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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFF7E59FF6A9281FE95FC60" bold="true" box="[199,335,980,1007]" pageId="5" pageNumber="476">Repository.</emphasis>
The type specimens are deposited in the
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Reg. No. 8307/H15 and
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFF7E59FF6A9548FE94FBB8" bold="true" box="[199,334,1053,1079]" pageId="5" pageNumber="476">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name
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is derived from the Latin adjective “brevis” which means short, referring to the very short apical part of the male paramere.
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFF7E59FF6A9531FE98FBF0" bold="true" box="[199,322,1124,1151]" pageId="5" pageNumber="476">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFF7E59FEE59530FDD2FBF0" box="[328,520,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="476">Mesovelia brevia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFF7E59FDA39530FDBDFBF0" bold="true" box="[526,615,1125,1151]" pageId="5" pageNumber="476">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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can be identified by the peculiarly shaped, very short (0.02) and subtriangular apical part of the male paramere (
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); the presence of a pair of black, mostly erect spiniform setal tufts, usually with 6 and rarely with 5 or 7 spiniform setae, on male abdominal sternum
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(
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); the macropterous form with a large white arrow-shaped mark on hemelytral membrane (
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); and the flexor region on the femora of all legs lacking spines.
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFF7E59FF6A944DFDD6FABC" bold="true" box="[199,524,1304,1331]" pageId="5" pageNumber="476">Description. Apterous male</emphasis>
(
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). Body length 1.45, body width at metanotum 0.39, body width at tergum IV 0.37.
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<paragraph id="BC353684FFFF7E59FF6A9434FC32FA68" blockId="5.[151,1437,764,2015]" pageId="5" pageNumber="476">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFF7E59FF6A9434FECCFAF4" box="[199,278,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="476">Colour</emphasis>
. Brown; dorsum of body covered with minute brown setae, pigmentation of dorsum of body indistinct; frontoclypeal region dark brown antenna brown, eyes brown to black; apex of tibia, first and last tarsomeres of all legs brown to black, except basal half of third fore tarsomere yellow; claws, setiform spines on appendages, spiniform setal tufts on abdominal sternum
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black; setae on proctiger brown.
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFF7E59FF6A94A4FE18F984" box="[199,450,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="476">Structural characters.</emphasis>
Frontoclypeal region with 56 thick setae. Head length 0.31, head width across eyes 0.32; synthlipsis 0.14; eye length 0.12, eye width 0.08. Head near inner margin of eye with 5 setae arranged longitudinally. Lengths of antennomeres IIV 0.26, 0.21, 0.44, 0.44.
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<paragraph id="BC353684FFFF7E59FF6A9708FD0FF888" blockId="5.[151,1437,764,2015]" pageId="5" pageNumber="476">Pronotal length 0.12, width 0.35; mesonotal length 0.13, width 0.36; metanotal length 0.09, width 0.39. Lengths of leg segments: foreleg: femur 0.42, tibia 0.38, tarsomeres IIII 0.03, 0.04, 0.06; mid leg: femur 0.53, tibia 0.53, tarsomeres IIII 0.03, 0.08, 0.08; hind leg: femur 0.67, tibia 0.91, tarsomeres IIII 0.04, 0.13, 0.09. Widths of fore, mid, hind femora 0.07, 0.08, 0.08. Flexor region of femora of all legs lacking spines; flexor region of second hind tarsomere with two widely spaced thin, short setae.</paragraph>
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Length of abdominal tergum 0.81; intersegmental suture between abdominal terga IIII not visible medially, combined length of terga IIII (fused) 0.25, terga IVVIII 0.08, 0.07, 0.09, 0.12, 0.16; sterna VIVIII 0.09, 0.11, 0.09. Combined length of abdominal sterna VIVII 0.20. Basal region of sternum
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sublaterally with pair of black spiniform setal tufts, each setal tuft with six spiniform setae (
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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); inner length of spiniform setal tuft on sternum
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0.02, basal width 0.04, width between two tufts 0.08; without any space between posterior margin of abdominal sternum VII and anterior margin of spiniform setal tuft. Terminalia: length of pygophore 0.16, anterior part of proctiger longer than bowl-shaped posterior part, clothed with long setae posteriorly, median lateral process long with acute tip, posterior part ventromedially convex, not excavated (
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); paramere broad basally, D-shaped, medially not twisted, apical part, short, slightly curved (
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), paramere when attached to pygophore with apical part slightly curved and directed anterolaterad in lateral view (
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), apex directed anterad in dorsal view (
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).
