identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03908132D22FB118FD31FF57FD2EE5C7.text	03908132D22FB118FD31FF57FD2EE5C7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Delegorguella SPINOLA WITH SPECIAL 1850	<div><p>Genus  Delegorguella Spinola</p><p>Delegorguella Spinola 1850: 73; Stål 1876: 127.</p><p>Paramecocoris Stål, 1861: 199; 1865: 111-112; 1876: 52, 53; Lethierry and Severin 1893: 110; Kirkaldy 1909: XXXIII, 1 (Paramecocoris = Delegorguella Spinola 1850, nec Caystrini); Kirkaldy 1909: 206; Jeannel 1913: 38; Hesse 1925: 19; Van Duzee 1929: 92; Linnavuori 1975: 31; 1982: 68, 71, 72.</p><p>Body of moderate size; oblongate; generally ochraceous with brownish punctures; head distinctly broader than long; paraclypei longer than clypeus and enclosing the later; antennae with basal segment never reaching to head apex, second antennal segment equal to third but slightly shorter than fourth; labium reaching to mesocoxae; pronotum more than 2x broader than its length, anterior angles slightly toothed or subrounded, humeral angles subrounded, posterolateral margins somewhat straight, lateral margin slightly convex, anterior margin wider than head width; scutellum broad and rounded at apex; abdomen distinctly exposed at repose; metathoracic scent gland ostioles small, peritreme of moderate size.</p><p>Male genitalia:</p><p>Pygophore with lateral lobes prominent, dorsomedian surface concave, ventromedian margin usually slightly notched; parameres slightly F-shaped, apex broad and usually rounded; inflated aedeagus with dorsal and ventral pairs of membranous conjunctival appendages.</p><p>Female genitalia:</p><p>Posterior margin of first gonocoxae deeply concave; ninth paratergites large, just reaching posterior margin of fused eighth paratergites.</p><p>Comparative note:</p><p>This genus is most closely related to  Erachtheus in having labium reaching to mesocoxae and antennae with second and third segments subequal in length but it can easily be separated from the same in having antennae with fourth segment longer than third and paramere with apex of blade unilobed, dilated.</p><p>Distribution:</p><p>Ethiopian region.</p><p>Type species:  Delegorguella elliptica Spinola 1850 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03908132D22FB118FD31FF57FD2EE5C7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ahmad, Imtiaz;Zahid, Muhmmad	Ahmad, Imtiaz, Zahid, Muhmmad (2006): Redescription Of Delegorguella Ventralis (Germar) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): The Oldest Little Known Species Of The Genus Delegorguella Spinola With Special Reference To Metathoracic Scent Auricle And Male And Female Genitalia With A Note On Its Genus And Their Cladistic Relationships. Int. J. Biol. Biotech. 3, No. 3: 527-532
03908132D22FB11AFDE0FB4CFB70E5A6.text	03908132D22FB11AFDE0FB4CFB70E5A6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Delegorguella ventralis (Germar)	<div><p>Delegorguella ventralis (Germar)</p><p>(Figs. 1-7)</p><p>Cimex ventralis Germar 1838: 181 .</p><p>Sciocoris ventralis Herrich-Schaffer, 1844: 87; Dallas 1851: 134; Dohrn 1859: 10; Walker 1867: 174.</p><p>Paramecocoris ventralis, Stål 1861: 199, 200-201; 1865: 114-115; 1876: 53; Letheirry and Severin 1893: 110; Distant 1898: 296; Schouteden 1910: 80.</p><p>Delegorguella ventralis, Jeannel 1913: 38; Lehman 1922: 133; Hesse 1925: 19; Linnavuori 1982: 22; Dolling et al., 1999: 98.</p><p>Colouration and general shape:</p><p>Body ovate; generally with brownish punctures; pronotum light brown, clavus, corium and membrane of hemelytra dark brown; eyes light brown; ocelli pinkish; ovate.