Velia longiconnexiva Tran, Zettel & Buzzetti, 2009

Jin, Zezhong, Fu, Siying & Ye, Zhen, 2023, Taxonomic notes of subgenus Velia (Cesavelia) Kocak & Kemal, 2010 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) from China, with description of one new species, ZooKeys 1149, pp. 37-52 : 37

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1149.96680

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:12B248C0-791B-4DDD-B2E3-48AA2F531213

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A741975-8991-5B5A-83B6-0456EAC3AAFC

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scientific name

Velia longiconnexiva Tran, Zettel & Buzzetti, 2009
status

 

Velia longiconnexiva Tran, Zettel & Buzzetti, 2009 View in CoL

Figs 2a, b View Figure 2 , 3c, d View Figure 3 , 5b View Figure 5 , 6c, d View Figure 6 , 7b, f View Figure 7 , 8d-f View Figure 8 , 9c, d View Figure 9

Material examined.

8 apterous ♂♂ 9 apterous ♀♀, China, Guizhou Province, Leishan County, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve : 26.3827°N, 108.2277°E; 1700 m a.s.l.; 2013-VIII-3; Zhen Ye leg. (NKUM) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Body large, mainly dark brown. Connexiva with dark yellow strips in male and brighter strips in female (Figs 2a, b View Figure 2 , 3c, d View Figure 3 ), connexival spines of female long, dorsocaudally directed (Fig. 3c, d View Figure 3 ); abdominal segment VIII of male slender, dorsal hind margin strongly emarginated, ventrally concaved in lateral view (Fig. 6c, d View Figure 6 ); proctiger of male with sub-trapezoid dilations on each side and emarginated hind margin (Fig. 7b View Figure 7 ).

Comparative notes.

See comparative notes of V. bui sp. nov.

Distribution.

China (Guizhou) (Fig. 11 View Figure 11 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Veliidae

Genus

Velia