Stilicoderus riedelianus, Rougemont, 2015
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3833627 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:080B9FD6-D81F-4AF2-9B82-B5A0C65D8792 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D714422-FFC0-4720-FC3D-FC815286FA0F |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Stilicoderus riedelianus |
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sp. nov. |
Stilicoderus riedelianus View in CoL n. sp.
Holotype (♂): Papua New Guinea, West Sepik, Vanimo,
Denake Range, km 12, 28.–29.X. 1992, leg. A. RIEDEL ( SMNS). P a r a t y p e: 1 ♂, same data as holotype ( CRO) .
Description
Body length 4 mm. Proportions of holotype: length of head: 55; breadth of head: 63; diameter of eye: 26; length of antenna: 114; length of pronotum: 67; breadth of pronotum: 53; length of elytron: 70; breadth of elytra: 65; metatibia: 60; metatarsus: 36.
Pitchy black, palpi antennae and legs rufo-testaceous, meso- and metafemora infuscate, profemora less so. Head strongly transverse, the temples fairly evenly rounded from the posterior margin of eyes to the base.
Male: sternite VIII as in the preceding species. Aedoeagus see Fig. 7 View Figs .
Differential diagnosis
This small species is externally only distinguishable from S. riedeli n. sp. described above by the dark meso- and metafemora.
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