Xiphovelia

Ye, Zhen & Bu, Wenjun, 2015, A review of the genus Xiphovelia Lundblad, 1933 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3946 (2), pp. 190-200 : 199

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5FCE5FD6-2AEF-40A4-9AB3-689E30FD28D4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6102828

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E18726-FFA6-F116-29D6-FBA9018AFA2E

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Plazi

scientific name

Xiphovelia
status

 

Key to the species of Xiphovelia occurring in China

1. Legs black and shining. Male: abdominal sternum VIII slightly concave medially ( Figs. 22, 23 View FIGURES 21 – 29 ). Female: connexiva largely widen and flat ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 5 – 10 ).................................................................. X. denigrata sp. nov.

- Legs yellowish brown. Male: abdominal sternum VIII without any concavity. Female: connexiva relatively narrowed and erect or reflexed........................................................................................... 2

2. Metanotum with a pair of rounded, silvery hair markings. Female: hind portions of connexiva in apterous female reflexed ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ).................................................................................... X. reflexa sp. nov.

- Metanotum without a pair of rounded, silvery hair markings. Female: hind portions of connexiva in apterous female erect...3

3. Head dorsum in apterous male yellowish brown ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 5 – 10 ); the ear-like process on each side of pygophore relatively wide ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 21 – 29 ).................................................................................... X. fulva sp. nov.

- Head dorsum in apterous male black ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ); the ear-like process on each side of pygophore narrow ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 21 – 29 )......................................................................................... X. glauca Esaki & Miyamoto

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Macroveliidae

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