Muiralevu silvestris Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 61

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5283166

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E68799-FFDF-FFA9-F3C2-FE022EC7700D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Muiralevu silvestris Zelazny
status

sp. nov.

Muiralevu silvestris Zelazny View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Fig. 188)

Description. Forewings 2.3 times longer than wide, length in male 3.8–4.0 mm. Colour stramineous to faintly brown. Forewings very faintly yellowish-brown. Forewings with Ms1 branched at apex of basal median cell. Hindwings with apex of R branched. Male pygofer with short and pointed lateral projections. Apical part of male aedeagus short, the left side extended into a terminal, rounded lobe.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective ( silvestris , -is, -e = from the forest).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 4.0 mm), EAST MALAYSIA: NORTH BORNEO; labels: 1) BRITISH N. BORNEO / Tawau , Quoin Hill / Cocoa Res. Sta./ 6.IX.1962 2) Y. Hirashima / Malaise Trap / BISHOP ( BPBM) . Paratype. EAST MALAYSIA: NORTH BORNEO: SARAWAK: Tebang , 5.IX.1958, 1 ♂ (fw. 3.8), T . C. Maa, at light ( BPBM) .

Distribution. North Borneo.

Diagnosis. Muiralevu silvestris is very similar to M. parvus sp. nov., also found in Borneo, but is larger, has faintly yellowish brown forewings, and the left side of the apex of the male aedeagus is extended into a rounded lobe.

BPBM

Bishop Museum

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Derbidae

Genus

Muiralevu

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