Psilophrys aristotelei, Japoshvili & Noyes, 2006
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930601046436 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CAB235-A644-C26D-AB8C-FAB7FEDBFB4C |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Psilophrys aristotelei |
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sp. nov. |
Psilophrys aristotelei sp. n.
( Figures 1–3 View Figures 1–3 )
Diagnosis
Female holotype. Length 1.84 mm. Body generally dark brown with a metallic silver-green reflection. All legs dark brown, only fore tibia dusty yellow. Fore wing virtually hyaline, but with a dark spot beneath marginal vein.
Head about 1.1× as wide as high and about 1.9× as wide as FV; FV about 1.9× as wide as long; OOL equal to OCL and POD; ocelli forming an obtuse angle; antenna with scape about 1.50–1.65× as long as club and 6× as long as wide, other proportions as in Figure 1 View Figures 1–3 . Relative measurements: HW 55, FV 29, FVL 15, SL 24, SW 4.5, AOD 5, POD 4, POL 17, AOL 8.
Thorax about 1.2× as long as gaster excluding ovipositor; mesoscutum about 1.2× as wide as long; scutellum about 1.1× as wide as long; fore wing ( Figure 2 View Figures 1–3 ) about 2.3× as long as wide; marginal vein subquadrate; hind wing about 3.6× as long as wide. Relative measurements: MSW 38, MSL 31, SCW 32, SCL 29.
Ovipositor (as in Figure 3 View Figures 1–3 ) hardly exserted, the exserted part at most one-third as long as mid tibial spur.
Female paratype (slide-mounted). Toruli separated by own lengths and from anterior ocellus by about 2.5× distance of torulus from eye margin; eye about 1.5× as long as malar space, the latter rounded in facial view; mouth width subequal to eye length. Sculpture on mesoscutum and scutellum similar, composed of small rounded cells. Syntergum about 3× as wide as long. Relative measurements: TA 27 , TE 12 , EL 22 , MS 15 , MW 21 , HW 52 , HH 47 , OL 67 , ML 50, OPL 51 , OPW 18 , GL 10 , MSL 18 .
Variation. The length varies from 1.4 to 1.9 mm, otherwise little variation in material examined.
Male. Unknown.
Material examined
Holotype ♀: Greece, Olympia, Ex Kermes sp. on Quercus ilex , 30 April to 7 June 1984 (J. M. Cox). Paratypes: Greece, 22♀, same data as holotype. Holotype and paratypes in BMNH, one paratype in IZGAS.
Comments
Psilophrys aristotelei is most similar to tenuicornis and bella , all three species having similar body shape, general colour, and wing venation. They can be separated using the characters given in Table I.
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