Dentalion crassicornis, Hansson, Christer, 2011
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.207919 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6184936 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF87C4-FF80-FFDC-FF67-FF4AFDBB823A |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Dentalion crassicornis |
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sp. nov. |
Dentalion crassicornis sp. nov.
( Figs 19–22 View FIGURES 19 – 22 , 54 View FIGURES 54, 55 , 61 View FIGURES 56 – 68 )
Diagnosis. Flagellum thick, second flagellomere 1.7X as wide as pedicel ( Fig. 61 View FIGURES 56 – 68 ); frontal suture reaching eyes at level equal with anterior margin of anterior ocellus ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ); thoracic dorsum golden-green ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 54, 55 ); forewing costal cell bare (as in Fig. 52 View FIGURES 47 – 53 ); propodeum smooth ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ), callus with 7 setae.
Description. FEMALE. Length 1.9 mm. Scape yellowish-brown with dorsal edge dark brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Frons below frontal suture metallic bluish-purple, above frontal suture metallic bluish-green. Vertex golden-green. Mesoscutum, scutellum and propodeum golden-green. Coxae dark and metallic; femora and tibiae dark brown; tarsi with tarsomeres 1–3 white, 4 dark brown. Forewing hyaline. Gaster golden-green.
Antenna as in Fig. 61 View FIGURES 56 – 68 . Frons with raised, strong reticulation below frontal suture and raised, very weak reticulation above frontal suture ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ); frontal suture reaching eyes at level equal with anterior margin of anterior ocellus. Vertex with engraved, weak reticulation inside ocellar triangle except medially with raised, strong reticulation, and smooth outside ocellar triangle ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ). Occipital margin rounded. Eyes with sparse, scattered hairs ( Figs 19, 20 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ).
Pronotum without transverse carina close to posterior margin ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ). Mesoscutum with raised, rather strong reticulation ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ); notauli as narrow distinct grooves in anterior 1/3, as a row of pits in posterior 2/3. Scutellum with raised, weak reticulation except posterior margin smooth ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ); with 1 pair of setae. Propodeum smooth ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 19 – 22 ); callus with 7 setae. Forewing speculum closed below; costal cell bare.
Petiole 0.2X as long as wide, smooth. Gaster elongate with apex acuminate; tergites smooth.
MALE. Unknown.
Material examined. Holotype female ( BMNH) labelled “ TRINIDAD, St. George, St. Augustine, xii.1976, F.D. Bennett”.
Etymology. Named for the thick flagellum of the antenna, from the Latin crassus = thick, and cornu = horn. Distribution. Trinidad & Tobago.
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