Psilochlorops
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.214702 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5681346 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF146A-B256-F370-81BF-6FE0FA02A210 |
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Plazi |
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Psilochlorops |
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Key to the species of Psilochlorops View in CoL
1. Frons brown; scutum brownish, with distinct blackish stripes ( Figs. 13, 14 and 15 View FIGURES 13 – 18 ), hind tibia dark..................... 2
- Frons yellow; scutum yellowish, with distinct brown stripes ( Figs. 16, 17 and 18 View FIGURES 13 – 18 ), hind tibia variable................... 4
2. Frontal triangle with margins at most gently curved ( Figs. 1 and 2 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ); interfrontals not inserted in or outside triangle; legs yellow, except hind tibia dark brown............................................................................. 3
- Frontal triangle with margins clearly sigmoid; one row of interfrontals inserted on frontal triangle ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ); legs yellow, except for dark femora, hind tibia almost entirely dark..................................... Psilochlorops nigrifemur sp. n.
3. Scutum background pale yellow ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 13 – 18 ), frons brown with apex rounded and slightly projected forwards; frontal triangle brown with margins far from eyes; occiput bare ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 12 )............................... Psilochlorops brunneus sp. n.
- Scutum background and frons dark yellow ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 13 – 18 ); frons straight and not projecting; frontal triangle dark brownish with margins almost reaching eyes; occiput with fine setulae ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 12 )............................. Psilochlorops clavitibia Duda View in CoL
4. Head rather longer than broad in dorsal view ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ); post–pronotum with a brown spot and three bristles; long axis of eye almost vertical; scutum twice as long as broad, lateral stripe almost separated into an anterior and a posterior separate maculae............................................................................ Psilochlorops elongatum sp. n.
- Head broader than long in dorsal view; post–pronotum with one or two bristles; long axis of eye diagonal; scutum less than twice as long as broad, a single, elongated lateral stripe at each side.............................................. 5
5. Frontal triangle reaching anterior margin of frons ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ); gena and postgena of same height, about one third height of eye ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 1 – 12 )................................................................... Psilochlorops paganelliae sp. n.
- Frontal triangle not reaching anterior margin of frons ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ); gena about one fifth height of eye, postgena about 1/2 ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 1 – 12 )............................................................................ Psilochlorops flavisoma sp. n.
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