identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03F3878FB413922AA062D73C1F473A92.text	03F3878FB413922AA062D73C1F473A92.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Schiodtella laevicollis (MONTANDON 2002) Lis 2002	<div><p>Schiodtella laevicollis (MONTANDON), 
new combination</p><p>(Figs 1-6)</p><p>Stibaropus laevicollis MONTANDON, 1897: 97 .</p><p>TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED   Syntype male: [TUNISIA]: Tunisie 1896, Sfax, de  Vauloger [white rectangular printed label];  Stibaropus laevicollis MONTAND., type [white, rectangular handwriten label]  .</p><p>REDESCRITPION</p><p>Body almost entirely yellowish brown, dorsal surface of head and anterior part of pronotum somewhat darker than remaining parts of the body; apices of fore tibiae, tibial spines, margins of head and scutellum, and evaporative areas on meso- and metapleuron dark brown; body length 6.51 mm, body width 4.06 mm.</p><p>Head elongate (Fig. 2), its dorsal surface almost impunctate, slightly transversely wrinkled in posterior half; ventral surface of paraclypei (gular plates) almost impunctate, bearing few short pale bristles, bucculae very short and narrow; clypeus almost parallel-sided, clearly shorter than paraclypei, but apically not concealed by their tips (Fig. 2), subapical part of clypeus with a pair of peg-like setae; lateral margins of paraclypei moderately crenulated, bearing 13 submarginal peg-like setae on either side; eyes red, very small and narrow, ocular index about 9.4; ocelli yellowish brown, interocellar distance about 5.5 times a distance of ocellus from eye, ocellar index about 11.0; antennae 4-segmented, length of segments (in mm) 0.18: 0.45: 3 rd and 4 th missing; rostrum yellowish brown, short, reaching middle of mesosternum.</p><p>Pronotum conspicuously narrowed anteriorly (Fig. 1); its dorsal surface with numerous almost colourless punctures, calli impunctate; lateral margins with numerous short pale bristle-like setae and 20-21 long dark hair-like setae; anterior margin concave medially, posterior margin broadly rounded laterally and almost straight at the base of scutellum.</p><p>Scutellum very broad (Fig. 1), about 1.7 times broader basally than apically, its mid-length only about 1.2 times larger than its basal width; scutellar disc punctate with almost colourless punctures, and bearing weak, but clearly visible transverse rugae; sculpture in lateral parts of scutellar disc better developed and coarser than in its median part.</p><p>Corium punctate and wrinkled, puncturation of mesocorium very dense; costal margins flattened, long submarginal hair-like setae absent (torn out), and only about 10 setigerous punctures visible; membrane semihyaline, slightly embrowned, distinctly surpassing the tip of abdomen.</p><p>Fore tibia moderately recurved apically (Fig. 3), bearing 5-6 stout spines on its ventral margin and numerous long setae on the dorsal margin; mid tibiae broadened, bearing numerous strong setae and spines on outer margins; hind tibiae with numerous long spines on the corbicle; all tarsi present, forelegs with first tarsal segment very long, clearly longer than the second and third segments together.</p><p>Paramere as in Fig. 4, aedeagus as in Fig. 5, opening of pygophore as in Fig. 6.</p><p>REMARKS</p><p>Up to date, only seven species have been regarded as belonging to the genus  Schiodtella SIGN. (LIS 1999, 2000), among these a single one from Africa ( Sch. africana J.A. LIS from Congo-Brazzaville). Both presently known African species can be readily separated on the basis of size of their eyes ( Sch. laevicollis – eyes small and narrow, ocular index about 9.4;  Sch. africana – eyes large and broad, ocular index about 5.3).</p><p>Unfortunately, male specimens of  Sch. africana are unknown, and therefore it was impossible to compare the shape of pygophores, aedeagi and parameres of both species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F3878FB413922AA062D73C1F473A92	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lis, Jerzy A.	Lis, Jerzy A. (2002): A redescription of Schiodtella laevicollis (MONTANDON) n. comb. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Genus 13, No. 2: 177-181
