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<mods:title>Revision of the genus Attaphila (Blattodea: Blaberoidea), myrmecophiles living in the mushroom gardens of leaf-cutting ants</mods:title>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="183392464" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:3F54CA4203F85F8B9B2103DD37006B60" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F54CA4203F85F8B9B2103DD37006B60" lastPageNumber="205" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">
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4.3.
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<taxonomicName LSID="3F54CA42-03F8-5F8B-9B21-03DD37006B60" authority="Gurney, 1937" authorityName="Gurney" authorityYear="1937" class="Insecta" family="Ectobiidae" genus="Attaphila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Attaphila flava" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flava">Attaphila flava Gurney, 1937</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3 (A–J)" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3 (A-J). Tegmina (forewings) of males of Attaphila species, dorsal views, left tegmen at the left. - Species: A, B: A. aptera (Bo 1252); C, D: A. bergi (Bo 1443); E, F: A. flava (HT Bo 1280); G, H: A. fungicola (Bo 1229); I, J: A. paucisetosa (Bo 1441). - Abbreviation: fwar forewing articulation area. In A borders specified as addressed in the text." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure3(a-f)" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563272" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Figs 3E, F</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. A - I: Tergite specialisations of the males of Attaphila species, medially on T 1 (A - D), or laterally at the anterior border of T 2 (E - I), in E-G from right side of tergite, in H and I from left side. - Species: A, B: A. aptera (Bo 1227, HT Bo 1258); C, D: A. bergi (Bo 1283, Bo 1274); E, F: A. paucisetosa (PT Bo 1254, Bo 1256); G, H: A. fungicola (LT Bo 1265); I: A. flava (HT Bo 1280). - Abbreviations: T 1 - a, T 2 - a anterior borders of tergites T 1,2; T 1 - p posterior border of T 1; tr 1, tr 2 transversal ridges of T 1,2; msa 1 anterior median specialisation of tergite T 1; msl 2 lateral specialisation of tergite T 2; msp 1 posterior median specialisation of tergite T 1; pg pores of glands, tiny in A, B, between T 1 - a and tr 1, larger in E as part of msl 2 specialisations. - J, K: Paraprocts, tergite 10 and cerci in ventral view, of J: A. aptera (Bo 1224) and K: A. paucisetosa (HT Bo 1258). - Abbreviations and arrows: Ca sclerite at mesal base of cercus; ce cercus; hmp hook-like mesal projection of paraproct; PPl, PPr left and right paraproct; T 9 tergite 9; T 10 tergite 10 with its ventrally bent lateral (paratergal) parts T 10 p (larger median parts of T 10 out of focus); white arrows: articulation between mesal end of T 10 p and lateral end of paraproct." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563274" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 5I</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Abdominal tergites and terminalia of Attaphila species. A - C: A. fungicola. A, B: Male (Bo 1229). A: T 2 - 7, T 2 with lateral specialisations; B: Terminalia, ventral view, with T 9 (damaged: only right half) and T 10, cerci, and paraprocts. C: Female (Bo 1264), T 4 - 6. D: A. flava, male (HT Bo 1280), T 2 - 5, T 2 with lateral specialisations. - Abbreviations: ce cercus; ltga 9 lateral tergal apodeme of tergite T 9; msl 2 lateral specialisation of T 2; PPr right paraproct; T n tergite (numbered); T n - a anterior border of tergite (numbered); T n - p posterior border of tergite (numbered); tr n transversal ridge of tergite (numbered). Grey arrows pointing to excurvations of male tr 2." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563277" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 8D</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Size and distribution of bristles in the median part of tergites T 6,7 in males (A - E) and in larval males and females (F - L) of Attaphila species, phase contrast images. A: A. bergi, male (Bo 1274). B: A. fungicola, male (LT Bo 1265). C: A. flava, male (HT Bo 1280). D: A. paucisetosa, male (Cb 2 / 1). E: A. paucisetosa, male, with slightly shorter bristles than in preceding specimen (Bo 1445). F: A. aptera, larval male (Bo 1291). G: A. aptera, larval female (Bo 1289). H: A. aptera, larval male (HT Bo 1232). I: A. bergi, larval male (Bo 1230); medium sized bristles belong to T 6, the very long ones are from T 5 covering most of T 6. J: A. bergi, larval female (Bo 1285). K: A. paucisetosa, larval male (Bo 1433). L: A. paucisetosa, larval female (Bo 1293). - Abbreviations: T 5 - p, T 6 - p, T 7 - p posterior borders of tergites T 5, T 6, T 7; tr 6, tr 7 transversal ridges of tergites T 6, T 7." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563284" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 15C</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Subgenital plate (sternite S 9) and phallomeres of males of Attaphila species, dorsal view, anteriorly on top. A, B: A. paucisetosa, subgenital plate with phallomeres (PT Bo 1254, Bo 1444), hook and right phallomere removed in B. C: A. flava, subgenital plate with phallomeres (HT Bo 1280). D, E: A. fungicola. D showing subgenital plate with phallomeres (LT Bo 1265), hook not seen in profile; E showing isolated hook seen in profile (Bo 1229). - Abbreviations: T 9 p ventrally bent lateral (paratergal) part of tergite 9; otherwise as for Fig. 24." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563294" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 25C</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Subgenital plate (sternite S 9) and phallomeres of males of Attaphila species, phase contrast images of the same objects as shown in Fig. 25 A, C, D, anteriorly on top. A: A. flava (HT Bo 1280). B: A. fungicola (LT Bo 1265). C: A. paucisetosa (PT Bo 1254). - Abbreviations: A 1 articulation between S 9 and pt 9; cs cleft sclerite of right phallomere; ea endophallic apodeme; h hook; psa process; pt 9 extension of paratergite 9 contacting sternite 9; R 3 anterior principal sclerite of right phallomere; sll left stylus; sta 9 anterior apodeme of subgenital plate S 9; vf 9 subgenital lobe; vi virga. Arrow: in A indicating that the distal part of the subgenital lobe is broken off." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563295" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 26A</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gurney" authorityYear="1937" class="Insecta" family="Ectobiidae" genus="Attaphila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Attaphila flava" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flava">Attaphila flava</taxonomicName>
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Gurney, 1937: 106, fig. 9;
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<bibRefCitation author="Princis, K" journalOrPublisher="Insectes Sociaux" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" refId="B67" refString="Princis, K, 1963. Blattariae: Subordo Polyphagoidea: Fam.: Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae. Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. In: Beier M (Ed.), Orthopterorum Catalogus Pars 4: 75-172. Junk, s'Gravenhage." title="Blattariae: Subordo Polyphagoidea: Fam.: Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae. Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. In: Beier M (Ed.), Orthopterorum Catalogus Pars 4: 75 - 172. Junk, s'Gravenhage." year="1963">Princis 1963</bibRefCitation>
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: 111.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Material studied.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3314641322" collectingDate="1904-07-11" collectorName="P. G. Goll Type No., N. M., Bo" country="British Honduras" location="Botanic Gardens" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Washington" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
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,
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,
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:3F54CA4203F85F8B9B2103DD37006B60:F0F7FD13348BB145232ADE2209B91B41" country="British Honduras" name="Botanic Gardens" stateProvince="Washington">Botanic Gardens</location>
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<collectorName>P.G.Goll Type No.</collectorName>
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52014 U.S.
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(abdomen and legs on two slides:
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<collectorName>Bo</collectorName>
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1280) (M.
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Washington">Washington</collectingRegion>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Male</emphasis>
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The type specimen of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. flava</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. fungicola" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="fungicola">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. fungicola</emphasis>
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and only shows slight differences in few characters: tegmina with apical border slightly convex, less oblique, surface bristles less strong; hook of left phallomere from the wide sclerotised base more gradually narrowing into a shorter neck, endophallic apodeme near its posterior base less strongly narrowed; and it has a different, though unknown host species.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Size</emphasis>
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Length of body (dried): male 2.83 mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Surface bristles of tergites 2-5</emphasis>
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dispersed, not arranged in transversal rows (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Abdominal tergites and terminalia of Attaphila species. A - C: A. fungicola. A, B: Male (Bo 1229). A: T 2 - 7, T 2 with lateral specialisations; B: Terminalia, ventral view, with T 9 (damaged: only right half) and T 10, cerci, and paraprocts. C: Female (Bo 1264), T 4 - 6. D: A. flava, male (HT Bo 1280), T 2 - 5, T 2 with lateral specialisations. - Abbreviations: ce cercus; ltga 9 lateral tergal apodeme of tergite T 9; msl 2 lateral specialisation of T 2; PPr right paraproct; T n tergite (numbered); T n - a anterior border of tergite (numbered); T n - p posterior border of tergite (numbered); tr n transversal ridge of tergite (numbered). Grey arrows pointing to excurvations of male tr 2." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563277" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">8D</figureCitation>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Transversal ridges</emphasis>
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tr2-5
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without distinct small excurvations to the anterior (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Abdominal tergites and terminalia of Attaphila species. A - C: A. fungicola. A, B: Male (Bo 1229). A: T 2 - 7, T 2 with lateral specialisations; B: Terminalia, ventral view, with T 9 (damaged: only right half) and T 10, cerci, and paraprocts. C: Female (Bo 1264), T 4 - 6. D: A. flava, male (HT Bo 1280), T 2 - 5, T 2 with lateral specialisations. - Abbreviations: ce cercus; ltga 9 lateral tergal apodeme of tergite T 9; msl 2 lateral specialisation of T 2; PPr right paraproct; T n tergite (numbered); T n - a anterior border of tergite (numbered); T n - p posterior border of tergite (numbered); tr n transversal ridge of tergite (numbered). Grey arrows pointing to excurvations of male tr 2." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563277" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">8D</figureCitation>