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFC7E5AFF3A967FFE8CF8CC" bold="true" box="[151,342,1834,1859]" pageId="6" pageNumber="477">FIGURES 2AH.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFC7E5AFEF0967FFDD7F8CD" box="[349,525,1834,1858]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="477">Mesovelia brevia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFC7E5AFDB9967FFDBCF8CD" bold="true" box="[532,614,1834,1858]" pageId="6" pageNumber="477">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(A, C, E, F, holotype; B, D, G, H, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, macropterous male, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; D, eighth abdominal segment of macropterous male, lateral view; E, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; F, same, dorsal view; G, proctiger of macropterous male with forewing membrane broken off, ventral view; H, paramere of macropterous male with forewing membrane broken off, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore).
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFF6A9024FE6BFE04" bold="true" box="[199,433,369,395]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Macropterous male</emphasis>
(
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). Body length including hemelytra 2.08 (1.421.80 to abdominal tip, n=3); body width at humeral angle 0.61 (0.470.61, n=4).
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFF6A90ECFECDFE5C" box="[199,279,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Colour.</emphasis>
Yellowish brown, posterior region of pronotum and mesoscutellum dark brown, membrane brown with largeheaded white arrow mark (
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), anal vein black, costal vein and corial region brown, corial apex brown to black.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFF6A9354FE1BFD94" box="[199,449,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Structural characters.</emphasis>
Posterolateral margin adjacent to ocelli with minute downwardly directed black setae; dorsal thoracic length including metanotal elevation 0.60; length of anterior pronotal lobe 0.12, width 0.45; length of posterior pronotal lobe 0.28, width 0.61; length of mesoscutellum 0.10, length of metanotal elevation 0.09; humeral angle sinuated, lateral region of pronotum and posterior region of mesoscutellum and metanotal elevation with a few short black setae; hemelytra with three closed cells, basal two elongate, apical cell very small, enclosed by thick brown to black veins, membrane brown with large headed white mark; hemelytral length 1.43, length to vein tip 0.80, width across membrane 0.43, length of wing from abdominal tip to wing tip 0.14. Other characters similar to apterous male.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFFD7E5BFF6A9274FE7FFCB4" blockId="7.[151,1437,153,1403]" box="[199,421,801,827]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFF6A9274FEF2FCB4" bold="true" box="[199,296,801,827]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Female:</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFFD7E5BFF6A9211FDC1FC0C" blockId="7.[151,1437,153,1403]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFF6A9211FEBBFCD0" bold="true" box="[199,353,836,863]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Distribution.</emphasis>
Presently known from the Kanyakumari District of
<collectingRegion id="7E4EF866FFFD7E5BFC009210FBE8FCD0" box="[941,1074,837,863]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
and the East Garo Hills District of
<collectingRegion id="7E4EF866FFFD7E5BFF1B923CFEEFFC0C" box="[182,309,873,899]" country="India" name="Meghalaya" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Meghalaya</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="C49D7614FFFD7E5BFEED923CFEA0FC0C" box="[320,378,873,899]" name="India" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">India</collectingCountry>
(
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC353684FFFD7E5BFF6A92D9FE7BFAF4" blockId="7.[151,1437,153,1403]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFF6A92D9FE6BFC28" bold="true" box="[199,433,908,935]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
Superficially,
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFDFB92DBFD19FC28" box="[598,707,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. brevia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFD6792D8FCFEFC28" bold="true" box="[714,804,909,935]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is closely related to
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFBA392DBFB51FC28" box="[1038,1163,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. dilatata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFB3F92D8FB36FC28" bold="true" box="[1170,1260,909,935]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFB5692DBFAA9FC28" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[1275,1395,909,935]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occulta" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFB5692DBFAA9FC28" box="[1275,1395,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="95CD57EDFFFD7E5BFAD692D8FF12FC44" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" rank="species">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFAD692D8FF12FC44" bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFEAD92E7FE5FFC44" box="[256,389,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. horvathi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in terms of general appearance, and by the absence of spines on the flexor region of the fore and mid femora, but clearly differs from
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFDC39283FD36FC60" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[622,748,981,1007]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilatata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFDC39283FD36FC60" box="[622,748,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. dilatata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFD589280FC8AFC60" bold="true" box="[757,848,981,1007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFC279283FBD9FC60" box="[906,1027,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFBA19280FBBDFC60" bold="true" box="[1036,1127,981,1007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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in the number of spines in the spiniform setal tufts of abdominal sternum
<collectionCode id="DA9BAE41FFFD7E5BFD1F92ACFD3CFB9C" box="[690,742,1017,1043]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">VIII</collectionCode>
. In
