Afronurus alces, 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.6186349 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0F69ED26-6F33-FFC5-FF13-BBB293A2F8BA |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Afronurus alces |
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sp. nov. |
Afronurus alces View in CoL , sp. nov.
( Fig. 3)
Male adult (in ethanol). Lengths: body 8.5 mm; fore wing 9.4 mm; cerci 29 mm.
Compound eyes dark blue grey; contiguous.
Thorax yellowish. Legs yellowish; fore leg with proportions of femur: tibia: tarsus (I–V) = 128:118:76 (16:21:17:10:12).
Abdomen opaque, yellow-brown; last two segments dark brown, other segments with light brown lateral maculation and darker broad, diagonal band; posterior margins of terga narrowly dark brown; sterna immaculate. Penes extraordinarily differentiated and laterally expanded.
Larva. Unknown.
Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, and it is a reference to the shape of the penes, which is suggestive of the antlers of a moose.
Diagnosis. Afronurus alces is distinguished from congeners by its very distinctive, antlerlike penes.
Type material (in 70% ethanol). Holotype: male adult, China, Hong Kong, New territories, Fan Ling, 20/III/ 1947, M. T. Gillies [ PCDB]. Paratype: female adult, same data [ PCDB].
Other material examined. Four male adults, Hong Kong, Tai Mong Tsai, 1–7/IV/1967, Philip T.P. Tsui [ PERC].
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