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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721" ID-GBIF-Dataset="84592aa6-ad59-4dd2-b385-83025ccc1852" ID-GBIF-Taxon="182223188" ID-Pensoft-Pub="2305-2562-1-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="594573A9DBEF527BA25D0D0046856018" ID-ZooBank="BF44E5BA47C54562BC408CF482B6BBA7" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E81353AE-6A7E-4226-8008-81BD9A46517A" ModsDocID="2305-2562-62-1-1" checkinTime="1621371360977" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Stiller, Michael" docDate="2021" docId="280043FC81E05114BA0433ABB410F17D" docLanguage="en" docName="AfrInvert 62(1): 1-45" docOrigin="African Invertebrates 62 (1)" docPubDate="2021-01-04" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721" docTitle="Retevolatus semicurviverpus Stiller 2021, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="E81353AE-6A7E-4226-8008-81BD9A46517A" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="3" id="594573A9DBEF527BA25D0D0046856018" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="594573A9DBEF527BA25D0D0046856018" masterDocTitle="New macropterous leafhopper genera and species within the tribe Bonaspeiini from the Fynbos biome of South Africa (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae)" masterLastPageNumber="45" masterPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1632015630810" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>New macropterous leafhopper genera and species within the tribe Bonaspeiini from the Fynbos biome of South Africa (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Stiller, Michael</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Biosystematics Division, Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection, Private Bag X 134, Queenswood 0121, Pretoria, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/E81353AE-6A7E-4226-8008-81BD9A46517A" authority="Stiller, 2021" authorityName="Stiller" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Retevolatus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Retevolatus semicurviverpus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semicurviverpus" status="sp. nov.">Retevolatus semicurviverpus</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Retevolatus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A-C R. flexiverpus sp. nov. A valvifer 1, specimen 92, Garies B valvifer 1, specimen 99, Garies C valvula 3, apex, Garies D-K R. semicurviverpus sp. nov. detail of ovipositor, specimens from Biesiesfontein D valvula 1 E valvula 2 F valvifer 1 G valvula 2, midsection serration H valvula 2, apex, serration I valvula 3, apex J valvifer 2 K valvifer 3. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-C, F-J); 0.5 mm (D-E, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493729" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 4D-K</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 8A-L</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" country="Republic of South Africa" location="Biesiesfontein" municipality="South of Springbok" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Northern Cape Province" typeStatus="Type">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
locality
</emphasis>
:
<collectingCountry name="South Africa">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion country="South Africa" name="Northern Cape">Northern Cape Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality>South of Springbok</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:280043FC81E05114BA0433ABB410F17D:6922016BFD6DF96B5A15C96C7F3A6E21" country="Republic of South Africa" municipality="South of Springbok" name="Biesiesfontein" stateProvince="Northern Cape Province">Biesiesfontein</location>
farm; -29.75, 17.933
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;
<date value="2002-09-29" valueMax="2002-10-03" valueMin="2002-09-29">29 Sep.-3 Oct. 2002</date>
; M. Stiller leg.; sweep
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Searsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Searsia undulata" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="undulata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Searsia undulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Searsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Anacardiaceae</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type specimen.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Holotype male, pinned, with genitalia in a separate microvial. Original label: &quot;R.S.A., Biesiesfontein farm, Springbok, -29.75, 17.933; 29.ix.-3.x.2002, M. Stiller&quot; &quot;sweep
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Rhus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rhus" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rhus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[now
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Searsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Searsia" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Searsia</emphasis>
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]
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Searsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Searsia undulata" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="undulata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Searsia undulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Searsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Anacardiaceae</taxonomicName>
&quot; &quot;SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL18346 (blue paper)&quot;.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratypes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12♂♂, 10♀♀</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 11♂♂, 10♀♀; ibid. holotype. SANC, BMNH, INHS.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 1♂; ibid. holotype; 29 Sep. 2002; M. Stiller leg.; light trap; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL18346.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Male aedeagus with shaft widely curvate, C-shaped, at apex with single, acutely-angled anteriad, sclerotized process; gonopore ventromediad; shaft ventrobasally to ventromedially coarsely denticulate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8A, B</figureCitation>
). Style apophysis with apex narrowly curvate mediad (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8D</figureCitation>
). Connective elongate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8C</figureCitation>
), ratio length to width 3.2-3.5, stem length to arm length 2.2-2.6. Pygofer process ventral, tubular, concavely curvate in lateral view, lateroposteriad in ventral view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8F, G</figureCitation>
). Female sternite 7 with deep, semi-circular notch (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8J</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="male">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Measurements.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
n=22. Length from apex of crown to apex of tegmina 5.69-5.98 mm. Length from apex of crown to apex of abdomen 4.24-4.64 mm. Crown median length 0.42-0.45 mm. Crown length next to eye 0.31-0.34 mm. Pronotum length 0.59-0.63 mm. Head width across eyes 1.45-1.51 mm. Pronotum width 1.35-1.41 mm. Ocellus diameter 47.0-58.7
