Ommatius (Pygommatius) renudus, Scarbrough & Marascia, 2003
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.228.1.1 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AC9F77DE-F702-4620-B756-D753E77FBC73 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5080343 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A9FF3D-FFEF-FFFA-9D15-5808FD73C574 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Ommatius (Pygommatius) renudus |
status |
sp. nov. |
Ommatius (Pygommatius) renudus View in CoL , sp. n.
Figs. 19 View FIGURES 1120 , 46 View FIGURES 3948 , 197204
Male. As O. comosus except as follows. Length, body 12.1 mm; wing 7.87.9. Head: FHWR 1.0:7.81.0:7.9. Frons yellow to yellowishgray tomentose.
Thorax: katatergal bristles entirely yellow to mostly brown.
Wing ( Fig.19 View FIGURES 1120 ).
Leg: Fore femur (see brevicornis , Fig. 23 View FIGURES 2128 ) with ventral row of 89 unusually long, thick, yellow bristles. Hind femur (see comosus , Figs. 31 View FIGURES 2938 ). HFWLR 1.0:4.11.0:4.8. Hind tibia ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 3948 ).
Abdomen: Tergite 4 laterally with dense fringe of thin, mostly yellow bristles, brown bristles borders fringe dorsally. Sternite 3 with only sparse, short wavy setae.
Terminalia (Figs. 197201): Ventral lamella bare, row of dense redorange setae absent. Epandrium 3 branched; dorsal branch narrow; not forked apically; median branch minute; ventral branch apically wide, notch and clawlike bristles present. gonocoxite with minute setae in large sockets. Hypandrium without tuft of apical bristles.
Female. Differs from male as follows. Length, body 10.313.8 mm; wing 8.0 9.5 mm. Body darker than male. Head: Face with thick dark bristles ventrally; FHWR 1.0:10.0 1.0:10.5. Thorax: Pleuron with meron entirely and anepimeron mostly black. Leg: Femora and tibiae normal, without unusual vestiture and shapes. Fore and middle femora brown on apical third, dorsal twothirds brown on hind femur. Middle and hind femora usually with brown ventral bristles; HFWLR 1.0:6.01.0:6.2. Tarsi with only brown bristles. Abdomen: Without unusual vestiture of tergite 5 and sternites 46. Tergites 15 or 6 with wide, lateral margins yellow. Tergite 9 longer than cercus, mostly membranous, sides narrowly sclerotized. Sternites 37 with brown bristles apically and laterally. Terminalia (Figs. 202204): Three spermathecae present; duct basal. Sternite 8 strongly triangular apically, sides diagonal, membranous oval area medially, extends anteriorly as a low, arched carina in dry specimens; carina membranous when treated in KOH, trumpetshaped; several stout bristles present in apical corner.
SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Holotype ♂, CAMEROON: Batanga Kamerun / A. I. Good 12.vii.1913 / 26097 ( CMNH); allotype ♀, Batanga Kamerun / A. I. Good 10.iv.1911 25637 ( CMNH). Paratypes: CAMEROON: 1 ♂, Nichtigall / 23.ix.1966 / A. Richenbach ( MNHN); 1 ♀, Kribi / 11.vii.1974 ( ZMAN). NIGERIA: 1 ♀, S. Nigeria / Obuasi / 4.viii.1902 / Dr. W. M. Gradham / in bush ( BMNH); 1 ♀, Nigeria : / Lagos / G. Strachan ( BMNH). REPUBLIC OF CENTRAL AFRICA: 1 ♀, La Maboke / 25.viii.1970 / L. Matile ( MNHN); 1 ♀, same data except 1.x.1970 ( MNHN) .
Distribution. The species was captured during April through November in Cameroon and the Republic of Central Africa.
Etymology: Latin, renudus , “bare”, referring to the absence of long dense setae on the ventral lamella.
Remarks. The characters in the key and comments in the remarks section of O. comosus separate O. renudus from congeners.
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