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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFA1D4674CBEFC103AE98A9B" bold="true" box="[151,416,991,1017]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Serraphula monticola</emphasis>
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(
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,
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFA1D4674E76FC1039378A9B" box="[607,638,991,1017]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,255,1450,1474]" captionTargetBox="[166,1422,207,1411]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,194,1426]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Geographical distribution of: Serraphula aenea Jacoby; S. alticola sp. n.; S. debiasei sp. n.; S. drakensbergensis sp. n.; S. duplessisi sp. n.; S. grobbelaariae sp. n.; S. monticola sp. n.; S. oberprieleri sp. n.; S. osellai sp. n.; S. transvaalensis sp. n.; S. uysi sp. n." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195013/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">21</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFA1D4674EA2FC1039E38A9B" box="[651,682,991,1017]" captionStart="FIGURES 23 30" captionStartId="37.[151,269,1913,1937]" captionTargetBox="[251,1349,193,1890]" captionTargetPageId="37" captionText="FIGURES 23 30. Morphological characters in Serraphula Jacoby: apical spur of hind tibiae of S. aenea Jacoby (23); ibidem S. audisiana sp. n. (24); ibidem S. elongata Jacoby (25); ibidem S. monticola sp. n. (26); ibidem S. osellai sp. n. (27); ibidem S. puncticollis Bryant (28); metafemoral spring of S. elongata Jacoby (29); head of S. elongata Jacoby (30)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195015/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">26</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFA1D4674E9EFC10399F8A9B" box="[695,726,991,1017]" captionStart="FIGURES 61 76" captionStartId="41.[151,269,1715,1739]" captionTargetBox="[269,1322,222,1660]" captionTargetId="figure@41.[245,1342,194,1683]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="FIGURES 61 76. Spermatheca of Serraphula Jacoby: S. natalensis, KwaZulu-Natal, Blesberg (61); S. audisiana, Kwazulu-Natal, Ngele Forest (62); S. osellai, Kwazulu-Natal, Ngele Forest (63); S. alticola, Mpumalanga, Mount Sheba area (64); S. oberprieleri, Zimbabwe, Bunga Forest (65); S. grobbelaariae, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Macabelel Lodge (66); S. transvaalensis, Eastern Transvaal, Nelshoogte Pass (67); S. uysi, Transvaal, Palala (68); S. duplessisi, Limpopo, Entabeni Forest Reserve, Soutpansberg (69); S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, nr. Grahamstown (70); S. debiasei, Eastern Cape Province, 4 km S Barkly Pass (71); S. colonnelli, Kwazulu-Natal, Umzinto Vernon Crookes N. R. (72); S. wittmeri, Limpopo, Branddraai (73); S. mpumalangaensis, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Macabelel Lodge (74); S. monticola, Kwazulu-Natal / Free State, Bothas Pass (75); S. drakensbergensis, Kwazulu-Natal, Monks Cowl (76)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195019/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">75</figureCitation>
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MATERIAL.
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Ƥ.
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, Kwazulu-Natal/Free State, Bothas Pass,
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,
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, road side,
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, M. Biondi leg. (
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).
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: same locality, date and collector of the
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, 1 Ƥ (
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).
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DIAGNOSIS. This new species shares some similarities with
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFA1D4674F9BFB6C3F708DDE" box="[946,1081,1187,1212]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">S. elongata</emphasis>
Jacoby
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, especially body size, LE/LP ratio, WE/WP ratio, LAN/LB ratio. However,
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFA1D4674F3EFB0438E38D86" box="[791,938,1227,1252]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">S. monticola</emphasis>
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is easily distinguishable mainly by: more transverse pronotum; different shape of apical spur of hind tibiae; more thickset spermatheca, with longer collum and without apical appendix.
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DESCRIPTION.
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Ƥ. Dorsal integument black, with evident blueish metallic reflection. Body shape elliptical-elongate (LB =
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), moderately convex. Maximum pronotal width at middle (WP =
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); maximum elytral width at middle (WE =
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).
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Frons and vertex with sub-smooth and sparsely punctulate surface; a large setigerous pore with some small setigerous punctures gathered near each upper ocular margin; frontal dimples clearly impressed; frontal grooves not distinct; frontal tubercles dorsally weakly delimited; frontal carina narrowed, weakly raised, apically rounded; labrum sub-trapezoidal, dark-brown; palpi dark-brown; eyes sub-elliptical, normally sized; antennae clearly shorter than body length (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.69), with segments 14 pale, segments 57 gradually darker, segments 811 entirely darkened; length of each antennomere proportional to numerical sequence 20:11:10:12:14:14:16:16:16:17:21 (right antenna).
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Pronotum sub-rectangular, clearly transverse (LP =
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; WP/LP = 1.50), laterally clearly rounded; basal and lateral margin finely bordered; punctation strongly but irregularly impressed on quite smooth surface. Scutellum sub-rounded, with microreticulate surface.
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Elytra elongate (LE =
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; LE/LP = 2.86), covering almost entirely pygidium, laterally slightly rounded, apically rounded; punctation arranged in 9 (+ 1 scutellar interrupted at basal fifth) regular rows, with punctures medium-sized, clearly impressed on punctulate surface; elytral interstriae clearly keeled; humeral calli absent; sub-apterous metathoracic wings.
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFA2D4644CEFFEF73FD68818" blockId="18.[151,1437,152,818]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Spermatheca with sub-globose basal part; distal part curved, with not separated collum from apex; collum elongate, basally clearly enlarged; appendix absent; ductus short, sub-ventrally inserted.</paragraph>
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VARIATION. Ƥ (n = 2; mean and standard deviation): LE = 1.65 ±
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; WE = 1.07 ±
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; LP = 0.56 ±
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; WP = 0.84 ±
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; LAN = 1.71 ±
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; LSP = 0.12 ±
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; LB = 2.39 ±
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; LE/LP = 2.93 ± 0.10; WE/WP = 1.28 ± 0.05; WP/LP = 1.49 ± 0.02; LE/LSP = 13.97 ± 1.93; LAN/ (LE+LP) = 0.77 ± 0.02; LHT/LHTS = 1.97 ± 0.04.
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.
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similar in shape and color to the
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but with more regularly impressed pronotal punctuation. Male unknown.
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFA2D4644CEFFDB73E688BF0" blockId="18.[151,1437,152,818]" box="[198,1313,632,658]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">ETYMOLOGY. The name of this new species refers to the high altitude where it seems to live.</paragraph>
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DISTRIBUTION.
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(Kwazulu-Natal/Free State). Southern-Eastern African chorotype (SEA) (cf. Biondi &amp; DAlessandro, 2006).
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ECOLOGICAL NOTES. No information about its host plant is available for this species. Biome: Grassland (cf.
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). Veld
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: Highland and Dohne Sourveld (cf.
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).
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