Thyreocephalus meridionalis, Janák, Jiří & Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2015
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4038.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6101637 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87F5-5524-FFE0-FF4A-FA3BFB85BA59 |
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Plazi |
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Thyreocephalus meridionalis |
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sp. nov. |
Thyreocephalus meridionalis View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figs. 64 View FIGURE 64 , 70–74 View FIGURES 70 – 74 , 240 View FIGURES 238 – 240. 238, 239 )
Type locality. Namibia, Popa Falls, 18° 07' 16'' S, 21° 34' 51'' E
Type material. Holotype ♂: NAMIBIA: “ Namibia, Popa Falls, 18°07'16''S, 21°34'51''E, M. Uhlig 13.XII.1993 ”, “ Holotypus Thyreocephalus meridionalis sp. nov., Janák & Bordoni det. 2015” ( MFNB). Paratype s: BOTSWANA: 1 ♀: “ Botswana. 10 km N of Maun, J. Moravec” ( JJRC); MOZAMBIQUE: 1 ♀: “ Mozambique: Zambesia, 50 km S Gurué, 15.47 S – 37.97 E ”, “ 8.12.2006; E-Y: 3746, on mushrooms, leg. Gussman, Müller” ( JJRC). NAMIBIA: 1 ♀: “ Namibia, East Caprivi, Katima Mulilo, Zambezi riv., 19– 25.1.1999, 950 m, Rudolf Kmeco leg.” ( JJRC); 1 ♀: “ Namibia bor. or., Katima Mulilo, Caprivi zipfel, 15– 24.1.1995, M. Snížek lgt.” ( JJRC); ZAMBIA: 1 ♀: “NO Zambia, E Mkushi env., Snizek & Tichy 16.18. XII.2004 ” ( GROB); 1 spec.: “NW Zambia, Mutumbwe, B. & P. Malec 24–30.I.2005 ” ( MFNB); 1 ♂: “ Zambia, Livingstone Victoria Fals [sic!], 26– 31.12.1994, Lgt. Snizek” ( JJRC); 1 spec.: “ Zambia, Kapiri, Mposhi, 160 km N Lusaka, B. & P. Malec 2.II.2005 ” ( MFNB); ZIMBABWE: 1 ♀: “ Rhodesia, Atlantica, Ecol. Res. Station, nr. Salisbury [Harare], 25:III:1970, at light, Coll. J. R. Clover & A. C. Kistner Field No 1883” ( FMNH); 1 ♂: “ Zimbabwe W, Bulawayo, Shangani, Naletale ruins, 20.12.2012, Snížek ( JJRC); 1 ♂: “ Zimbabwe, Kyle Recr. Park at Lake Mutiri Kwi, M. Uhlig 2–4. XII. 1995, 20.13S, 31.00E ” ( ABFI); SOUTH AFRICA: Mpumalanga: 1 ♀: “ RSA (N), Mpumalanga, 24.5851S / 30.8633E, Mariepskop (forestry office), 1330 m, tree trunk, 16.11.2012, leg. P. Jałoszyński” ( TMSA); 1 ♀: “S. Afr.; Kruger Nat. Pk, Skukuza – Sabi River, 24.57 S – 31.42 E ”, “ 22.2.1995: E-Y: 3111, riverinefor. litter, leg. Endrödy-Younga” ( TMSA); 1 spec.: “ South Africa, Transvaal, Duiwelskloof, 23.42S, 30.06E, V. M. Uys 12– 14.I.1987 ” ( SANC); 1 spec.: “Mp' home (?) Transv., M. Knothe” ( MFNB). The label “ Paratypus Thyreocephalus meridionalis sp. nov., Janák & Bordoni det. 2015” was added to all paratypes.
Description. Body about 22–25 mm long; length from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra: 12–14 mm. Black with reddish genital segment, exceptionally tip of abdomen beginning from apical part of segment 7 reddish. Elytra with feebly bluish reflections. Head and pronotum and related punctation as in Fig. 70 View FIGURES 70 – 74 ; labrum as in Fig. 71 View FIGURES 70 – 74 . Head and pronotum with very minute, sparse micro-punctation. Pronotum with sinuate sides. Elytra sub-quadrangular, slightly dilated posteriad, with marked humeral angles. Surface with fine punctation bearing long, brown setae, arranged in three series of very sparse punctures, one near suture of 3–4, one median of 4–5 more coarse and one lateral of 5–6 punctures. Abdomen with extremely fine and dense, transverse microstriation and sparse punctation.
Male. Temples with fine punctures. Tergite 10 and sternite 9 of the male genital segment as in Figs. 72, 73 View FIGURES 70 – 74 . Aedeagus ( Fig. 74 View FIGURES 70 – 74 ) 1.88 mm long, sub-ovoid, with long median lobe of characteristic apex; parameres symmetrical; inner sac shorter than in T. alluaudi .
Female. Temples impunctate or with very fine punctures.
Differential diagnosis. Thyreocephalus meridionalis sp. nov. differs from the most similar T. alluaudi in more robust body, in angular temples, longer pronotum, different shape of labrum with sharply emarginated middle part and narrower aedeagus with symmetrical parameres.
Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the Latin meridionalis - e (southern), in relation to the distribution of the species.
Bionomy. Some specimens were collected in mushrooms and in forest litter. One specimen was collected on a tree trunk ( Fig. 240 View FIGURES 238 – 240. 238, 239 ).
Distribution. The new species is distributed in Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe ( Fig. 64 View FIGURE 64 ).
Remarks. A specimen from Zimbabwe, Shangani has the same colorations as T. alluaudi , but other characters such as shape of the head, pronotum, labrum and aedeagus are typical of T. meridionalis .
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