Ecrizotes longicauda Mitroiu, 2024
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.970.2745 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:34546280-853E-466C-A7EB-B7C10B5A2A02 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87A8-FFFD-FF87-FDD6-FE9FFBF40497 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Ecrizotes longicauda Mitroiu |
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sp. nov. |
Ecrizotes longicauda Mitroiu sp. nov.
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Fig. 7 View Fig
Diagnosis
Female
All funiculars wider than long, Fu3 only slightly smaller than Fu2 and Fu4 ( Fig. 7E View Fig ); ventral margin of clypeus weakly convex ( Fig. 7D View Fig ); head in frontal view with gena buccate ( Fig. 7C View Fig ); hind tibia length about 8× width; gaster longer than combined length of head and mesosoma and strongly compressed laterally ( Fig. 7A View Fig ); tip of hypopygium not incised ( Fig. 7I View Fig ); ovipositor sheath length about 1.2 × length of hind tibia.
Male
Fore and mid tibiae normal, hind tibia inflated, length about 3.5× width ( Fig. 7B View Fig ). All funicular segments wider than long ( Fig. 7F View Fig ). Fore wing with upper side of basal cell with one irregular row of setae plus several additional ones near basal vein.
Etymology
The species name refers to the long ovipositor that characterizes the females of this species (from the Latin words ‘ longus ’ = ‘long’ and ‘ cauda ’ = ‘tail’; noun in apposition).
Type material
Holotype
ZIMBABWE • ♀; “Rhodesia / Salisbury / A. Watsham / WF117, (i)75 // 453.R”; NHMUK.
Allotype
ZIMBABWE • ♂; “Rhodesia / Mokumbi Miss / A. Watsham (i)76”; NHMUK.
Additional paratype
ZIMBABWE • 1 ♀; “Rhodesia / Salisbury / A. Watsham / WF.222, (i)76”; NHMUK .
Description
Female holotype
Body length: 1.3 mm. Colour as in Fig. 7 View Fig . Head in frontal view with vertex not protruding between posterior ocelli ( Fig. 7C View Fig ). Gena buccate ( Fig. 7C View Fig ). Ventral margin of clypeus weakly convex ( Fig. 7D View Fig ). Upper face uniformly and very superficially sculptured except several piliferous punctures ( Fig. 7C View Fig ). Length of pedicel plus flagellum slightly longer than head width. All funiculars wider than long, Fu3 only slightly smaller than Fu2 and Fu4 ( Fig. 7E View Fig ). Mesosoma dorsally almost flat ( Fig. 7A View Fig ). Pronotum shorter than mesoscutum ( Fig. 7H View Fig ). Basal cell of fore wing with a few scattered setae on upper side ( Fig. 7G View Fig ). MV about 2.9 × SV. Hind tibia length about 8 × width. Gaster longer than combined length of head and mesosoma and strongly compressed laterally ( Fig. 7A View Fig ). Tip of hypopygium not incised (cf. Fig. 7I View Fig ). Ovipositor sheath length about 1.2× length of hind tibia.
Male allotype
Body length: 1.0 mm. Differs from the female holotype mainly in the structure of the antenna (see generic diagnosis) and the characters given in the above species diagnosis; mesosoma less flattened and gaster much shorter ( Fig. 7B View Fig ).
Variation
Female
Body length: 1.3–1.5 mm. MV 2.9–3.2 × SV.
Distribution
Zimbabwe.
Hosts
Unknown.
Taxonomic comments
Ecrizotes longicauda sp. nov. is the species whose females have the longest ovipositor ( Fig. 7A View Fig ). Both sexes are superficially similar to E. longus sp. nov. The two sexes were associated based mainly on the setation of the basal cell. The female of E. longicauda differs from the female of E. longus in having a much longer ovipositor and a non-anelliform Fu3 ( Fig. 7E View Fig ), while the male of E. longicauda differs from the male of E. longus in having the hind tibiae less strongly inflated ( Fig. 7B View Fig ).
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Natural History Museum, London |
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