Velox wielandi Svenson, 2014

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Velox wielandi Svenson, 2014

Fig. 20

Velox wielandi Svenson, 2014: 174–177 .

Type material

Holotype (1 male)

BRAZIL • ♂ ( Fig. 20a–d ); “// ZMUH – Liturgousa 15 // Velox wielandi / - Svenson, 2014 / Holotype Male / ZMUH, Hamburg // Liturgusa ♂ / nubeculosa Gerst / det. Beier // Espirito Santo / ( Brasil.) / J. Michaelis vend. / 22.IV.1898. // ♂ // Velox wielandi Svenson, 2014 : / 174 – 177 / Gen.-Präparat: 202, fig. 53D.1 / Holotype - male”; ZMH 841080 .

Paratype (1 female)

BRAZIL • 1 ♀ ( Fig. 20e–g ); “// ZMUH – Liturgousa 2 // Velox wielandi / - Svenson, 2014 / Allotype Female / ZMUH, Hamburg // Espirito Santo / ( Brasil.) / J. Michaelis vend. / 22.IV.1898. // ♀ // Liturgusa ♀ / nubeculosa Gerst. / det. Beier ”; ZMH 841081 .

Type locality

Brazil: Espírito Santo.

Habitus

Complete.

Remarks

Originally determined as Liturgusa nubeculosa Gerstaecker, 1889 by Max Beier. Figure of the prepared genitalia after a drawing by Svenson (2014: 202, fig. 53d.1).

Figures

Fig. 20. Velox wielandi Svenson, 2014. a–d. Holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841080). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d. Genitalia. e–g. Paratype, ♀ (ZMH 841081). e. Labels. f. Dorsal view. g. Ventral view. White scale bars = 10 mm; black scale bar = 1.00 mm.