Austrophaeogala, Hsiao & Pollock, 2022
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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab122 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FD8FFF11-119A-4152-A18F-193E3510C145 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7184423 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F95E43C8-9D2B-41BB-8FE9-5F1BF4302AC2 |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:F95E43C8-9D2B-41BB-8FE9-5F1BF4302AC2 |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Austrophaeogala |
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gen. nov. |
AUSTROPHAEOGALA GEN. NOV.
( FIGS 3D–I View Figure 3 , 6 View Figure 6 , 7 View Figure 7 )
Z o o b a n k r e g i s t r a t i o n: u r n: l s i d: z o o b a n k. org:act: F95E43C8-9D2B-41BB-8FE9-5F1BF4302AC2.
Type species: Austrophaeogala lawrencei sp. nov., here designated.
Diagnosis: Body ( Fig. 3D, E, F, G, H, I View Figure 3 ) large-sized (c. 5.5–8.0 mm), long oval to somewhat pear-shaped, surface sparsely covered with long, fine setae, setae not clustered. Head ( Fig. 6A View Figure 6 ) subquadrate, frontoclypeal region distinctly depressed, frontal furrows ( Fig. 6B View Figure 6 ) present but shallowly depressed; compound eyes small, ratio of eye diameter to interocular space c. 1:3.8–4.0, without impressed ocular grooves or carinae, interfacetal setae extremely short, not obvious; apical maxillary palpomere ( Fig. 6C View Figure 6 ) elongate securiform; apical labial palpomere ( Fig. 6D View Figure 6 ) oval, subtruncate apically; antennae ( Fig. 6E View Figure 6 ) short, not extending to elytra, simple, filiform. Pronotum ( Fig. 6F View Figure 6 ) transverse, distinctly wider than head, with sides arcuate, disc with shallow, paired depressions, lateral pronotal carinae ( Fig. 6G View Figure 6 ) only visible basally; prosternum ( Fig. 6H View Figure 6 ) with procoxal cavities closed externally, widely open internally. Elytra ( Figs 3D, F, G, I View Figure 3 , 6I View Figure 6 ) long oval, without apicoventral binding patches. Legs ( Fig. 6J View Figure 6 ) with penultimate tarsomere expanded, not wider than length of distal tarsomere, claws simple, with basal swelling. Abdominal ventrite II of male ( Fig. 6K View Figure 6 ) with sex patch.
Etymology: The genus name is composed of the Latin prefix Austro-, southern, derived from Australia and the root - phaeogala (from Greek φαιογαλά, buckwheat), from its related genus Phaeogala . Gender: feminine.
Distribution: Presumably endemic to Australia.
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