Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) maoershanensis Li & Dai, 2023
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Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) maoershanensis Li & Dai |
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sp. nov. |
Pediopsoides (Pediopsoides) maoershanensis Li & Dai sp. nov.
Figs 12-22 View Figures 12–22
Material examined.
Holotype ♂, China: Guangxi Autonomous Region, Guilin City, Maoershan National Natural Reserve , 19.vii.2015, collected by Yun-Fei Wu ; Paratype 1 ♂, same data as the holotype (both SUHC) .
Description.
Body color (Figs 12-14 View Figures 12–22 ). Ground color yellowish to dark brown with striations and punctures on surfaces of head, face, pronotum, and mesonotum pale brown. Head (Fig. 12 View Figures 12–22 ) yellowish, anterior margin of central part weakly brown; face (Fig. 14 View Figures 12–22 ) evenly yellowish except postclypeus with large slight brown spot centrally and anteclypeus brown to black apically; eyes brown with reddish tinge. Pronotum (Fig. 12 View Figures 12–22 ) yellowish brown adjacent to eyes, other parts dark brown. Mesonotum (Fig. 12 View Figures 12–22 ) yellow brown, basal triangles dark brown. Forewings (Figs 12 View Figures 12–22 , 13 View Figures 12–22 ) dark brown with venation concolorous. Legs yellowish grey.
Body morphology (Figs 12-14 View Figures 12–22 ). Head including eyes (Fig. 12 View Figures 12–22 ) narrower than pronotum, crown shorter near eyes. Face including eyes (Fig. 14 View Figures 12–22 ) wider than long, with clear punctures and striations, postclypeus (Fig. 14 View Figures 12–22 ) with weak longitudinal carina; distance between ocelli nearly 7.5 × that from ocellus to adjacent eye; pronotum (Fig. 12 View Figures 12–22 ) 2.9 × broader than long, with weak transverse striations, mesonotum (Fig. 12 View Figures 12–22 ) about 1.6 × as long as pronotum.
Male genitalia (Figs 15-22 View Figures 12–22 ). Pygofer side (Fig. 15 View Figures 12–22 ) broad basally, relatively narrow, and prolonged caudally, ventral margin with scattered marginal setae, caudal half produced into a prominent but short spine-like process preceded by three or four spines (Fig. 16 View Figures 12–22 ). Subgenital plate (Fig. 15 View Figures 12–22 ) slender, slightly shorter than ventral margin of pygofer, with fine setae. Dorsal connective (Fig. 17 View Figures 12–22 ), stout, S-shaped, axe-like, apical half wide with distinct serrated margins. Style (Fig. 18 View Figures 12–22 ) angled at basal 1/3, stem gradually widened to apex. Connective (Figs 19 View Figures 12–22 , 20 View Figures 12–22 ), anterior margin wider than posterior margin, both lateral arms twisted dorsally. Aedeagus (Figs 21 View Figures 12–22 , 22 View Figures 12–22 ) simple, broad basally, bent dorsally, and gradually tapered to acute apex in lateral view, shaft of uniform width, with rounded apex in ventral view, gonopore near apex on ventral surface.
Measurement.
Body length (including tegmen): 4.5-4.6 mm.
Distribution.
China (Guangxi Autonomous Region).
Etymology.
The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the new species, Maoershan National Natural Reserve, combined with the Latin adjectival suffix - ensis, meaning from a place.
Remarks.
This new species is similar to P. (P.) bispinatus in appearance and coloration, and somewhat similar to P. (P.) ailaoshanensis , but can be distinguished from all members of the subgenus by the following combination of features: aedeagus simple, bent dorsally and gradually tapered to acute apex without processes; dorsal connective strongly developed, axe-like, with apical half with serrated margins. It can also be distinguished by the shape of the pygofer and pygofer processes.
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