Mesotheres unguifalcula ( Glassell, 1936 ) Ng & Ahyong & Campos, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.26107/RBZ-2019-0025 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F42718C4-F0F4-4D75-80C3-2D155B5B8448 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4575914 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987ED-FFB2-8B71-12C4-495E24D1F873 |
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Carolina |
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Mesotheres unguifalcula ( Glassell, 1936 ) |
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comb. nov. |
Mesotheres unguifalcula ( Glassell, 1936) View in CoL new combination
Pinnotheres unguifalcula Glassell, 1936: 298 View in CoL , pl. 21 fig. 2; Schmitt et al., 1973: 26.
Orthotheres unguifalcula View in CoL — Campos, 1989: 1125, figs. 2, 3; Ng et al., 2008: 250; Campos, 2018: 386, fig. 1D.
Material examined. USNM, 2 females, host unknown, Punta (Puerto) Peñasco , Sonora, México, coll. S.A. Glassell , no date; USNM 1447261 About USNM , 2 females, CES IRN 11738697, Gulf of California, Mexico, Sonora, Punta ( Puerto ) Penasco , 31°19′N 113°32′W, coll. S. Glassell, 2 April 1937 GoogleMaps ; USNM 1447260 About USNM , 1 female, CES IRN 11738696, Gulf of California, Mexico, Sonora, Punta ( Puerto ) Penasco , 31°19′N 113°32′W, coll. S. Glassell, 3 May 1935 GoogleMaps ; USNM 1447262 About USNM , 1 About USNM ovigerous female, CES IRN 11738699, Mexico, Guerrero, Acapulco , 16°50′47″N 99°52′39″W, coll. E. Huffman, 22 December 1937 GoogleMaps .
Diagnosis. Carapace glabrous, convex in all directions. Carapace frontal margin glabrous, short pubescence on upper margins of meri of P2 and P3, and anterior lower margin of carpus and propodus of P2. Eyes and front not visible in dorsal view; front distinctly deflexed, defined by convex median projection in frontal view. P2–P4 similar, slender; P5 remarkably shorter, narrower than other legs.
Remarks. Campos (1989) treated the taxonomy of this species at length and is therefore not elaborated on here.
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
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Mesotheres unguifalcula ( Glassell, 1936 )
| Ng, Peter K. L., Ahyong, Shane T. & Campos, Ernesto 2019 |
Orthotheres unguifalcula
| Campos E 2018: 386 |
| Ng PKL & Guinot D & Davie PJF 2008: 250 |
| Campos E 1989: 1125 |
Pinnotheres unguifalcula
| Schmitt WL & McCain JC & Davidson ES 1973: 26 |
| Glassell SA 1936: 298 |