Cissidium rogeri, Darby, 2020
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.622 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CD3B2CD-F072-4994-8CA9-24145D343401 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3795608 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F2BA9299-E1DB-4804-957D-DE575C7A7AB3 |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:F2BA9299-E1DB-4804-957D-DE575C7A7AB3 |
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treatment provided by |
Valdenar |
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scientific name |
Cissidium rogeri |
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sp. nov. |
Cissidium rogeri View in CoL sp. nov.
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Fig. 42 View Fig
Etymology
I am pleased to name this species after my brother-in-law Roger Allen.
Material examined
Holotype
RWANDA • ♂; Forest Rugage ; 2200 m a.s.l.; Mar. 1951; N. Leleup I.R.S.A.C. Mus. Congo leg.; MMUE.
Paratypes
RWANDA • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; 1 ♀ in poor condition mounted verso, 1 ♀ missing antennae; MMUE, BMNH.
Description
SIZE. Habitus ( Fig. 42A View Fig ), length 0.90 mm.
COLOUR. Yellow brown, head darker, pubescence, legs and antennae dusky yellow.
HEAD. Width across eyes 0.24 mm; antennomeres III–XI, length 0.44 mm, III–IX length 0.25 mm, X–XI length 0.19 mm.
PRONOTUM. Length 0.25 mm, width 0.32 mm, base with series of four foveae on each side, two series slightly separated opposite scutellum, all the foveae of approximately equal size, surface sparsely pubescent without foveolae; sides rounded, concavely narrowed to slightly acute hind angles; sides
bordered, the borders continuing along the entire basal margin, without a median emargination opposite the scutellum ( Fig. 42B View Fig ).
ELYTRA. 0.56 mm long, 0.50 mm wide, without foveolae.
MESOVENTRITE. With prominent reticulation; medial extension of collar widely based, sharply tapering to mid-point of mid-keel; mid-keel widest anteriorly then sides almost straight to angular hind angles, raised medially to sharp point before the keel; keel with ± three setae, tapering to narrow parallel-sided termination close to base of mesocoxae; mesoventral lateral margins serrate in posterior half ( Fig. 42C View Fig ).
METAVENTRITE. Length 0.15 mm, sparsely pubescent, almost glabrous, disc simple, distance across spines 0.13 mm; posterior margins of mesoventral coxal borders serrate.
WINGS. Macropterous.
GENITALIA. Aedeagus as Fig. 6 View Fig Fa–b.
Remarks
The only species of Cissidium to have been described from Rwanda.
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