Roscius niger, Stehlík & Jindra, 2010
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2651.1.5 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5309937 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AAEF68-7C4A-FF82-FF11-FD16FD23E326 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Roscius niger |
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sp. nov. |
Roscius niger sp. nov.
( Figs. 2 View FIGURES 1–2 , 5 View FIGURES 3–5 )
Type material. Holotype: ♀, MOZAMBIQUE: Zambezi province : ‘ Portugese E. Africa, [Mt.] Namuli, 4,600 ft, 20.vii.1932, J. Vincent Coll. ’ ( BMNH).
Description. Colouration ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–2 ). Head both dorsally and ventrally, as well as all ventrites and outer female genitalia red. Pronotum (except lateral and posterior margin), scutellum, clavus, corium, membrane, pleura I–III, basisterna I–III, legs, antennae and labium black. Lateral (narrowly) and posterior margin (more widely) of pronotum, prosternal collar, pronotal epipleuron, posterior pleural flanges I–III and epicoxal lobes I–III yellow.
Structure. Head horizontally positioned, eye temple very small, antennifer large, protruding sideways, antennae long, jugum not gibbose, narrowed towards its apex, tightly adjoining clypeus. Labium surpassing half of the ventrite IV. Pronotum anteriorly conspicuously narrowed, sides of pronotal lobes remarkably divergent towards its base, pronotal lobe remarkably convex towards base.
Outer female genitalia ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 3–5 ).
Measurements (mm). Female (holotype). Body length 16.47; head: length 2.21, width (including eyes) 2.19, interocular width 1.08; lengths of antennomeres: 1—2.97, 2—3.29, 3—2.21, 4—2.65; pronotum: length 2.97, width 4.70; scutellum: length 2.27, width 2.70; corium: length 9.18, width 2.97.
Differential diagnosis. Roscius niger sp. nov. differs from all described Roscius species by its unicolorous black corium.
Etymology. The species epithet is composed from the Latin adjective niger , - a, - um, meaning black, in reference to its unique colouration of hemelytra.
Distribution. Mozambique (Zambezi province).
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