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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFF0DFEF435E95ECB" bold="true" box="[151,400,369,396]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Afroptera aequabilis</emphasis>
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(
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,
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,
<figureCitation id="134972C2A744FFADFEA0FE10351F5EE8" box="[314,358,405,431]" captionStart="FIGURES 107110" captionStartId="53.[151,264,1927,1952]" captionTargetBox="[227,1361,260,1875]" captionTargetId="figure@53.[227,1361,260,1875]" captionTargetPageId="53" captionText="FIGURES 107110. Holotypes of Afroptera spp with their associated labels. 107, A. aequabilis (Tjeder) ♂; 108, A. longicornis (Tjeder) ♂; 109, A. olivacea (Tjeder) ♂; 110, A. apicalis (Tjeder) ♂." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3335156/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">107</figureCitation>
,
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,
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<paragraph id="8BCD6E47A744FFADFF0DFE5835695EB0" blockId="29.[151,593,477,533]" box="[151,272,477,503]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Synonymy</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFF0DFE7835E95D52" box="[151,400,509,533]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Nemopterella aequabilis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFF0DFDC135675D19" bold="true" box="[151,286,580,606]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Etymology.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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locality.
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north,
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.
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depository.
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFF5DFD2A353B5D8D" bold="true" box="[199,322,687,714]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This species is most closely related to
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFC9FFD3537065D8D" box="[773,895,688,714]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">A. apicalis</emphasis>
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. Both species are small with a narrow rounded apex to forewing (
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).
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can be distinguished from
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by the following characteristics:
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is characterised by having pale brownish antennae while the antennae in
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are whitish yellow;
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFED4FC99359D5C71" box="[334,484,796,822]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">A. aequabilis</emphasis>
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has black hairs on the prescutum disc (
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) while in
<taxonomicName id="4C7215C4A744FFADFBE6FC99308C5C71" authorityName="Abdalla &amp; Mansell &amp; Sole" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Tjeder" baseAuthorityYear="1967" box="[1148,1269,796,822]" class="Insecta" family="Nemopteridae" genus="Afroptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">
<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFBE6FC99308C5C71" box="[1148,1269,796,822]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">A. apicalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the prescutum disc is covered by white hairs (
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);
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFDF3FCC536845C1D" box="[617,765,832,858]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">A. aequabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is characterised by having the dark area of the hind wing as long as white apical area (
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), while in
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFD09FCE137725C39" box="[659,779,868,894]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">A. apicalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the dark area is shorter than the white (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD6E47A744FFADFF5DFC0D35F05CAD" blockId="29.[151,1437,579,1542]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFF5DFC0D348D5CE5" box="[199,244,904,930]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Size</emphasis>
(mm). Male: body length 10.3 (8.910.7); forewing 20.9 (18.222); hind wing 46.1 (3648); antenna 14.4 (1218.8). Female: body length 10.8 (9.411.3); forewing 20.3 (1722); hind wing 43.4 (3646); antenna 13.6 (10.414.9). (N = 46)
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3683DCCA744FFADFF5DFC7130AB5A4D" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BCD6E47A744FFADFF5DFC71348F5B85" blockId="29.[151,1437,579,1542]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFF5DFC71358C5B49" bold="true" box="[199,501,1011,1038]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Type material examined.</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFD47FC71378E5B4A" box="[733,1015,1012,1038]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Northern Cape Province</emphasis>
</collectingRegion>
.
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,
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,
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,
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062,
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFEC2FB9D36125B75" box="[344,619,1048,1074]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Nemopterella aequabilis</emphasis>
Tjeder
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(red, printed) /
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<location id="8EAD389CA744FFADFB99FB92303D5B76" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DBDF51A744FFADFF0DFEF435525941:8EAD389CA744FFADFB99FB92303D5B76" box="[1027,1092,1047,1073]" country="South Africa" county="Neu" latitude="-29.420834" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="22.801666" municipality="Prieska" name="North" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" stateProvince="Northern Cape">North</location>
of [
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,
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(white, printed)
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/
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,
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFC94FBB930585B11" box="[782,1057,1084,1110]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Nemopterella aequabilis</emphasis>
Tjed, Bo Tjeder 1966
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(redhand-written).
