Fonsechellus fontesi Kistner, 1993

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Fonsechellus fontesi Kistner

( Figs. 25-43 , 65 , 69, 70 , 78-82 )

Fonsechellus fontesi Kistner, 1993: 204 .

Type material examined: HOLOTYPE (♂). BRAZIL. São Paulo: Itanhaém, Cidade Santa Júlia , 02.iv.1988, Luiz R. Fontes col. ( MZSP 21255 ) . PARATYPES. BRAZIL. São Paulo: Ubatuba, 26.xii.19864, Luiz R. Fontes col., 4 specimens ( MZSP 21256‑21259).

Additional material examined: BRAZIL. São Paulo: Itanhaém, Cidade Santa Júlia , 23‑25.iii.1978, Luiz R. Fontes & F.S. Berchez col. (with Araujotermes caissara, MZSP 7605), 1 specimen, (last segments of abdomen dissected on slides) ( MZSP 21167 ) ; 29.vii‑03.viii.1978, Luiz R. Fontes & S.A. Marques col. (with Araujotermes caissara, MZSP 7716) 3 specimens (1 dissected on slides) ( MZSP 21169 ) .

Figures

Figures 25-28. Fonsechellus fontesi Kistner, 1993. Habitus, lateral: (25) female, with arrow indicating the swollen labrum; (26) male, with arrow indicating the swollen labrum.Habitus Dorsal:(27) female;(28) male.Scale bars:0.1 mm.

Figures 29-43. Fonsechellus fontesi Kistner, 1993. (29A, B) mandible, left and right; (30) prementum; (31) maxilla; (32) labrum; (33) meso and metanotum; (34) meso and metasternum;(35A,B) tibiae:anterior leg and median leg, arrows indicating spurs;(36) elytron;(37) sterniteVIII (male); (38) sterniteVIII (female); (39) tergiteVIII (female);(40)tergites IX and X (male);(41) sterniteIX (male);(42) aedeagus;(43) spermatheca.Scale bars:0.05 mm.

Figures 64-66. Median lobe. (64) Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers, 1957; (65) Fonsechellus fontesi Kistner, 1993, arrow indicating anterior projection; (66) Fonsechellus heterosetosus sp.nov.Scale bars:0.05 mm.

Figures 67-72. Chaetotaxy, schemes of labrum and postmentum. Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers, 1957: (67) labrum; (68) postmentum. FonsechellusfontesKistner,1993:(69)labrum;(70)postmentum.Fonsechellus heterosetosus sp.nov.:(71) labrum;(72) postmentum.

Figures 73-87. Chaetotaxy, schemes of tergites and sternites VIII and sternite IX. Fonsechellus fragilis Seevers, 1957: (73) tergite VIII (female); (74) tergite VIII (male);(75)sterniteVIII(female);(76)sterniteVIII (male);(77) sterniteIX(male).Fonsechellus fontesiKistner,1993:(78)tergiteVIII (female);(79)tergiteVIII (male); (80) sternite VIII (female); (81) sternite VIII (male); (82) sternite IX (male). Fonsechellus heterosetosus sp. nov.: (83) tergite VIII (female); (84) tergite VIII (male); (85) sterniteVIII (female);(86) sterniteVIII (male); (87) sternite IX (male).