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
; interocular distance 99.2-118.4µm. Crown angle 116.5-121.3°.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="genitalia">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Genitalia.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pygofer lobe.</emphasis>
Macrosetae absent, fine setae sparsely on lobe (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8H</figureCitation>
). Process origin ventrally on pygofer, concavely curvate, acuminate, tubular, moderately sclerotized (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8F</figureCitation>
). Pygofer lobe desclerotized, triangular; ventromedially with membranous lobe, variable in orientation and projection beyond pygofer lobe (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8H</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="subgenital plate">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Subgenital plate.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Length to width 2.2-2.4 times longer than width at confluence of subgenital plate and valve. Macrosetae 5-10, variable between left and right plate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8I</figureCitation>
). Apex of style near apex of subgenital plate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8I</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="aedeagus">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aedeagus.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Dorsal apodeme narrow, desclerotized; preatrium reduced (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8A</figureCitation>
); apex of shaft reflexed anteriad, long, about 0.4-0.5 times as long as vector length of shaft from apex of apogee to base of shaft (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8A, B</figureCitation>
). Shaft widely curvate, angle subtended by arc 53.4-68.1°, coarse denticulation ventrally, in basal half.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="connective">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Connective.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Elongate, ratio of length to width 3.2-3.5; stem length to arm length 2.2-2.6 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="style">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Style.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Apophysis apex curved mediad; length of apophysis 0.4 times greatest length through sagittal plane (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="female">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Measurements.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
n=15. Length from apex of crown to apex of tegmina 5.91-6.12 mm. Length from apex of crown to apex of abdomen 4.37-4.87 mm. Crown median length 0.44-0.47 mm. Crown length next to eye 0.33-0.35 mm. Pronotum length 0.61-0.64 mm. Head width across eyes 1.51-1.57 mm. Pronotum width 1.41-1.47 mm. Ocellus diameter 53.6-61.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
; interocular distance 100.3-113.1
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
. Crown angle by trigonometry 116.9-120.1°.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="genital capsule">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Genital capsule.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Sternite 7.</emphasis>
Semi-circular notch, posterior margins straight or slightly concave, fine irregular, asymmetrical denticles marginally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Retevolatus semicurviverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral B aedeagus, ventral C connective D style E pygofer, dorsal F pygofer, ventral G pygofer, lateral H pygofer lobe, lateral I subgenital plate J sternite 7 K valvifer 1, left L valvifer 1, right." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493733" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8J</figureCitation>
). Relative depth of notch 0.65-0.68 times greatest length of sternite 7; ratio of length to width 0.74-0.83.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvifer 1">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvifer 1.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Dorsal margin sublinear, ventrobasal margin sublinear, ventrodistal margin rounded, posterior margin obtuse (Fig.
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) or truncated (Figs
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,
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). Ratio of length to width 1.51-1.87.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvula 1.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Shape in Fig.
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvifer 2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvifer 2.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Shape in Fig.
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvifer 2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvifer 2.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Shape in Fig.
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvula 3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvula 3.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Shape as in Fig.
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. Macrosetae variable in number (Fig.
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), length 35.8-55.2
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Named for the weak curve in the aedeagal shaft, in Latin. Half,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">semi</emphasis>
, curved,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">curvus</emphasis>
, and aedeagus,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">verpa</emphasis>
. Gender masculine.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Biesiesfontein, Fig.
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, green circle.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="discussion">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The aedeagus of this species is weakly curved, with an acutely angled dorsoanteriad, apical process that is constant in length, and whole in all examined specimens. The pygofer process is uniform in examined specimens, originating ventrally on the pygofer, acuminate and directed dorsoposteriad. The apophysis of the style of this species is curved mediad at its apex, and straight in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. subspiniverpus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. flexiverpus</emphasis>
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. The deep, rounded notch of the sternite 7 of this species is distinct from the shallow or deep V-shaped notch of the other two species. The color and shape in dorsal and lateral views of this species resembles that of
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. flexiverpus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="flexiverpus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. flexiverpus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Fig.
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closely.
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