Cissidium similatum, 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.3795728 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/936AB769-443E-464C-B40D-A911A6E69ABF |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:936AB769-443E-464C-B40D-A911A6E69ABF |
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treatment provided by |
Valdenar |
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scientific name |
Cissidium similatum |
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sp. nov. |
Cissidium similatum View in CoL sp. nov.
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Fig. 104 View Fig
Etymology
Johnson ms name.
Material examined
Holotype
PERU • ♀; surroundings of Tarapoto; Franz leg.; MMUE.
Paratypes
PERU • 5 ex.; same collection data as for holotype; 1 ♀ mounted verso; MMUE, BMNH.
Description
SIZE. Habitus ( Fig. 104A View Fig ), length 0.71 mm.
COLOUR. Dark brown, shining, pubescence, legs and antennae dusky yellow.
HEAD. With a series of linear foveae between the eyes interrupted medially, width across eyes 0.20 mm; mentum parallel-sided; antennomeres III–XI, length 0.36 mm, III–IX length 0.16 mm, X–XI length 0.20 mm.
PRONOTUM. 0.19 mm long, 0.30 mm wide, sparsely pubescent and shallowly foveolate in basal half; lateral margins sharply angled then concave to acute hind angles, anterior angles strongly bordered and outstanding in dorsal view, lateral border not continuing along the basal margin, medial emargination opposite scutellum angulate ( Fig. 104B View Fig ).
ELYTRA. 0.47 mm long, 0.38 mm wide, pubescent as pronotum.
MESOVENTRITE. Without a medial extension of collar; mid-keel with concave sides, anterior angles meeting collar, posterior angles effaced before mesocoxa anterior borders, with a short, broad, angled posterior margin; keel with ± four setae, very wide tapering to a rounded termination close to base of mesocoxae; mesoventral lateral margins straight becoming effaced; humeri bluntly rounded ( Fig. 104C View Fig ).
METAVENTRITE. Sparsely pubescent, length 0.17 mm, disc simple, width across spines 0.13 mm; posterior margin of mesocoxae serrate.
WINGS. Macropterous.
GENITALIA. Female spermatheca globular. Males not known.
Remarks
Distinguished from the other species of smaller Peruvian Cissidium by the absence of a median extension of the mesoventral collar.
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