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFCBF92AFFC5BFB9C" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[786,897,1017,1043]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFCBF92AFFC5BFB9C" box="[786,897,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. brevia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFC2492ACFC3FFB9C" bold="true" box="[905,997,1017,1043]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
the setal tufts usually contain 6 spiniform setae each (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFEF59548FE6BFBB8" box="[344,433,1053,1079]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1834,1859]" captionTargetBox="[167,1423,177,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[156,1431,166,1814]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 2AH. Mesovelia brevia sp. nov. (A, C, E, F, holotype; B, D, G, H, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, macropterous male, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; D, eighth abdominal segment of macropterous male, lateral view; E, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; F, same, dorsal view; G, proctiger of macropterous male with forewing membrane broken off, ventral view; H, paramere of macropterous male with forewing membrane broken off, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363378/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
), but in
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFDA2954BFD56FBB8" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[527,652,1053,1079]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilatata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFDA2954BFD56FBB8" box="[527,652,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. dilatata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="95CD57EDFFFD7E5BFD399548FD34FBB8" box="[660,750,1053,1079]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" rank="species">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFD399548FD34FBB8" bold="true" box="[660,750,1053,1079]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
each setal tuft is composed of 89 spiniform setae (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFA919548FA49FBB8" box="[1340,1427,1053,1079]" captionStart="FIGURES 3" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1791,1816]" captionTargetBox="[225,1357,174,1768]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[215,1372,166,1772]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 3AK. Mesovelia dilatata sp. nov. (A, E, F, H, J, holotype; B, C, D, G, I, K, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous female with forewing membrane broken off, dorsal view; D, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; E, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; F, same, dorsal view; G, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; H, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; I, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; J, paramere of apterous male, lateral view; K, terminalia of apterous female, lateral view (ab9— ninth abdominal segment; dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; go1—first gonapophyses; go2—second gonapophyses; gp—gonoplac; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363380/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Fig. 3G</figureCitation>
) whereas in
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFEBA9517FE55FBD4" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[279,399,1089,1115]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occulta" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFEBA9517FE55FBD4" box="[279,399,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFE3B9514FE2AFBD4" bold="true" box="[406,496,1089,1115]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
the setal tuft contains only 35 spiniform setae (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFBBE9514FBB3FBD4" box="[1043,1129,1089,1115]" captionStart="FIGURES 4" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1821,1846]" captionTargetBox="[219,1372,177,1781]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[215,1372,166,1802]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 4AK. Mesovelia occulta sp. nov. (A, E, GK holotype; B, C, D, F, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous female with forewing membrane broken off, dorsal view; D, abdominal apex of apterous female, ventral view; E, fore leg of apterous male, ventral view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; G, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; H, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; I, genital capsule of apterous male, dorsal view; J, same, lateral view; K, 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/3363382/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Fig. 4F</figureCitation>
). The lateral process on the male proctiger in
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFEF19533FE12FBF0" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[348,456,1125,1151]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFEF19533FE12FBF0" box="[348,456,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. brevia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFE639530FDFDFBF0" bold="true" box="[462,551,1125,1151]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is boat-shaped with a pointed tip (
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFC0B9530FBDAFBF0" box="[934,1024,1125,1151]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1834,1859]" captionTargetBox="[167,1423,177,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[156,1431,166,1814]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 2AH. Mesovelia brevia sp. nov. (A, C, E, F, holotype; B, D, G, H, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, macropterous male, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; D, eighth abdominal segment of macropterous male, lateral view; E, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; F, same, dorsal view; G, proctiger of macropterous male with forewing membrane broken off, ventral view; H, paramere of macropterous male with forewing membrane broken off, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363378/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Fig. 2G</figureCitation>
), whereas in
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFB3F9533FAD7FBF0" box="[1170,1293,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. dilatata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFAB99530FAB7FBF0" bold="true" box="[1300,1389,1125,1151]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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it is oblique with blunt tip (
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Fig.
