Aphiura borgmeieri, DISNEY, 2003
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930110096564 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B287A2-425C-FF94-FDE9-F997FD7DFCFD |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Aphiura borgmeieri |
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sp. nov. |
Aphiura borgmeieri View in CoL sp. nov.
Aphiura palpalis Borgmeier, 1963: 111 View in CoL . Female only. Misidentification, Borgmeier, 1967a: 153.
Material
H : female, Australia , NSW, Mosman , near Sydney, 12 January 1957 (W. W. Wirth) ( USNM).
Etymology The species is named after Thomas Borgmeier, who first recognized the species.
Diagnosis
With only one pair of bristles on scutellum; femora essentially yellow.
The female of this species was described by Borgmeier under A. palpalis . It is distinguished in the key below.
Aphiura breviceps Schmitz, 1939 (figure 2C) Aphiura breviceps Schmitz, 1939: 113 .
The type series comprises two males from New Zealand, one of which I have examined in the Museum Koenig (Bonn). I have subsequently reported three males from Auckland (Disney, 1994a). I now report further males from Tasmania below [see postscript] .
Material
Three males, Tasmania, Hobart, Battery Point, De Witt Street, garden, 1–11 January 1992 ( RHLD —25-7) .
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Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics |
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Royal Botanic Gardens, National Herbarium of New South Wales |
| USNM |
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
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