Ngaliadessus, Watts & Villastrigo & Langille & Bradford & Humphreys & Balke & Stringer & Austin, 2023
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1111/aen.12649 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BA385F0F-C1F2-4540-856F-B4D219338B1E |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10944751 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5EF9D105-F888-4EBE-9317-78FD4F497A71 |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:5EF9D105-F888-4EBE-9317-78FD4F497A71 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Ngaliadessus |
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gen. nov. |
Ngaliadessus gen. nov., Watts & Villastrigo
https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5EF9D105-F888-4EBE-9317-78FD4F497A71
Description
Small (<3 mm long), integument soft, head without eyes or eye remnants, clypeus not bordered, pronotum without basal stria, elytra without basal stria, without sutural stria, punctures sparce, setae sparce restricted to margins. Prosternal process narrow, reaching mesoventrite, suture between first and second ventrites complete, protarsus 5-segmented, mesofemur without basal spines on posterior margin, metatibia weakly curved. Spermatheca with well-developed triangular spine. Male not known.
Etymology
Named after the Ngalia Basin groundwater system, the type locality for the genus.
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