<date id="C8341044FFFD7E5BFE6795DCFE39FB2C" box="[458,483,1161,1187]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">3I</date>
</figureCitation>
), and in
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFDEE95DFFD60FB2C" box="[579,698,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFD6C95DCFCC0FB2C" bold="true" box="[705,794,1161,1187]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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it is oblique, and abruptly tapered apically (
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). The apical part of the male paramere in lateral view is short in
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFC8595FBFC4FFB48" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[808,917,1197,1223]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFC8595FBFC4FFB48" box="[808,917,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. brevia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFC3195F8FC2CFB48" bold="true" box="[924,1014,1197,1223]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFBA895F8FB53FB48" box="[1029,1161,1197,1223]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1834,1859]" captionTargetBox="[167,1423,177,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[156,1431,166,1814]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 2AH. Mesovelia brevia sp. nov. (A, C, E, F, holotype; B, D, G, H, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, macropterous male, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; D, eighth abdominal segment of macropterous male, lateral view; E, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; F, same, dorsal view; G, proctiger of macropterous male with forewing membrane broken off, ventral view; H, paramere of macropterous male with forewing membrane broken off, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363378/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Figs. 2E, H</figureCitation>
), but long in
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFAB295FBFA46FB48" box="[1311,1436,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. dilatata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFF3A9584FF2BFB64" bold="true" box="[151,241,1233,1259]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFEAC9584FE8BFB64" box="[257,337,1233,1259]" captionStart="FIGURES 3" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1791,1816]" captionTargetBox="[225,1357,174,1768]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[215,1372,166,1772]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 3AK. Mesovelia dilatata sp. nov. (A, E, F, H, J, holotype; B, C, D, G, I, K, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous female with forewing membrane broken off, dorsal view; D, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; E, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; F, same, dorsal view; G, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; H, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; I, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; J, paramere of apterous male, lateral view; K, terminalia of apterous female, lateral view (ab9— ninth abdominal segment; dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; go1—first gonapophyses; go2—second gonapophyses; gp—gonoplac; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363380/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Fig. 3J</figureCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFECA9587FE36FB64" box="[359,492,1233,1259]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="horvathi">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFECA9587FE36FB64" box="[359,492,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. horvathi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFE519584FD8BFB64" box="[508,593,1233,1259]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1942,1967]" captionTargetBox="[160,1427,166,1922]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[160,1427,166,1922]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1AF. Mesovelia horvathi Lundblad apterous male: A, habitus, dorsal view; B, dorsal view of legs; C, eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; D, genital capsule, dorsal view; E, same, lateral view; F, fore femur, ventral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363376/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Fig. 1E</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFD3F9587FCD0FB64" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[658,778,1233,1259]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occulta" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFD3F9587FCD0FB64" box="[658,778,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFCBF9584FCB6FB64" bold="true" box="[786,876,1233,1259]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFCD19584FC0DFB64" box="[892,983,1233,1259]" captionStart="FIGURES 4" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1821,1846]" captionTargetBox="[219,1372,177,1781]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[215,1372,166,1802]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 4AK. Mesovelia occulta sp. nov. (A, E, GK holotype; B, C, D, F, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous female with forewing membrane broken off, dorsal view; D, abdominal apex of apterous female, ventral view; E, fore leg of apterous male, ventral view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; G, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; H, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; I, genital capsule of apterous male, dorsal view; J, same, lateral view; K, 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/3363382/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Fig. 4K</figureCitation>
). The basal part of the male paramere is highly dilated in
