Zorotypus (Octozoros) hirsutus Mashimo, 2018

Mashimo, Yuta, Müller, Patrick, Pohl, Hans & Beutel, Rolf G., 2018, The “ hairy beast ” - Zorotypus hirsutus sp. n., an unusual new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from Burmese amber, Zootaxa 4508 (4), pp. 562-568 : 563-566

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E502D036-A6D6-42A0-9064-B68912443F6B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5974548

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA7D65-FFF8-8703-FF7A-FB81FBA4A5DF

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Plazi

scientific name

Zorotypus (Octozoros) hirsutus Mashimo
status

sp. nov.

Zorotypus (Octozoros) hirsutus Mashimo View in CoL , sp. n.

( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 , 2 View FIGURE 2 )

Holotype: Alate female; Myanmar, Kachin State, Hukawng Valley ( Kania et al. 2015: fig. 1; Jałoszyński et al. 2017: fig. 1); Albian-Cenomanian boundary, mid Cretaceous. The holotype is deposited in Patrick Müller’s private collection (depository number BUB2785).

Etymology. The specific name is taken from a Latin adjective hirsutus meaning “hairy, shaggy”, and refers to the bristly or hirsute appearance, with a dense vestiture of long and slender setae.

Diagnosis. Zorotypus hirsutus sp. n. is tentatively assigned to the subgenus Octozoros based on the eightsegmented antenna. This species is readily distinguished from the other species of Octozoros by the combination of the following characters: strongly developed vestiture of bristles on the entire body; very slender, elongate antennomeres; elongated head with concave genal region; absence of thorn-like protuberances on mesonotal anterolateral corners; absence of jugate setae along posterior margin of forewings; relatively slender tibiae; empodium of meta-pretarsus reduced to a slender hair-like structure.

Description. Alate female. Integument blackish brown except antennomeres VII and VIII ( Fig. 1A, B View FIGURE 1 ). Head subtriangular, moderately elongated, with concave genal region ( Figs. 1C View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 ). Surface covered with vestiture of long setae ( Figs. 1C View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 ). Compound eyes prominent; three ocelli present. Antennae 8-segmented, with vestiture of setae of moderate length ( Fig. 1A, B View FIGURE 1 ); antennomere I elongate, approximately 4.5 times longer than wide; antennomere II relatively short, about one-third as long as antennomere I; antennomere III elongate, approximately twice as long as antennomere II; antennomeres IV–VI distinctly elongated, slender, approximately six times as long as wide; antennomeres VII-VIII very slender, approximately four times as long as wide. Maxilla only partly visible; galea with comb of mesally directed setae on apical region ( Figs. 1C View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 ); slender lacinia with two small mesally directed teeth on distal part ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ); maxillary palpus with palpomere I not visible; palpomeres II, III and V distinctly elongated; palpomere IV slightly longer than wide. Labial palpus with palpomere I partly visible; palpomere II slightly elongated and palpomere III distinctly elongated ( Figs. 1C View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 ).

Pronotum subrectangular, longer than wide, slightly narrowing anteriorly; with vestiture of setae of moderate length on surface and also densely covered with long setae along margins ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ). Mesonotum only partly visible; distinctly broader than long, about half as long as pronotum; thorn-like protuberances on the anterolateral corners absent; with vestiture of setae of moderate length on surface and along margins. Metanotum (and part of wings) covered by bubble; distinctly broader than long, slightly shorter than mesonotum, with setae of moderate length along lateral and posterior margin.

Legs densely covered with setae of moderate length; tarsi 2-segmented. Protibia with bristles arranged as comb along distal ventral half and pair of spurs inserted apically ( Fig. 1C, E View FIGURE 1 ). Mesotibia with apical pair of spurs ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ). Metafemur proximally expanded, gently tapering towards apex; eight stout spines (sp1–8) placed on tubercles along posterior border of ventral surface (1–7 in Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ); sp5 and sp7 distinctly elongated; sp1 slightly longer than remaining spines ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ); right metafemur with one additional small spine between sp6 and sp7 (6+ in the inset in Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ); three stiff bristles inserted at preapical region of anterior border of ventral surface ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ). Metatibia slender, with two stout spines at apical one-third and at apex (a, b in Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ), additionally with tiny spine near most apical spine (white arrow in Fig. 1A, G View FIGURE 1 ). Meta-pretarsus with pair of small pulvilli (black arrowhead in the inset in Fig. 1G View FIGURE 1 ); empodium reduced to slender hair-like structure (white arrowhead in the inset in Fig. 1G View FIGURE 1 ). Stiff spine present between metacoxae (black arrow in Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ).

Abdominal setae dense ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ). Abdominal tergum I (T1) with transverse row of setae of moderate length along posterior margin ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ); T2–10 with vestiture of setae of moderate length; T2–7 with pair of long, erect setae on both sides of posterior region; T8–9 with two pairs of long, erect setae on both sides of posterior region. Median up-curved projections missing ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ). Cercus unsegmented, conical, with four or five long subapical setae almost as long as cercus, proximally with moderate to long, fine setae ( Figs. 1A, B View FIGURE 1 , 2B, C View FIGURE 2 ). Abdominal sterna I–III (S1–3) not visible; S4–8 with setae of moderate length ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ).

Wing venation ( Fig. 1A, B View FIGURE 1 ) visible as faint, fuscous lines; membrane hyaline except for brownish pterostigma of forewing, covered with minute setae; both fore and hind wings with dense fringes of short setae, slightly longer than those of membrane; posterior margin of forewings lacking stiff, jugate setae. Forewing ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ) R reaching pterostigma base, evanescent distally; Rs separating from radial stem near midpoint of wing, connected with M by short rs-m cross vein; M reaching posterior wing margin, slightly proximal to termination of Rs; CuA 1 extending over third-fifths of wing, terminating on posterior margin; CuA 2 present as a very short stub in basal third of wing. Hind wing with R+M furcated near apex, both R and M reaching wing margins; Cu absent.

Remarks. A lobe-like structure is partly visible lateral to the left galea (asterisk in Figs. 1C View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 ), but could not be unambiguously identified; corresponding part on right side concealed by bubble.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Zoraptera

Family

Zorotypidae

Genus

Zorotypus

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