Cladophorus craterensis, Bocak, 2017
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.6 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:Ca50E5A5-B417-4000-B67D-5F6028Da9154 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6018022 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A312190F-EC13-FF85-509F-3CCDBF0CFAE6 |
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Plazi |
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Cladophorus craterensis |
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sp. nov. |
Cladophorus craterensis sp. nov.
( Figs. 8, 22 View FIGURES 6 – 32 , 38 View FIGURES 33 – 52 , 57–58 View FIGURES 53 – 78 )
Type material. Holotype. Male. Papua New Guinea, Crater Mt. , Haia, 06°42´S 145°00´E, 780 m ( A00171 View Materials , LMBC). GoogleMaps
Diagnosis. Cladophorus craterensis belongs to the group of mostly light-yellow coloured species such as C. praecipuus , C. riedeli , and C. motykai . The phylogenetic analysis showed that these species are not closely related ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 4 – 5. 4 ) despite the quite similar shape of their male genitalia ( Fig. 57–58, 69–70, 73–76 View FIGURES 53 – 78 ). The closest relative of C. craterensis is C. motykai and these two species differ in short lamellae of C. craterensis and the long lamellae of C. motykai ( Figs. 8, 14 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ).
Description. Male. Body medium-sized, 13.3 mm long, dark brown to black, pronotum and elytra almost completely uniformly yellow, only very narrow part of humeral margin and the apex slightly darkened ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ), scutellum black. Head small, with small hemispherically prominent eyes, frontal interocular distance 1.78 times maximum eye diameter; antennae long, reaching two thirds of elytral length, flabellate, antennomere 3 with lamella 1.4 times longer than stem of antennomere, lamella attached to apical part of antennomere ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ). Pronotum transverse, 1.5 times wider than long at midline, lateral margins conspicuously elevated, frontal margin slightly rounded, frontal angles obtuse, inconspicuous, lateral margins straight, posterior angles prominent, postero-lateral carinae weak in middle of pronotal disc, median anterior carina weak ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ). Elytra flat, very slightly widened posteriorly, transverse costae weak, partly covered by pubescence, elytral areoles slightly transverse ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Phallus moderately slender, parallel-sided, gradually acuminate apically ( Figs. 57–58 View FIGURES 53 – 78 ).
Measurements. BL 13.3 mm, PL 1.74 mm, PW 2.58 mm, WH 1.56 mm, Edist 0.96 mm, Ediam 0.54 mm, LE 11.1 mm, antennomere 3: stem 1.2 mm, lamella 1.6 mm.
Distribution. Eastern New Guinea, Chimbu province ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3. 1 – 2 ).
Etymology. The epithet refers to the Crater Mts., the type locality of the species.
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