Urana paradoxa Melichar, 1902
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Urana paradoxa Melichar, 1902 |
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Urana paradoxa Melichar, 1902 View in CoL
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Urana paradoxa Melichar, 1902 View in CoL .
Urana paradoxa: Melichar 1923 View in CoL , Synave 1956, Metcalf 1957, Medler 1990.
Diagnosis
Closely similar to U. unica sp. nov. but differs by the male genital structures: basal part of periandrium with three dorsal teeth ( Figure 5A,B View Figure 5 ) – more in U. unica ( Figure 6D,E View Figure 6 ); ventral part with lower keel-shaped median lobe – Figure 5A View Figure 5 ( U. unica – without lobe); upper ventral lobes elongated and narrow with deep median split ( Figure 5A,B View Figure 5 ) – in U. unica with three upper short lobes ( Figure 6F View Figure 6 ).
Description
Total length 0.91–1.10 cm.
Head. Vertex: proportion A / B = 6.00–9.00; anterior margin in the specimen from Anjanaharibe weakly concave in median portion. Frons: proportion C / E = 0.70–0.84; proportion D / E = 0.97–1.02.
Thorax. Pronotum: proportion F / B = 3.00–6.00. Mesonotum: proportion G / F = 3.33–3.78, proportion G / B+F = 1.82–2.94, proportion G / H = 0.80–0.94. Tegmina: proportion I / J = 2.62–2.75.
Male genitalia. Anal tube (in lateral view, Figure 5C View Figure 5 ): lower margin convex; apical part distinctly narrower than median. Anal tube (in dorsal view, Figure 5D View Figure 5 ): lateral margins in median portion convex, apical portion tapering apicad. Genital styles: posterior margin not concave in median portion; lower part of genital styles destroyed. Periandrium ( Figure 5A,B View Figure 5 ): basal part with three dorsal teeth (median straight, lateral aurochs-horn-like); ventral part with three lobes: lower one laterally flattened, keel-shaped, surpassing half of upper lobes length; upper lobes extremely elongated and narrow with deep median split; lateral part of periandrium apically with huge single-armed appendage with basal one or two processes and short teeth. Aedeagus s.s.: lateral lobes smaller than those of U. unica and placed subapically, dorso-apical lobes as in Figure 5F,G View Figure 5 .
Type material
Holotype, ♂: [ Madagascar, Antananarivo, Sikora J.F.], [Hymenopt mimicry Fall] [ Urana paradoxa Melichar det.], [Typus], [Zool. Mus. Berlin]. The holotype is deposited in ZMB.
Note: In original description ( Melichar 1902) and in Medler (1990) the name of type locality is given as Antanarivo.
Additional materials
Two ♀♀: [Madagascar-East dct. Andapa Anjanaharibe 1600 m IV- 60 P. Soga], [Institut Scientifique], [ R. I.Sc. N.B. I.G. 22.889], [H. Synave det., 1963 Urana paradoxa Mel ] – ( IRSNB); [Andringitra East Anjavidilava 1850–1950 m 18 December / 15 January 1971], [ FDHM 2 ], [Museum Paris Madagascar Centre mission C.N. R.S. R.C.P. n ◦ 225] – ( MNHN) .
Distribution
Madagascar: Antsiranana, Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa Provinces .
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