Palliolatrix silacea Prena
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.189838 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5073249 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C1C6C27-624C-4CE2-B901-CC6BDF2FF28A |
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Palliolatrix silacea Prena |
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sp. nov. |
Palliolatrix silacea Prena sp. n.
( Figs. 3, 5 View FIGURES 1 – 5 , 13 View FIGURES 12 – 16 , 17 View FIGURES 17 – 19 )
Description. Total length 4.6 mm, standard length 4.4 mm (n=1). Integument black, antenna and tibial spine reddish brown; basic vestiture of inconspicuous, black scales; imbricate, orange scales in well-defined patches on pronotum, elytra, metasternum and ventrite 2 ( Figs. 3, 5 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ). Rostrum 0.80× as long as pronotum, middle section more curved, basal half slightly tumid dorsomedially, portion distal to antennal insertion 0.43× as long as rostrum. Pronotum 0.96× as long as wide, sides weakly rounded, front projected. Elytra 1.56× longer than wide, humeri 1.33× wider than pronotum; striae subtle, strial punctures mostly inconspicuous; interstria 3 not swollen on disk, preapical callus weak. Legs slender, femora clavate and with ventral tooth, tibia with ventral margin slightly bisinuate, tarsal claws subconnate at base. Male with ventrite 5 depressed; apex of aedeagus round, fused medially, lateral portions membranous ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 12 – 16 ); internal sac with basal sclerite flagelliform, approximately as long as apodemes.
Material examined. Holotype male (dissected), labeled: “ ST. VINCENT, St./ Andrew P[arish], Vermont/ Nat[ure] Tr[ail], IX-1-1991 / C.W & L.B. O’Brien”, “ HOLOTYPE / Palliolatrix / silacea Prena ” ( CASC, longterm loan to CWOB).
Distribution. The species is known only from one specimen, collected in Saint Vincent & the Grenadines ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 17 – 19 ).
Plant associations. Unknown.
Specific epithet. The name is a regular Latin adjective meaning ochreous.
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