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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFA6D4604CBEFE4D3A3C88FE" bold="true" box="[151,373,386,412]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Serraphula osellai</emphasis>
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,
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,
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,
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFA6D4604EA7FE4D39E488FE" box="[654,685,386,412]" captionStart="FIGURES 37 42" captionStartId="39.[151,269,1560,1584]" captionTargetBox="[160,1432,193,1494]" captionTargetPageId="39" captionText="FIGURES 37 42. Head and pronotum of Serraphula Jacoby: S. duplessisi sp. n. (37); S. grobbelaariae sp. n. (38); S. oberprieleri sp. n. (39); S. osellai sp. n. (40); S. puncticollis Bryant (41); S. wittmeri sp. n. (42)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195017/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">40</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFA6D4604E93FE4D399188FE" box="[698,728,386,412]" captionStart="FIGURES 43 60" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1700,1724]" captionTargetBox="[295,1283,186,1684]" captionTargetId="figure@40.[295,1284,186,1684]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 43 60. Median lobe of aedeagus of Serraphula Jacoby; lateral, ventral and dorsal view: S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, Southwell area (43 a); S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, nr Thornhill (43 b); S. colonnelii, Kwazulu- Natal, Ifafa Mouth (44); S. debiasei, Eastern Cape Province, 4 km S Barkly Pass (45); S. uysi, Transvaal, Palala (46); S. puncticollis, Eastern Cape Province, Port St. John (47); S. natalensis, KwaZulu-Natal, Blesberg (48); S. oberprieleri, Zimbabwe, Bunga Forest (49); S. mpumalangaensis, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Macabelel Lodge (50); S. alticola, Mpumalanga, Mount Sheba area (51); S. audisiana, Kwazulu-Natal, Ngele Forest (52); S. aenea, Mashonaland (53); S. drakensbergensis, Kwazulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak (54); S. grobbelaariae, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Boskrans Dam (55); S. duplessisi, Limpopo, Entabeni Forest Reserve, Soutpansberg (56); S. bulirschi, Kwazulu-Natal, Ntendeka Wilderness Area, Ngomi Forest (57); S. transvaalensis, Eastern Transvaal, Nelshoogte Pass (58); S. osellai, Kwazulu- Natal, Ngele Forest (59); S. wittmeri, Limpopo, Branddraai (60)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195018/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">59</figureCitation>
,
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MATERIAL.
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, indigenous forest clearing, on inflorescences of
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;
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DIAGNOSIS. With
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and
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, this new species shares the black with evident metallic reflection of the dorsal integument, clearly convex elytral interstriae and clearly impressed pronotal punctuation. However,
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFA6D4604DC5FD5F39118BCB" box="[492,600,656,681]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. osellai</emphasis>
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is easily distinguishable mainly by the shape of the apical spur of hind tibiae, straight in almost all its length and longer than hind tibial length. These three species show also a quite different shape of the median lobe of aedeagus.
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DESCRIPTION.
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3. Dorsal integument blackish, with evident metallic reflection. Body shape elliptical-elongate (LB =
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), moderately convex. Maximum pronotal width at middle (W P=
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Frons and vertex with finely punctulate and densely microwrinkled surface; a large setigerous pore with some small setigerous punctures gathered near each upper ocular margin; frontal tubercles sub-triangular, very weakly delimited; frontal dimples moderately impressed; frontal grooves distally finely impressed around upper ocular margin visible; frontal carina moderately wide and raised, apically acute; labrum subtrapezoidal, brown; palpi brown; eyes sub-elliptical, normally sized; antennae little shorter than body length (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.94), yellowish, with first antennomere weakly obscured and segments 10-11 gradually darkened; length of each antennomere proportional to numerical sequence 18:12:12:14:16:16:16:15:17:16:21 (right antenna).
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Pronotum sub-trapezoidal, apically slightly wider than basally, scarcely transverse (LP =
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; WP/ LP = 1.19) laterally weakly rounded; lateral margin moderately bordered; basal margin finely bordered; punctation densely and uniformly distributed on microreticulate surface; punctures large and strongly impressed. Scutellum sub-triangular, apically acute, with weakly microreticulate surface.
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Elytra elongate (LE =
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; LE/LP = 2.60), covering almost completely pygidium, laterally moderately rounded, apically obtuse; punctation arranged in 9 (+ 1 very short scutellar) regular rows, with large and strongly impressed punctures; elytral interstriae strongly keeled with punctulate surface; humeral calli absent; sub-apterous metathoracic wings.
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Legs with yellowish tibiae, tarsi and anterior and middle femora; hind femora darkened; hind tibiae straight. Apical spur of hind tibiae little longer than hind tibial length (LHT/LHTS = 0.89), internally curved in apical fifth; dorsal furrow very narrow, abruptly open in distal fifth; denture more evident in proximal 4/5s, densely formed by small but clearly distinct teeth. First anterior and middle tarsomeres moderately dilated, with adhesive structures on ventral side (cf.
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).
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Median lobe of aedeagus (LAED =
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; LE/LAED = 1.65) in ventral view laterally sub-parallel, gradually narrowed from base to apex; apex subtriangular, without median small tooth; ventral sulcus not visible; in lateral view, median lobe basally curved, apically straight; dorsal sulcus visible in approximately apical 3/5s; dorsal ligula apically Y-shaped.
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VARIATION. 3 (n = 6; mean and standard deviation): LE = 1.34 ±
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; WE = 0.80 ±
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; LP = 0.52 ±
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; WP = 0.62 ±
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; LAN = 1.80 ±
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; LAED = 0.82 ±
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; LB = 2.05 ±
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; LE/LP = 2.57 ± 0.07; WE/WP = 1.28 ± 0.03; WP/LP = 1.20 ± 0.01; LE/LAED = 1.63 ± 0.06; LAN/ (LE+LP) = 0.97 ± 0.02; LHT/LHTS = 0.89 ± 0.03. Ƥ (n = 5: LE = 1.49 ±
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; WE = 0.87 ±
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; LP = 0.54 ±
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; WP = 0.67 ±
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; LAN = 1.69 ±
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; LSP = 0.12 ±
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; LB = 2.10 ±
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; LE/LP = 2.76 ± 0.09; WE/WP = 1.30 ± 0.01; WP/LP = 1.24 ± 0.06; LE/LSP = 12.09 ± 0.34; LAN/ (LE+LP) = 0.83 ± 0.02; LHT/LHTS = 0.89 ± 0.02.
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. Males very similar in shape, sculpture and color to the
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; antennae slightly paler in some specimens, with first antennomere yellowish and last segments weakly darkened. Females similar in size to males, but generally with longer elytra (2.63 ≤ LE/LP ≤ 2.83); antennae proportionally shorter (0.75 ≤ LAN/LB ≤ 0.86).
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ETYMOLOGY. The new species is named after B.G. Osella (
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, LAquila), as a sign of my friendship and in recognition of his valuable collaboration in collecting flea beetles in many areas of the world.
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DISTRIBUTION.
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(Kwazulu-Natal). Southern-Eastern African chorotype (SEA) (cf. Biondi &amp; DAlessandro, 2006).
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ECOLOGICAL NOTES. This new species was collected in a indigenous forest clearing during a raining day on yellow inflorescences of
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(cf.
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), together with specimens of
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Biome: Forest (cf.
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). Veld
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: Highland and Dohne Sourveld (cf.
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).
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