Ensiferella Andersson, 1977
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.1.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B9E5A7DD-2D67-4A2B-9DB3-B233137EA624 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11373201 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC864E-896D-FFC7-D4F7-F9A0FD2C5FE5 |
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Plazi |
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Ensiferella Andersson, 1977 |
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Ensiferella Andersson, 1977 View in CoL
Genus overview. Belongs to the tribe Chloropsinini ( Riccardi & Amorim 2020) . There are nine valid species restricted to the Oriental and Australasian regions ( Liu & Yang 2012). The feeding habits of most species are unknown. The diagnostic morphological features of Ensiferella include arista thick and long, sword-shaped with short pubescence ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ); long and broad ocellar triangle; wing with cell bm+dm narrow; tibial organ absent; male genitalia with band-shaped anal sclerites, surstylus short, with wide base and apex with spines, mesolobus variable (see Liu & Yang 2012; Riccardi & Amorim 2020).
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