Pretydeus curiosa (Ueckermann and Meyer)
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701589921 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/464587D1-8B4A-FFD7-FEFE-FB3FFB15FD73 |
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Pretydeus curiosa (Ueckermann and Meyer) |
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Pretydeus curiosa (Ueckermann and Meyer)
Lorryia curiosa Ueckermann and Meyer 1979a, p 44 .
Pretydeus curiosa (Ueckermann and Meyer) ; Kaźmierski, 1996, p 180.
Material examined
South Africa: Limpopo Province: four paratype females from Citrus sp., Polokwane (23 ° 529S, 29 ° 269E), 13 September 1970, J. den Heyer .
Diagnosis
Adults. This species can be recognized by the following combination of characters: dorsum incompletely reticulated except for median area of prodorsum, which is evenly reticulated,
dorsal setae short and serrated except for setae sci, which are twice as long as all other dorsal setae and smooth.
Subfamily TYDEINAE Andre´, 1980
Genus Orfareptydeus gen. nov.
Type species. Orfareptydeus stepheni sp. n.
Diagnosis
Adults. This genus resembles Afrotydeus Baker and Perafrotydeus André in most respects, differing from these genera in the unique chaetotaxy of the leg femora and trochantera, namely 2-1-0-0 and 1-0-0-0, respectively. Poroidotaxy: 3.
Etymology
The name of this genus is an anagram of the Afro of Afrotydeus and Per of Perafrotydeus .
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Pretydeus curiosa (Ueckermann and Meyer)
| Ueckermann, Edward A. & Grout, Timothy G. 2007 |
Lorryia curiosa
| Ueckermann and Meyer 1979: 44 |