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(
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A–G)
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(apterous
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,
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ANDAMAN
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&amp;
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:
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apt., same data as for holotype.
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apt.,
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,
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E,
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apt.,
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<date id="C8341044FFF77E51FF1B93C7FEFEFD23" box="[182,292,658,684]" pageId="13" pageNumber="484" value="2012-03-06">6.iii.2012</date>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF77E51FF6A93E0FE95FD5F" bold="true" box="[199,335,693,720]" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Repository.</emphasis>
The specimens are deposited in National Zoological Collection,
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Section,
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, New Alipore, Kolkata,
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.
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Reg. No. 8331/H15 and
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Reg. No. 8332/H15 to 8335/H15.
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF77E51FF6A93A8FE98FC97" bold="true" box="[199,322,765,792]" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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can be identified by the presence of mostly a single spine on the flexor region of the fore and mid femora subapically; the slightly broad male paramere with a constriction near the dorsolateral subapex (
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); and the setal tufts with 4–6 spiniform setae on male abdominal sternum
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(
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF77E51FF6A92D8FDCAFC27" bold="true" box="[199,528,909,936]" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Description. Apterous male</emphasis>
(
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): (
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, C–G). Body length 2.05 (1.94–2.05, n=2), body width at metanotum 0.56 (0.56, n=2), body width at tergum IV 0.49 (0.49–0.54, n=2).
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF77E51FF6A9283FECCFC7F" box="[199,278,982,1008]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Colour</emphasis>
. Yellowish brown; dorsum of body covered with minute brown setae, meso and metanota and terga I–IV with indistinct brown marks; antenna dark brown; legs yellowish brown; femora of all legs subapically with brown hue; apex of tibia and first and last tarsomeres of all legs brown; claws, setiform spines on appendages and spiniform setal tufts on abdominal sternum
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black.
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF77E51FF6A9533FE18FB0F" box="[199,450,1126,1152]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Structural characters.</emphasis>
Frontoclypeal region with 7–8 thick setae. Head length 0.22, head width across eyes 0.46; synthlipsis 0.19; eye length 0.18, eye width 0.10. Lengths of antennomeres I–IV 0.31, 0.30, 0.61, 0.59.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFF77E51FF6A95FBFC5BFAD7" blockId="13.[151,1437,513,2016]" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Pronotal length 0.16, width 0.51; mesonotal length 0.18, width 0.55; metanotal length 0.14, width 0.56. Lengths of leg segments: foreleg: femur 0.63, tibia 0.57, tarsomeres I–III 0.03, 0.06, 0.08; mid leg: femur 0.77, tibia 0.78, tarsomeres I–III 0.04, 0.15, 0.12; hind leg: femur 0.91, tibia 1.30, tarsomeres I–III 0.04, 0.21, 0.15. Widths of fore, mid, hind femora 0.11, 0.12, 0.12. Flexor region of fore and mid femora subapically with single spine; flexor region of second hind tarsomere with two widely spaced thin, short setae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFF77E51FF6A9437FCB9F887" blockId="13.[151,1437,513,2016]" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">
Dorsal abdominal length 1.25; intersegmental suture between abdominal terga I–III visible, terga I–VIII 0.13, 0.14, 0.11, 0.12, 0.12, 0.14, 0.20, 0.23; sterna IV–VIII 0.10, 0.10, 0.14, 0.15, 0.12. Combined length of abdominal sterna V–VII 0.40. Basal region of sternum
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sublaterally with pair of dark brown spiniform setal tufts, each setal tuft with 4–6 spiniform setae arranged irregularly (
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); sternum
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midlaterally at the level of posterior margin with very small tubercle (more evident in alcohol after dissection), posterolaterally excavated; inner length of spiniform setal tuft on sternum
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0.07, basal width 0.04, width between two tufts 0.15; without any space between posterior margin of abdominal sternum VII and anterior margin of spiniform setal tuft. Terminalia: length of pygophore 0.24, anterior part of proctiger subequal to length of bowl-shaped posterior part, clothed with long setae posteriorly, posterior part ventromedially convex, not excavated, median lateral process long with acute tip (
