Tropizodium molokai, Jocqué, Rudy & Churchill, Tracey B., 2005
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.171179 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6266774 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6F4C5F25-FFA5-1019-887F-1715FCDDFD51 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Tropizodium molokai |
| status |
sp. nov. |
Tropizodium molokai View in CoL n. sp.
Figures 14–17 View FIGURES 14 – 17
Holotype: ♂: Hawaii. Molokai , Ona Alii Park, nr. Kanakaka, 5.I.1983, V. & B. Roth ( BPBM).
Paratypes: 3 Ψ, together with holotype ( BPBM).
Diagnosis: The male of this species is readily recognized by the shape of the retrolateral tibial apophysis with a slightly curved upwards and rounded tip.
Etymology: The species name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
Description: Male (holotype): Total length 1.92; carapace 1.02 long, 0.67 wide.
Colour: Prosoma and legs pale yellow; carapace darkened in eye region. Opisthosoma pale cream except dorsum which is dark sepia. Eyes: ALE 0.11; other eyes 0.05.
Palp ( Figs. 14–15 View FIGURES 14 – 17 ): large RTA; dorsal prong of RTA sinuous, almost reaching tip of cymbium, smoothly rounded; embolus short and slightly sinuous. MA with basal excrescence and bifid tip.
Female (3 paratypes): total length 2.75–3.36; carapace 1.18–1.44 long, 0.83–086 wide.
Colour: As in male. Eyes: ALE: 0.11; other eyes: 0.05.
Epigyne ( Figs. 16–17 View FIGURES 14 – 17 ): Hardly sclerotized; with small central depression; spermathecae far apart, ovoid.
Distribution: Only known from type locality.
| BPBM |
Bishop Museum |
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