Scelimena novaeguineae ( Bolívar, 1887 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4485.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5959665 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0636885F-FF9E-724B-FF74-5274FEB98751 |
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Scelimena novaeguineae ( Bolívar, 1887 ) |
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Scelimena novaeguineae ( Bolívar, 1887) View in CoL
Gavialidium novaeguineae: Bolívar 1898 View in CoL , Blackith 1992, París 1994.
Eugavialidium novaeguineae: Kirby 1910 View in CoL .
Scelimena novaeguineae: Günther 1938a, 1955 View in CoL , Steinmann 1970, Tumbrinck 2018.
Type material examined. 6♂♂ and 2♀♀ SYNTYPES N. Guinea SE: Haveri VII.–XI.[18]93. Leg. Loria , 1♀ SYNTYPE N. Guinea: Ramoi II.1875. Leg. Beccari ( MNCN) , 3♂♂ and 3♀♀ SYNTYPES N. Guinea SE: Haveri VII.–XI.[18]93. Leg. Loria ( ISNB) . París (1994) reported 43 more syntypes to be deposited in Genoa. Those syntypes were not examined by us. Photographs of the examined syntypes are available in OSF ( ICNB) or will be soon available (those from MNCN) .
Type locality: New Guinea : Papua New Guinea: Central Province : Haveri (close to Port Moresby) .
Notes. Morphology and variability of the species is discussed in Tumbrinck (2018). The species was transferred back to the genus Scelimena (Tumbrinck, 2018) . It does not share morphological similarities with Gavialidium species from India and Sri Lanka, but to Scelimena species from the islands of SE Asia—e.g., Scelimena producta species group. Together with S. eremita , this species is related to S. floresana . Characters that imply placement within Scelimena (sensu Tumbrinck, 2018) are: vertex lacking fastigial horns (as opposed to presence in Gavialidium ), pronotum without net-like elevations (as opposed to Gavialidium in which pronotal projections are wrinkled, and pronotum is rich in net like elevations), strong FL2 and ML (as opposed to weak and tuberculated), and simple VL (as opposed to bi- or trilobate), and finally dilated hind tibiae and tarsi (not widened in Gavialidium ). The species is widespread in New Guinea, not localized as its congener from the island. Tumbrinck (2018) discussed taxonomic placement of this species, and having our unpublished manuscript, agreed that it should be placed within Scelimena (thus in his paper Scelimena novaeguineae was reported as new combination).
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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales |
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Scelimena novaeguineae ( Bolívar, 1887 )
Muhammad, Amira Aqilah, Tan, Ming Kai, Abdullah, Nurul Ashikin, Azirun, Mohammad Sofian, Bhaskar, Dhaneesh & Skejo, Josip 2018 |
Scelimena novaeguineae: Günther 1938a , 1955
: Gunther 1938 |
Eugavialidium novaeguineae:
Kirby 1910 |
Gavialidium novaeguineae: Bolívar 1898
Bolivar 1898 |