</p><p>Head:</p><p>Distinctly broader than long, anteocular distance equal or slightly broader than remainder of head; paraclypei longer than clypeus and enclosing the later, lateral margins convex; paraclypeal lobe slightly rounded in front of eyes, apex of paraclypei convex; antennae with basal segment much shorter than head apex, second segment longer or equal to third but shorter than fourth, fifth longest, length of antennal segments I 0.5, II 0.8 (0.8-1.0), III 0.8, IV 0.9 (0.9-1.1), V 1.2 (1.2-1.6), antennal formula 1&lt;2&lt;3&lt;4&lt;5; labium reaching mesocoxae, second labial segment longest, fourth shortest, length of segments I 1.1, II 1.2, III 1.0, IV 0.8; anteocular distance 1.0, remainder of head 0.9 (0.9-1.0), width of head 2.6 (2.6-2.7); interocular distance 1.7(1.7-2.0); interocellar distance 1.0.</p><p>Thorax:</p><p>Pronotum more than 2 x broader than its length, anterior margin distinctly broader than head width, anterior angles subrounded, humeral angles broadly rounded, lateral margins distinctly convex, length of pronotum 2.6 (2.6- 2.7), width 5.8 (5.8-6.5); scutellum broad and rounded at apex, length of scutellum 4.3 (4.3-4.8), width 3.9 (3.9-4.1); metathoracic scent gland ostiole (Fig. 2) canal like with peritreme large; distance base scutellum-apex clavus 3.1 (3.1-3.3); apex clavus-apex corium 2.0 (2.0-2.8); apex corium-apex abdomen including membrane 2.0 (2.0-2.7); apex scutellum-apex abdomen including membrane 2.0 (2.0-3.8).</p><p>Abdomen:</p><p>Convex beneath; connexiva much exposed at repose; membrane of hemelytra shorter than abdomen; total length 10.8 (10.8-13.3).</p><p>Male genitalia:</p><p>Pygophore (Fig. 3) longer than broad, lateral lobes prominent, dorsomedian margin concave, ventroposterior margin depressed but straight; parameres (Fig. 4) somewhat F-shaped outer margin of blade sinuate, apex of blade inwardly round; inflated aedeagus (Fig. 5 and 6) with thecal appendages, ventral membranous conjunctival appendages large-wing-like, vesica shorter than penial lobe, dorsal membranous conjunctival appendages short.</p><p>Female genitalia:</p><p>Posterior margin of seventh abdominal venter medially deeply concave, u-shaped (Fig. 7); first gonocoxae with posterior margin deeply concave, apices round, lobe-like, inner margins straight, posteriorly wide apart; ninth paratergites large, outwardly slightly bilobed, reaching posterior margins of fused eighth paratergites; second gonocoxae with posterior margin concave; proctiger with posterior margin straight.</p><p>Material examined:</p><p>One male South Africa, Nugela,  Usambara, “Distant Coll.” 1911, 383, loged at BMNH;  1 female, Ethiopia: det. G.M. Black “ 15-8-1965 ”leg. R.U. Hung, 182, lodged at BMNH.</p><p>Comparative note:</p><p>D. ventralis resembles  D. pallida and  D. phalerata in general shape and colouration but  D. pallida appears pale brown and  D. phalerata is with dense brown punctures on the upper surface and with longitudinal impunctate pale lines in contrast to body with brownish punctures, pronotum light brown, clavus, corium and membrane of hemelytra dark brown, eyes light brown and ocelli pink without longitudinal impunctate lines.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03908132D22FB11AFDE0FB4CFB70E5A6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ahmad, Imtiaz;Zahid, Muhmmad	Ahmad, Imtiaz, Zahid, Muhmmad (2006): Redescription Of Delegorguella Ventralis (Germar) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): The Oldest Little Known Species Of The Genus Delegorguella Spinola With Special Reference To Metathoracic Scent Auricle And Male And Female Genitalia With A Note On Its Genus And Their Cladistic Relationships. Int. J. Biol. Biotech. 3, No. 3: 527-532
