Howickia wahaika Marshall
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A305AADA-ED80-4894-B8C4-2091F2F35544 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6129807 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C87B373-63A9-4FD7-B91E-ADB0FF6F9B03 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:8C87B373-63A9-4FD7-B91E-ADB0FF6F9B03 |
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Plazi |
scientific name |
Howickia wahaika Marshall |
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sp. nov. |
Howickia wahaika Marshall View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figs. 70–74 View FIGURES 70 – 74 )
Description. Head: Eye 2.8–3.0X genal height. Thorax: Scutellum 2.0X as wide as long; basal and apical marginal bristles subequal in length.
Male abdomen: Sternite 5 as long as sternite 4 medially, posteromedial area pale with a very pale central strip flanked by about 7 inclinate, short, stout bristles on each side; posteromedial margin with a straight comb of about 20 closely appressed flat bristles. Subanal plate complete, unusually high, fringed with short bristles on each side; ventral part of cercus projecting well below subanal plate, with one long and several shorter bristles. Surstylus broadly ovate, with a single long, narrow anteroventrally directed lobe bristle behind a posteriorly directed fingerlike lobe; fingerlike lobe with a smaller pale apical bristle. Distiphallus very narrow, tubular, tapered. Postgonite long and narrow, curved in apical third. Basiphallus frame-like, projecting posteriorly beyond distiphallus base for a distance almost equal to width of distiphallus base.
Female. No females with everted ovipositors were available for study.
Type material. Holotype (male, NZAC): "Upper Maitai, 3.5.50, E.S. Gourlay" (near Nelson, South Island). Paratypes: Same as holotype (2 males, one headless, NZAC); South Island, Lewis River Valley, Duggan’s Creek, fungus trap #3, beech forest, S. Hodge, 1998, debu00104550 (male, DEBU); Titi Island, Cook Straight, in litter at entrance of petrel burrow, J.G. Stahl, 17.Jan.2012 (9 specimens in alcohol; NMNZ; 2 males with abdomens removed).
Etymology. The specific epithet is from the Maori name for a short war club, and refers to the short and broad surstylus of this species.
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