Otomantis gracilis Lombardo & Ippolito, 2014
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3797.1.13 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4915445 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A82104-FF91-FF94-FF0A-FDF693757910 |
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Felipe |
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Otomantis gracilis Lombardo & Ippolito |
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sp. nov. |
Otomantis gracilis Lombardo & Ippolito sp. n.
( Figs 9D View FIGURE 9 ; 10D, H View FIGURE 10 ; 11D View FIGURE 11 ; 12G–H, O View FIGURE 12 ; 13 View FIGURE 13 )
Type material: Holotype 1♂ D. R. CONGO: Mayidi, 1942, Rév. P. Van Eyen, ( MDAB) ; Paratypes: 1♂ Congo , Grand Bois, J.-P. Grillot, 24.05.72, Roy genitalia prep. 1859, ( MNHN) D. R. Congo : 1♂ Lovanium , (Kinshasa), XII.1968, P. M. Elsen, Roy genitalia prep. 3134 ( IICT) .
Diagnosis. This species differs from all other species in the capirica group in its smaller size and the significantly reduced vertical process of vertex ( Fig. 9D View FIGURE 9 ). The female is unknown for the species.
Male description.
General Coloration: Body ochre with scattered small dark spots; head ochre with dark spots on the vertex and near the eyes; legs ochre; abdomen dark brown dorsally.
Measurements (mm): TL 17; HW 3.8; PL 3.5; MPW 2.2; ML 1.9; SDW 2.1; CL 4.1; FL 4.7; MFW 2; WL 17.5 x 4.3.
Head ( Fig. 9D View FIGURE 9 ): Transverse, vertex straight, vertical process of vertex reduced to a small spike; juxta-ocular tubercles conical; eyes oval, apical spine with rounded apex; antennae elongated; frontal shield transverse, pentagonal, 2.54 times wider than high, lateral margins straight, apex with a small rounded spike folded forward.
Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 10D, H View FIGURE 10 ) rhomboidal, slender, 1.59 times longer than wide. Prozone elongated, disc with two flattened median tubercles, lateral margins with 4–5 dark small tubercles; metazone with a triangular depression behind supracoxal sulcus; lateral margins of supracoxal dilation form an obtuse angle.
Forelegs: Slender; coxae about 1.17 times longer than pronotum, anterior margin with 8–10 small dark spines; internal apical lobes divergent; anterior femora ( Fig. 11D View FIGURE 11 ) flattened, 2.25 times longer than wide, dorsal margin toothed, curved and its widest part at the 2/3 from the base; spination formula F=4ES/11IS/4DS and T=10ES/9IS; external spines ochre with dark apex.
Meso and metathoracic legs: Femora slender with distal triangular lobes with rounded apex, lobes nearly same size on meso and metafemora, lateral margin broadened.
Wings: Hyaline, exceeding the apex of abdomen. Costal field of mesothoracic wings opaque, discoidal area hyaline with numerous scattered dark spots. Metathoracic wings hyaline.
Abdomen: Cylindrical; supra-anal plate triangular in shape, with rounded apex; subgenital plate longer than wide, not incised at apex and with two small styli. Cerci conical, shorter than in O. scutigera .
External genitalia: Ventral phallomere ( Fig. 12O View FIGURE 12 ) similar to O. capirica , but with a smaller auriculated lamina. Left phallomere with dorsal lamina (dl) elongated ( Fig. 12H View FIGURE 12 ), slightly wider at the base, ventral lamina ( Fig. 12G View FIGURE 12 , vl) more or less square, with a long arm on the anterior margin. Phalloid apophysis (af) well-developed, with two short apical processes.
Distribution. This species occurs in R. Congo ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ).
Etymology. Named in reference to its delicate appearance.
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