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; compare grey arrows in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Abdominal tergites of Attaphila species only known from the female sex. A, B: A. schuppi (ST Bo 1237). A: T 2 - 5; B: T 6,7. C, D: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233). C: T 1 - 5; D: T 6,7. - Abbreviations: T n tergite (numbered); T n - a anterior border of tergite (numbered); T n - p posterior border of tergite (numbered); tr n transversal ridge of tergite (numbered). Grey arrows pointing to median and lateral excurvations of transversal ridges to the anterior." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563280" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">11A</figureCitation>
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), but male
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">tr2</emphasis>
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posteriorly of the specialisations with a wide excurvation to the posterior, mesally followed by a wide, very shallow excurvation to the anterior (grey arrows in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Abdominal tergites and terminalia of Attaphila species. A - C: A. fungicola. A, B: Male (Bo 1229). A: T 2 - 7, T 2 with lateral specialisations; B: Terminalia, ventral view, with T 9 (damaged: only right half) and T 10, cerci, and paraprocts. C: Female (Bo 1264), T 4 - 6. D: A. flava, male (HT Bo 1280), T 2 - 5, T 2 with lateral specialisations. - Abbreviations: ce cercus; ltga 9 lateral tergal apodeme of tergite T 9; msl 2 lateral specialisation of T 2; PPr right paraproct; T n tergite (numbered); T n - a anterior border of tergite (numbered); T n - p posterior border of tergite (numbered); tr n transversal ridge of tergite (numbered). Grey arrows pointing to excurvations of male tr 2." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563277" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">8D</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Male</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Tegmina</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3 (A–J)" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3 (A-J). Tegmina (forewings) of males of Attaphila species, dorsal views, left tegmen at the left. - Species: A, B: A. aptera (Bo 1252); C, D: A. bergi (Bo 1443); E, F: A. flava (HT Bo 1280); G, H: A. fungicola (Bo 1229); I, J: A. paucisetosa (Bo 1441). - Abbreviation: fwar forewing articulation area. In A borders specified as addressed in the text." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure3(a-f)" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563272" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">3E, F</figureCitation>
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) widest at about 1/2 of length; slightly obtusely wedge-shaped due to the converging course of the basalmost part of the posterior border and the apical border, both connected in a rather wide curvature; posterior border with a slight concavity near the tegmen base, oblique apical border throughout slightly convex; surface bristles fine.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Hindwings</emphasis>
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fairly rhombic, with obtuse apex.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Glandular pores</emphasis>
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on
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">T2-5</emphasis>
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(and perhaps
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">T1</emphasis>
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) in the area between the transversal ridge and the anterior border, dispersed, in moderately high density (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. A - I: Tergite specialisations of the males of Attaphila species, medially on T 1 (A - D), or laterally at the anterior border of T 2 (E - I), in E-G from right side of tergite, in H and I from left side. - Species: A, B: A. aptera (Bo 1227, HT Bo 1258); C, D: A. bergi (Bo 1283, Bo 1274); E, F: A. paucisetosa (PT Bo 1254, Bo 1256); G, H: A. fungicola (LT Bo 1265); I: A. flava (HT Bo 1280). - Abbreviations: T 1 - a, T 2 - a anterior borders of tergites T 1,2; T 1 - p posterior border of T 1; tr 1, tr 2 transversal ridges of T 1,2; msa 1 anterior median specialisation of tergite T 1; msl 2 lateral specialisation of tergite T 2; msp 1 posterior median specialisation of tergite T 1; pg pores of glands, tiny in A, B, between T 1 - a and tr 1, larger in E as part of msl 2 specialisations. - J, K: Paraprocts, tergite 10 and cerci in ventral view, of J: A. aptera (Bo 1224) and K: A. paucisetosa (HT Bo 1258). - Abbreviations and arrows: Ca sclerite at mesal base of cercus; ce cercus; hmp hook-like mesal projection of paraproct; PPl, PPr left and right paraproct; T 9 tergite 9; T 10 tergite 10 with its ventrally bent lateral (paratergal) parts T 10 p (larger median parts of T 10 out of focus); white arrows: articulation between mesal end of T 10 p and lateral end of paraproct." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563274" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">5I</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Tergite 1</emphasis>
|
||
without specialisations (occurrence of long bristles could not be studied for T1; they are present on T2-5).
