Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus, Janák, Jiří & Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2015
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4038.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1B62B78C-AA59-4417-A4FC-1CC9CED745E0 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6101617 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87F5-552D-FFD7-FF4A-FF3EFAE3BA53 |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus |
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sp. nov. |
Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figs. 29 View FIGURE 29 , 40–44 View FIGURES 40 – 44 , 238, 239 View FIGURES 238 – 240. 238, 239 )
Type locality. Democratic Republic of Congo, Tsingidi, 2° 24' 15.6'' S, 12° 58' 11.0'' E
Type material examined. Holotype ♂: REPUBLIC OF CONGO: “ DRC [sic!, typographic error, in reality not DRC = Democratic Republic of Congo but Republic of Congo]: Tsingidi, 2.24. 15.6 S [= 2° 24' 15.6'' S], 12.58. 11.0 E [= 12° 58' 11.0'' E], November 2013, leg. L. J. Niemand”, ”, “ Holotypus Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus sp. nov., Janák & Bordoni det. 2015” ( TMSA). Paratypes: 7 ♂, 3 ♀: same data as holotype, but “ Paratypus Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus sp. nov., Janák & Bordoni det. 2015” (5 ♂, 2 ♀ in TMSA, 1 ♂ in ABFI, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in JJRC).
Description. Body length 15–19 mm long; length from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra: 5.5–6.5 mm. Head and pronotum black; metasternum, elytra and abdomen orange light; abdominal tergites 5 and 6 infuscate in the middle. Head and pronotum and related punctation as in Fig. 40 View FIGURES 40 – 44 ; head and pronotum shiny; labrum as in Fig. 41 View FIGURES 40 – 44 . Posterior angles of head in lateral view very protruding. Elytra sub-quadrangular, large, longer and wider than pronotum, with rounded humeral angles. Surface with spaced punctation, arranged in three series, one near suture, one median and one lateral. Abdomen with very fine and dense, transversal micro-striation and fine, sparse punctation, with long yellowish setae; one blackish lateral seta on each segment.
Male. Head larger, lateral part of temples with distinct apicolateral protrusion, densely and moderately coarsely punctured. Tergite 10 and sternite 9 of the male genital segment as in Figs. 42, 43 View FIGURES 40 – 44 . Aedeagus ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 40 – 44 ) 1.66 mm long, with long, ovoid median lobe.
Female. Head smaller, lateral part of temples without or at most with short apicolateral protrusion, with a few scattered fine punctures.
Differential diagnosis. Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus sp. nov. differs from the most similar T. africanus in the infuscate abdominal tergites 5 and 6, the shorter and wider median lobe of the aedeagus and shorter paramere.
Etymology. The specific epithet is the Greek pseudo- and the Latin africanus , referring to its similarity to T. africanus .
Distribution. The species is distributed in Republic of Congo ( Fig. 29 View FIGURE 29 ).
Bionomy. The species was collected in pitfall traps baited with Chimpanzee dung ( Figs. 238, 239 View FIGURES 238 – 240. 238, 239 ).
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Transvaal Museum |
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