Cassidoides riparius, Jaschhof, 2024
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.953.2649 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8F69D11D-3C9A-4468-A354-7D2F7A84DAEB |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13749919 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1FDC3219-DA56-426D-BA25-4749179C9D63 |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:1FDC3219-DA56-426D-BA25-4749179C9D63 |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Cassidoides riparius |
status |
sp. nov. |
Cassidoides riparius sp. nov.
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Fig. 15C‒E View Fig
Diagnosis
Morphology
Cassidoides riparius sp. nov. is one of the smallest species known of the genus. The male is barely 1.3 mm long and its terminalia are of tiny dimensions ( Fig. 15D View Fig ). A terminalia structure peculiar to this species relates to the gonocoxal processes, which each consist of a broad, presumably flattened portion basally that transitions into a thick, tusk-shaped portion apically (↓ 4, Fig. 15D View Fig ). Larvae and females of the new species are unknown.
DNA barcode
The CO1 sequence (653bp) of the holotype specimen is available in BIN BOLD:AER0232. Search on BOLD’s BIN Database retrieved no further result for this BIN (accessed 26 Aug. 2023).
Etymology
The Latin adjective ‘ riparius ’ means ‘living on the riverbank’, an allusion to the habitat in which the holotype specimen was collected.
Type material
Holotype
GERMANY • ♂; Bavaria, Moos, Isar estuary; 48°78′60″ N, 12°95′94″ E; elev. 313 m; 29 Jul.‒12 Aug. 2021; GBOL and R. Albrecht leg.; Malaise trap; hardwood floodplain forest; BOLD GBDTA10282-21 ; ZSM-DIP-42307-B10 .
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Male
HEAD. Eye bridge dorsally 1‒2 ommatidia long. Antenna shorter than body; scape and pedicel brighter than flagellum; 12 flagellomeres; apical flagellomere long, composed of two nodes; circumfila present on all flagellomeres, irregularly sinuous; neck of fourth flagellomere 1.1× as long as node ( Fig. 15C View Fig ). Palpus 4-segmented, nearly as long as head height.
WING. Slightly longer than body. Length /width ratio 2.7. M 4 extremely faint, CuA ending well before wing margin.
LEGS. Acropods, to assess structure of claws and empodia, not retained.
TERMINALIA ( Fig. 15D View Fig ). Gonocoxal synsclerite broader than long, with dense setae of very different lengths ventrally; ventral emargination faintly contoured, apparently U-shaped. Gonostylus compact, 1.5 × as long as thick; outside with numerous setae of various lengths; inside slightly excavated, sparsely setose incl. 2‒3 long subapical bristles; pectinate claw broad, slightly undulated ( Fig. 15E View Fig ). Aedeagal apodeme about as long as gonocoxae, its sclerotized portion narrowed apically and covered by membranous cap. Tegmen: shaped like inverted V, apex bent slightly dorsad, blunt with small indentation.
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