Bantia michaelisi Beier, 1935

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Bantia michaelisi Beier, 1935

Fig. 40

Bantia michaelisi Beier, 1935a: 10–11 .

Type material

Holotype (1 male)

BRAZIL • ♂ ( Fig. 40a–c ); “// Type // Espirito Santo / (Brasil.) / J. Michaelis vend. / 22.IV.1898. // Bantia / michaelisi / n. sp. ♂ / Type! / det. Beier ”; ZMH 841083 .

Paratype (1 male)

BRAZIL • 1 ♂ ( Fig. 40d–h ); “// Paratypoid // genitalia / A. Agudelo / August 2017 // Espirito Santo / (Brasil.) / J. Michaelis vend. / 22.IV.1898. // Bantia / michaelisi / n. sp. / det. Beier ♂ / Paratype.”; ZMH 841084 .

Type locality

Brazil: Espírito Santo.

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Holotype male incomplete: last pair of legs is missing. Paratype male complete. Genitalia were prepared after the images were taken.

Figures

Fig. 40. Bantia michaelisi Beier, 1935. a–c. holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841083). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view.d–h. Paratype, ♂ (ZMH 841084).d. Labels.e. Dorsal view.f. Ventral view.g–h. Genitalia. White scale bars = 10 mm; black scale bar = 0.50 mm.