Afronurus otus, Braasch, Dietrich & Jacobus, Luke M., 2011
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.204645 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6186353 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0F69ED26-6F30-FFC7-FF13-B96193AFFF01 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Afronurus otus |
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sp. nov. |
Afronurus otus View in CoL , sp. nov.
(Fig. 2)
Male adult (in ethanol). Lengths: body 7.2 mm; fore wing 8.2 mm; cerci broken.
Compound eyes dark violet, pale apically, with dark ring at base; contiguous.
Thorax light yellow (faded). Wings hyaline, pterostigmal region opaque. Legs light yellow, forelegs with ratios of femur: tibia: tarsi (I–V) = 115:125:159 (35:47:40:19:18); hindlegs 102:77:30 (7:5:5:3:10).
Abdomen translucent, with no apparent pattern (probably faded). Penes relatively simple, with small, acute distal projections; distinctive bifurcation at tip of each penis lobe, with sharply pointed prongs subequal in size.
Larva. Unknown.
Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, a reference to the owl-like shape of the penes.
Diagnosis. Afronurus otus , sp. nov., has a distinctive bifurcation at the tip of each penis lobe, with sharply pointed prongs that are subequal in size.
Type material (in 70% ethanol). Holotype: male adult, Hong Kong, Fan Ling, 16/III/1967, M.T. Gillies [ PCDB].
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