Tomaspisinella (Merinx) jocosa, Andrew Hamilton, K. G., 2016
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5613365 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A5742D-FFCC-AE13-FF76-A825C93CFD3E |
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Tomaspisinella (Merinx) jocosa |
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sp. nov. |
Tomaspisinella (Merinx) jocosa sp. nov.
Diagnosis. Orange-yellow, paler on pleura and costal plaque, with rest of tegmina contrastingly dark brown; eyes reddish to brown.
Description. Pronotal margins not overlapping tegminal bases. Legs not placed very close together. Male subgenital plates slender ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 25 – 35 A–B), with narrow, pointed pair of median processes ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 25 – 35 D); styles globular; aedeagal shaft weakly curved, with pair of retrorse spines at midlength, apical half globular, tip a slender spine ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 25 – 35 C). Length: male 3.8–3.9 mm; female unknown.
Types. Holotype male, BRAZIL: Pará ─ Jacareacanga , Oct. 1959 (M. Alvarenga); in NMNH . Paratype male, same data and location.
Remarks. The striking colour and narrow subgenital plate processes are unique.
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
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