<documentid="699E829249DE45B4E9657977E92EB67D"ID-DOI="10.5852/ejt.2018.413"ID-GBIF-Dataset="42d7a17e-6244-4e0f-a340-e49558f5acaa"ID-ISSN="2118-9773"ID-Zenodo-Dep="1200280"ID-ZooBank="DABB183A-F86C-4F48-B6FA-F1CFB1E2E89D"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="guilherme"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="guilherme"IM.metadata_approvedBy="guilherme"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="guilherme"IM.treatments_approvedBy="guilherme"checkinTime="1521202457835"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Michel, Bruno & Mansell, Mervyn W."docDate="2018"docId="7A6164784C55AB5AAFA4FE12FC7CF829"docLanguage="en"docName="ejt-413_michel_mansell.pdf.imf"docOrigin="European Journal of Taxonomy 413"docStyle="DocumentStyle:EF2B578F1D15862ADE45B0C07C620911.14:EJT.2018-.journal_article.type1"docStyleId="EF2B578F1D15862ADE45B0C07C620911"docStyleName="EJT.2018-.journal_article.type1"docStyleVersion="14"docTitle="Dorsomitus undetermined Michel & Mansell 2018"docType="treatment"docVersion="16"lastPageNumber="8"masterDocId="86581C004C52AB5DAD15FFFDFF86FFC2"masterDocTitle="A new genus and species of owlfly from eastern and southern Africa (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae)"masterLastPageNumber="12"masterPageNumber="1"originalUpdateDomain="Boston"originalUpdateTime="1547901550622"originalUpdateUser="yanell"pageNumber="8"updateTime="1735053711074"updateUser="guilherme">
<mods:titleid="12052728FFA0D7DB1E27A595371C04A2">A new genus and species of owlfly from eastern and southern Africa (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae)</mods:title>
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), which seems to be better preserved than other specimens observed. It is suspected to represent the female of
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, but additional material is needed to confirm this assignation.
COLORATION. Grey. Head, thorax and legs with same markings as male of
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From abdominal segment 3, tergites with transverse dark lines: anterior line black, interrupted dorsally; second line brown entire; third line black, interrupted dorsally; fourth line light brown, entire, not very visible; fifth line black, interrupted dorsally; sixth line black, entire (
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). Third abdominal sternite shorter than in male of
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, with two latero-angular black shiny markings (
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). Disc with characteristic brown markings and posterior margin bordered with black.Abdominal tergites with very sparse hairs.
Some other specimens have a dark brown coloration and abdominal tergite 3 with two lateral yellow markings (
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). However, most of the color and shape differences observed could be due to postmortem discoloration and distortion – ascalphids often discolor significantly after preservation. The patterns in living specimens are magnificent, but soon fade, so apart from specific marks, other patterns could be misleading. Consequently, additional material is needed to associate males and females with certainty.
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are well characterized by the shape of the first abdominal tergite and the pubescence on the second and third abdominal tergites of males. However, the present state of knowledge makes it impossible to associate the examined females to either
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with certainty. The description provided above is based on the examination of six females whose specific status remains unclear, although it is likely that they belong to one or both of the species of
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