Rioneta inexpectata, Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2008

Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2008, A featherwing beetle without wings: re-discovery and second species of Rioneta (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) from the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania, Zootaxa 1732, pp. 45-53 : 49-50

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.181365

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6231928

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C2B611-FFB2-A769-FF3D-F8B5FB13F8EE

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Rioneta inexpectata
status

sp. nov.

Rioneta inexpectata View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs 3, 4 View FIGURES 1 – 4 )

Diagnosis. Differs from R. uluguruensis by markedly narrower body ( Figs 3, 4 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ).

Description. With the characters of the genus. Body length 1.07–1.19 mm (mean 1.13 mm, n=4), pronotal length 0.27–0.29 mm (mean 0.28 mm; n=4); pronotal width 0.47–0.51 (mean 0.49; n=4); ratio pronotal width/ length 1.73–1.80 (mean 1.77; n=4).

Material studied. Holotype (dry mounted on card, not sexed): “ Tanzania: Uluguru Mts., W slope between Tchenzema vil. and Lukwangule Plateau, H- 2200 m. Oct. 19–21, 2002.V. Grebennikov leg.” ( MRAC). Paratypes: 39 (of them 27 dry mounted on cards and 12 mounted on two Euparal microscope slides; with same data as the holotype ( MRAC, CNC).

Etymology. The specific epithet is the Latin adjective expectatus (= exspectatus), - a, -um (awaited, looked for) negated by the prefix in and referring to the unexpected discovery of this species.

MRAC

Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Ptiliidae

Genus

Rioneta

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