Tremapterus pluto Linnavuori, 2015
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6106202 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B4209064-535C-FFD3-FF5F-FD89FAAD69DC |
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Plazi |
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Tremapterus pluto |
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stat. nov. |
Tremapterus View in CoL (s.s.) pluto (Linnavuori) , stat.nov., comb. nov.
Sepullia callosa pluto Linnavuori, 1973:72 .
Diagnosis. Pale brown with dispersed brown dots and brown muscle arcs on frons; pronotum with median carina; legs with reddish spots; tegmina with 2 irregular white bands, 1 just before midlength (when wings folded, coincident with pale scutellar tip), 1 across ends of anteapical cells; large, brown bulla in central anteapical cell ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 E). Pronotum distinctly declivous, apex of head at level of lower half of eye; punctations on pronotum and clavi evenly dispersed, sparse, not connecting to form rugae. Male unknown. Ovipositor with 2nd valvulae 3 × as long as broad, ventral margin angled dorsad on apical quarter to sharp tip just below dorsal surface ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 G). Length: 4.0 mm.
Type. Holotype ♀, SOMALIA: nr. Hargeissa, 23–28 June 1963 (Linnavuori); in AMNH.
Remarks. This, the most northerly member of its subgenus, was formerly considered to be a subspecies of a species now in subgenus Patriziana . It has the longest pronotal margins in the nominate subgenus, suggesting that the nominate subgenus to which it belongs might be paraphyletic with respect to Patriziana . However, T. pluto does have the short ovipositor characteristic of several other members of the nominate subgenus ( Figs 10 View FIGURE 10 F, H).
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American Museum of Natural History |
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Tremapterus pluto
Andrew Hamilton, K. G. 2015 |
Sepullia callosa pluto
Linnavuori 1973: 72 |