Chimarra dentata, Pandher & Saini, 2013
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5736210 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BB87F4-FFE4-2F05-FD94-FE74C98B7D58 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Chimarra dentata |
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sp. nov. |
Chimarra dentata sp. n.
(Figs 1–5)
Description – Adultmale; colorinalcohollightbrown, headandthoraxdarkbrown. Lengthfromtipofheadtoapexoffoldedforewings 8 mm; lengthofmaxillarypalps 1.70 mm, 3rdsegmentlongerthan 2nd, lengthof 5thsegmentalmostequalto 3rdsegment; labialpalps 0.70 mm. Forewinglength 6.75 mm; discoidalcelllengthmorethandoubleits width; Rscurved, thickened; crossvein m proximaltocrossveins s and r-m; 2Aloopedto 1A. Hind wing 5 mm long.
Malegenitalia (Figs 1–5) – TergumIXshort, widedorsally, producedanterodorsally; anteroventralmarginroundlyproduced, posterolateralmarginsinuouslyproduced; pos- teroventralprocessabsent. Preanalappendagesshort, rounded, setose, obliquelyplaced inlateralview. InferiorappendageslongerthantergumX, bearingtuftoflongsetaein lateralview; directedposterodorsally, widebasalandventralmarginsnarrowingtowards pointedapexinlateralview; inventralviewuniformlywide, mesallywith 2 pointed, teeth- likestructurespreapically. TergumXwithsclerotizedlaterallobesandseparateprojecting membranousmesallobes; eachlaterallobelong, narrowatbase, widemedially, produced ventrallyinlateralview; indorsalview, resemblingsnakeheadlike, bearingnumerous sensilla; eachmesallobedirectedposterodorsally, digitate, smallthanlaterallobe, about halfthelengthoflaterallobe. Phallobaseglobular, sclerotized; endotheca, tubular, long, bearinggranularareapreapically, lengthnotdiscernable; with 5 asymmetricalpreapical spinesvisibleinlateralview; phallotremalscleritecomplexcomposedofringandrod structures, forkedprong-likeinventralview.
Diagnosis – Intheshapeofsclerotizedlaterallobesindorsalviewand thephallusinlateralview Chimarradentata sp. n. issimilarto C. haimuoi Ma- licky, 1995. However, inlateralviewthesegmentIXisslightlyproducedon posterolateralmargin, sclerotizedlaterallobeoftergumXwideapicallyin lateralviewandtheinferiorappendagewith 2 sharpdentlikestructureson mesalsurfaceapicallyin C. dentata setsthisspeciesasidefrom C. haimuoi .
Material – Holotypemale, India: Sikkim, Chungthang , 1800 m, 15-ix-2009, Pandher &
Parey (NPC). Paratype: 1 female, collectiondatasameasofholotype.
Distribution – India: Sikkim.
Etymology – Thisspeciesisnamedonthebasisofpresenceoftwosharpdentsonthe
mesalsurfaceofeachinferiorappendage.
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