Acanthocornis flavus, Monné & Monné, 2011
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2011.565130 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC4412-575A-2B3D-639E-FA5C5523F131 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Acanthocornis flavus |
| status |
sp. nov. |
Acanthocornis flavus View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figure 1C View Figure 1 )
Description
Female
Integument chestnut, darker in the head, scape and prothorax; yellowish in the antennae, ventral face and legs, scattered yellow pubescence in the elytra, legs and ventrites.
Antennae shorter than body, the apices attaining the apical third of the elytra. Elytra coriaceous, with finely transverse corrugations over the whole surface. Ventrite V with the apex transversely truncated.
Etymology
The species epithet “ flavus ” (Latin for yellow) refers to the prevailing color of the body.
Measurements in mm, holotype female
Total length 21.5; prothorax length 2.6; prothorax width 5.5; elytral length 16.5; humeral width 5.6.
Type material
Male holotype, Brazil, Pará: Melgaço (Caxiuanã), 26.VI.1998, O. Silveira and J. Dias col. ( MPEG) .
Comments
In the species description, most of the characters are described in the generic description.
| MPEG |
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi |
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