Sceletoppia, Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2009
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930802610451 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF46007E-FFBB-AD6B-FDB2-0BC866FAFF3E |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Sceletoppia |
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gen. nov. |
Sceletoppia View in CoL gen. nov.
Diagnosis
Rostral apex divided. Prodorsal surface without costula or lamellar lines. Lamellar setae arising much closer to the interlamellar setae than the rostral ones. Two pairs of interbothridial maculae. Crista present. Dorsosejugal suture arched, without humeral apophysis. Nine (or ten?) pairs of notogastral setae. A pair of peculiar, arched borders in the epimeral region. Four pairs of genital setae, aggenital setae present, setae ad 1 in postanal, setae ad 3 in preanal, lyrifissures iad in adanal position.
Type species
Sceletoppia tana sp. nov.
Remarks
Peculiar formations (e.g. overlapped scutellum, Sternoppia ; irregular lath, Machuella ; missing apodemes, Pulchroppia ) of the epimeral region were known in the superfamily Oppioidea Sellnick, 1937 . However, the characteristics described here, consisting of arching formations, was unknown. The new genus is also clearly differentiated from the other genera by the composition of its characters, by the divided rostrum, the missing costulae, the two pairs of maculae, the form of the sensillus, crista of the notogaster and by the ciliate setae of the ventral plate. Some relationships were discernible with the subfamily Multioppiinae Balogh, 1983 (e.g. Cubaoppia ), therefore the new genus will be ranged provisionally here.
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