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); paramere slightly broad basally, medially not twisted, apical part, slender, medium sized and slightly curved (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFF77E51FF0D979FFF21F96B" box="[160,251,1737,1764]" captionStart="FIGURES 5" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1851,1876]" captionTargetBox="[172,1404,202,1794]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1437,181,1826]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 5A–G. Mesovelia andamana sp. nov. (apterous form): A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of male, lateral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, dorsal view; E, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; F, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; G, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363384/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Fig. 5G</figureCitation>
), paramere, when attached to pygophore, with apical part slightly curved and directed laterad in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFF77E51FF7097BBFEF5F887" box="[221,303,1773,1800]" captionStart="FIGURES 5" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1851,1876]" captionTargetBox="[172,1404,202,1794]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1437,181,1826]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 5A–G. Mesovelia andamana sp. nov. (apterous form): A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of male, lateral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, dorsal view; E, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; F, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; G, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363384/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Fig. 5F</figureCitation>
) and in dorsal view tip directed anterad (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFF77E51FD5197BBFC8FF887" box="[764,853,1773,1800]" captionStart="FIGURES 5" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1851,1876]" captionTargetBox="[172,1404,202,1794]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1437,181,1826]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 5A–G. Mesovelia andamana sp. nov. (apterous form): A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of male, lateral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, dorsal view; E, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; F, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; G, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363384/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Fig. 5D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF77E51FF6A9644FE56F8A3" bold="true" box="[199,396,1809,1836]" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Apterous female</emphasis>
(
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): (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFF77E51FD8D9647FDA3F8A3" box="[544,633,1809,1836]" captionStart="FIGURES 5" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1851,1876]" captionTargetBox="[172,1404,202,1794]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1437,181,1826]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 5A–G. Mesovelia andamana sp. nov. (apterous form): A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of male, lateral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, dorsal view; E, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; F, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; G, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363384/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="484">Fig. 5B</figureCitation>
). Colour: similar to apterous male. Body length 2.38 (2.38–2.74, n=3), width across metanotum 0.68 (0.68–0.81, n=3), width across tergum IV 0.80 (0.80–1.00, n=3), head length 0.32, head width 0.52, eye length 0.19, eye width 0.12, synthlipsis 0.25; lengths of antennomeres I–IV 0.37, 0.30, 0.61, 0.63; pronotal length 0.18, width 0.57, mesonotal length 0.20, width 0.64, metanotal length 0.13, width 0.68. Lengths of leg segments: foreleg: femur 0.62, tibia 0.55, tarsomeres I–III 0.03, 0.06, 0.10; mid leg: femur 0.80, tibia 0.74, tarsomeres I–III 0.03, 0.15, 0.13; hind leg: femur 1.07, tibia 1.43, tarsomeres I–III 0.05, 0.23, 0.16. Widths of fore, mid, hind femora 0.10, 0.11, 0.14. Flexor region of fore and mid femora subapically with single spine, rarely with one of the mid femora with two spines.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF47E52FF3A966EFE8FF8DB" bold="true" box="[151,341,1851,1876]" pageId="14" pageNumber="485">FIGURES 5A–G.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF47E52FEF69669FDEFF8DB" box="[347,565,1852,1876]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="485">Mesovelia andamana</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF47E52FD919669FD54F8DB" bold="true" box="[572,654,1852,1876]" pageId="14" pageNumber="485">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(apterous form): A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of male, lateral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, dorsal view; E, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; F, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; G, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore).
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Dorsal abdominal length 1.48, lengths of abdominal terga III–VIII, 0.16, 0.17, 0.16, 0.18, 0.20, 0.17; proctiger 0.12, dorsal gonoplac length 0.07, abdominal sterna V–VII, 0.13, 0.11, 0.15, abdominal length from sternum
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to abdominal tip 0.63; combined length of abdominal sterna V–VII 0.39; maximum connexivum width at tergum V 0.16, ventral abdominal length from sternum V to abdominal tip 1.02.
