Tambocerus bulbulus, Naveed & Zhang, 2018
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.5 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C91A5E57-9933-4EF7-AD9B-046CFD8BA9F2 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5979392 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D46C23-CA42-FF9B-2E80-FD85FDCF6A34 |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Tambocerus bulbulus |
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sp. nov. |
Tambocerus bulbulus View in CoL sp. nov.
Figs. 3A–D View FIGURE 3 , 4A–I View FIGURE 4
Description. Pale yellow ( Figs. 3A–C View FIGURE 3 ). Head with a pair of brown spots on anterior and posterior margin of vertex, posterior one rather small ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ). Vertex with transverse dark brown band anteriorly. Pronotum rather brownish yellow with minute fuscous brown spots. Tegmina ending with few brown spots, veins pale ( Figs. 3A, C View FIGURE 3 ). Face brownish yellow with fuscous brownish transverse bands interrupted medially following a dorsal dark brown transverse band ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ).
Head about as wide as or slightly narrower than pronotum. Vertex nearly 2.7x as wide between eyes as median length. Anteclypeus broadened apically ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Scutellum with median transverse ridge slightly curved posteriorly ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ). Fore tibia with dorsal setal formula 5+5. Macropterous. Forewings extending beyond the apex of abdomen.
Genitalia. Male pygofer in lateral view broad at base, lateral margins narrowing posteriorly with dorsal marginal thickening in posterior half, posteroventral margin with dark pigmented crest; lacking macrosetae ( Figs. 4A–B View FIGURE 4 ). Subgenital plates bulging and subtriangular with apical 1/4 length membranous, not prolonged, with few uniseriate macrosetae laterally just before apical membranous region ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ). Style with preapical lobe short, apophysis moderately thick, digitate ( Figs. 4C–D View FIGURE 4 ). Connective with stem approximately twice as long as arms ( Fig. 4G View FIGURE 4 ). Aedeagal shaft with lateral lamellate projection serrate on apical half, shaft dorsally curved, strongly constricted before apex to form a neck in ventral view with asymmetrical serrations ( Figs. 4H–I View FIGURE 4 ).
Female seventh sternite nearly 2.5 times as wide as median length, median projection posteriorly rounded with dark pigmentation ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ).
Type material. Holotype: ♂, Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Abbottabad City , 1250m, 4-VIII-2016, coll. Hassan Naveed . Paratypes: 1♂, 1♀, same data as holotype .
Diagnosis. This resembles T. viraktamathi Rao but differs in the following characteristics: lacking brown irroration on the forewings, male pygofer narrower distally in lateral view, posterior margin with ventral serrated area longer and closer to dorsal sclerotized area, lobes more curved with apices more acute in dorsal view; subgenital plates with apical finger-like extensions longer.
Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the Latin word bulbulus referring to the subgenital plates having a rounded triangular shape.
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