Cissidium pauxillum, Darby, Michael, 2019
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.512 |
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publication LSID |
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8DF89CFD-A549-4C69-8FBC-90EC8DEA9A66 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5941278 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EAFD8663-FDE3-4910-8DE0-EB87E5F6C004 |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:EAFD8663-FDE3-4910-8DE0-EB87E5F6C004 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Cissidium pauxillum |
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sp. nov. |
Cissidium pauxillum View in CoL sp. nov.
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Figs 6B View Fig , 7D View Fig , 8B View Fig
Diagnosis
The densely foveolate pronotum, the sinuate border of the anterior margins of the keel and the sharply pointed keel between the mesocoxae distinguish this species.
Etymology
From the Latin adjective ‘ pauxillus ’, meaning ‘small’.
Type material
Holotype
MALAYSIA-BORNEO • Sarawak, 4 th division, Gunung Mulu National Park ; May–Aug. 1978; P.M. Hammond and J.E. Marshall leg., BM 1978-49 ; base comp, alluvial forest litter near laboratory; BMNH.
Description
SIZE. Habitus ( Fig. 6B View Fig ), length 0.68 mm.
COLOUR. Yellow, antennae, legs and pubescence paler yellow.
HEAD. Distance across eyes 0.18 mm; antennomeres III–XI, length 0.25 mm; mentum widest anteriorly, anterior margin straight.
PRONOTUM. Length 0.17 mm, width 0.27 mm, densely foveolate and pubescent throughout, side margins evenly curved, hind angles right angled ( Fig. 7D View Fig ).
ELYTRA. Length 0.37 mm, width 0.30 mm, foveolate and pubescent throughout, evenly rounded, broadest at middle.
VENTRUM. Mesoventrum short, without pubescence, humeri with sharply projecting angles, lateral margins rounded to mesocoxae, serrate throughout, keel lateral margins sharply pointed with a sharply pointed posterior projection between the mesocoxae ( Fig. 8B View Fig ). Metaventrum with scattered pubescence, posterior margin between metacoxae concave, metacoxae separated by ± ¼ width of the sclerite.
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