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<paragraph id="BC353684FFF57E53FF6A9025FF1FFE20" blockId="15.[151,1437,153,827]" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FF6A9025FEBBFE04" bold="true" box="[199,353,368,395]" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">Distribution.</emphasis>
Presently known only from South Andaman Island,
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,
<collectingCountry id="C49D7614FFF57E53FA899024FA84FE04" box="[1316,1374,369,395]" name="India" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">India</collectingCountry>
(
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFF57E53FF6A90EDFE56FCB4" blockId="15.[151,1437,153,827]" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FF6A90EDFE6BFE5C" bold="true" box="[199,433,440,467]" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
The spiniform setal tufts on the eighth abdominal sternum of the male are similar in appearance in both
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FEFA908BFE18FE78" box="[343,450,478,503]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">M. tenuia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) and
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FDCB908BFCD8FE78" box="[614,770,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">M. andamana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFF57E53FCBC9088FCB3FE78" box="[785,873,476,503]" captionStart="FIGURES 5" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1851,1876]" captionTargetBox="[172,1404,202,1794]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1437,181,1826]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 5A–G. Mesovelia andamana sp. nov. (apterous form): A, male, dorsal view; B, female, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of male, lateral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, dorsal view; E, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; F, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; G, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363384/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">Fig. 5C</figureCitation>
); however,
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FC46908BFB8DFE78" box="[1003,1111,478,503]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">M. tenuia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can easily be separated from
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FF3A9357FEEFFD94" box="[151,309,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">M. andamana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its slender male paramere and the presence of a single spine on the flexor regions of fore and mid femora (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFF57E53FE869370FE5CFDB0" box="[299,390,549,575]" captionStart="FIGURES 8" captionStartId="21.[151,264,1818,1843]" captionTargetBox="[173,1420,282,1792]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[151,1436,272,1798]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 8A–H. Mesovelia tenuia sp. nov. (A, C–H holotype; B, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; D, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; E, same, dorsal view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; G, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; H, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363392/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">Fig. 8H</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FE369370FD4EFDB0" box="[411,660,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">Mesovelia melanesica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FD619373FCE3FDB0" box="[716,825,550,575]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">M. tenuia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share a common characteristic of a slender paramere, but both species can be easily separated from each other by the number of spines on the flexor region of the fore and mid femora.
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFF57E53FEF79338FD9AFD08" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[346,576,621,647]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="486" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bispinosa">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FEF79338FD9AFD08" box="[346,576,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">Mesovelia bispinosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFF57E53FDD4933BFD01FD08" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[633,731,622,647]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="486" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isiasi">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FDD4933BFD01FD08" box="[633,731,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">M. isiasi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can easily be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFF57E53FBF7933BFB1DFD08" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[1114,1223,622,647]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="486" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuia">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FBF7933BFB1DFD08" box="[1114,1223,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">M. tenuia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFF57E53FAAD933BFA46FD08" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[1280,1436,621,647]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="486" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andamana">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FAAD933BFA46FD08" box="[1280,1436,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">M. andamana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the shape of the male paramere and the presence of 8–13 spiniform setae in each of the setal tufts on the eighth abdominal sternum of the male (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFF57E53FDAD93E0FD82FD40" box="[512,600,693,719]" captionStart="FIGURES 6" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1864,1889]" captionTargetBox="[159,1436,219,1822]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[151,1436,211,1826]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 6A–H. Mesovelia bispinosa sp. nov. (A, C–H holotype; B, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; D, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; E, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; F, same, dorsal view; G, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; H, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363388/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">Fig. 6D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFF57E53FDC993E0FD63FD40" box="[612,697,693,719]" captionStart="FIGURES 7" captionStartId="19.[151,264,1861,1886]" captionTargetBox="[212,1384,177,1826]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[201,1386,166,1842]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURES 7A–I. Mesovelia isiasi sp. nov. (A, D–I holotype; B, C, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous male, dorsal view; D, abdominal apex of apterous male, ventral view; E, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; F, genital capsule of apterous male, dorsal view; G, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; H, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; I, paramere of apterous male, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363390/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">Fig. 7E</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFF57E53FD6193E0FC5BFD40" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[716,897,693,719]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="486" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isiasi">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FD6193E0FC5BFD40" box="[716,897,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">Mesovelia isiasi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be separated from
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFF57E53FB2E93E3FAC8FD40" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[1155,1298,693,719]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="486" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bispinosa">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FB2E93E3FAC8FD40" box="[1155,1298,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">M. bispinosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of a single spine on the flexor region of the fore femur, and the mid femur usually has a single spine and rarely two spines on one side; however, the flexor region of the fore femur of
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFF57E53FC1E93ABFB99FC98" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[947,1091,765,791]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="486" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bispinosa">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFF57E53FC1E93ABFB99FC98" box="[947,1091,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="486">M. bispinosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has one or two spines and mid femur has two spines.
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