Lamellipalpus flavomarginatus, Brancucci, Michel & Geiser, Michael, 2009
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.187330 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6216184 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039787CD-FF85-CD3A-FF4D-4791FDFC496D |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Lamellipalpus flavomarginatus |
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sp. nov. |
Lamellipalpus flavomarginatus View in CoL sp. nov.
( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 11 – 14 )
Type locality: India, Assam, Lushai Hills (today in Mizoram).
Description. 3. Habitus: Oblong, testaceous with the elytra brown except for suture and the side which are narrowly yellow testaceous along the whole length. Underside completely testaceous.
Head: Transverse, testaceous yellow; distance from eye to pronotum equal to 1.8 times diameter of eye. Interocular space very large, 3 times as large as eye diameter. Anterior margin of frons concave, straight on middle. Head slightly depressed on antero-median part. Surface shining, covered with fine punctures and very fine and long yellow setae. Mandibles long, evenly curved. Last segment of maxillary and labial palpi broad, 3.3 times as long as broad, flattened and strongly elongate, about 1/3 longer than mandibles, with fine pubescence; setae dense, fine and testaceous. Antennae short, flattened, 1st and 3rd joints elongate, 2nd joint very small, 4th–11th joints subequal and about 1.4 times as long as broad at the broadest point.
Pronotum: Testaceous yellow, transverse, depressed posteriorly before angles. Sides rounded and convex. Posterior angles protruding and slightly obliquely carinate. Entire surface shining with small punctures, each with a long and very fine yellow seta. Scutellum broad, triangular and testaceous.
Elytra: Brown, narrowly testaceous yellow along suture and outer margin, both of these along their whole length. Sides slightly dilated, broadest behind middle, with 3 distinct costae and coarsely punctured. Punctures strongly impressed, very large and much closer together than their own diameter, all individually visible. Pubescence dense; setae short, very fine and brown. Elytral margin distinctly bordered.
Underside: Completely testaceous, finely and densely pubescent.
Aedeagus: Small, lateral lobes thin and narrow, rounded posteriorly, ending in a sharp point dorsally. Median lobe with a sharp ridge dorsally.
Female: Unknown.
Measurements: TL: 7.6 mm; TL-H: 7.1 mm; HL: 1.2 mm; HW: 2.2 mm; LP: 2.2
Type material: Holotype 3 ( NHMB): “Assam, Sairang, Lushai Hills / 29.9.1960, 200/500’, F. Schmid” “ Lamellipalpus nigripennis Pascoe , det. W. Wittmer” [white Wittmer-handwritten label]. “ Holotype Lamellipalpus flavomarginatus sp.n. Brancucci & Geiser 08” [red printed label].
Etymology: This species is characterized by brown elytra with a testaceous sutural and marginal seam.
Affinities: This species is very easy to determine because of the peculiar colour, the flattened antennae, and the very slightly depressed head.
Distribution: NE India (Mizoram).
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Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel |
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