Wahnesia tagula, Polhemus & Kalkman, 2021
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.3 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:92395444-B82C-46C2-A1B7-A77AD40E65DC |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5120760 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/790F878F-FFA7-FFD8-1D9C-FF0E0BCEDC85 |
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Wahnesia tagula |
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sp. nov. |
Wahnesia tagula spec. nov.
( Figs 8 View FIGURE 8 , 11 View FIGURES 9–12 , 13, 14 View FIGURES 13–16 )
Holotype: ♂ PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Milne Bay Prov., Louisiade Archipelago, Tagula [Sudest] Island , Kalitau Creek , 1 km. upstream from head of estuary, 0–30 m a.s.l., 11°21’52”S, 153°14’26”E (-11.364361, 153.240556), water temp. 24.4°C., 29.VIII.2002, 09:30–14:30 hrs., CL 7190, D.A. Polhemus ( BPBM). GoogleMaps
Paratypes: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same data as holotype ( USNM, BPBM) GoogleMaps .
Additional material examined (not paratypes): PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Milne Bay Prov., Tagula Is.: 2 ♂♂, Joe Landing, [vic. -11.424666, 153.383066], 17–19.VIII.1956, leg. 5th Archbold Expedition ( RMNH) GoogleMaps [the locality on the envelope reads: “ Sudest, Station 9,” with additional locality details taken from Brass (1959)]; 4 ♂♂, 21.VIII.1956, idem; 3 ♂♂, 21–22.VIII.1956, idem (all RMNH) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, west slopes of Mount Riu (Mt Rattlesnake), [vic. -11.481211, 153.412504], 1.VIII.1956, leg. 5th Archbold Expedition ( RMNH) GoogleMaps [the locality on the envelope reads: “ Sudest, Camp 10,” with additional locality details taken from Brass (1959)]; 2 ♀♀, 31.VIII.1956, idem; 1 ♂, 30.VIII.1956, idem (all RMNH) GoogleMaps .
Etymology. The name “tagula” refers to Tagula Island, to which this species is endemic.
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