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,
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,
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFBCD47A4F2DFE48386A88C3" box="[772,803,391,417]" 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="12" pageNumber="13">54</figureCitation>
,
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MATERIAL.
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3,
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, Kwazulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak,
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, trail,
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, M. Biondi leg. (
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:
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, Kwazulu-Natal, Champagne Castle, Monks Cowl,
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, trail,
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, M. Biondi leg., 1 Ƥ (
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DIAGNOSIS. For the diagnosis of this new species we refer to that reported for
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DESCRIPTION.
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3(immature specimen). Dorsal integument brown, with evident metallic reflection. Body shape elongate-oval (LB = 2.00 mm), slightly convex. Maximum pronotal width near middle (WP =
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); maximum elytral width at basal third (WE =
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Frons and vertex with sub-smooth 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 moderately delimited; frontal carina wide, weakly raised, apically rounded; labrum sub-trapezoidal, dark brown; palpi dark brown; eyes sub-elliptical, normally sized; antennae shorter than body length (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.78), yellowish, with segments 8-11 gradually darker; length of each antennomere proportional to numerical sequence 16:10:9:10:14:14:15:16:14:14:18 (right antenna).
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Pronotum sub-rectangular, little transverse (LP =
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; WP/LP = 1.20) laterally scarcely rounded; basal and lateral margin very finely bordered; punctation densely and uniformly impressed on weakly microreticulate surface; punctures medium-sized, clearly impressed. Scutellum sub-triangular, apically subacute, with smooth surface.
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Elytra slightly elongate (LE =
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; LE/LP = 2.45), covering partially pygidium, laterally moderately rounded, apically rather obliquely sub-truncate; punctation arranged in 9 (+ 1 very short scutellar) regular rows with rather large and deeply impressed punctures; interstriae distinctly convex, with punctulate and sparsely and irregularly wrinkled surface; humeral calli absent; sub-apterous metathoracic wings.
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Legs entirely yellowish; hind tibiae straight. Apical spur of hind tibiae slightly longer than hind tibial length (LHT/LHTS = 0.90), slightly internally curved in distal third; dorsal furrow narrow but gradually and slightly open in apical fourth; denture moderately dense and partially irregular, generally formed by large teeth. First anterior and middle tarsomeres slightly dilated, with adhesive structures on ventral side (cf.
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).
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFBCD47A4CEFF9C53B808F2E" blockId="12.[151,1437,466,1972]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ventral surface brown with paler distal part; apical part of last abdominal sternite medially slightly hollow.</paragraph>
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Median lobe of aedeagus (LAED =
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; LE/LAED = 1.63) in ventral view medially clearly narrowed at basal third; apical part sub-lanceolate, with an evident median small tooth; ventral sulcus apically visible; in lateral view, median lobe straight, thickset in basal 2/3s; dorsal sulcus visible in apical third; dorsal ligula wide, apically sub-rounded.
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VARIATION. 3 (n = 1): LE =
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; WE =
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; WP =
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; LAN =
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; LAED =
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; LB = 2.00 mm; LE/LP = 2.45; WE/WP = 1.33; WP/LP = 1.20; LE/LAED = 1.63; LAN/(LE+LP) = 0.90; LHT/LHTS = 0.90. Ƥ (n = 1): LE =
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; WE =
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; LP =
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; WP =
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; LAN =
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; LSP =
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; LB =
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; LE/LP = 2.45; WE/WP = 1.27; WP/LP = 1.20; LE/LSP = 9.80; LAN/(LE+LP) = 0.74; LHT/LHTS = 1.00.
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<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFBDD47B4CEFFF573A7589D0" box="[198,316,152,178]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
. Female similar in shape, sculpture and size to the
<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFBDD47B4FB9FF5738BF89D0" box="[912,1014,152,178]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
but with slightly paler dorsal integument and shorter antennae (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.65).
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFBDD47B4CEFFF2739298830" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,578]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Spermatheca with sub-globose basal part; distal part elongate and curved, with not separated collum from apext; collum basally larger; distal part apically thickset and elongate; appendix absent; ductus elongate, slightly arcuate, sub-ventrally inserted.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="ADA9EC8AFFBDD47B4CEFFEAF3BA388C0" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFBDD47B4CEFFEAF3BA388C0" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,578]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">ETYMOLOGY. This new species is named after Drakensberg, the highest mountain range in Southern Africa.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="ADA9EC8AFFBDD47B4CEFFE7F3E7F8B20" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFBDD47B4CEFFE7F39708890" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,578]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
DISTRIBUTION.
<collectingCountry id="9DA4FF91FFBDD47B4D8BFE7F398188A8" box="[418,712,432,458]" name="South Africa" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
(Kwazulu-Natal). Southern-Eastern African chorotype (SEA) (cf. Biondi &amp; DAlessandro, 2006).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFBDD47B4CEFFDCF3E7F8B20" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,578]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
ECOLOGICAL NOTES. No information about its host plant is available for this species. Biome: Grassland (cf.
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). Veld
<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFBDD47B4E8CFDE739958B20" box="[677,732,552,578]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">type</typeStatus>
:
<emphasis id="D7C76313FFBDD47B4ECEFDE738F08B23" box="[743,953,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Themeda-Festuca</emphasis>
Alpine Veld (cf.
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).
</paragraph>
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