A new species of Litopeltis Hebard, 1920 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) with a key to males and geographical distribution of the remaining species of the genus

Autor: Sonia Maria Lopes, Leonardo de Oliveira Cardoso da Silva
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: ZooKeys, Vol 420, Iss 0, Pp 41-49 (2014)
ZooKeys 420: 41-49
ZooKeys
ISSN: 1313-2970
1313-2989
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.420.7555
Popis: This contribution describes a new species of Litopeltis from Brazil, L. teresopolitensis sp. n., which shows similarities with L. paineirensis Lopes & Oliveira, 2010 and L. ribeiropretano Lopes & Oliveira, 2010. It differs in characters of morphology genitalia and configuration, with the median sclerite bearing microspines on the sclerotic apex. A map showing the geographic distribution of the Brazilian species and a key to males of the other species of the genus are also presented.
Databáze: OpenAIRE