Nelloptodes gretae, Darby, 2019

Darby, Michael, 2019, Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, 6: New species and records collected by W. C. Block in Kenya and Uganda, 1964 - 1965, Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 155, pp. 239-257 : 250

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.31184/M00138908.1554.3999

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3663704

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FB2187F6-FFD9-FFD5-FDF9-FF7AF58DFCF9

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Nelloptodes gretae
status

sp. nov.

Nelloptodes gretae View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs 8 View Fig A–D)

Description

Habitus Fig. 8A, L View Fig . 0.79mm. Dull yellow brown as a result of strong reticulation, antennae and pubescence pale yellow. Head foveolate between eyes. Eyes reduced to points, width across 0.28mm. Antennomeres III–XI L. 0.38mm. Mentum and prementum chaetotaxy as in Fig. 6I View Fig . Pronotum L. 0.24mm, W. 0.40mm ( Fig. 8B View Fig ). Elytra L. 0.41mm, W. 0.42mm, truncate, shallowly foveolate. Proventrum, mesocoxae adjacent. Mesoventrum ( Fig. 8D View Fig ), L. 0.15mm posterior margin shallowly convex medially and meeting lateral margin at an obtuse angle. Metaventrum ( Fig. 8D View Fig ), L. 0.11mm, distance between metacoxae 0.14mm. ♀, spermatheca ( Fig. 6D View Fig ). ♂, not known.

Remarks: All specimens without eyes and wings.

Diagnosis: The form of the spermatheca and the presence of foveolae on the head between the eyes separate this species from the other Nelloptodes .

Etymology: Named in honour of the Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg, climate activist and promoter of Extinction Rebellion.

Material examined

Holotype, ♀, KENYA, Aberdares National Park , 64 miles W. Nairobi, 0°30′S, 36°40′E, x.1965, leg. W.C. Block, BM 1978-472 ( BMNH). GoogleMaps

Paratypes, 2♂♂, same data as holotype ( BMNH, one mounted verso) GoogleMaps .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Ptiliidae

Genus

Nelloptodes

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