Systematics, morphology and physiology anew species of neoblattella shelford (Blattellidae: Pseudophyllodromiinae) from Amazonas state, Brazil

Abstract

Neoblattella mista sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on male genitalia and morphological characters of a single specimen collected in the town of Coari, State of Amazonas, Brazil. By studying the literature on the genus, we determined that N. mista sp. nov. differs from the other four known complexes in the morphology of its genital structures, including the supra-anal plate, subgenital plate, right and left phallomeres, median genital sclerite and tergal modification in the abdomen, and is placed in the new "mista complex". © 2011 Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil.