Pseudomops Serville, 1831

Genus Pseudomops Serville, 1831 View in CoL

Pseudomops Serville 1831: 41 View in CoL [gen. n.].

Thyrsocera Serville View in CoL , in: Saussure 1864: 119 [nom. preoccupied Thyrsocera Burmeister View in CoL ] [gen. n.].

Pseudomops Serville View in CoL , in: Shelford 1906: 263 [gen. rev.] [syn. n. Thyrsocera Saussure, 1864 View in CoL ].

Pseudomops Serville View in CoL , in: Estrada-Álvarez 2022: 194 [etimology].

Type species. Blatta oblongata Linnaeus, 1758 [currently Pseudomops oblongatus View in CoL ].

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 View in CoL 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 View in CoL

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 View in CoL

3a. Left paraproctus with a claviform extension ( Fig. 7c); right style large (rs) ( Figs. 7d; 7e); genitalia according to Figs. 7f; 7h …………………............…………….…….. P. interceptus View in CoL

3b. Left paraproctum with a tapered extension ( Fig. 8c); right style short (rs) ( Fig. 8d); genitalia according to Figs. 8 f-8h …………....…………….……………..... P. septentrionalis View in CoL

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 View in CoL

5b. Paraprocts according to Figs. 6J; 10w; valvar complex according to Fig. 10y …................. ................................................................................................................................ P. guerinianus View in CoL

6a. Paraprocts according to Figs. 7J; 11v; valvar complex according to Fig. 11x ……………… ………………………………………………………………….…...…........…….. P. interceptus View in CoL

6b. Paraprocts according to Fig. 8J; valve complex according to Fig. 12v..... P. septentrionalis View in CoL