Cephennium espunae, Assing, 2021
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5039032 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7254456 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B178795-FFB2-7B56-FF76-FE9AFC1D40F2 |
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Carolina |
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Cephennium espunae |
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sp. nov. |
Cephennium espunae View in CoL nov.sp. ( Figs 9 View Figs 7-11 , 22 View Figs 21-22 , 49 View Figs 46-58 , Map 1 View Map 1 )
Type material: Holotype ♂: "E - Murcia [13], Sierra de Espuña , Prado Mayor , pasture, 1140 m, 37°53'11N, 01°33'53W, 29.III.2007, V. Assing / Holotypus ♂ Cephennium espunae sp. n. det. V. Assing 2020" ( cAss). GoogleMaps
Etymology: The specific epithet is the genitive of Espuña, the name of the mountain where the species was discovered and where it may be endemic.
Description: Body length 1.0 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 9 View Figs 7-11 . Eye rudiments composed of two (?) ommatidia without pigmentation. External and male secondary sexual characters as in C. filabresicum , distinguished only by the male primary sexual characters.
♂: aedeagus ( Fig. 49 View Figs 46-58 ) broad, 0.24 mm long; ventral process apically membranous and of quadrangular shape; internal structures small and weakly sclerotized; parameres fine and relatively short, not reaching apex of median lobe, and apically with a moderately short seta.
Comparative notes: Cephennium espunae is distinguished from the externally practically identical and geographically close C. filabresicum by a much smaller and differently shaped aedeagus.
Distribution and natural history: The type locality ( Fig. 22 View Figs 21-22 ) is situated in Sierra de Espuña, Murcia, South Spain ( Map 1 View Map 1 ). The holotype was sifted from grass roots and moss in a calcareous stony grassland at an altitude of 1140 m.
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