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<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFBDD47B4E52FD5039D38BDB" box="[635,666,671,697]" 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="13" pageNumber="14">37</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFBDD47B4E8EFD50398F8BDB" box="[679,710,671,697]" 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="13" pageNumber="14">56</figureCitation>
,
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MATERIAL.
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3,
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, Limpopo, Entabeni Forest Reserve, Soutpansberg,
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, R.S. du Plessis leg. (
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;
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DIAGNOSIS. By the median lobe of aedeagus ventrally sub-parallel but clearly tapered from the apical fifth to the apex and apically with evident median small tooth, this new species is similar to
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFBDD47B48DEFC453BA68AA9" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">S. mpumalangaensis</emphasis>
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However,
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is clearly distinguishable by the brown with bronze reflection of the dorsal integument, and the laterally clearly rounded and bordered pronotum.
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DESCRIPTION.
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3. Dorsal integument brown, with evident bronze metallic reflection. Body shape elongate-oval (LB =
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), moderately convex. Maximum pronotal width at apical 2/5s (WP =
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); maximum elytral width at basal tird (WE =
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Frons and vertex with sub-smooth surface; a large setigerous pore near each upper ocular margin; frontal dimples weakly impressed; frontal grooves distally fine impressed around upper ocular margin; frontal tubercles very weakly delimited; frontal carina narrowed, 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 = 0.89), with segments 14 pale, segments 57 apically brown, segments 811 entirely brown; length of each antennomere proportional to numerical sequence 20:10:10:14:16:15:15:15:15:15:22 (right antenna).
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Pronotum sub-rectangular, clearly transverse (LP =
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; WP/LP = 1.32) laterally distinctly rounded; basal margin finely bordered; lateral margin slightly enlarged; punctation densely distributed with rather large punctures deeply impressed on very finely wrinkled and sparsely punctulate surface. Scutellum sub-triangular, apically sub-acute, with microreticulate surface.
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Elytra elongate (LE =
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; LE/LP = 2.45), covering entirely pygidium, laterally clearly rounded, apically sub-acute; punctation arranged in 9 (+ 1 very short scutellar) regular rows, with large punctures, strongly impressed on punctulate surface; elytral interstriae clearly keeled; humeral calli absent; sub-apterous metathoracic wings.
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Legs yellowish but with dorsally slightly darkened hind femora; hind tibiae weakly externally bent. Apical spur of hind tibiae long about as half of hind tibial length (LHT/LHTS = 1.93), apically slightly internally curved; dorsal furrow gradually enlarged towards distal part; denture densely but irregularly formed by small teeth. First anterior and middle tarsomeres clearly dilated, with adhesive structures on ventral side (cf.
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).
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFBDD47B4CEFF855388E8ED6" blockId="13.[151,1437,746,1972]" box="[198,967,1946,1972]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Ventral integument brown, without special preapical impressions.</paragraph>
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Median lobe of aedeagus (LAED =
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; LE/LAED = 1.86) in ventral view weakly enlarged at middle part, distinctly narrowed in apical fifth; apical part moderately rounded, with evident median small tooth; ventral sulcus obliterate; in lateral view, median lobe slightly bent in basal third; apical part slightly ventrally bent; dorsal sulcus visible in apical fifth; dorsal ligula apically rounded.
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VARIATION. 3 (n = 2; mean and standard deviation): LE = 1.28 ±
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; WE = 0.84 ±
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; LP = 0.54 ±
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; WP = 0.69 ±
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; LAN = 1.64 ±
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; LAED = 0.71 ±
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; LB = 1.86 ±
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; LE/LP = 2.37 ± 0.12; WE/WP = 1.22 ± 0.07; WP/LP = 1.28 ± 0.06; LE/LAED = 1.79 ± 0.10; LAN/ (LE+LP) = 0.90 ± 0.03; LHT/LHTS = 1.97 ± 0.05. 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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.
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similar in shape, color and sculpture to the
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. Pronotal surface variable from microreticulate to wrinkled. Female bigger than males (LB =
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), with shorter antennae (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.70).
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFBED4784CEFFD6F382B8B80" blockId="14.[151,1437,152,938]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Spermatheca with sub-globose basal part; distal part bent between collum and apex; appendix present; ductus short, thin and weakly curved, sub-ventrally inserted.</paragraph>
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ETYMOLOGY. This new species is named after its collector R.S. du Plessis (
<collectingCountry id="9DA4FF91FFBED478487FFD3F3ECD8A68" box="[1110,1412,752,778]" name="South Africa" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFBED4784CEFFCD739408A38" blockId="14.[151,1437,152,938]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
DISTRIBUTION.
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(Limpopo). Southern-Eastern African chorotype (SEA) (cf. Biondi &amp; DAlessandro, 2006).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFBED4784CEFFCA73E6F8AC8" blockId="14.[151,1437,152,938]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
ECOLOGICAL NOTES. No information about its host plant is available for this species. Biome: Forest (cf.
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). Veld
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: North-Eastern Mountain Sourveld (cf.
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).
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