Reticuluma dactyla Fu & Zhang
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.2.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2A7205B0-E09C-42C1-A64A-87487FD2744A |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6094009 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1C2FAB3F-FFDB-FFD4-FF79-FA4A3309FEDF |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Reticuluma dactyla Fu & Zhang |
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sp. nov. |
Reticuluma dactyla Fu & Zhang View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figs. 1A–D View FIGURE 1. A – D , 3A–H View FIGURE 3. A – H )
Description. Length (including wings): male 3.4–3.9mm; female 4.2–4.4mm.
Body covered with black reticulations. Numerous transverse striations on anterior margin of vertex; eyes black with inner edge reddish brown. Face black. Pronotum marked with white and black reticulations. Scutellum with brown and black reticulations with the end of the transverse line milky ( Figs. 1A–D View FIGURE 1. A – D ). Reticulations on forewing dense and dark ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5. A – C )
External characters as in generic description.
Male genitalia. Pygofer side longer than broad, with short and long macrosetae near posterior margin ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3. A – H ). Subgenital plate extending beyond apex of pygofer, triangular; lateral margin slightly concave; on ventral side with a row of moderately long macrosetae and several short setae near the lateral margin and apex ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3. A – H ). Connective ‘Y’ shaped, similar in length to style ( Figs. 3D–F View FIGURE 3. A – H ). Aedeagus finger-like with gonopore on posterior side ( Figs. 3G–H View FIGURE 3. A – H ).
Female 7th sternum shorter than wide, rectangular, apical margin slightly convex, with a median shallow concavity in the middle. Second pair of valvulae with end truncated, with dorsal teeth ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3. A – H ).
Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the fingerlike aedeagus.
Material examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Shaanxi Prov., Yangling, 30-V-2013, Zhong Haiying. Paratypes: 5♂, 8♀, same data as the holotype.
Remarks. This species can be distinguished from other species of this genus by the fingerlike aedeagus.
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