Brizica flyensis, Published, 2007
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:96A2269C-3D7C-498F-914E-0446D52F9988 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA8F0F-9146-776D-FF1D-7EB4DE73FDDE |
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Felipe |
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Brizica flyensis |
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sp. nov. |
Brizica flyensis sp. nov.
( Figs. 16C View FIGURE 16 , 18 View FIGURE 18 G-I, 23)
Holotype. Male. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Western Province , Middle Fly River, elev. 250–300 m, [8° 30' S, 143° 41’ E], 1–30 July 1928, coll. Pemberton. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. GoogleMaps
Diagnosis. Distinguished by relatively long labium, densely punctate pronotum, wedge–shaped proctiger in males, and proctiger with outer ventral rim equal in length to posterior of dorsal margin of pygophore ( Fig. 18H View FIGURE 18 ).
Description. Body 2.2X longer than broad ( Fig. 16C View FIGURE 16 ). Vertex of head slightly convex, punctate. Jugal apices acute becoming rounded laterally. Juga and tylus subequal in length, depressed relative to remainder of head. First antennal segment surpassing apex of head. Eyes slightly stalked; posterior margins forming right angle with lateral margin of head. Pronotum with anterolateral margins crenulate; lateral angles acute. Scutellum swollen anteriorly; apex broadly rounded, somewhat dorsally reflexed. Laterotergites with posterior angle slightly produced.
Bucculae slightly produced, becoming obsolete upon reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle obtuse. Labium reaching abdominal fifth sternite (fourth visible); ratios 1:1.5:1.5:1. Peritreme 1/3 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2/ 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex; median flattened to slightly sulcate medially. Profemora with 8 ventral thorn–shaped spines, spines becoming larger on distal portions.
Color and vestiture. Ground color testaceous with black to green metallic shining punctures. Antennal segments I–III testaceous with piceous markings; segments IV–V piceous. Anterior portion of scutellum darker than remainder. Legs mostly straminous; tibiae with two castaneous bands on longitudinal ridges. Spiracles black. Antennal segments I–II and proximal portion of segment III shiny with sparse vestiture; remain- der of segment III and segment IV–V with dense short pile.
Male. Outer ventral rim of pygophore posteriorly produced; interior ventral rim deeply emarginated medially; dorsal rim with two short lateral lobes ( Fig. 18G–I View FIGURE 18 ). Proctiger elongate, wedge–shaped; dorsolateral surfaces concave. Basal sclerite shallowly bilobed posteriorly, anterior margin convex ( Fig. 18I View FIGURE 18 ).
Measurements. Male (n=1): body length 16.0, anterior pronotal width 3.3, humeral width 9.0, scutellar length 6.4, medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.1, medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.5. Appendages in Table 3.
Etymology. Fly (as in the Middle Fly River) plus the Latin suffix - ensis (“belonging to”).
Distribution. Low elevational southern plateau of Papua New Guinea ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 ).
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