Nasuconia nanica Sakakibara, 2006
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.4.2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10250376 |
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Nasuconia nanica Sakakibara, 2006
( Figures. 2C View FIGURE 2 , 3C View FIGURE 3 , 4C View FIGURE 4 )
Type species: Nasuconia nanica Sakakibara, 2006: 191 [sp. nov.; description, photograph]
Diagnosis. (1) Frontoclypeus extended 2/3 of its length beyond suprantennal margin; (2) In lateral view, head (vertex and frontoclypeus) in the same oblique line as metopidium; (3) pronotum yellow.
Description. (Modified from Sakakibara 2006) Color and sculpture. Head, pronotum, and legs yellow and brown, thorax beneath, apex of humeral angles and apex of abdomen black; pronotum with yellow longitudinal elevated lines; head and pronotum densely pubescent covered with yellow setae. Head: Vertex without longitudinal lines. Frontoclypeus, projected 2/3 beyond suprantennal margin ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ). Thorax. Pronotum. In lateral view, preapical area of posterior pronotal and metopidium process evenly convex ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Female unknown.
Measurements (in mm). Male. Total length 5.64; width of head 1.84; length of head 1.48; distance between apices of humeral angles 2.56.
Material examined. Photograph of the holotype N. nanica (DZUP) provided by Olivia Evangelista. Holotype label information (Sakakibara 2005: 191). BRASIL. Bahia: “Encruzilhada-BA | Brasil – XI.1972 | Seabra/ Alvarenga.
Comments. The characters described by Sakakibara to differentiate N. nanica from N. catarina include only color and size. These characters could be due to intraspecific variation; characters of the genitalia and forewing venation should be examined to validate the identity of the species. In N. nanica and N. lineosa the dorsal margin of the head (vertex and frontoclypeus), is continuous with the contour of the metopidiun in lateral view ( Figs. 3A; 3C View FIGURE 3 ), contrasting with N. catarina in which the dorsal margin of the head (vertex and frontovlypeus) forms an angle with the anterior margin of the metopidium. This species is recorded only from Encruzilhada, Bahia, Brazil.
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