Aphaniosoma incudisternum Ebejer, 2008
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.872.2131 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:05098E38-AB11-486E-8F28-8567DE6BC19C |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8019030 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/505487F2-B00A-FF86-FDDD-FBD108493BCE |
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Felipe |
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Aphaniosoma incudisternum Ebejer, 2008 |
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Aphaniosoma incudisternum Ebejer, 2008 View in CoL
Material examined
ISRAEL • 17 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Dead Sea , Zomet Zohar; 31°08ʹ N, 35°21ʹ E; alt. - 338 m; 25 Mar. 2000; M.J. Ebejer leg.; on Tamarix sp. ; MJE GoogleMaps • 5 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceeding; SMNHTAU GoogleMaps • 2 ♂♂, preserved in glycerine; same collection data as for preceding; MJE • 2 ♂♂; N. Arava valley ; 30°46ʹ N, 35°14ʹ E; 25 Mar. 2000; M.J. Ebejer leg.; on Tamarix and chenopods; MJE GoogleMaps .
Remarks
A yellow species ( Fig. 44 View Fig ) with pale brown scutal vittae and bands on the abdominal tergites; mediotergite dark. The frons has a pair of longer setae in front of the anterior ocellus. It is one of the most difficult species to identify because of the pale structures of the male hypopygium (only the postgonite dark) ( Fig. 45 View Fig ), their small size and the ease with which maceration destroys some diagnostic features. It is one of the four species described from the United Arab Emirates. Identification requires examination of the dissected male abdomen where the easiest feature to appreciate is the structure of abdominal sternites 3–5 ( Ebejer 2008: 687, fig. 9).
Distribution
United Arab Emirates ( Ebejer 2008). New record for Israel.
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