Opoptera syme
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.185409 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6221762 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D24409-FFD6-7847-79DE-1271FCD4285C |
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Opoptera syme |
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syme View in CoL -group
The name of this group is maintained from the original classification by Stichel (1902). Opoptera syme (typespecies of the genus), O. sulcius and O. fruhstorferi form a monophyletic group supported by the following unambiguous character changes ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C): presence of a thin hairpencil inside HW discal cell (character 12:1, also present in O. bracteolata ; Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 I); mid- and hindlegs, color of the distal edge of each segment and subsegment similar to the color of the segments themselves (17:0, unique); setose portion of valva tip flattened, palmate (26:1, unique; Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 A).
Male genitalia are very similar within the syme-group. All species have long, narrow valvae that extend nearly to, or beyond the uncus tip in lateral view ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 A–C). Opoptera syme and O. sulcius share the presence of a spine-like expansion on the proximal region of the gnathos (30:1, Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 A), and the palmate valva tip is more strongly projected ventrally in lateral view than in O. fruhstorferi (27:0; Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 A–C). Although O. sulcius and O. fruhstorferi share a broad proximal arm of the FW postmedial band, the grouping of these two species as sister taxa increases tree length by one step.
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