Nesocypselas piperica Drake 1957
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Nesocypselas piperica Drake 1957
Material examined: 1M + 1F, New Guinea, SE, Louisiade Archipelago, Yela Is., Mt Rossel, 300–710m, 16–17. III.1979, Piper Linnaeus (Piperaceae) , W.C. Gagné, BPBM Acc. #1980.2; 1M, New Britain, Keravat, 30m, 3.IV.1956, Black Peper, J.L. Gressitt, BPBM.
Comments: The specimens from New Guinea are slightly different from the specimen from New Britain and the types of the description. The costal area is seven areolae wide at widest part for the male, not as wide as in the illustration of the type, or eight for the female. The subcostal area is mostly biseriate but the inner row of areolae has long, narrow, hyaline areola as in the type, and the areolae in outer row are round and much smaller than in the type. The discoidal area is quadriseriate, not triseriate. The paranota have more areolae, but they are a little smaller than in the type.
Nesocypselas Kirkaldy groups 12 species from Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon, New Caledonia, and New Guinea ([ Drake & Ruhoff 1965; Guilbert 1999; Guilbert 2002]). Nesocypselas bellatula Drake (from Duroto), N. ecpalga Drake & Ruhoff (from New Ireland), and N. piperica Drake (from Louisiade and New Britain) are restricted to New Guinea. Nesocypselas bellatula is the only species found on the main island. Each species of this genus has a restricted distribution.
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