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Steinmann, H.: A revision of the genus Acanthocordax Günther, 1929 (Dermaptera, Forficulidae)
Acanthocordax spatula! MS RAMAMURTHI 1967 Acanthocordax spatulatus RAMAMURTHI: Ent. Meddr. 35: 257, fig. 38 (male ultimate tergite with forceps), fig. 39 (female forceps), fig. 40 (holotype genital armature). — Terra typica: New Britain (Type male: Zool. Mus. Univ. Kobenhavn). Male uniformly reddish-brown, body with external characters very similar to papuanus GÜNTHER. — Head tumid, smooth; postfrontal and coronal sutures distinct; posterior margin convex in the middle. Eyes larger, but a little shorter than the length of head behind eyes. Antennae 12-jointed; first joint long and thick, longer than distance between antennái bases; second very short, third to sixth subequal, shorter than first, rest longer and cylindrical. — Pronotum long and narrow; lateral margins thick leaving a fine groove along entire length; prozona tumid, separated from depressed metazona by a transverse ridge. Tegmina smooth, shoulders broadly rounded; wings well-developed. — Abdomen fusiform, tergites finely granulöse; lateral glandular folds on tergites 3-4 typical. Ultimate tergite transverse, sloping, simple. Forceps (Fig. 13) long, of Acanthocordax-typQ, more or less cylindrical in cross-section, inner margins crenulate; distal part less strongly curved, with a smaller, but prominent inner tooth. — Genitalia (Fig. 14) characteristic; central parameral plate comparatively short and wide, virga within genital lobe short and strongly curved or S-shaped basally; external parameres moderately short and broad. Female very similar to male, but pygidium more distinct and forceps (Fig. 15) simple, straight, cylindrical, tapering. Length of body with forceps: male: 9-12 mm, female: 13 mm. Distribution: Bismarck Islands : New Britain. Author's address: DR. HENRIK STEINMANN Zoological Department Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13 Hungary
