Lorestania, Anichtchenko, 2011
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13204178 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13200609 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E640FB21-2249-FFCA-75C1-FEC8CB89FAC8 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Lorestania |
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gen. nov. |
Lorestania View in CoL gen. n.
Type species. Lorestania gracilis Anichtchenko View in CoL , new species, here designated.
Etymology. The generic name is female, referring to the type locality, Lorestan province of western Iran, amidst the Zagros Mountains.
Diagnosis. Within Middle Eastern and Central Asian species of the subtribe Lionychina , the new genus is easily recognized by the following combination of features: body size rather small (overall length about 2.5-2.8 mm); base of pronotum strongly lobate behind indistinct posterior angles, while the related genus Apristus Chaudoir, 1846 has the base of pronotum slightly lobate behind distinct posterior angles ( Fig. 4); anterior margin of prosternum with 6 long and white setae; ultimate palpomere of labial palpi swollen, not fusiform as in related genera Apristus and Lionychus Wissmann, 1846 . Resembles Lionychus in lobate base of pronotum, but can be easily distinguished by elongate body shape, elytra subparallel, setiferous pores on each side of median line of prosternum extremely small, i.e. Lionychus and Eremolestes Maindron, 1905 has in the middle of prosternum one big sized pore on each side and short and wide body shape.
Description. None required because the genus is monobasic, and its characters are the same as those of its type species.
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