Discleroderma, Kieffer. Asterisk, 1904
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.3.3 |
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Discleroderma |
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Key to World species of Discleroderma
1. Notaulus present..................................................................................... 2 - Notaulus absent...................................................................................... 3 2. Metasomal tubercles callus-shaped (Fig. 1D)...................................... D. tuberculatum Magretti, 1897 - Metasomal tubercles spine-shaped (Fig. 2D)................................... D. indiensis Lanes & Azevedo, 2008
3. Gena extremely bulging ventrally, ~1.5 × wider than eye in lateral view ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 )............ D. gundari Terayama, 2006
- Gena regularly bulging ventrally, 1.1–1.4 × wider than eye in lateral view ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 )................................ 4
4. Metasomal tubercles spine ( Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 ) or spoiler-shaped ( Fig. 3H View FIGURE 3 )............................................... 5
- Metasomal tubercles small, callus-shaped ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ).......................................................... 6
5. Metasomal tubercles spine-shaped ( Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 ); anterior corner of metapectal-propodeal disc without cavity ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 )............................................................................ D. yemenensis Lanes & Azevedo, 2008
- Metasomal tubercles spoiler-shaped ( Fig. 3H View FIGURE 3 ); anterior corner of metapectal-propodeal disc with cavity ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3 )........................................................................................ D. plymouthoides sp. nov.
6. Head considerably converging anterad, wider posteriorly in dorsal view; gena visible in dorsal view ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ).............................................................................................. D. concursum sp. nov.
- Head barrel-shaped, slightly wider medially than anteriorly and posteriorly in dorsal view, or nearly so; gena not visible in dorsal view ( Figs 4C, F View FIGURE 4 )............................................................................... 7
7. Head barrel-shaped, wider at mid-eye level ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ); parapsidal signum complete, narrow, inconspicuous ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 )............................................................................................ D. dolium sp. nov.
- Head subbarrel-shaped, wider at dorsal third of eye level ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ); parapsidal signum incomplete anteriorly, thick, conspicuous ( Fig. 4G View FIGURE 4 ).......................................................................... D. guamensis sp. nov.
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