Devolana youajla Pinedo-Escatelı, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2019.1683244 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3664977 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03949824-9971-FF8C-FE43-24ECFC8CFE56 |
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Valdenar |
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scientific name |
Devolana youajla Pinedo-Escatelı |
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sp. nov. |
Devolana youajla Pinedo-Escatelı View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figures 6 View Figure 6 and 7 View Figure 7 )
Description
Measurements. Length male 5.9 mmı female unknown.
Male morphology. Overall colour brown-yellowish. Crown shortı paralleled to anterior margin with two pairs of black spotsı one next to midline and second next to eyes ( Figure 6 View Figure 6 (a)). Face yellowish. Frontoclypeal and anteclypeal margins marked with black band extended dorsad over ocelli and almost connecting to midlineı multiple black transverse bands over frontoclypeal surface presented and anteclypeus longitudinally brown marked. Lorum yellowish. Gena mostly yellowish with a brown line running from eye corner towards midlength of lorum and diffuse black spot around maxillary sensillum ( Figure 6 View Figure 6 (b)). Pronotumı anterior half gold-yellowish with posterior area white. Forewing translucent with dark-brown pigment on Cı Mı CuAı Csı Pcu and A veins ( Figure 6 View Figure 6 (c)). Legs yellowish with black stripes along tibiae and front femur.
Female. Unknown.
Male genitalia. Pygofer broad with stout macrosetae distributed near midlength towards posterad margin ( Figure 7 View Figure 7 (a–b)). Valve medially producedı articulated with pygofer and subgenital plates ( Figure 7 View Figure 7 (c)). Plate thinı length similar to posterad margin of pygoferı few small fine and stout setae along lateral margin ( Figure 7 View Figure 7 (d)). Style slender with posterad lobes weakly developedı apophysis short and curved ( Figure 7 View Figure 7 (h)). Connective Y-form ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 (i)). Aedeagus robustı short and apex pointed with broad lateral flanges developed with two apical processes; one emerging of distant flange corner directed dorsad and second arising near apex on ventral surface running ventromesad until midlength of aedeagal shaftı cylindrical ( Figure 7 View Figure 7 (e–g)).
Immature stages. Unknown.
Type locality. Iguala de la Independenciaı Guerrero ( Mexico)ı Figure 4 View Figure 4 . Seasonality. This species occurs in October .
Etymology. The species epithet derives from the Náhuatl word Igualaı meaning to the type locality.
Type material. Holotype male ( OSUC) – MEXICO: Guerreroı Igualaı IX–11– 1939ı D. M. DeLong Collectionı D. M. DeLong Coll. # OSUC 356605 View Materials . Paratype 2 males ( OSUC) – MEXICO: Guerreroı Igualaı IX–11– 1939ı D. M. DeLong Collectionı D. M. DeLong Coll. # OSUC 356606 View Materials and 356607ı respectively .
Note: all specimens examined were previously designated as paratypes of Devolana hemycicla DeLong by DeLong (1967).
Remarks. Devolana youajla differs from other species in having an aedeagus with flanges developed and two pairs of apical processes ( Figure 7 View Figure 7 (f–g)).
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Oregon State University |
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