<mods:titleid="EA66A41B51026F4E750B1B079E5F6959">Is Montandoniola moraguesi (Puton, 1896) a mixture of different species? (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae)</mods:title>
<bibRefCitationid="EFB9C695B870FF8EFE3D7EE2B4FAFF34"author="Bergroth"box="[465,653,151,177]"pageId="8"pageNumber="41"refString="Bergroth, E. (1916) New and little known Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Unites States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 51 (2150), 215 - 239."type="journal article"year="1916">Bergroth, 1916</bibRefCitation>
<figureCitationid="1313A7E1B870FF8EFF737ECFB768FF51"box="[159,287,186,212]"captionStart="FIGURES 6 – 13"captionStartId="7.[151,270,1779,1803]"captionTargetBox="[396,1190,545,1754]"captionTargetId="figure@7.[396,1190,545,1755]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURES 6 – 13. Montandoniola thripodes, male holotype. 6, type specimen with its labels; 7, 8, habitus, dorsal view; scale bar: 0.5 mm; 9, head and pronotum (part), lateral view; scale bar: 0.5 mm; 10, evaporative area and ostiolar peritreme of the metathoracic glands (left metapleura), lateral view; scale bar: 0.1 mm; 11, pygophore dorsal view; scale bar: 0.1 mm; 12, paramere, dorsal view; 13, idem, lateral view; scale bars: 0.1 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/189788/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="33">Figs. 6–13</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="1313A7E1B870FF8EFEC77ECFB7D6FF51"box="[299,417,186,212]"captionStart="FIGURES 29 – 37"captionStartId="13.[151,269,1666,1690]"captionTargetBox="[155,1421,205,1665]"captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,194,1692]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 29 – 37. Comparison of the male genitalia between M. moraguesi, M. thripodes, and M. confusa sp. nov. 29 – 31, pygophore, dorsal view; 32 – 34, paramere, dorsal view; 35 – 37, paramere, lateral view; scale bars: 0.1 mm. d = denticule; f = flagelle; l = lame."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/189792/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="33">30, 33, 36</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFB9C695B870FF8EFE587F7DB42AFE9A"author="Bergroth"box="[436,605,264,287]"pageId="8"pageNumber="41"refString="Bergroth, E. (1916) New and little known Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Unites States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 51 (2150), 215 - 239."type="journal article"year="1916">Bergroth, 1916</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFB9C695B870FF8EFD117F7DB5D8FE9A"author="Carayon"box="[765,943,264,287]"pageId="8"pageNumber="41"refString="Carayon, J. (1961 b) South African Animal Life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950 - 1951. Hemiptera (Heteroptera) Anthocoridae XII: 533 - 557."type="book chapter"year="1961"yearSuffix="b">Carayon, 1961b</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFB9C695B870FF8EFBAD7F7DB311FE9A"author="Carayon"box="[1089,1382,264,287]"pageId="8"pageNumber="42"refString="Carayon, J. & Ramade, F. (1962) Note sur la presence en France et en Italie de Montandoniola moraguesi (Puton) avec quelques observations sur cet Heteroptere Anthocoride. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 67, 207 - 211."type="journal article"year="1962">Carayon & Ramade, 1962</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFB9C695B870FF8EFEF87F5DB7D9FEBA"author="Herring"box="[276,430,296,319]"pageId="8"pageNumber="42"refString="Herring, J. L. (1966) The correct name for an Anthocorid predator of the Cuban Laurel Thrips (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 68 (2), 93."type="journal article"year="1966">Herring, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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the specimen is damaged, thorax is separated from the abdomen, the right antennae, and the last two segments of the left one, have disappeared, as well as all the legs. Dissection of genitalia has been made by us.
). Body length: 2.3 mm. Head: antennal segments I and II dark brown to black, III whitish (based on original description), IV missing; labium brown, apex lighter. Thorax: lateral margins of pronotum nearly straight; lateral carinae well marked, more expanded anteriorly; ostiolar peritreme angular posteriorly; legs (based on original description) dark brown, foretibiae whitish (except extreme base dark), tarsi whitish. Male genitalia (
<figureCitationid="1313A7E1B870FF8EFD347C08B513FD12"box="[728,868,637,663]"captionStart="FIGURES 6 – 13"captionStartId="7.[151,270,1779,1803]"captionTargetBox="[396,1190,545,1754]"captionTargetId="figure@7.[396,1190,545,1755]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURES 6 – 13. Montandoniola thripodes, male holotype. 6, type specimen with its labels; 7, 8, habitus, dorsal view; scale bar: 0.5 mm; 9, head and pronotum (part), lateral view; scale bar: 0.5 mm; 10, evaporative area and ostiolar peritreme of the metathoracic glands (left metapleura), lateral view; scale bar: 0.1 mm; 11, pygophore dorsal view; scale bar: 0.1 mm; 12, paramere, dorsal view; 13, idem, lateral view; scale bars: 0.1 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/189788/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="33">Figs. 11–13</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="1313A7E1B870FF8EFC9C7C08B59EFD12"box="[880,1001,637,663]"captionStart="FIGURES 29 – 37"captionStartId="13.[151,269,1666,1690]"captionTargetBox="[155,1421,205,1665]"captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,194,1692]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 29 – 37. Comparison of the male genitalia between M. moraguesi, M. thripodes, and M. confusa sp. nov. 29 – 31, pygophore, dorsal view; 32 – 34, paramere, dorsal view; 35 – 37, paramere, lateral view; scale bars: 0.1 mm. d = denticule; f = flagelle; l = lame."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/189792/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="33">30, 33, 36</figureCitation>
): pygophore covered with many long setae on right side, with scattered short setae (not arranged into a brush) anterior to genital opening (
<figureCitationid="1313A7E1B870FF8EFADA7CD1B3F9FD3B"box="[1334,1422,676,702]"captionStart="FIGURES 29 – 37"captionStartId="13.[151,269,1666,1690]"captionTargetBox="[155,1421,205,1665]"captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,194,1692]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 29 – 37. Comparison of the male genitalia between M. moraguesi, M. thripodes, and M. confusa sp. nov. 29 – 31, pygophore, dorsal view; 32 – 34, paramere, dorsal view; 35 – 37, paramere, lateral view; scale bars: 0.1 mm. d = denticule; f = flagelle; l = lame."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/189792/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="33">Fig. 30</figureCitation>
); paramere: flagellum long and thin, rectilinear; lame very thin and acute apically with conspicuous indentation at base.
