Cassidoides rainensis, Jaschhof, 2024
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.953.2649 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13774472 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/261A047E-B4F8-4780-BD17-451BB5F40503 |
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scientific name |
Cassidoides rainensis |
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sp. nov. |
Cassidoides rainensis sp. nov.
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Fig. 15A‒B View Fig
Diagnosis
Morphology
Cassidoides rainensis sp. nov. differs from congeneric species in a combination of male terminalia characters, as follows ( Fig. 15B View Fig ). The aedeagal apodeme is markedly longer than the gonocoxae (↓ 1), the tegmen is inversely U- rather than V-shaped (↓ 2), and the long, apically hooked gonocoxal processes run parallel and in close proximity to the tegmen (↓ 3). Larvae and females of the new species are unknown.
DNA barcode
The CO1 sequence (654bp) of the holotype specimen is available in BIN BOLD:ACY6187. Search on BOLD’s BIN Database retrieved a further match for this BIN, as Diptera sp. from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (accessed 26 Aug. 2023).
Differential diagnosis
Cassidoides rainensis sp. nov. resembles C. fulvus (Kieffer, 1896) , a widespread Holarctic species, in the shape of the gonostylus and the length of the aedeagal apodeme. However, in C. fulvus the apex of the aedeagal apodeme is pointed, not spoon-shaped; the tegmen resembles an inverse V rather than U; and the gonocoxal processes, which are situated at some distance from the tegmen, are evenly bent dorsolaterad ( Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2013: fig. 145b).
Etymology
The name is derived from the type locality, Rain, a small town in Lower Bavaria.
Type material
Holotype
GERMANY • ♂; Bavaria, Lower Bavaria , Rain ; 48°64′61″ N, 11°01′89″ E; elev. 429 m; 15 Jul. 2019; LandKlif and J. Müller leg.; Malaise trap; BOLD GBDTA10247-21 ; ZSM-DIP-42306-G10.
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Male
BODY LENGTH. 1.8 mm.
HEAD. Eye bridge dorsally 1‒2 ommatidia long. Antenna as long as 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 1.7× as long as node ( Fig. 15A View Fig ). Palpus 4-segmented, markedly shorter than head height.
WING. As long as body. Length /width ratio 2.6. M 4 missing, CuA ending well before wing margin.
LEGS. Acropods, to assess structure of claws and empodia, lost.
TERMINALIA ( Fig. 15B View Fig ). Gonocoxal synsclerite broader than long, with dense setae of very different lengths ventrally; ventral emargination faintly contoured, apparently U-shaped. Gonostylus upright, twice as long as thick; outside with numerous setae of various lengths; inside slightly excavated, sparsely setose incl. 2‒3 long subapical bristles; pectinate claw of moderate size. Apex of aedeagal apodeme membranous rather than sclerotized. Tegminal apex bent slightly dorsad, blunt-ended with minor indentation.
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