Tectiforma guayasensis, McKamey, 2023
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1143.94124 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/241E811B-A3B3-4CEC-B68B-579231660AFC |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:241E811B-A3B3-4CEC-B68B-579231660AFC |
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scientific name |
Tectiforma guayasensis |
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sp. nov. |
Tectiforma guayasensis sp. nov.
Figs 32-38 View Figures 32–38 , 39 View Figure 39
Diagnosis.
Same as for genus: slender, pale green, with pronotum strongly tectiform.
Description of male.
Measurements (mm). Length with forewing in repose 6.7; width across humeral angles 2.2; height in anterior view 2.9. Pronotum. As described for genus. Terminalia. Pygofer including lateral plate subquadrate in lateral view (Fig. 35 View Figures 32–38 ); lateral plate large, ovoid, unarmed, bearing setae; styles (Figs 35 View Figures 32–38 , 36 View Figures 32–38 ) simple, distally recurved and acute; aedeagus U-shaped in lateral view (Fig. 38 View Figures 32–38 ), shaft apex with two small posterior spines (Fig. 38 View Figures 32–38 ), anterior surface with 2 columns of 5 larger spines each, inset from swollen lateral margins (most visible in lateral view, Fig. 38 View Figures 32–38 ). Color. Pale green throughout.
Female unknown.
Material examined.
Holotype ♂ (USNM) with labels " ECUADOR: Guayas. | Hac. San Joaquin, | 4 rd km SW Bucay | 1-4 May 1986 250m. ", " S.H. McKamey lot | #86-0501-UV", and a red " HOLOTYPE | Tectiforma | Tectiforma guayasensis | S.H. McKamey ".
Distribution.
Ecuador.
Etymology.
The specific epithet is based on Guayas, the province in which the holotype was collected.
Note.
Collected at an ultraviolet light.
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