Cissidium obscenum, Darby, 2020
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.622 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CD3B2CD-F072-4994-8CA9-24145D343401 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3795684 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/83CD06F2-2E72-4AE2-9841-AF1D5238BA59 |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:83CD06F2-2E72-4AE2-9841-AF1D5238BA59 |
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treatment provided by |
Valdenar |
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scientific name |
Cissidium obscenum |
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sp. nov. |
Cissidium obscenum View in CoL sp. nov.
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Figs 7E View Fig , 97 View Fig
Etymology
Johnson ms name (as obscoenum) from the Latin adjective ‘ obscenus ’ and probably relating to the large size.
Material examined
Holotype
PERU • ♂; “E PERU ”, road from Tarapoto to Yurimagua; forest litter on mountain slope; H. Franz leg.; MMUE.
Description
SIZE. Habitus ( Fig 97A View Fig ), length 1.00 mm.
COLOUR. Yellow brown, shining, antennae, legs and pubescence dusky yellow.
HEAD. Without a clear transverse depression behind the eyes; width across eyes 0.27 mm; antennomeres III–XI length 0.46 mm, III–IX length 0.29 mm, X–XI length 0.17 mm; mentum as Fig. 4A. View Fig
PRONOTUM. Length 0.29 mm, width 0.43 mm, pubescent, shallowly foveolate near base; sides sharply angled then almost parallel-sided to rounded rectangular hind angles, front angles rounded, lateral borders continued along the basal margin to the angulate medial emargination opposite the scutellum ( Fig. 97B View Fig ).
ELYTRA. Length 0.65 mm, width 0.51 mm, pubescent, not foveolate, obliquely truncate.
MESOVENTRITE. Collar with a parallel-sided median extension widening slightly anteriorly and with rounded posterior corners, posterior margin not raised continuing directly into the keel; keel long, with ± six setae, tapering to rounded tip at base of mesocoxae; mesoventral lateral margins rounded, effaced posteriorly without obvious serrations; humeri toothed ( Fig. 97C View Fig ).
METAVENTRITE. With a setose depression medially, the setae confined to the borders ( Fig. 7E View Fig ), spines not visible, length 0.16 mm, width between metacoxae 0.12 mm; mesocoxal borders not serrate.
WINGS. Macropterous.
GENITALIA. Male aedeagus long as Fig. 6K View Fig but without the terminal hook. Females not known.
Remarks
The three Peruvian species of Cissidium all fall into this group, this is distinguished from the others by its large size.
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