alone, no female. In the original description, Bergroth gave some characters for the female, suggesting the existence of at least one female in the material he examined.
<bibRefCitationid="EFB9C695B870FF8EFF297A75B7F2FB9F"author="Herring"box="[197,389,1024,1050]"pageId="8"pageNumber="42"refString="Herring, J. L. (1966) The correct name for an Anthocorid predator of the Cuban Laurel Thrips (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 68 (2), 93."type="journal article"year="1966">Herring (1966)</bibRefCitation>
because of a probable misunderstanding of Carayon’s explanation (
<bibRefCitationid="EFB9C695B870FF8EFD597A53B50CFBC5"author="Carayon"box="[693,891,1062,1088]"pageId="8"pageNumber="41"refString="Carayon, J. (1961 b) South African Animal Life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950 - 1951. Hemiptera (Heteroptera) Anthocoridae XII: 533 - 557."type="book chapter"year="1961"yearSuffix="b">Carayon, 1961b</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="EFB9C695B870FF8EFC647A53B2BEFBC5"author="Carayon"box="[904,1225,1062,1088]"pageId="8"pageNumber="42"refString="Carayon, J. & Ramade, F. (1962) Note sur la presence en France et en Italie de Montandoniola moraguesi (Puton) avec quelques observations sur cet Heteroptere Anthocoride. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 67, 207 - 211."type="journal article"year="1962">Carayon & Ramade, 1962</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFB9C695B870FF8EFC677A01B232FB0B"author="Herring"box="[907,1093,1140,1166]"pageId="8"pageNumber="42"refString="Herring, J. L. (1966) The correct name for an Anthocorid predator of the Cuban Laurel Thrips (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 68 (2), 93."type="journal article"year="1966">Herring (1966)</bibRefCitation>
chiefly by the shape of the ostiolar peritreme (posteriorly angular,
<figureCitationid="1313A7E1B870FF8EFF7B7B7BB69AFAAD"box="[151,237,1294,1320]"captionStart="FIGURES 6 – 13"captionStartId="7.[151,270,1779,1803]"captionTargetBox="[396,1190,545,1754]"captionTargetId="figure@7.[396,1190,545,1755]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURES 6 – 13. Montandoniola thripodes, male holotype. 6, type specimen with its labels; 7, 8, habitus, dorsal view; scale bar: 0.5 mm; 9, head and pronotum (part), lateral view; scale bar: 0.5 mm; 10, evaporative area and ostiolar peritreme of the metathoracic glands (left metapleura), lateral view; scale bar: 0.1 mm; 11, pygophore dorsal view; scale bar: 0.1 mm; 12, paramere, dorsal view; 13, idem, lateral view; scale bars: 0.1 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/189788/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="33">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
), the arrangement of the setae on the pygophore anterior to the genital opening (
<figureCitationid="1313A7E1B870FF8EFB4C7B7BB28FFAAD"box="[1184,1272,1294,1320]"captionStart="FIGURES 29 – 37"captionStartId="13.[151,269,1666,1690]"captionTargetBox="[155,1421,205,1665]"captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,194,1692]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 29 – 37. Comparison of the male genitalia between M. moraguesi, M. thripodes, and M. confusa sp. nov. 29 – 31, pygophore, dorsal view; 32 – 34, paramere, dorsal view; 35 – 37, paramere, lateral view; scale bars: 0.1 mm. d = denticule; f = flagelle; l = lame."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/189792/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="33">Fig. 30</figureCitation>
), the shape of the paramere (flagellum straight, lame thin and abruptly acute at apex,
<figureCitationid="1313A7E1B870FF8EFC397B40B25BFACA"box="[981,1068,1333,1359]"captionStart="FIGURES 29 – 37"captionStartId="13.[151,269,1666,1690]"captionTargetBox="[155,1421,205,1665]"captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,194,1692]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 29 – 37. Comparison of the male genitalia between M. moraguesi, M. thripodes, and M. confusa sp. nov. 29 – 31, pygophore, dorsal view; 32 – 34, paramere, dorsal view; 35 – 37, paramere, lateral view; scale bars: 0.1 mm. d = denticule; f = flagelle; l = lame."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/189792/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="33">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