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Tergite 2</emphasis>
|
||
along anterior border with a pair of specialisations (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">msl2</emphasis>
|
||
) consisting of a shallow, narrow transversal trough the bottom of which is patterned by low crossing ridges (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. A - I: Tergite specialisations of the males of Attaphila species, medially on T 1 (A - D), or laterally at the anterior border of T 2 (E - I), in E-G from right side of tergite, in H and I from left side. - Species: A, B: A. aptera (Bo 1227, HT Bo 1258); C, D: A. bergi (Bo 1283, Bo 1274); E, F: A. paucisetosa (PT Bo 1254, Bo 1256); G, H: A. fungicola (LT Bo 1265); I: A. flava (HT Bo 1280). - Abbreviations: T 1 - a, T 2 - a anterior borders of tergites T 1,2; T 1 - p posterior border of T 1; tr 1, tr 2 transversal ridges of T 1,2; msa 1 anterior median specialisation of tergite T 1; msl 2 lateral specialisation of tergite T 2; msp 1 posterior median specialisation of tergite T 1; pg pores of glands, tiny in A, B, between T 1 - a and tr 1, larger in E as part of msl 2 specialisations. - J, K: Paraprocts, tergite 10 and cerci in ventral view, of J: A. aptera (Bo 1224) and K: A. paucisetosa (HT Bo 1258). - Abbreviations and arrows: Ca sclerite at mesal base of cercus; ce cercus; hmp hook-like mesal projection of paraproct; PPl, PPr left and right paraproct; T 9 tergite 9; T 10 tergite 10 with its ventrally bent lateral (paratergal) parts T 10 p (larger median parts of T 10 out of focus); white arrows: articulation between mesal end of T 10 p and lateral end of paraproct." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563274" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">5I</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Abdominal tergites and terminalia of Attaphila species. A - C: A. fungicola. A, B: Male (Bo 1229). A: T 2 - 7, T 2 with lateral specialisations; B: Terminalia, ventral view, with T 9 (damaged: only right half) and T 10, cerci, and paraprocts. C: Female (Bo 1264), T 4 - 6. D: A. flava, male (HT Bo 1280), T 2 - 5, T 2 with lateral specialisations. - Abbreviations: ce cercus; ltga 9 lateral tergal apodeme of tergite T 9; msl 2 lateral specialisation of T 2; PPr right paraproct; T n tergite (numbered); T n - a anterior border of tergite (numbered); T n - p posterior border of tergite (numbered); tr n transversal ridge of tergite (numbered). Grey arrows pointing to excurvations of male tr 2." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563277" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">8D</figureCitation>
|
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; very similar to those of
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. fungicola" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="fungicola">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. fungicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Tergites 6,7</emphasis>
|
||
: (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Size and distribution of bristles in the median part of tergites T 6,7 in males (A - E) and in larval males and females (F - L) of Attaphila species, phase contrast images. A: A. bergi, male (Bo 1274). B: A. fungicola, male (LT Bo 1265). C: A. flava, male (HT Bo 1280). D: A. paucisetosa, male (Cb 2 / 1). E: A. paucisetosa, male, with slightly shorter bristles than in preceding specimen (Bo 1445). F: A. aptera, larval male (Bo 1291). G: A. aptera, larval female (Bo 1289). H: A. aptera, larval male (HT Bo 1232). I: A. bergi, larval male (Bo 1230); medium sized bristles belong to T 6, the very long ones are from T 5 covering most of T 6. J: A. bergi, larval female (Bo 1285). K: A. paucisetosa, larval male (Bo 1433). L: A. paucisetosa, larval female (Bo 1293). - Abbreviations: T 5 - p, T 6 - p, T 7 - p posterior borders of tergites T 5, T 6, T 7; tr 6, tr 7 transversal ridges of tergites T 6, T 7." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563284" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">15C</figureCitation>
|
||
) Median lobe of
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">T7</emphasis>
|
||
very short, but distinct; transversal ridge
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">tr6</emphasis>
|
||
well developed,
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">tr7</emphasis>
|
||
absent; posterior border of
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">T6</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">T7</emphasis>
|
||
with a relatively dense row of very short and thin bristles much smaller than those of the respective lateral borders; surface of
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">T6</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">T7</emphasis>
|
||
only with few isolated and very small bristles, still smaller than those of the posterior borders.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Subgenital lobe</emphasis>
|
||
: (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Subgenital plate (sternite S 9) and phallomeres of males of Attaphila species, dorsal view, anteriorly on top. A, B: A. paucisetosa, subgenital plate with phallomeres (PT Bo 1254, Bo 1444), hook and right phallomere removed in B. C: A. flava, subgenital plate with phallomeres (HT Bo 1280). D, E: A. fungicola. D showing subgenital plate with phallomeres (LT Bo 1265), hook not seen in profile; E showing isolated hook seen in profile (Bo 1229). - Abbreviations: T 9 p ventrally bent lateral (paratergal) part of tergite 9; otherwise as for Fig. 24." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563294" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">25C</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Subgenital plate (sternite S 9) and phallomeres of males of Attaphila species, phase contrast images of the same objects as shown in Fig. 25 A, C, D, anteriorly on top. A: A. flava (HT Bo 1280). B: A. fungicola (LT Bo 1265). C: A. paucisetosa (PT Bo 1254). - Abbreviations: A 1 articulation between S 9 and pt 9; cs cleft sclerite of right phallomere; ea endophallic apodeme; h hook; psa process; pt 9 extension of paratergite 9 contacting sternite 9; R 3 anterior principal sclerite of right phallomere; sll left stylus; sta 9 anterior apodeme of subgenital plate S 9; vf 9 subgenital lobe; vi virga. Arrow: in A indicating that the distal part of the subgenital lobe is broken off." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563295" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">26A</figureCitation>
