Dioclerus praefectus Distant, 1910
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.745.1311 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6C85E664-6DE6-442A-9410-D94254E429F5 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690264 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE301C0D-F861-FF8E-FDC0-8BE672D4FA0E |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Dioclerus praefectus Distant, 1910 |
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Dioclerus praefectus Distant, 1910 View in CoL
Fig. 5F–G View Fig
Dioclerus praefectus Distant, 1910: 13 View in CoL (original description).
Dioclerus praefectus View in CoL – Distant 2010b: 279, fig. 151 (descr.). — Stonedahl,1988: 13–14 (redescr.).
Diagnosis
Similar to D. lutheri in coloration but differs from that species in having long antennal segments, particularly segment I 1.1× as long as head width, segment II 1.25× as long as basal width of pronotum.
Material examined
Lectotype
SRI LANKA • 1 specimen, sex unknown; Ceylon , Peradeniya; 7.263° N, 80.603° E; 497 m a.s.l.; 18 Dec.; Distant collection 1911-383; AMNH_PBI 00340384 ; NHM. GoogleMaps
Distribution
Sri Lanka.
Remarks
This species is known only from the lectotype, which is in poor condition and missing the right antenna, metathorax, wings, all legs except left hind one, and abdomen.
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United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)] |
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