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Issue: Vol. 2411 No. 1: 26 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2411.1.5
Page range: 53–58
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 3

The Neotropical genus Schistopeltis (Blattaria: Blaberidae, Zetoborinae) with a new species from Colombia

Museo Entomológico e Insectario Piedras Blancas (MEPB). Comfenalco Antioquia – Grupo de Entomología Universidad de Antioquia (GEUA), Apartado 1226 Medellín, Colombia
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (MNHNC), Obispo No. 61, esquina Oficios, Plaza de Armas, Habana Vieja 10100, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Blattodea Biodiversity Dictyoptera distribution generic rediagnosis new record taxonomy

Abstract

The blaberid genus Schistopeltis Rehn is rediagnosed. Schistopeltis microschistos n. sp. is described and the genus is recorded for the first time from Colombia. A taxonomic key is given to distinguish the new taxon from the previously known species S. peculiaris (from Brazil) and S. lizeri (from Bolivia).

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