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFEFA95A3FE0EFA80" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[343,468,1269,1295]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilatata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFEFA95A3FE0EFA80" box="[343,468,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. dilatata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFE7195A0FDECFA80" bold="true" box="[476,566,1269,1295]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFDEB95A0FD4CFA80" box="[582,662,1269,1295]" captionStart="FIGURES 3" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1791,1816]" captionTargetBox="[225,1357,174,1768]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[215,1372,166,1772]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 3AK. Mesovelia dilatata sp. nov. (A, E, F, H, J, holotype; B, C, D, G, I, K, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous female with forewing membrane broken off, dorsal view; D, abdominal tip of apterous male, ventral view; E, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; F, same, dorsal view; G, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; H, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; I, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; J, paramere of apterous male, lateral view; K, terminalia of apterous female, lateral view (ab9— ninth abdominal segment; dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; go1—first gonapophyses; go2—second gonapophyses; gp—gonoplac; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363380/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Fig. 3J</figureCitation>
), but only moderately dilated in
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFBAA95A3FBA9FA80" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[1031,1139,1269,1295]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFBAA95A3FBA9FA80" box="[1031,1139,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. brevia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFBD795A0FB0FFA80" bold="true" box="[1146,1237,1269,1295]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFB4995A0FAB3FA80" box="[1252,1385,1269,1295]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1834,1859]" captionTargetBox="[167,1423,177,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[156,1431,166,1814]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 2AH. Mesovelia brevia sp. nov. (A, C, E, F, holotype; B, D, G, H, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, macropterous male, dorsal view; C, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; D, eighth abdominal segment of macropterous male, lateral view; E, genital capsule of apterous male, lateral view; F, same, dorsal view; G, proctiger of macropterous male with forewing membrane broken off, ventral view; H, paramere of macropterous male with forewing membrane broken off, lateral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363378/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Figs. 2E, H</figureCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFAD395A3FF2CFABC" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="horvathi">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFAD395A3FF2CFABC" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. horvathi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFEAA944CFE81FABC" box="[263,347,1305,1331]" captionStart="FIGURES 1" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1942,1967]" captionTargetBox="[160,1427,166,1922]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[160,1427,166,1922]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1AF. Mesovelia horvathi Lundblad apterous male: A, habitus, dorsal view; B, dorsal view of legs; C, eighth abdominal segment, lateral view; D, genital capsule, dorsal view; E, same, lateral view; F, fore femur, ventral view (dmp—dorsomedian projection of pygophore; lex—lateral excavation; lp—lateral process; pa—paramere; pr—proctiger; py—pygophore)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363376/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Fig. 1E</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFE30944FFDCCFABC" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[413,534,1305,1331]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occulta" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFE30944FFDCCFABC" box="[413,534,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFDB3944CFDA3FABC" bold="true" box="[542,633,1305,1331]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="24B12A01FFFD7E5BFD24944CFD3FFABC" box="[649,741,1305,1331]" captionStart="FIGURES 4" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1821,1846]" captionTargetBox="[219,1372,177,1781]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[215,1372,166,1802]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 4AK. Mesovelia occulta sp. nov. (A, E, GK holotype; B, C, D, F, paratype): A, apterous male, dorsal view; B, apterous female, dorsal view; C, macropterous female with forewing membrane broken off, dorsal view; D, abdominal apex of apterous female, ventral view; E, fore leg of apterous male, ventral view; F, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, ventrolateral view; G, eighth abdominal segment of apterous male, lateral view; H, proctiger of apterous male, ventral view; I, genital capsule of apterous male, dorsal view; J, same, lateral view; K, 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/3363382/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">Fig. 4K</figureCitation>
). The gap between the spiniform setal tufts on the abdominal sternum
<collectionCode id="DA9BAE41FFFD7E5BFF559468FEF2FAD8" box="[248,296,1341,1367]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">VIII</collectionCode>
is narrow (0.080.10) in
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFDE9946BFD6AFAD8" box="[580,688,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. brevia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFD1B9468FCD5FAD8" bold="true" box="[694,783,1341,1367]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, versus twice as wide (0.16) in
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFBDC946BFB32FAD8" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" box="[1137,1256,1341,1367]" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occulta" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFBDC946BFB32FAD8" box="[1137,1256,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFB429468FA92FAD8" bold="true" box="[1263,1352,1341,1367]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="7B8A4D07FFFD7E5BFAD3946BFF34FAF4" authority="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus, 2019" authorityName="Jehamalar &amp; Chandra &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2019" class="Insecta" family="Mesoveliidae" genus="Mesovelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="478" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilatata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFAD3946BFF34FAF4" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">M. dilatata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8EFEEA96FFFD7E5BFF589434FE95FAF4" bold="true" box="[245,335,1377,1403]" pageId="7" pageNumber="478">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(0.19).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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