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Steinmann, H.: A study of the higher taxa of the Chelisochidae (Dermaptera)

Genitalata KAPOOR 1974 Genitalata KAPOOR, Zool. J. Linn. Soc.. 55: 83. Species typica: Genitalata mahajani KAPOOR, 1974. Entirely abterous. Antennae 36(?)-jointed; third joint long, slender and nearly as long as 4 5 and 6th joints combined ; 4th and 5th joints short and globular. Abdomen slender, elongated and parallelsided, without tubercles dorsally. The second tarsal segment is produced a short lobe ventrally. Genitalata mahajani KAPOOR (Figs 4-6) 1974 Genitalata mahajani KAPOOR, Zool. J. Linn. Soc, 55: 83, fig. 1 (male ultimate tergite with forceps), 2 (penultimate sternite), 3 (male genitalia). — Terra typica: India (Type male: Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta). Male general colour black, sides of pronotum and legs testaceous. Head a little longer than broad; frons tumid between eyes; postfrontal and coronal sutures thick. Eyes normal, smaller than genae. Antennae 36 (?) jointed; first joint club-shaped, and shorter than 2nd and 3rd combined. Pronotum longer than broad; lateral margins parallel-sided; posterior margin rounded. Tegmina and wings absent. Mesonotum triangular latero-posteriorly, deeply concave postero-medially. Abdomen parallel-sided, ultimate tergite short (Fig. 4) and broad; pygidium very short. Forceps long and slender, slightly broadened at base, then gently narrowing towards apex; inner margins denticulated except for tips. Penultimate sternite (Fig. 5) broadly rounded posteriorly. Genitalia (Fig. 6) with broad median paramere. Not of Chelisochidae-type. Central parameral plate with two undeveloped genital lobes. I should say not imago. — Length of body with forceps: 29 mm. — Female unknown. Distribution: India. References BURR, M. (1907): A preliminary revision of the Forficulidae (sensu stricto) and the Chelisochidae families of the Dermatoptera. — Trans. R. ent. Soc. London, p. 91-134. BRINDLE, A. (1970) : The Dermaptera of the Solomon Islands. — Pacific Insects, 12(3) : 641-700. KAPOOR, V. C. (1974): Genitalata mahajani gen. et sp. nov. from Himachal Pradesh, India (Dermaptera. Chelisochidae). — Zool. J. Linn. Soc, 55: 83-86. POPHAM, E. J. (1968): Genera and species of the Dermaptera. 7. Chelisochidae (Forficuloidea). — Entomologist, 101: 133-136. SAKAI, S. (1971): Dermapterorum Catalogus Praeliminaris. VI. The Chelisochidae. — Daito Bunka University. Tokyo, pp. 265. SAKAI, S. (1982) : A new proposed classification of the Dermaptera with special reference to the check list of the Dermaptera of the World. — Bull. Daito Bunka Univ., No. 20: 1-127. STEINMANN. H. (1975): Suprageneric classification of Dermaptera. — Acta zool. hung., 21: 195-220. VERHOEFF, K. (1902): Neue ungeflügelte Eudermapteren-Gattungen. — Sitz. Ges. nat. Fr. Berlin, p. 7-18. ZACHER. F. (1911): Studien über das System der Protodermapteren. — Zool. Jb. (Syst.). 30: 303-340. Author's address: DR. H. STEINMANN Zoological Department Hungarian Natural History Museum Budapest, Baross utca 13 rî-1088