Tomaspisinella
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5613359 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A5742D-FFCD-AE12-FF76-AB1ECE1BFC3F |
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Tomaspisinella |
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Tomaspisinella View in CoL (s.s.) parva Lallemand , description of male
Diagnosis. Male resembling female but darker, t egmina with a chain of 4 white spots extending from costa to claval suture, most clearly broken in middle.
Description. Male pygofer as in T. (Hemitomaspis) caligata ( Carvalho & Webb 2005, fig. 4e) but slightly longer, in ventral aspect globose, deeply notched medially ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 25 – 35 D); male theca with short, divergent apical processes ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 25 – 35 C). Length: male 6.8 mm, female 6.5 mm.
Remarks. The female holotype of T. parva from Ecuador has the entire postpedicel densely pitted ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17 – 19 B) in contrast to that of a male ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17 – 19 A), also from Ecuador: Napo , 6 km E Misahualli, Jatun Sasha Res. 450m, 30 April–8 May 2002 (S.M. Paiero) #debu00178285 in UDEL. This might represent an unrecognized species but might possibly be sexually dimorphic; however, when this occurs in other Cercopoidea it is usually the male rather than the female that has larger and more numerous antennal pits.
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University of Delaware |
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