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFE98FBE535105B3E" box="[258,361,1120,1145]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Paratype</emphasis>
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s:
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;
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,
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,
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[
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<date id="FFCC4887A744FFADFF0DFB0635705BD9" box="[151,265,1155,1182]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" value="1955-10-18">18.x.1955</date>
</collectingDate>
,
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(white, printed)
</materialsCitation>
/
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<typeStatus id="54C9D0E5A744FFADFDE8FB0136995BD9" box="[626,736,1156,1182]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="paratype">Paratypus</typeStatus>
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<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFD70FB0130785BD9" box="[746,1025,1156,1182]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Nemopterella aequabilis</emphasis>
Tjed 1966
</taxonomicName>
(red, handwritten). (
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<collectionCode id="ED63F682A744FFADFF0DFB2D34935B85" box="[151,234,1192,1218]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s8gp-ktsi" name="Transvaal Museum" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">TMSA</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD6E47A744FFADFF5DFB4E30AB5A4D" blockId="29.[151,1437,579,1542]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFF5DFB4E358C5BA1" bold="true" box="[199,501,1227,1254]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Other material examined</emphasis>
.
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<collectingCountry id="F3652ED7A744FFADFD99FB4936A95BA1" box="[515,720,1228,1254]" name="South Africa" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion id="49B6A0A5A744FFADFD41FB4937965BA2" box="[731,1007,1228,1254]" country="South Africa" name="Northern Cape" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFD41FB4937965BA2" box="[731,1007,1228,1254]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Northern Cape Province</emphasis>
</collectingRegion>
:
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<specimenCount id="9D74A5CEA744FFADFBB3FB4930225BA1" box="[1065,1115,1228,1254]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="female">19♀</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCode id="DBD4C63CA744FFADFBFDFB4E30875BA1" box="[1127,1278,1227,1254]" collectionCode="TMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s8gp-ktsi" name="Transvaal Museum" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">TMSA02057</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
,
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Prieska
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<quantity id="4C8AC3A2A744FFADFAF9FB4931E55BA1" box="[1379,1436,1228,1254]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" unit="m" value="17.0">17 m</quantity>
</elevation>
north of [
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<geoCoordinate id="EE460880A744FFADFE0BFB6A36665A4D" box="[401,543,1263,1290]" degrees="22" direction="east" minutes="48" orientation="longitude" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" precision="15" seconds="06" value="22.801666">22°4806E</geoCoordinate>
],
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<date id="FFCC4887A744FFADFDA8FB6A36D75A4D" box="[562,686,1263,1290]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" value="1954-08-07">7.viii.1954</date>
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,
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/
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<collectorName id="26870B91A744FFADFCD7FB7530645A4E" box="[845,1053,1263,1290]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Det. M.W.Mansell</collectorName>
</determinerName>
2013. (
<collectionCode id="ED63F682A744FFADFBE8FB7530BF5A4D" box="[1138,1222,1264,1290]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s8gp-ktsi" name="Transvaal Museum" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">TMSA</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3683DCCA744FFADFF5DFA9635525941" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BCD6E47A744FFADFF5DFA9635525941" blockId="29.[151,1437,579,1542]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFF5DFA96358D5A69" bold="true" box="[199,500,1299,1326]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Distribution and habitat.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7215C4A744FFADFE66FA91369F5A69" authorityName="Abdalla &amp; Mansell &amp; Sole" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Tjeder" baseAuthorityYear="1967" box="[508,742,1300,1326]" class="Insecta" family="Nemopteridae" genus="Afroptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aequabilis">
<emphasis id="B906B255A744FFADFE66FA91369F5A69" box="[508,742,1300,1326]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Afroptera aequabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from the Nama Karoo Biome in the
<collectingRegion id="49B6A0A5A744FFADFAADFA9635455A16" country="South Africa" name="Northern Cape" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Northern Cape Province</collectingRegion>
(
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). The distribution falls mainly within the Lower Gariep Broken Veld and Northern Upper Karoo vegetation units in Bushmanland and Upper Karoo Bioregions, respectively (
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). The description of the habitat in the former vegetation unit is given under the distribution of
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. The habitat in the latter vegetation unit is in a flat area with sparse hills, vegetated mostly by dwarf karoo shrubs, grasses and
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sub sp.
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with some low trees in the north and towards the Orange River (
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).
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