Axina villa Opitz, 2020
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564947 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B89F97A-AAA5-4CE2-9DA2-CC47EA03346D |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4565099 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A51487B3-C07E-4B23-FF01-4B8FFB0D3681 |
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Felipe |
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Axina villa Opitz |
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sp. nov. |
Axina villa Opitz , new species
Figures 38 View Figures 37–39 , 71 View Figure 71 , 109 View Figures 106–109 .
Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: de Villa Victoria, Ch. Pujol 1890 ( Brazil) ( MNHN). Diagnosis. Specimens of this species superficially resemble the members of A. polycaula , from which they differ by showing the epipleural margin that is testaceous; this margin is black in specimens of A. polycaula .
Description. Size. Length 9.0 mm; width 3.2 mm. Form. As in Fig. 109 View Figures 106–109 . Color. Cranium bicolorous, frons and epicranium castaneous, remainder black; antenna testaceous; thorax black, except center of pronotal disc widely castaneous, pronotum with narrow black line that extends from mesoscutellum to discal indentation; elytra bicolorous, mostly flavotestaceous, epipleural margin widely dark brown, brown marking extends mesally at middle of elytral disc and just in front of elytral apex where brown marking is contiguous with sutural margin; legs mostly black, tarsi testaceous; abdomen bicolorous, visible basal 3 sternites brown, apical 3 sternites yellow. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 60/20. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 paralateral spheroid tumescences, disc narrowly concave near middle; PW/PL 130/170; elytra, asetiferous punctures scattered, punctures extend posteriorly to elytral 3/4, interstitial spaces very wide; EL/EW 580/115. Abdomen. Aedeagus ( Fig. 38 View Figures 37–39 ), phallobasic lobes short, contiguous, phallic plates serrate; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated
Distribution (for map see Fig. 71 View Figure 71 ). This species is known from Brazil.
Etymology. The specific epithet, villa , is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.
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Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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