Urana unica, Stroiński & Świerczewski, 2012
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2012.708457 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B4211A-D205-FFF9-FE0E-FB2F5078111B |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Urana unica |
status |
sp. nov. |
Urana unica View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figures 6 View Figure 6 ; 8 View Figure 8 )
Etymology
The specific epithet comes from the Latin ‘unicus’ which means unique and extraordinary.
Diagnosis
See Diagnosis of Urana paradoxa Melichar, 1902 .
Description
Total length 0.94–1.00 cm. Head. Vertex: proportion A / B = 8.00–8.66. Frons: proportion C / E = 0.78–0.84; proportion D / E = 0.98–1.03.
Thorax. Pronotum: proportion F / B = 5.00–7.00. Mesonotum: proportion G / F = 3.66–3.78, proportion G / B+F = 3.05–3.31, proportion G / H = 0.88–0.89. Tegmina: proportion I / J = 2.61–2.73.
Male genitalia. Anal tube (in lateral view, Figure 6B View Figure 6 ): lower margin almost straight. Anal tube (dorsal view, Figure 6A View Figure 6 ): lateral margins almost straight and parallel; apical margin widely arcuate about as wide as median portion. Genital styles: posterior margin weakly concave in median portion. Periandrium ( Figure 6D–F View Figure 6 ); basal part (on one side) with one dorsal, two or three (holotype) or one or two (paratype) dorsolateral and one lateral tooth; ventral part without keel-shaped lobe but with three upper short lobes ( Figure 6F View Figure 6 ); lateral part apically with huge two-armed appendage; basal arm single and short, oriented basad and curved ventrad; apical arm distinctly longer than basal one with three processes, from the longest basal to the shortest apical. Aedeagus s.s.: lateral lobes big and placed medially, dorso-apical lobes as in Figure 6G–I View Figure 6 .
Type material
Holotype, ♂: [ Chafnes anosyennes Massif nord, 1900 m haute Ranomandry 17 / 26 November 1971], [Museum Paris Madagascar East mission C.N. R.S. R.C.P. n ◦ 225] – ( MNHN).
Paratype, ♂: [ Chafnes anosyennes Massif nord, 1900 m haute Ranomandry 17 / 26 November 1971], [Museum Paris Madagascar East mission C.N. R.S. R.C.P. n ◦ 225] – ( MNHN) .
Distribution
Madagascar: Toliara Province.
R |
Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
MNHN |
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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