Thapaia plumula
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5057949 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CE7454-5C06-0640-FF3C-FF98E9DEF816 |
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Plazi |
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Thapaia plumula |
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Thapaia plumula View in CoL Song & Li sp. nov.
( Figs. 23–33 View FIGURES 23 – 33 )
Color pattern (including dorsum and face) and external features are very similar to T. tina sp. nov. ( Figs. 23, 24 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ). Other morphology as in T. tina except as noted below.
Abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ) short and rounded, not exceeding 3rd sternite.
Male genitalia: Pygofer lobe ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ) produced acutely at caudal margin, forming hook-like process at apex and bent dorsally. Base of process with group of microsetae. Anal tube ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ) with pair of short hooklike basal processes. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ) with 4 macrosetae and apex teeth-like. Style apex slightly shorter than other two new species ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ); preapical lobe small, but obvious. Aedeagal shaft ( Figs. 31, 32 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ) long and slender, curved ventrally, with pair of bud-like processes at apex and near middle area respectively. Preatrium shorter than shaft distinctly. Gonopore sub-apical, dorsad. Connective ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ) Y-shaped, central lobe broad.
Measurement: Body length males 3.0–3.2 mm, females 3.1–3.3 mm.
Material examined: Holotype male: CHINA, Henan Prov., Mt. Wangwu, 726–1700 m, 21~22- (eight)- 2008, coll. Qiongzhang Song. Paratypes: one male, two females, same data as holotype; one male, three females, Henan Prov., Mt. Baiyun, 1300–1400 m, 17 (eight)-2008, coll. Yuehua Song and Can Li; one female, Henan Prov., Luanchuan County, Heyu, 18~19– (eight)-2008, coll. Qiongzhang Song.
Remarks: The new species is similar to T. nema Thapa, 1989 , but can be distinguished from the latter by the long, slender aedeagal shaft ( Fig. 31, 32 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ) with the pair of teeth-like processes medially, and by the Yshaped connective ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ); the dorsal sub-apical gonopore, and the abdominal apodemes ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 23 – 33 ) very short, not surpassing the 3rd sternite.
Etymology: The specific name is derived from the Latin word “ plumula ” (sprout, teeth), referring to the aedeagal shaft processes very thin and small.
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