Eublaberus marajoara Rocha E Silva Albuquerque 1972
Creators: name: Evangelista, Dominic A.
name: Sylvain, Erdine
name: Mendoza, Ciara Mae
name: Guzman, Kimberly
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea
Blaberidae
Eublaberus
Eublaberus marajoara

description: Eublaberus marajoara Rocha E Silva Albuquerque, 1972
(Figure 3)
1 female. Voucher number: DEKBO1034. Collection locality: Karanambu EcoLodge, Rupununi, Guyana. GPS: 3°45 ʹ N, 59°18 ʹ W. Collection date: 17 – 29 June 2013. Collectors: O. Ambrose, M. Wilson & D. Evangelista.
Collection/ecological information
This specimen was found in one of the benabs at the tourist lodge.
Morphological identification
This specimen was identified by the coloration of the pronotum, wings and head.
Known geographical distribution
Guyana (Rupununi savannah region; new record), Brazil (Amazonas, Para, Mato Grosso)
Subfamily EPILAMPRINAE Brunner von Wattenwyl
Genus Epilampra Burmeister, 1938
Epilampra colorata Rocha E Silva Albuquerque & Gurney, 1962
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2 adult male, 1 adult female, 1 adult unknown, 2 juveniles. Voucher numbers: DEIWO0190, DECBA0213, DECBA1102, DECBA0501, DEKBO1219, DECBA0807. Collection locality: Iwokrama Research Station, Iwokrama, Guyana (IWO), GPS: 4°40 ʹ N 58°41 ʹ W; CEIBA Biological station, Madewini Guyana (CBA), GPS: 6°29 ʹ N 58°13 ʹ W; and Karanambu EcoLodge, North Rupununi, Guyana (KBO), GPS: 3°46 ʹ N, 59°20 ʹ W. Collection date: 19 – 29 December 2014. Collectors: D. Evangelista, M. Davis, M. Johnney, M. Carter, O. Ambrose.
Collection/ecological information
All specimens were collected by hand. No ecological information is known.
Morphological identification
We identified this species by comparing pronotal and facial coloration as well as allometry and total size (Rocha E Silva Albuquerque & Gurney 1962).
Genetic information and evolutionary placement
The barcode tree of Evangelista et al. (2014) groups a number of individuals into one clade (Voucher and GenBank accession numbers: DECBA1102 – KF155086, DECBA 0213–
KF155038, DECBA0501 – KF155098, DECBA0807 – KF155077). The individuals include two juveniles, an adult male and an adult female that we now know are of the same species, due to the genetic data. We include photographs of one of these juveniles (DECBA0501; Figure 4 (a, b)).
Known geographic distribution
Guyana (new record), Brazil (Amapa)
Family ECTOBIIDAE Brunner von Wattenwyl
Subfamily BLATTELLINAE Karny
Genus Dasyblatta Hebard, 1921
History
The genus Dasyblatta was first erected by Hebard in 1921 and included two species: Dasyblatta thaumasia Hebard, 1921, and Dasyblatta chopardi Hebard, 1921. Hebard differentiated Dasyblatta from the group ‘ Blattellae ’ by the fact that they were covered in hairs, and had a curled intercalated triangle when wings were at rest. In addition, Hebard noted similarities between individuals of Dasyblatta and Ischnoptera Burmeister, 1838 with regards to the general shape of the body, specifically the head and pronotum. He also believed Dasyblatta to be most closely related to the genera Platylestes Hebard, 1919 and Chromatonotus Hebard, 1920.
Since 1921 the genus has expanded to include eight species, with the most recently added species being D. charpentierae Bonfils 1975, D. stylata Bonfils 1975 and D. warei sp. nov., which we describe here.
description: Published as part of Evangelista, Dominic A., Sylvain, Erdine, Mendoza, Ciara Mae & Guzman, Kimberly, 2016, New and enigmatic cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) of Guyana, pp. 2249-2276 in Journal of Natural History 50 on pages 2252-2256, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1193647, http://zenodo.org/record/3993127