Cissidium ecuadoriense, Darby, 2020
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.622 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CD3B2CD-F072-4994-8CA9-24145D343401 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3795662 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4387F4E8-31A2-4780-9822-C6FCDDA1FA29 |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:4387F4E8-31A2-4780-9822-C6FCDDA1FA29 |
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treatment provided by |
Valdenar |
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scientific name |
Cissidium ecuadoriense |
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sp. nov. |
Cissidium ecuadoriense View in CoL sp. nov.
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Fig. 68 View Fig
Etymology
Named after the country where the insect was found.
Material examined
Holotype
ECUADOR • ♀; Ingenio San Carlos, Bguayoquil; Aug. 1975; H. Franz leg.; MMUE.
Paratypes
ECUADOR • 2 ex.; same collection data as for holotype; one mounted verso; MMUE, BMNH.
Description
SIZE. Habitus ( Fig. 68A View Fig ), length 0.71 mm.
COLOUR. Dark yellow brown, shining, pubescence, antennae and legs paler.
HEAD. Frons behind the eyes obscured; width across eyes 0.19 mm; antennomeres III–XI length 0.28 mm, III–IX length 0.13 mm, X–XI length 0.15 mm; mentum and prementum obscured.
PRONOTUM. Length 0.20 mm, width 0.29 mm, pubescent, without either foveolae or foveae; lateral margins rounded and sinuate before rectangular hind angles, narrowly bordered, the borders extending along the posterior margin to the ends of the emargination opposite the scutellum ( Fig. 68B View Fig ).
ELYTRA. Length 0.41 mm, width 0.39 mm, pubescent, setae same length as pronotum, without foveolae.
MESOVENTRITE. Collar with a long, narrow, pointed medial extension; mid-keel anterior corners almost obliterated before reaching collar, posterior corners not joining mesocoxae, slightly raised at junction with keel; keel with ± eleven setae, long, narrow, parallel-sided to termination below interruption of mesocoxal margins; mesoventral lateral margins without serrations; humeri toothed ( Fig. 68C View Fig ).
METAVENTRITE. Length 0.15 mm, sparsely pubescent, disc plain, width across spines 0.08 mm; posterior margins of mesocoxal cavities without serrations.
WINGS. Macropterous.
GENITALIA. Female spermatheca globular. Males not known.
Remarks
The only species of Cissidium to have been described from Ecuador.
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