Aegidinus venezuelensis Colby, 2009
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352584 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BBFE49-0B01-8773-FF36-1C10B25CF862 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Aegidinus venezuelensis Colby |
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sp. nov. |
Aegidinus venezuelensis Colby , new species
Fig. 77 View Figures 65-77 , 93
Type material. Holotype female at MNHN labeled: a) “ Vénézuéla // Caracas” (printed, rectangular label)/ b) “Ex Museo // S Van de Poll ” (printed, rectangular label with a black border)/ c) “Muséum Paris // 1936 // Coll. A. Boucomont ” (printed, green, rectangular label with a black border)/ d) “ Aegidinus // brasiliensis // Arr. R. Paulian det.” (handwritten and printed, rectangular label)/ e) my handwritten type label.
Type locality. Venezuela, D.C., Caracas.
Description. Holotype female. Length 7.9 mm; width 4.3 mm. Color: Head piceous to reddish brown. Pronotum, elytra, and legs reddish brown. Head: Frons impunctate at base, becoming punctate to rugopunctate anteriorly; punctures dense, large. Faint frontoclypeal suture present. Clypeus rugopunctate. Anterior margin with bead. Pronotum: Surface punctate; punctures moderate to dense, occasionally contiguous, moderate to large in size, concentrated on sides. Basal margin with bead and row of punctures, both obsolete adjacent to scutellum. Disc with shallow, longitudinally ovate depression. Anterior margin with median boss. Elytra: Punctures of striae kidney, V-, U-, J-, or reverse J-shaped. All striae complete. Lateral margin adjacent to humerus with 6 setae or setose crenulations. Genitalia: Fig. 77 View Figures 65-77 .
Diagnosis. This species is best distinguished from other species using the female gonocoxites ( Fig. 77 View Figures 65-77 ), which are similar in form to those of A. howdenorum ( Fig. 68 View Figures 65-77 ) and A. candezei ( Fig. 66 View Figures 65-77 ). Aegidinus venezuelensis lacks the transverse ridge on the superior sclerite (present in A. candezei ). In A.
venezuelensis, the spinulous region on the interior of the superior plate projects downwards, while in A. howdenorum , the spines project inwards. No males are known for this species.
Etymology. This species is named for the country in which the type originates.
Distributional Data (Fig. 93). Venezuela. One specimen from IRSB. VENEZUELA (1): Distrito Capital: Caracas (1).
Temporal Distribution. Unknown.
Natural History. Nothing is known about the natural history of this species.
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Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
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