Afrophaloria apiariensis Desutter-Grandcolas
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.3.5 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:809AC895-779E-419D-8EBE-071F0ACCD72E |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5687687 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8783-FF98-324D-FF7D-FDFCFEA1FC9B |
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Plazi |
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Afrophaloria apiariensis Desutter-Grandcolas |
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sp. nov. |
Afrophaloria apiariensis Desutter-Grandcolas View in CoL , n. sp.
( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 D, I, L, M, P–R, 3G–I, Table 2)
Type locality. Gabon, Makandé, affluent Offoué, Bees forest, 11°55'E 0°41'S, 220m.
Type material. Holotype. Gabon, Makandé, affluent Offoué, forêt des abeilles, 11°55'E 0°41'S, 220m, 1 male, 3.vi.1994, nuit, fn52, sur tronc, cavité termitière (L. Desutter-Grandcolas), MNHN-EO-ENSIF3708. Allotype. Same locality and collector as the holotype, 1 female, 24.v.1994, jour, fn3, litière, MNHN-EO-ENSIF3712. Paratypes, 3M, 1F. Same locality and collector as the holotype, 1 male, 27.v.1994, jour, fn9, litière, MNHN-EO-ENSIF3709; 1 male, 11.vi.1994, nuit, fn27, litière, MNHN-EO-ENSIF3711, 1 female, nuit, fn24, sur base d'une racine, MNHN-EO- ENSIF 3713; 1 male, 1.vii.1994, nuit, fn56, litière, MNHN-EO-ENSIF3710.
Other material examined. Same locality and collector as the holotype, 1 female, 11.vi.1994, nuit, fn49, litière, MNHN-EO-ENSIF3714.
Etymology. Species named after the Latin name "apiarium", meaning "the place where the bees live", according to the French name of the forest where the species has been found, i.e. the "forêt des abeilles".
Diagnosis. Within the genus, A. apiariensis Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp. can be identified by its maxillary palpi (joint 3 longer than joint 4, Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D), its lightly colored, ringed legs, the coloration of terminalia in males, lighter than the body, but not ivory as in A. amani Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp., the light coloration and shape of female subgenital plate (deeply emarginate: Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 L, M), ovipositor length (longer than TIII), male genitalia (ectophallic fold apex raised dorsally and subdivided only very apically, but not split as in the other two species: Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G, I), pseudepiphallic distal processes as blunt sclerites raised dorsally: Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 I, pseudepiphallic parameres flat: Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G) and female genitalia (copulatory papilla flat and rounded, narrowed before apex, apex not deeply bisinuated: Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 P–R).
Description.
In addition to the characters of the subfamily and genus: Maxillary palpi ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D): joint 4 slightly shorter than joint 3; joint 5 truncated almost straight apically. DD transverse, posterior margin very slightly sinuate. TIII without serrulation between apical and subapical spurs, and between subapical spurs; above subapical spurs, outer spines: four to ten (mean 7,3) in males, eight to 11 (mean 9,3) in females; inner spines: zero to four (mean two) in males, two to six (mean 3,5) in females. Basitarsomeres III shorter than in A. amani Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp., the longest inner apical spur nearly reaching basitarsomere tip; serrulation: no inner spine in addition to apical one; three outer spines in males and females.
Coloration. Head dorsum yellowish, with a darker band from the lateral ocelli to occiput, and a thin brown line close to each eye inner margin (this pattern entirely brown in lighter specimens); fastigium yellow more or less bordered with brown; ocelli ivory, partially circled with black, with a black spot behind the median ocellus. Cheeks light brown with a darker band behind the eye, and lighter along the suture. Face and mouthparts light yellowish brown with indistinct brown and yellow pattern. Maxillary palpi yellowish, the tip of joint 5 darker. Scapes and antennae yellowish. Pronotum dark brown, except the yellowish anterior margin and somewhat lighter posterior margin; DD ochre brown with dark brown posterior third; LL dark brown. Abdomen dark brown; posterior margins of meso- and metanotum, and tergite I yellow (coloration more or less distinct in the different specimens examined). Cerci light yellow. Legs yellowish with some brownish patterns, with few brown spots at setae bases: TI, TII as in A. amani Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp. with a more clear brown pattern; FIII with regular oblique light brown striae on outer side and two irregular brown rings separate by yellow spots; TIII yellow with four dark half rings dorsally; tarsi as in A. amani Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp.; TIII spurs as in A. amani Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp., but the apical brown coloration shorter.
Male. Supra anal plate longer than wide, with an elongate distal part; lighter brown than other tergites. Subgenital plate short, narrowed toward apex, distal margin straigth ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 I).
Male genitalia. Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G–I. Upper part of pseudepiphallus developped mostly laterally, with a long dorsal expansion; a pair of small apodemes from its reinforced transverse basis ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G). Pseudepiphallic membranous part much reduced compared to A. amani Desutter-Grandcolas , n.sp.; lateral sclerites raised as thick, slightly elongate clubs with a small spine on their anterior angle ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G, I); rami much wider and thinner than in A. amani Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp., also slightly curved. Pseudepiphallic parameres short and plate-like, dejected distally and connected by pseudepiphallic membrane, sclerotized only laterally and distally, their inner margins variously sinuous ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G, I). Ectophallic apodemes very short and very thin ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G); dorsal and ventral sclerotization of epi-ectophallic invagination joined at the arc level ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G). Ectophallic fold very long, going well beyond pseudepiphallic hooks, sclerotized, greatly narrowed before apex; a subapical dorsal and vertical process, with a small bifurcate apex; fold symmetrical ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G, I). Endophallic sclerotisation very faint, without clear sclerite on the ventral side of ectophallic fold ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 H); no endophallic apodemes and no dorsal ectophallic valves, but ventral margins of ectophallic fold well sclerotized and symmetrical ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 H).
Female. Subgenital plate wider than long; apex very deeply bisinuate, the concavity almost squared ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 L, M). Ovipositor longer than TIII.
Female genitalia. Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 P–R. Copulatory papilla very flat and hardly sclerotized, narrowed before the bisinuate apex.
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