Tomaspisinella (Meretricula) punctatissima (Stål) Stal, 2016
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5613379 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A5742D-FFCF-AE10-FF76-A835CEA7FCF2 |
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Tomaspisinella (Meretricula) punctatissima (Stål) |
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comb. nov. |
Tomaspisinella (Meretricula) punctatissima (Stål) , comb.nov.
Lepyronia punctatissima Stål, 1862: 15 View in CoL .
Balsa punctatissima: Lallemand 1912: 54 View in CoL .
Balsana punctatissima: Metcalf [and Wade] 1962 View in CoL : 192.
Diagnosis. Resembling T. olivieri , but with aedeagal processes.
Description. Crown black; rest of body and tegmina dark brown except for pale, oblique stripes across bases of tegmina, a few small, discal pale spots, and pale tegminal tips. Head in profile with frons angulate. Male pygofer low, 2× as long as high; subgenital plates with simple hooked tips; theca with bulbous base, weakly curved shaft armed with 2 pairs of slender, retrorse processes arising from sides of gonopore and extending a quarter length of shaft ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 25 – 35 A–B). Length: male 3.9 mm, female 3.8 mm.
Types. Lectotype male, here designated, BRAZIL: ( Westerman ); bearing Stål's handwritten identification tag . Paralectotype female, [ BRAZIL]: Rio [de] Jan [eiro]. Both types in NRSE .
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Tomaspisinella (Meretricula) punctatissima (Stål)
Andrew Hamilton, K. G. 2016 |
Balsana punctatissima:
Metcalf 1962: 192 |
punctatissima:
Lallemand 1912: 54 |
Lepyronia punctatissima Stål, 1862 : 15
Stal 1862: 15 |