Cissidium modestum, Darby, 2020
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.622 |
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publication LSID |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3795716 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/54EC643C-B544-4F30-9B34-4C978304D294 |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:54EC643C-B544-4F30-9B34-4C978304D294 |
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treatment provided by |
Valdenar |
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scientific name |
Cissidium modestum |
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sp. nov. |
Cissidium modestum View in CoL sp. nov.
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Fig. 111 View Fig
Etymology
Johnson ms name, after the Latin adjective modestus meaning sober, restrained.
Material examined
Holotype
MALAYSIA • ♂; Selangor, Gombak, vicinity of University of Malaya Field Station , 9 th mile; 9 Feb. 1967; D.H. Murphy leg.; FMNH.
Description
SIZE. Habitus ( Fig. 111A View Fig ), length 0.57 mm.
COLOUR. Dark red brown, pubescence, legs and antennae dusky yellow.
HEAD. With two slightly elongate setose foveolae inside eyes, width across eyes 0.18 mm; antennomeres III–XI length 0.27 mm, III–IX length 0.13 mm, X–XI length 0.14 mm globular; mentum and prementum obscured.
PRONOTUM. Length 0.15 mm, width 0.22 mm, sparsely pubescent with a row of ten foveae along the base and 3 or 4 smaller ones scattered on the disc; sides rounded, almost parallel-sided posteriad to rectangular hind angles, bordered, the border not continuing along the posterior margin, medial emargination in front of scutellum sinuous, barely marked ( Fig. 111B View Fig ).
ELYTRA. Length 0.37 mm, width 0.28 mm, pubescent and foveolate markedly contrasting with the pronotum.
MESOVENTRITE. Median process of mesoventral collar short; mid-keel widest anteriorly, the posterior angles stopping just short of the mesocoxal anterior borders, raised sharply to a medial blunt point before joining the keel; keel with ± four setae, narrow anteriorly, wider and more rounded posteriorly, terminating below the mid-point of the mesocoxae; mesoventral lateral margins serrate posteriorly; humeri toothed ( Fig. 111C View Fig ).
METAVENTRITE. Length 0.11 mm, setose, disc simple, width across spines 0.09 mm spines. WINGS. Macropterous.
GENITALIA. Male aedeagus as Fig. 6 View Fig Fa–b but slightly longer. Females not known.
Remarks
This is the only species of Cissidium from Malaysia in this group.
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