Megalopta karitiana, Santos & Melo, 2014
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2014.946106 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4333950 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A26E87DD-197F-2943-758B-FA44FD6DFA62 |
treatment provided by |
Carolina |
scientific name |
Megalopta karitiana |
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sp. nov. |
Megalopta karitiana sp. n.
( Figures 11A View Figure 11 , 15D View Figure 15 )
Diagnosis
The male differs from those of M. atlantica , M. purpurata , M. xavante sp. n., and M. mapinguari sp. n. by the minute medial protruding process of S4, with a triangular profile in lateral view; from M. guarani sp. n. by the dark brown integument with metallic green reflections, and the dark brown metasoma with purple tints.
Description
Male. (15) Scape with diameter gradually enlarging toward the apex. (16) Flagellum blackish; F1–F11 not differing in diameter; F2 about two-thirds of F 3 in length. (17) Metanotum with integument, in dorsal view, not hidden by short plumose pillosity. (18) Basal area of metapostnotum blackish, its length 0.6× that of metanotum; smooth and without longitudinal rugulosities along its surface ( Figure 11A View Figure 11 ). (19) Metepisternum with sparse pilosity, integument visible through pilosity; posterior upper margin of metepisternum unmodified, lacking a velvety process. (20) 1st and 2nd tarsomeres of foreleg with longest simple setae shorter than the summed length of the three apical tarsomeres. (21) S3 with longitudinal sulcus, posterolateral margin notched. (22) S4 with medial protruding process present, minute, its profile triangular in lateral view, basal portion glabrous; posterolateral margin notched, notch not extending to basal half of sclerite.
Measurements
Approximate body length: (14.8); intertegular distance: (3.8); maximum width of head: (3.7); length of forewing with tegula: (12.7).
Female. Unknown.
Type material
Holotype male ( DZUP): BRAZIL. Rondônia: ‘ Brasil, RO, Itapuã \ do Oeste, Flona \ do Jamari , 110m \ 9.260° S 62.913° W,\ 4.ix.2012, Cavichioli,\ Melo, Rosa & Santos’ ‘ Armadilha \ Luminosa’. GoogleMaps
Distribution
BRAZIL. Rondônia: Itapuã do Oeste ( Figure 15D View Figure 15 ).
Etymology
The specific epithet honours the ‘Karitiana’, the name for an ethnic group of natives, used here as a noun in apposition. The ‘Karitiana’ experienced a brutal demographic decline after contact with the whites. Indeed, the anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro considered them extinct in 1957, however the current population numbers around 320 individuals ( Storto and Velden 2005).
DZUP |
Universidade Federal do Parana, Colecao de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure |
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