Skelleyus Opitz, 2023
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.8222178 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E059A916-DDE2-4193-A090-8CDD46EDC859 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03993672-612B-CF07-6890-4ED7E10B59EC |
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Felipe |
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Skelleyus Opitz |
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Description of Skelleyus Opitz , new genus
Type species. Skelleyus leavengoodi Opitz. By present designation.
Diagnosis. In this genus the ninth and tenth capitular antennomere have a short distal branch.
Description. Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: Oblong rectangular, body not deep, about 5.5 times longer than broad. Vestiture: Dorsum profusely vested with very short pubescence; antennal funicle highly setose; elytra abundantly vested with minute setae, all setae emerge from minute punctures. Head: Cranium quadrate, frons wide; gula wide; labrum very shallow, broadly incised distally; mandible body stout; maxilla, terminal palpomere subsecuriform; labium narrowed, ligula deeply incised, ligular lobes not narrowed, terminal palpomere subsecuriform; eyes, ommatidia large, ocular notch deep; antenna comprised of 11 antennomeres, 9th and 10th with collateral lobes, antennomere 11 very long ( Fig. 3 View Figures 1–3 ). Thorax: Pronotum slightly transverse, dorsolateral carina complete, disc convex and coarsely punctate, side margins convex; prointercoxal process trigonal; pronotal projections short, acuminate, not approximating prointercoxal process; elytral disc sculptured with rows punctations, asetiferous punctations obscure, elytra somewhat cribrate at apex; legs, profemora not swollen, tibial spur formula 0-2-2, tarsal sole formula 2-2-2, unguis without basal denticle. Abdomen: Aedeagus with uncus and phallus spinous; tegmen reduced ventrally, submembranous, phallobasic struts confluent with phallobasic apodeme, phallobasic rod present; phallus acuminate distally, phallic plates very narrow.
Distribution. Known from China ( Fig. 21 View Figures 20–21 ).
Etymology. Skelleyus is a patronymic dedicated to Paul E. Skelley. The gender is masculine.
Description of Skelleyus species
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