, Leonid N.
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Revue suisse de Zoologie
2020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0011
journal article
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Genus
Molytria
Stål, 1874
Type
species:
Epilampra inquinata
Stål, 1860
, by monotypy.
Remarks:
This genus was originally monotypic and established for
Epilampra inquinata
from Sidney,
Australia
(
Stål, 1860
). The original diagnosis of the genus was based on the structure of the hind tarsus: “planta nuda articuli primi tarsorum posticorum per magnam partem articuli extensa” (
Stål, 1874: 12
). Later two additional species were described:
M
.
perplexa
Shelford, 1910
from
Victoria
, Gippsland (
Shelford, 1910
) and
M
.
vegranda
Roth, 1999
from
New South Wales
(
Roth, 1999
). The genus was reviewed by L.
Roth (1999)
. The wing venation of a
Molytria
sp. was illustrated in details by
Cui
et al
. (2018)
.
The genus
Molytria
is similar to the genus
Morphna
in the presence of large euplantulae along the lower margin of the hind tarsi and in the structure of its female genitalia, i.e. widely rounded and medially divided basivalvula (
Figs 23-24
cf.
Anisyutkin, 2018a
: figs 21- 23) and vestibular sclerite with median outgrowth and lateral branches (
Fig. 23
cf.
Anisyutkin, 2018a
: figs 21- 24). The short-winged species from
India
and
Sri Lanka
[
Morphna decolyi
(
Bolivar, 1897
)
,
M
.
indica
Anisyutkin
, in
Anisyutkin & Yushkova, 2017
and
M
.
srilankensis
Anisyutkin
, in
Anisyutkin & Yushkova, 2017
] are in their habitus very similar to females of the genus
Molytria
. However, both genera can be distinguished by the presence of two distinct rows of spines in the basal part of the metatarsus in
Molytria
(
Figs 25-26
; these spines are absent or vestigial in
Morphna
) and by the absence of a dorsal outgrowth in the apical part of sclerite L2D of the male genitalia in
Molytria
[
Fig. 32
; this structure is present in representatives of
Morphna
(see
Anisyutkin, 2018a
: figs 34-39)].
Species included:
Three species from
Australia
(
South Australia
,
New South Wales
,
Victoria
and
Tasmania
), as given in
Beccaloni (2014)
.