Megalinus pandarum (Bordoni, 2003)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3727.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EBFEDD52-94FA-4AC9-93BB-BE6101BB1B31 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F587A5-5B51-A909-3B88-37BEFA0BFC8C |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Megalinus pandarum (Bordoni, 2003) |
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Megalinus pandarum (Bordoni, 2003) View in CoL
Bordoni, 2003a: 60 ( Lepidophallus ; Type locality: China, Sichuan Prov., Baoxing Co., Feng Tong Zhai, km post. 29 (panda reserve); Bordoni, 2007b: 70 (catalog); Bordoni, 2008: 58 ( Megalinus ; species list of Megalinus ).
Type material: male, with labels as follows: “ HOLOTYPUS, Lepidophallus , pandarum sp. n., Bordoni det. 2002” / “ XANTHOLININI ,? genus, det. Newton 2000 ” / “‘ CHINA, Sichuan Prov.,’ Bao, ‘xing Co.,’ ca Feng Tongzhai, xm. post 29 (panda preserve), Margin of Dashui Gou (stream)” / “ 1400m elev. 13.viii.1995 R.E., ‘Roughley,’ Xie Weiping & Yu Pei, Yu colls.” ( FMNH) .
Distribution. China (Sichuan).
Remarks. This species is unique and could be easily distinguished from its congeners by: 1) body large sized (9 mm) and dark brown, last abdominal segment yellowish; 2) head densely punctate, interspaces between punctures ca. puncture diameter, except median longitudinal region of 0.1 mm width impunctate; 3) pronotum elongate shaped, with two admedian rows and 3–4 lateral rows of punctures; 4) elytra dense punctate, interspaces between puncture row less than puncture diameter; 5) mesoscutellum bearing distinct transverse microstriae; 6) abdominal segments bearing mixed microsculpture of both isodiameter mesh and transverse microstriae; 7) abdominal segments densely punctate, interspaces between punctures 1–2 punctures’ diameter; 8) unique male sternite IX; 9) median lobe of aedeagus egg-like; inner sac bag-shaped, dark colored, and without obvious spines.
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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
FMNH |
Field Museum of Natural History |
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