Hesperus flexibilis, Cai & Li & Tang, 2024
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.5.6 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B9033A2-DF32-43AB-A06F-FD9392BB718A |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12730966 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/612C87D2-1857-FFE8-EEFC-20CAFCBBA937 |
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Hesperus flexibilis |
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sp. nov. |
Hesperus flexibilis sp. nov.
(Chinese name: NJã刃Ḇdzûà)
( Figs 3, 4 View FIGURES 1–6 , 14, 20 View FIGURES 13–24 , 30–34)
Type material. Holotype. China: ♂ glued on a card with labels as follows: “ China: Xizang Prov., Motuo County, Renqingbeng Temple , 29°18′5″N, 95°20′39″E, alt. 2000m, 15.VI.2023, Tang, Peng, Song, Zhang & Cai leg.” “Holotype / Hesperus flexibilis / Cai, Li & Tang” [red handwritten label] ( SHNU). GoogleMaps
Description. Measurements of male: BL: 15.10 mm, FL: 6.79 mm. HL: 1.64 mm, HW: 2.95 mm, EYL: 0.81 mm, TL: 0.65 mm, PL: 2.26 mm, PW: 2.26 mm, EL: 3.35 mm, EW: 3.47 mm. HW/HL: 1.79, TL/EYL: 0.81, PL/ PW: 1.00, EL/EW: 0.96.
The species is extremely similar to H. watanabei , so only a comparative description is given here. From H. watanabei , H. flexibilis differs by antennomeres 8–11 creamy white ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 13–24 ) (only three antennomeres (9-11) creamy white in H. watanabei ); posterior portion of head with less dense punctation ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 13–24 ); aedeagus ( Figs 30, 31, 32 View FIGURES 25–34 ) with paramere slenderer, peg setae more regularly arranged toward base. In addition, it differs by bigger eyes, slightly slenderer fore body: HW/HL about 1.79 (1.78–1.81 in H. watanabei ), TL/EYL about 0.81 (0.84–1.03 in H. watanabei ), PL/PW about 1.00 (0.93–0.96 in H. watanabei ), EL/EW about 0.96 (0.90–0.92 in H. watanabei ).
Etymology. The holotype had escaped quickly from the gaps of the breeding container twice without the first author’s knowledge, thus the species is named flexibilis which means flexible.
Distribution. This species is only known in Xizang province, southwestern China.
Bionomics. The species was collected by a rotten fungi trap.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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