|
||
) distal part with a deep excavation each along left side and right side; lobe posterior to level of excavations narrowly tongue-shaped and presumably inclined leftward (tip of lobe not retained in specimen); only left stylus present (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">sll</emphasis>
|
||
), which is quite conical, inserted at base of left excavation; at the base of the right excavation with a group of short and strong bristles; stylus with few rather long and thin bristles.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Phallomeres</emphasis>
|
||
: (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Subgenital plate (sternite S 9) and phallomeres of males of Attaphila species, dorsal view, anteriorly on top. A, B: A. paucisetosa, subgenital plate with phallomeres (PT Bo 1254, Bo 1444), hook and right phallomere removed in B. C: A. flava, subgenital plate with phallomeres (HT Bo 1280). D, E: A. fungicola. D showing subgenital plate with phallomeres (LT Bo 1265), hook not seen in profile; E showing isolated hook seen in profile (Bo 1229). - Abbreviations: T 9 p ventrally bent lateral (paratergal) part of tergite 9; otherwise as for Fig. 24." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563294" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">25C</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Subgenital plate (sternite S 9) and phallomeres of males of Attaphila species, phase contrast images of the same objects as shown in Fig. 25 A, C, D, anteriorly on top. A: A. flava (HT Bo 1280). B: A. fungicola (LT Bo 1265). C: A. paucisetosa (PT Bo 1254). - Abbreviations: A 1 articulation between S 9 and pt 9; cs cleft sclerite of right phallomere; ea endophallic apodeme; h hook; psa process; pt 9 extension of paratergite 9 contacting sternite 9; R 3 anterior principal sclerite of right phallomere; sll left stylus; sta 9 anterior apodeme of subgenital plate S 9; vf 9 subgenital lobe; vi virga. Arrow: in A indicating that the distal part of the subgenital lobe is broken off." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563295" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">26A</figureCitation>
|
||
) Sclerotised part of hook (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">h</emphasis>
|
||
) from the short, wide base (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">b</emphasis>
|
||
) gradually narrowing into a slender neck (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">n</emphasis>
|
||
; shorter than in
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. fungicola" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="fungicola">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. fungicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) with a hardly curved proximal part, terminating in a slightly wider claw part (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">cl</emphasis>
|
||
). Endophallic apodeme (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">ea</emphasis>
|
||
) slightly narrowed at base (forking site of sclerite). Relative to the axis of the endophallic apodeme (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">ea</emphasis>
|
||
), the virga (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">vi</emphasis>
|
||
) shows a weak, very shallow sinusoidal curvature to the left, its apical part being hardly curved (back into the
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">ea</emphasis>
|
||
-axis) and gradually narrowed to a rather acute tip, distinctly more acute than in
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. paucisetosa" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="paucisetosa">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. paucisetosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; virga likely longitudinally grooved.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Paraprocts</emphasis>
|
||
: Both lacking a sclerotised projection.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Female</emphasis>
|
||
Unknown.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="205" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Only known from the type locality Belize, Belize City.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="205" type="host">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Host species.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">
|
||
Unknown, certainly not
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Buckley" baseAuthorityYear="1860" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Atta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atta texana" order="Embiidina" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="texana">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Atta texana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as in
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. fungicola" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="fungicola">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. fungicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
since the distribution of this ant species does not reach further south than northeast Mexico. In view of the great similarity of
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. flava" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="flava">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. flava</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. fungicola" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="fungicola">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. fungicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, its host is likely an
