Sternotropa brisbanensis, Pace, 2015
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.2.327-339 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4754335 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DE7287B1-FFB8-FFDD-FF79-8AC79FA4A148 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Sternotropa brisbanensis |
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sp. nov. |
Sternotropa brisbanensis View in CoL spec. nov.
( Figs 4 View Figs 1–12 , 22–23 View Figs 13–23 )
Type material: Holotype , Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, Browns Plaines, 1.1997, leg. Wachtel ( CSCÜ).
Description: Length 2.2 mm. Body shiny, yellowish-red, posterior third of the elytra and free adominal tergites 4 and 5 brown, antennae brown with three basal antennomeres yellow, the eleventh lost on both antennae, legs yellow. Eyes longer than the postocular region in dorsal view. Second antennomere shorter than the first one, third shorter than the second one, fourth to tenth transverse. Reticulation of the fore-body superficial, defective on abdomen, but strong on the fifth free tergite. Head dotting moderately close and evanescent, that of pronotum evident. Granulation of elytra close and not very salient, that of the fifth free tergite consist of long salient granules. Abdomen with squamose sculpture on the three basal free tergites. Spermatheca as in Fig. 22 View Figs 13–23 , sixth free tergite of the female as in Fig. 23 View Figs 13–23 .
Comparative notes: The new species is similar to S. monteithi PACE, 2003 , coming also from Australia. It is recognizable by the different color of the body and, above all, by the spermatheca without the intermediary portion, present in monteithi .
Etymology: The new species is dedicated to the city of Brisbane.
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