Poluninius selangoriensis, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2013
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:72A07BC6-AEB0-4EBC-AFA8-F5871065680F |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5266895 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E46FF216-5E66-C529-FF6F-BBBFFB1EEBD1 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Poluninius selangoriensis |
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sp. nov. |
Poluninius selangoriensis View in CoL sp. nov.
[ Figs 185–190 View FIGURES 185–190 ]
Type. Male. MALAYSIA: Selangor, I. Polunin ( ANIC) .
Paratypes (3). Two males same data as holotype ( ANIC). Kg Kuantan village orchard, DZA outside, coll Kat, male ( FRIM) .
Diagnosis. The only species of Poluninius , distinguished by its pale dorsal colouration and the fleshy lobes on V7.
Male. 5.1–5.5 mm long. Colour: Dorsal surface of pronotum and elytra pale yellowish brown with narrow black areas at the tips of the elytra; Selangor specimens preserved in 70% ethanol appear semitransparent, with elytra are slightly darker than the pronotum because of underlying hind wings; head between eyes dark brown; maxillary palpi mid brown; apical labial palpomere mid brown, remainder yellowish; ventral surface of thorax and legs orange yellow except for brown tibiae and tarsi of legs 1, and brown tarsi of legs 2, 3; dorsal and ventral surface of abdomen very pale yellowish, except for white LOs in V6, 7.
Pronotum 1.0– 1.1 mm long; 1.4–1.5 mm wide; W/L 1.4. Elytra 5.1–5.5 mm long. GHW 1.2 mm; SIW 0.2 mm.
Etymology. The type locality is latinised, genitive case to reflect the origins of this species.
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