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Atta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atta" order="Embiidina" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Atta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species. It could be
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Atta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atta cephalotes" order="Embiidina" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cephalotes">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Atta cephalotes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the only species of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Atta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atta" order="Embiidina" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Atta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acromyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acromyrmex" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Acromyrmex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="" authorityName="" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Amoimyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Amoimyrmex" order="Mantophasmatodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Amoimyrmex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
so far reported for Belize (according to https://antwiki.org and https://www.antweb.org, both accessed on 19.i.2021), although
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1899" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acromyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acromyrmex echinatior" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="echinatior">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Acromyrmex echinatior</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known from all neighbouring countries (https://www.antweb.org).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="205" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">
|
||
In the description of
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. flava" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="flava">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. flava</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Gurney, AB" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" pagination="101 - 112" refId="B41" refString="Gurney, AB, 1937. Studies in certain genera of American Blattidae (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 39 (5): 101 - 112" title="Studies in certain genera of American Blattidae (Orthoptera)." volume="39" year="1937">Gurney (1937)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
only noted one difference to
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. fungicola" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="fungicola">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. fungicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the very short subgenital plate (his fig. 9). But the subgenital plate of the type specimen is damaged and missing its apical part (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Subgenital plate (sternite S 9) and phallomeres of males of Attaphila species, dorsal view, anteriorly on top. A, B: A. paucisetosa, subgenital plate with phallomeres (PT Bo 1254, Bo 1444), hook and right phallomere removed in B. C: A. flava, subgenital plate with phallomeres (HT Bo 1280). D, E: A. fungicola. D showing subgenital plate with phallomeres (LT Bo 1265), hook not seen in profile; E showing isolated hook seen in profile (Bo 1229). - Abbreviations: T 9 p ventrally bent lateral (paratergal) part of tergite 9; otherwise as for Fig. 24." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563294" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">25C</figureCitation>
|
||
, arrow in 26A); it might have been of the same length and shape as in
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. fungicola" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="fungicola">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. fungicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Subgenital plate (sternite S 9) and phallomeres of males of Attaphila species, phase contrast images of the same objects as shown in Fig. 25 A, C, D, anteriorly on top. A: A. flava (HT Bo 1280). B: A. fungicola (LT Bo 1265). C: A. paucisetosa (PT Bo 1254). - Abbreviations: A 1 articulation between S 9 and pt 9; cs cleft sclerite of right phallomere; ea endophallic apodeme; h hook; psa process; pt 9 extension of paratergite 9 contacting sternite 9; R 3 anterior principal sclerite of right phallomere; sll left stylus; sta 9 anterior apodeme of subgenital plate S 9; vf 9 subgenital lobe; vi virga. Arrow: in A indicating that the distal part of the subgenital lobe is broken off." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563295" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">26B</figureCitation>
|
||
). In view of the weak differences between the males of
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. flava" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="flava">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. flava</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. fungicola" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="fungicola">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. fungicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
one might have doubts whether the type specimen of
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. flava" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="flava">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. flava</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
really represents a separate species. But as long as neither the corresponding female nor the full shape of the subgenital plate is known, synonymisation with
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. fungicola" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="fungicola">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. fungicola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
appears unjustified.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |