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<emphasis id="B901EA93FF88FFD4FEC3F91AFE04F923" bold="true" box="[264,500,1712,1738]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Nephrocerus woodi</emphasis>
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(
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,
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AD)
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<typeStatus id="54CE8823FF88FFD4FEC3F951FEB5F8FC" box="[264,325,1787,1813]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Type</typeStatus>
Material Examined:
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♂:
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, Quebec, Cté Gatineau, Masham [Township], Duncan Lake, [
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,
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],
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,
<date id="FFCB1041FF88FFD4FC1FF889FBB6F8D4" box="[980,1094,1827,1853]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" value="1996-06-02">2.vi.1996</date>
, JSS#15346, D.M. Wood (
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).
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<typeStatus id="54CE8823FF88FFD4FE7DF8E1FDC8F88C" box="[438,568,1867,1893]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
:
<collectingCountry id="F3627611FF88FFD4FD8DF8E1FD3AF88C" box="[582,714,1867,1893]" name="Canada" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">CANADA</collectingCountry>
: Quebec:
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Gatineau Co., Masham Twp., [
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF88FFD4FB7CF8E1FAD6F88C" box="[1207,1318,1867,1893]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" precision="925" value="45.683334">45°41' N</geoCoordinate>
,
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], 1020.
<date id="FFCB1041FF89FFD5FE29FEB6FD91FEDF" box="[482,609,284,310]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" value="1974-07-01">
vii.1974,
<specimenCount id="9D73FD08FF89FFD5FD99FEB6FD91FEDF" box="[594,609,284,310]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="generic">1</specimenCount>
</date>
♂, JSS#9903 [tip of right surstylus broken, phallus missing], 22.
<date id="FFCB1041FF89FFD5FEE7FEEEFE69FEB7" box="[300,409,324,350]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" value="1977-05-01">
v.1977,
<specimenCount id="9D73FD08FF89FFD5FE41FEEEFE69FEB7" box="[394,409,324,350]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="generic">1</specimenCount>
</date>
♂, JSS#9904, 5.
<date id="FFCB1041FF89FFD5FD84FEEEFD39FEB7" box="[591,713,324,350]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" value="1976-06-02">vi.1976, 2</date>
♂♂, JSS#9905­6, D.M. Wood (
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); Gatineau Co., Masham Twp., Hilltop Near Duncan Lake,
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF89FFD5FCDDFEC6FC5DFE6F" box="[790,941,364,390]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" precision="15" value="45.68139">45°40'53&quot; N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF89FFD5FC77FEC6FBA7FE6F" box="[956,1111,364,390]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" precision="15" value="-76.05028">76°03'01&quot; W</geoCoordinate>
, 7.
<date id="FFCB1041FF89FFD5FBB3FEC6FB05FE6F" box="[1144,1269,364,390]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" value="2002-06-01">
vi.2002,
<specimenCount id="9D73FD08FF89FFD5FB2DFEC6FB05FE6F" box="[1254,1269,364,390]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="generic">1</specimenCount>
</date>
♂, J. Skevington, JSS#12490 (
<collectionCode id="ED64AE44FF89FFD5FD87FE3EFD7EFE47" box="[588,654,404,430]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/y2kv-9w3k" name="Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">CNC</collectionCode>
); Montreal, Co. Vaudreuil, Rigaud, [
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF89FFD5FB4AFE3EFAD6FE47" box="[1153,1318,404,430]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" precision="15" value="45.46639">45°27'59&quot; N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF89FFD5FEC3FE16FE5FFE3F" box="[264,431,444,470]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" precision="15" value="-74.326385">74°19'35&quot; W</geoCoordinate>
], hilltop, 14.
<date id="FFCB1041FF89FFD5FD9CFE16FD2BFE3F" box="[599,731,444,470]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" value="1996-06-01">
vi.1996,
<specimenCount id="9D73FD08FF89FFD5FD07FE16FD2BFE3F" box="[716,731,444,470]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="generic">1</specimenCount>
</date>
♂, JSS#9902, C. Kassebeer (
<collectionCode id="ED64AE44FF89FFD5FB9CFE16FB69FE3F" box="[1111,1177,444,470]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/y2kv-9w3k" name="Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">CNC</collectionCode>
);
<emphasis id="B901EA93FF89FFD5FB72FE11FDADFE14" bold="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<collectingCountry id="F3627611FF89FFD5FB72FE11FE88FE14" name="United States of America" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">UNITED STATES</collectingCountry>
: New Hampshire:
</emphasis>
Carr[oll] Co.,
<quantity id="4C8D9B64FF89FFD5FCDAFE4EFCBBFE17" box="[785,843,484,510]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.218688" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" unit="mi" value="2.0">2 mi</quantity>
[les] NW Wonalancet, [
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF89FFD5FBA9FE4EFB21FE17" box="[1122,1233,484,510]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" precision="925" value="43.933334">43°56' N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF89FFD5FB14FE4EFED8FDCF" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" precision="925" value="-71.4">71°24' W</geoCoordinate>
], Malaise trap, 814.
<date id="FFCB1041FF89FFD5FDE8FDA6FD6EFDCF" box="[547,670,524,550]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" value="1984-06-01">
vi.1984,
<specimenCount id="9D73FD08FF89FFD5FD44FDA6FD6EFDCF" box="[655,670,524,550]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="generic">1</specimenCount>
</date>
♂, JSS#11809, D.S. Chandler (
<collectionCode id="ED64AE44FF89FFD5FBC4FDA6FB97FDCF" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33213" box="[1039,1127,524,550]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33213" name="University of New Hampshire" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">DENH</collectionCode>
);
<emphasis id="B901EA93FF89FFD5FBB6FDA1FB3BFDCC" bold="true" box="[1149,1227,523,549]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Texas:</emphasis>
Anderson Co., Salmon, [
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF89FFD5FE2CFD9EFDA7FDA7" box="[487,599,564,590]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" precision="925" value="31.566668">31°34' N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF89FFD5FDAEFD9EFD2BFDA7" box="[613,731,564,590]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" precision="925" value="-95.5">95°30' W</geoCoordinate>
], Malaise trap, 28.iv.16.
<date id="FFCB1041FF89FFD5FBC3FD9EFB88FDA7" box="[1032,1144,564,590]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" value="1975-05-01">
v.1975,
<specimenCount id="9D73FD08FF89FFD5FBA2FD9EFB88FDA7" box="[1129,1144,564,590]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="generic">1</specimenCount>
</date>
♂, H.R. Burke, JSS#13394 [3 legs removed for
<collectionCode id="ED64AE44FF89FFD5FD4AFDF6FD31FD9F" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15536" box="[641,705,604,630]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15536" name="Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">DNA</collectionCode>
extraction] (
<collectionCode id="ED64AE44FF89FFD5FC9DFDF6FC41FD9F" box="[854,945,604,630]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">TAMU</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA3681FF89FFD5FEF3FD2EFC3EFD07" blockId="31.[264,1324,284,910]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FF89FFD5FEF3FD2EFC61FD77" bold="true" box="[312,913,644,670]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
Other Material Examined:
<collectingCountry id="F3627611FF89FFD5FD5CFD2EFCEAFD77" box="[663,794,644,670]" name="Canada" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">CANADA</collectingCountry>
: Quebec:
</emphasis>
Vaudreuil Co., Summit of Mount Rigaud,
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF89FFD5FEBFFD06FDE1FD2F" box="[372,529,684,710]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" precision="15" value="45.46639">45°27'59&quot; N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE415046FF89FFD5FDEEFD06FD25FD2F" box="[549,725,684,710]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" precision="15" value="-74.326385">074°19'35&quot; W</geoCoordinate>
, 13.
<date id="FFCB1041FF89FFD5FCC1FD06FC7CFD2F" box="[778,908,684,710]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" value="2001-06-03">vi.2001, 3</date>
♂♂, J. Skevington, JSS#10101­3, molecular specimens, genitalia preserved as voucher (
<collectionCode id="ED64AE44FF89FFD5FCB4FD7EFC31FD07" box="[895,961,724,750]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/y2kv-9w3k" name="Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">CNC</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36F650AFF89FFD5FEF3FD56FE48FC67" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BCA3681FF89FFD5FEF3FD56FE48FC67" blockId="31.[264,1324,284,910]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FF89FFD5FEF3FD56FE4FFCFF" bold="true" box="[312,447,764,790]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Etymology</emphasis>
: Named in honour of Dr. D. Monty Wood, the first person that I am aware of to document hilltopping behaviour in
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FF89FFD5FD2EFC8EFC72FCD7" box="[741,898,804,830]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Pipunculidae</taxonomicName>
. Monty collected several specimens of this hilltopping species and introduced me to the hilltops in the Ottawa region where the species occurs.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B901EA93FF89FFD5FEC3F950FE66F8FB" bold="true" box="[264,406,1786,1810]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">FIGURE 13.</emphasis>
Male
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<emphasis id="B901EA93FF89FFD5FE10F951FD5BF8FB" box="[475,683,1787,1810]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Nephrocerus woodi</emphasis>
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terminalia, ejaculatory apodeme and sperm pump removed. Arrows indicate key features. Scale bars = 0.1 mm. A. left lateral, JSS#9905. B. right lateral, JSS#9902. C. dorsal, JSS#9902. D. ventral, JSS#9902, phallus removed.
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<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFEF3FEB1FDDCFEDC" bold="true" box="[312,556,283,309]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Description: Male:</emphasis>
Body length 6.88.2 mm.
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFC59FEB1FC2EFEDC" bold="true" box="[914,990,283,309]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Head:</emphasis>
Holoptic,
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFBA7FEB6FB2AFEB4" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">eyes joined for approximately two to three times the length of ocellar triangle, H:O 2.333.27:1.</emphasis>
Arista
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFEC3FEDEFEB7FE67" box="[264,327,372,398]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
with yellow base. 1st flagellomere yellow. Pedicel yellow with 1825 bristles along distal margin. Scape yellow with 68 dorsal bristles. Labellum and palps yellow. Occiput silver­pubescent with multiple rows of white hairs.
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFCA5FE69FC24FE34" bold="true" box="[878,980,451,477]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Thorax:</emphasis>
Proepisternum with a fan of 611 bristles. Postpronotal lobe yellow with 57 yellow hairs on posterior edge. Scutum brown to
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFEB3FDBEFE48FDC7" box="[376,440,532,558]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
dorsally, yellow laterally, with sharply boundaries between the colours (cf.
<figureCitation id="134E2A04FFB6FFEAFEC3FD96FEBBFDBF" box="[264,331,572,598]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="8.[264,367,1712,1736]" captionTargetBox="[264,1322,321,1678]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[262,1324,321,1688]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 1. Photographs of Nephrocerus species. Abbreviation: prepst = proepisternum. Scale bars = 1.0 mm. A. Nephrocerus acanthostylus, holotype, JSS # 15348, ♂, dorsal of head, thorax and base of abdomen. B. Nephrocerus slossonae, JSS # 11834, ♂, dorsal of head, thorax and base of abdomen. C. Nephrocerus acanthostylus, JSS # 13450, Ψ, left lateral. D. Nephrocerus slossonae, JSS # 11836, ♂, left lateral of head and thorax. E. ♂, Nephrocerus slossonae, JSS # 11490, left lateral of head and thorax." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/171340/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
C); with dorsocentral and intra­alar rows of hairs, dorsocentrals longer and increasing in size posteriorly, terminating in 12 strong setae. Notopleuron with 12 setae and numerous smaller hairs. Usually 1 (rarely 2 or 3) posterior supra­alar seta. Postalar callus with 12 setae and 47 other moderately strong bristles.
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFC6FFD1EFBEBFD27" box="[932,1051,692,718]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Scutellum</taxonomicName>
yellow; with 23 pairs of strong posterior setae and numerous small
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFCFFFD76FC83FD1F" box="[820,883,732,758]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
bristles over entire surface. Pleuron about half yellow, brown to
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFD9BFCAEFD7FFCF7" box="[592,655,772,798]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
on basal four fifths of katepisternum and meron, anterior anepisternum, small sclerite below wing base and subscutellum; proepisternum brown in all specimens except the one from Texas (JSS#13394); anepimeron varying from entirely brown to slightly smeared with brown medially. Halter yellow.
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFBC6FCD1FBA1FC7C" bold="true" box="[1037,1105,891,917]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Legs:</emphasis>
long and slender, entirely yellow;
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFE01FC0EFC30FC54" box="[458,960,932,957]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
hairs and sockets on coxae brown to
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFC4AFC0EFC30FC54" box="[897,960,932,957]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
; hairs on trochanters and femora predominantly to entirely brown or
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFD2BFC66FCD3FC0F" box="[736,803,972,998]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
; tibiae and tarsi with
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFBEFFC66FB94FC0F" box="[1060,1124,972,998]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
hairs with
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFB20FC66FADBFC0F" box="[1259,1323,972,998]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
sockets. Fore and mid­tibiae slender and slightly arched dorsoventrally; hind tibia narrow on basal third, broader towards tip, laterally arched in apical half (in dorsal view);
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFB38FBB6FC4DFBB4" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">apex with circlet of stiff yellow bristles all about the same length</emphasis>
(cf.
<figureCitation id="134E2A04FFB6FFEAFC3FFBEEFBC9FBB7" box="[1012,1081,1092,1118]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="10.[264,367,1258,1282]" captionTargetBox="[284,1289,413,1236]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[284,1301,409,1237]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 2. Posterior view of distal region of right hind tibia, Nephrocerus species. Scale bars = 0.1 mm. A. Nephrocerus acanthostylus JSS # 13490. B. Nephrocerus corpulentus JSS # 11470. C. Nephrocerus slossonae JSS # 11827." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/171341/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C). Trochanters with 36 dorsomedial bristles and a row of shorter ventral bristles, most prominent on rear trochanter.
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFEA4FB39FE38FB44" bold="true" box="[367,456,1171,1197]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Wings:</emphasis>
Length: 6.18.2 mm; fourth costal section about 23 times as long as third, C4:C3 2.12.8:1; R­M situated at approximately basal one­third of discal medial cell (dm), S3:S2 2.63.4:1. Cell r1 bare on only basal corner; Sc microtrichose in distal corner only; cell bm microtrichose along distal edge only.
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFC44FABDFC2EFAD8" box="[911,990,1303,1329]" class="Gastropoda" family="Tegulidae" genus="Tegula" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="10" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">Tegula</taxonomicName>
with 1116
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFB49FABDFB32FAD8" box="[1154,1218,1303,1329]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
bristles.
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFEC3FA94FE7CFAB1" bold="true" box="[264,396,1342,1368]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Abdomen:</emphasis>
Tergite 1 brown with a yellow anterolateral patch; with 1015 large
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFB65FA95FB1DFAB0" box="[1198,1261,1343,1369]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
bristles. Tergites 23 brown with yellow along posterior edge and laterally. Tergites 47 brown to
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFEB2FA25FE4CFA40" box="[377,444,1423,1449]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
, with narrow, dull yellow posterior and lateral edges. Sternites 15 brown. Syntergosternite 8 brown to
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFDAAFA1DFD50FA38" box="[609,672,1463,1489]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
dorsally, yellow ventrally.
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFC21FA1DFB54FA39" box="[1002,1188,1463,1488]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
All hairs
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFB97FA1DFB50FA39" box="[1116,1184,1463,1488]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFB66FA1CFADAFA39" bold="true" box="[1197,1322,1462,1488]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Genitalia:</emphasis>
Epandrium and terminalia mostly light brown to
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFC82FA75FC7BFA10" box="[841,907,1503,1529]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
, yellowish along edges and on surstyli, phallus
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFE6FF9ADFE17F9C8" box="[420,487,1543,1569]" class="Trilobita" family="Styginidae" genus="Scutellum" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Corynexochida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="black">black</taxonomicName>
. Epandrium shape variable, from one and a third to nearly two times as wide as long, WE:LE 1.31.9:1.
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFD68F984FCF0F9A1" bold="true" box="[675,768,1582,1608]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Surstyli</emphasis>
asymmetrical;
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFC74F984FD98F999" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">with upper lobes long, about twice as long as lower lobes</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="134E2A04FFB6FFEAFDB7F9FDFD23F998" box="[636,723,1623,1649]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1786,1810]" captionTargetBox="[268,1321,1006,1773]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[265,1322,1006,1776]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 13. Male Nephrocerus woodi terminalia, ejaculatory apodeme and sperm pump removed. Arrows indicate key features. Scale bars = 0.1 mm. A. left lateral, JSS # 9905. B. right lateral, JSS # 9902. C. dorsal, JSS # 9902. D. ventral, JSS # 9902, phallus removed." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/171351/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
AD);
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFCE1F9FDFB85F999" box="[810,1141,1623,1648]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">no middle lobes on surstyli</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="134E2A04FFB6FFEAFB42F9FDFB10F998" box="[1161,1248,1623,1649]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1786,1810]" captionTargetBox="[268,1321,1006,1773]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[265,1322,1006,1776]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 13. Male Nephrocerus woodi terminalia, ejaculatory apodeme and sperm pump removed. Arrows indicate key features. Scale bars = 0.1 mm. A. left lateral, JSS # 9905. B. right lateral, JSS # 9902. C. dorsal, JSS # 9902. D. ventral, JSS # 9902, phallus removed." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/171351/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
AB);
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFEC3F9D4FCCAF971" bold="true" box="[264,826,1662,1688]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">lower lobe of right surstylus wide, triangular</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="134E2A04FFB6FFEAFC85F9D5FC57F970" box="[846,935,1663,1689]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1786,1810]" captionTargetBox="[268,1321,1006,1773]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[265,1322,1006,1776]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 13. Male Nephrocerus woodi terminalia, ejaculatory apodeme and sperm pump removed. Arrows indicate key features. Scale bars = 0.1 mm. A. left lateral, JSS # 9905. B. right lateral, JSS # 9902. C. dorsal, JSS # 9902. D. ventral, JSS # 9902, phallus removed." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/171351/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
D). Distiphallus with numerous, robust spines starting before first loop (
<figureCitation id="134E2A04FFB6FFEAFD16F90DFCC2F928" box="[733,818,1703,1729]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="31.[264,367,1786,1810]" captionTargetBox="[268,1321,1006,1773]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[265,1322,1006,1776]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 13. Male Nephrocerus woodi terminalia, ejaculatory apodeme and sperm pump removed. Arrows indicate key features. Scale bars = 0.1 mm. A. left lateral, JSS # 9905. B. right lateral, JSS # 9902. C. dorsal, JSS # 9902. D. ventral, JSS # 9902, phallus removed." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/171351/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
AC).
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFC48F90CFC18F929" bold="true" box="[899,1000,1702,1728]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Female:</emphasis>
Unknown. Likely indistinguishable from
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFE74F965FDBAF901" box="[447,586,1743,1768]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrapilus">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFE74F965FDBAF901" box="[447,586,1743,1768]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">N. atrapilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFD49F965FD0CF901" box="[642,764,1743,1768]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="daeckei">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFD49F965FD0CF901" box="[642,764,1743,1768]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">N. daeckei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, the colour of the proepisternum may prove to be of use in identifying these females once more definitively associated specimens are found. All specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFD6CF8B5FCD5F8D1" box="[679,805,1823,1848]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="daeckei">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFD6CF8B5FCD5F8D1" box="[679,805,1823,1848]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">N. daeckei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and all northern specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB6FFEAFB57F8B5FADBF8D1" box="[1180,1323,1823,1848]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrapilus">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB6FFEAFB57F8B5FADBF8D1" box="[1180,1323,1823,1848]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">N. atrapilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have the proepisternum yellow. Several specimens in the collection have the proepisternum brown these could be specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB7FFEBFCCFFEB6FC9EFEDC" box="[772,878,284,309]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="woodi">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB7FFEBFCCFFEB6FC9EFEDC" box="[772,878,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">N. woodi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(JSS#11424­7, 11496, 11817, 11831, 13353, 13354, 15953).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36F650AFFB7FFEBFEF3FEC1FC7BFE47" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BCA3681FFB7FFEBFEF3FEC1FC7BFE47" blockId="33.[264,1323,284,430]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB7FFEBFEF3FEC1FE2AFE6C" bold="true" box="[312,474,363,389]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Distribution:</emphasis>
Eastern Nearctic in distribution. Known from
<specimenCount id="9D73FD08FFB7FFEBFC31FEC6FB69FE6F" box="[1018,1177,364,390]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="generic">12 specimens</specimenCount>
from southwestern Quebec, New Hampshire, and Texas (
<figureCitation id="134E2A04FFB7FFEBFCEDFE3EFC8DFE47" box="[806,893,404,430]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="33.[264,367,1862,1886]" captionTargetBox="[281,1301,526,1810]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[281,1306,526,1836]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURE 14. Distribution of all known New World Nephrocerus specimens." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/171352/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="DF0A6609FFB7FFEBFEC3F8ECFBCBF8B4" box="[264,1083,1862,1886]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/171352/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" targetBox="[281,1301,526,1810]" targetPageId="33">
<paragraph id="8BCA3681FFB7FFEBFEC3F8ECFBCBF8B4" blockId="33.[264,1083,1862,1886]" box="[264,1083,1862,1886]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB7FFEBFEC3F8ECFE67F8B7" bold="true" box="[264,407,1862,1886]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FIGURE 14.</emphasis>
Distribution of all known New World
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB7FFEBFCFFF8EDFC4DF8B7" box="[820,957,1863,1886]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB7FFEBFCFFF8EDFC4DF8B7" box="[820,957,1863,1886]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Nephrocerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C36F650AFFB4FFE8FEF3FEB1FDCDFCA8" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BCA3681FFB4FFE8FEF3FEB1FBCCFE30" blockId="34.[264,1325,283,833]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB4FFE8FEF3FEB1FE38FEDC" bold="true" box="[312,456,283,309]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Comments:</emphasis>
Ten of the twelve specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB4FFE8FC9BFEB6FBC8FEDC" box="[848,1080,284,309]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="woodi">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB4FFE8FC9BFEB6FBC8FEDC" box="[848,1080,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Nephrocerus woodi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been collected hilltopping. More efforts looking for
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB4FFE8FD74FEEEFCA5FEB4" box="[703,853,324,349]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB4FFE8FD74FEEEFCA5FEB4" box="[703,853,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Nephrocerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on hilltops will help us to better understand the distribution of the species. The flight period for
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB4FFE8FC7EFEC6FB6CFE6C" box="[949,1180,364,389]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="woodi">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB4FFE8FC7EFEC6FB6CFE6C" box="[949,1180,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Nephrocerus woodi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is from late May to mid July in the NE, with most records in the first two weeks of June. The Texas specimen was collected between the 28th of April and the 16th of May.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA3681FFB4FFE8FEF3FE4DFDCDFCA8" blockId="34.[264,1325,283,833]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB4FFE8FEF3FE4DFDDFFDE9" box="[312,559,487,512]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="daeckei">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB4FFE8FEF3FE4DFDDFFDE9" box="[312,559,487,512]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Nephrocerus daeckei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C754D02FFB4FFE8FDACFE4DFD20FDE9" box="[615,720,487,512]" class="Insecta" family="Pipunculidae" genus="Nephrocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="woodi">
<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB4FFE8FDACFE4DFD20FDE9" box="[615,720,487,512]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">N. woodi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are very similar and appear to be part of a complex of species. A male from Florida (JSS#13435) has a yellow pleuron, brown knobs on the halters, a brown
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with yellow margins and genitalia intermediate between the two species. Eight unidentified females (also from Florida; JSS#13421­8) have similar pleura, scutellums and halteres. The Texas specimen of
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<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB4FFE8FC54FD2DFBFAFD49" box="[927,1034,647,672]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">N. woodi</emphasis>
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(JSS#13394) appears to have the same genitalia as the northeastern specimens but it is much more yellow on the pleuron. I have treated it as conspecific with
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<emphasis id="B901EA93FFB4FFE8FCDAFD7DFC8AFD19" box="[785,890,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">N. woodi</emphasis>
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since the genitalia appear to be identical, but more specimens are needed from these southern populations to learn where the limits of these species are.
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