Pseudomops Serville 1831
Creators: name: Estrada-Álvarez, Julio Cesar
name: Sormani H., Carlo G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea
Ectobiidae
Pseudomops

description: Genus Pseudomops Serville, 1831
Pseudomops Serville 1831: 41 [gen. n.].
Thyrsocera Serville, in: Saussure 1864: 119 [nom. preoccupied Thyrsocera Burmeister] [gen. n.].
Pseudomops Serville, in: Shelford 1906: 263 [gen. rev.] [syn. n. Thyrsocera Saussure, 1864].
Pseudomops Serville, in: Estrada-Álvarez 2022: 194 [etimology].
Type species. Blatta oblongata Linnaeus, 1758 [currently Pseudomops oblongatus].
Diagnosis (English). Aposematic species, reminiscent of Calayotlus Estrada-Álvarez & Sormani, 2018. They differ in: males 1) tergal structures in T-3 and T-4 (absent in Calayotlus); 2) simpler paraprocts and styles (much modified in Calayotlus); 3) R2d lamellar (spinous in Calayotlus); 4) females with the posterior edge of the supra-anal plate rounded (truncated in Calayotlus). / (Spanish). Especie aposemática, que recuerda a Calayotlus Estrada-Álvarez y Sormani, 2018. Se diferencian en: machos 1) estructuras tergales en T-3 y T-4 (ausente en Calayotlus); 2) paraproctos y estilos más simples (muy modificados en Calayotlus); 3) R2d lamelar (espinoso en Calayotlus); 4) hembras con el borde posterior de la lámina supra-anal redondeado (truncado en Calayotlus).
Composition and distribution. 43 species distributed from USA to Argentina (Beccaloni 2014).
Taxonomic key to separate species of Pseudomops Serville, 1831 present in Mexico
Supra-anal plate (sap) medially emarginated (Figs. 5 c-8c); modified tergites (Figs. 5 a-8a)
……………………………………………………………………………….…….. Males ... (1) Supra-anal plate (sap) rounded (Figs. 5 i-8i); tergites simples ………………… Females … (4)
Males
1a. Head deep black color (Figs. 13a, 14a); T-5 with central tuft of piliform bristles (Figs. 5a, 6a; 9c, 10c); left paraproct well developed (Figs. 5c, 6c; 9g; 9h, 10h, 10i) …......................... ...................................................................................................................... Cinctus Group … 2
1b. Head honey-colored, reddish or ash-colored, with a reddish front (Figs. 15a, 16a); T-3 and T-4 with two central tufts of piliform bristles (Figs. 7a, 8a; 11, 12); left paraproct reduced (Figs. 7c, 7c; 11, 12) ……………………………………... … Interceptus Group ... 3
2a. T-4 without lateral patches of short piliform bristles (Figs. 5a; 9b); paraprocts according Figs. 5c; 9g; 9h; styles according to Figs. 5d; 5e; 9i; 9J; genitalia according to Figs. 5f; 5h; 9 k-9q …………………………………………………………………………….…… P. cinctus
2b. T-4 with two lateral patches of short piliform bristles and a central tuft (Figs. 6a; 10c); paraprocts according Figs. 6c; 10h, 10i; styles according to Figs. 6d; 10J; 10k; genitalia according to Figs. 6 f-6h; 10l; 10r ……………………..……………………….. P. guerinianus
3a. Left paraproctus with a claviform extension (Fig. 7c); right style large (rs) (Figs. 7d; 7e); genitalia according to Figs. 7f; 7h …………………............…………….…….. P. interceptus
3b. Left paraproctum with a tapered extension (Fig. 8c); right style short (rs) (Fig. 8d); genitalia according to Figs. 8 f-8h …………....…………….……………..... P. septentrionalis
Females
4a. Black head; antennae with the basal third conspicuously hirsute and posterior anulli to the hirsute third (Fig. 10t); paraprocts according to Figs. 5J, 6J; valvar complex with a posteriorly directed spiniform process (s.p.) in the first valvifer arm (vif. Ia) (Figs. 9v; 10y) ………………………………………….………………………..…… Cinctus Group ... 5
4b. Honey to reddish head; antennae similar to male (Fig. 11s); paraprocts according to Figs. 7J, 8J; 11v; 12t; valvar complex with a short triangular process (t.p.) at the first valvifer arm (vif. Ia) (Figs. 11x; 12v) ………….……………………………... Interceptus Group ... 6
5a. Paraprocts according to Figs. 5J; 9t; valvar complex according to Fig. 9v.….… P. cinctus
5b. Paraprocts according to Figs. 6J; 10w; valvar complex according to Fig. 10y …................. ................................................................................................................................ P. guerinianus
6a. Paraprocts according to Figs. 7J; 11v; valvar complex according to Fig. 11x ……………… ………………………………………………………………….…...…........…….. P. interceptus
6b. Paraprocts according to Fig. 8J; valve complex according to Fig. 12v ..... P. septentrionalis
description: Published as part of Estrada-Álvarez, Julio Cesar & Sormani H., Carlo G., 2024, Revision of the genus Pseudomops Serville, 1831 (Blattodea: Blattellidae) in Mexico, pp. 549-580 in Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 50 (3) on pages 552-553, DOI: 10.35249/rche.50.3.24.15