Chandlerea Park & Carlton, 2015
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1653/024.098.0231 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E359168A-C253-4032-944B-DC97BF60C322 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C34C897-2B57-465D-9CB3-280AA3F71AD7 |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:8C34C897-2B57-465D-9CB3-280AA3F71AD7 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Chandlerea Park & Carlton |
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gen. nov. |
Chandlerea Park & Carlton View in CoL gen. nov.
h t t p: / / z o o b a n k. o r g / 8 C 3 4 C 8 9 7 - 2 B 5 7 - 4 6 5 D - 9 C B 3 - 280AA3F71AD7
Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Department of Entomology, LSB 404, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Type species: Chandlerea donaldi sp. nov., here designated (monotypy)
DIAGNOSIS
The members of Chandlerea may be separated from other faronite genera by the following combination of characters: small, body length 1.8 mm ( Fig. 1 View Figs ); male antennomere 7 enlarged and subquadrate with round depression ( Fig. 1 View Figs ); frontal rostrum prominent and frontal sulcus linear, reaching apex of rostrum ( Fig. 4 View Figs ); anterior and posterior frontal foveae present, anterior frontal fovea covered by rostrum ( Fig. 4 View Figs ); prosternum with median and lateral procoxal foveae ( Fig. 6 View Figs ); mesoventrite with promesocoxal foveae ( Fig. 8 View Figs ); abdominal segment VI enlarged, at least twice longer than VII ( Fig. 10 View Figs ); only known from northern South Island ( Fig. 16 View Fig : black squares).
DISTRIBUTION
New Zealand.
ETYMOLOGY
This genus is named for a world-renown beetle specialist and one of the most influential specialists of Pselaphinae during modern time, Donald S. Chandler.
REMARKS
Females are unknown.
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