Parapyrrhicia niloensis, Hemp & Heller & Warchałowska-Śliwa & Grzywacz & Hemp, 2017
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s13127-016-0303-5 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D8E00B-FFB9-D60C-4969-FBF27A44FA59 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Parapyrrhicia niloensis |
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sp. nov. |
Parapyrrhicia niloensis View in CoL n. sp. C. Hemp
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Holotype male: Tanzania, East Usambara Mountains , Nilo forest reserve, April 2016; leg. C Hemp. Depository: MfN.
Paratype. 1 male, same data as holotype but December
2015; leg. C Hemp ( CH 8110). Collection C. Hemp.
Description Male. Color green, tegmina dark green, around stridulatory area of left tegmen black and white to cream patches. On pronotum, abdomen and legs numerous reddish dots ( Fig. 17 View Fig ). Head and antennae: Antennae green, thin, about total length of insect. Fastigium as for genus. Eyes circular, prominent, with dark stripes in upper part and thicker curved stripe in lower part ( Fig. 17 View Fig ). Thorax: Pronotum without lateral carinae, surface smooth. Tegmina and wings: Both pairs of wings fully developed, alae surpassing tegmina. Left tegmen with stridulatory area as in Fig. 18c View Fig , right tegmen with mirror as in Fig. 18d View Fig . Stridulatory file continuous ( Fig. 18e View Fig ) with 88 teeth (n = 1). Fore femora with one anterior ventral row of six broad-based small spines, unarmed on posterior side. Mid femora with four anterior ventral spines, unarmed on posterior side. Hind femora with eight spines ventrally on anterior side. Fore and mid tibiae one spur on posterior side and two on anterior side. Hind tibiae with two apical spurs on each side and four rows of numerous small spinules getting denser distally. Abdomen: Tenth abdominal tergite at posterior margin depressed ( Fig. 18a, b View Fig ). Cerci stout, about midway divided into two branches of about equal size ( Fig. 18b View Fig ). Subgenital plate elongated, deeply cut into two lobes; lobes laterally expanded at base and at apices, midway leaving large oval gap ( Fig. 18b View Fig ). Titillator short, consisting of two blades connected at apex forming two ridges and a globular structure.
Female. Unknown.
Measurements (mm) Males (n = 2). Total length of body, 19– 20 (including subgenital plate); median length of pronotum, 4.6; length of hind femur, 20–21; length of tegmina, 30–31.
Etymology. Named after the Nilo forest reserve in the northern part of the East Usambara Mountains of Tanzania.
Habitat. Submontane forest.
Distribution. Tanzania, East Usambara Mountains.
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Museum für Naturkunde |
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