Dyscritobaeus hannibal, O’Connor & Ashe, 2011
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12612568 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B8790-BA32-FF93-FD8E-FC45A9E1FDC0 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Dyscritobaeus hannibal |
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sp. nov. |
Dyscritobaeus hannibal sp. n.
( Figs 6, 7h, 8 View Figs 6–9 )
Material examined: Holotype female: “ MOZAMBIQUE, Maputo, May 1989 leg. Mrs Angela ”; The right forewing and hindwing are slide mounted in Faure’s medium. Paratypes 2 females same data as the holotype. Holotype is deposited in the Insect Collection of Portici Università Federico II-Napoli, Italy; paratypes are deposited in National Museum of Ireland and G. MINEO personal collection .
Diagnosis: Dyscritobaeus hannibal shares with D. orientalis the circular and posteriorly located specillum and the subequal length of the postmarginal and the stigmal veins. D. hannibal , however, differs from D. orientalis in the smaller magnitude of the angle between these two veins (30 degrees in D. hannibal and 50 degrees in D. orientalis ( Figs 7o, 7h View Figs 6–9 ), the broader forewing, shorter setae on the posterior forewing margin ( Figs 6, 9 View Figs 6–9 ) and the coloration of A7–A12 ( D. hannibal golden-yellow; D. orientalis black).
Female body length: 1.4 mm.
Colour: Mesosoma, metasoma and A7–A12 brown; head dark brown; A3–A6, coxae light brown; A1, A2 and legs excluding coxae golden-yellow; tegula light-yellow.
Head: Distance between lateral ocellus and praeoccipital carina is shorter than diameter of ocellus; Surface of the frons very minutely granulose from the scrobe out.
Mesosoma: MW:ML = 28:33; while the sculpture of the mesoscutum and scutellum consists of minute reticulation that is covered with a dense and short vestiture; forewings, see figs 7, 8h & 9. Posterior ¼ of mesoscutum weakly concave.
Metasoma: MTW:MTL = 20:28; MTL shorter than head+mesosoma; T1 crossed by dense and fine costae which are percurrent; the surface of T2 reticulate and transversed by dense and weak costae rather convergent to the specillum; remaining tergites with a minutely reticulate sculpture.
Male: Unknown.
Biology: Unknown.
Etymology: Dyscritobaeus hannibal is named after Hannibal, the famous Carthaginian military commander.
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Acknowledgements – The authors are indebted to Mrs ANGELA, University of Maputo, Mozambique, for providing the Dyscritobaeus from Mozambique described in this paper and to Professor GIOVANNI MINEO for his generous assistance .
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