Liosphex quechua Lohrmann
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.193731 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6209721 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B3C46B-3913-1C13-FF67-214EDDA00DE1 |
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Plazi |
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Liosphex quechua Lohrmann |
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sp. nov. |
Liosphex quechua Lohrmann View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figs 56–58 View FIGURES 56 – 58 )
Holotype. Male. PERU: Madre de Dios, Avispas, 400m, 10–30 September 1962, Pena ( MCZC, paratype of L. varius ).
Diagnosis. The male of L. quechua is unique among all male Liosphex by following combination of characters: Anterior margin of pronotum notched (as in Fig. 19 View FIGURES 14 – 25 ); subantennal black marking restricted to subantennal sclerite (as in Fig. 16 View FIGURES 14 – 25 ) and scutellum orange/brownish.
Description of the male. Head ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 56 – 58 ): Maximum width in frontal view 1.4 mm. UID 1.65× LID. Flagellomeres short (flagellomere II 2.9×, flagellomere VII 1.9× as long as wide). Apical bristles present on flagellomeres I–V, longer bristle on flagellomere I 0.6× its length. OOD 2.4×, IOD 1.0×, MOD 1.1× LOD.
Mesosoma: Length of mesosoma: 2.6 mm. Anterior margin of pronotum with a median notch (as in Fig. 19 View FIGURES 14 – 25 ).
Wings: Maximum length of forewing: 5.5 mm, 2.2× as long as mesosoma. Forewing 1cu-a slightly curved, basal section slightly reclivous, distad M by at least 1.75× its length. M-cu slightly curved. 1Rs cell 2.2× as long as high, its basal angle clearly smaller than 90° ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 8 – 13 ). Rs of hindwing reclivous.
Legs: Tarsomeres II–IV with plantulae.
Metasoma: Tergite I 1.6× as long as wide.
Color (as in Figs 57–58 View FIGURES 56 – 58 ): Basically dark brown to black with following parts dark stramineous or pale brownish. Dark stramineous: Ventral side of antennae, area within the eye notch, clypeus, labrum, gena, anterior and posterior margin of pronotum, tegula, mesosternal lobes, fore and midlegs except midtarsus, hindcoxa, distal section of metafemur, basal section of hindtibia, basal and distal section of metasomal segments I and II and basal section of segment III. Brownish: dorsal side of flagellomeres scutellum, midtarsus, hindfemur except its distal section, hindtibia except its basal section and hindtarsus. Wing veins dark brown.
Pilosity: Body, including legs, largely covered with dense setae. Setae lacking on following structures: occiput, ventrolateral side of pronotum, ventrolateral side of scutellum, median area of mesepisternum, ventral part of metepimeron, anteroventral of metepisternum, median part of lateral side of propodeum and posteroventral half of hindfemur.
Life history. Nothing is known about the life history of Liosphex quechua .
Etymological note. ‘ Quechua ’ is an old family of indigenous languages which dialects were spoken widely throughout the Andes long before the rise of the Inca State. Along with Spanish, ‘ Quechua ’ is still the official language in some regions of Peru and Bolivia. It is a noun in apposition
Note. This specimen was part of the original type series of L. varius Townes, 1977 .
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