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Issue: Vol. 3635 No. 2: 26 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.2.6
Page range: 185–193
Abstract views: 37
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New species of Macrophyllodromia (Blattaria, Blattellidae) from Ecuador and a key to males of the genus

Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 842 06 Bratislava, Slovakia Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Comenius University, Moskovská 3, 813 34 Bratislava, Slovakia
Blattodea Macrophyllodromia cockroach distribution Central and South America taxonomy

Abstract

Representatives of the cockroach genus Macrophyllodromia are widely distributed in Central and South Americas. The genus involves 10 species, including one new species described here, that are divided into 3 species groups—splendida, amabile and maximiliani. Macrophyllodromia onorei sp. n. is described as the fourth species of this genus from Ecuador. A key is provided for males of all known species of Macrophyllodromia and a species distribution map is presented.

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