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Buck
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(
<figureCitation id="ABDEA5DDFFA3A7560CE8FE2CFEFBA7D2" box="[159,330,418,444]" captionStart="FIGURES 246252" captionStartId="109.[151,269,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[171,1413,199,1889]" captionTargetId="figure-66@109.[168,1416,194,1895]" captionTargetPageId="109" captionText="FIGURES 246252. Leptocera insularum sp.n. (246249: Puerto Rico, 250252: Dominican Republic). Male terminalia (phallus and postgonites omitted): (246) lateral, cercus omitted; (247) posterior; (248) ventral, cerci omitted; (249) sternite 5. Female terminalia: (250) dorsal; (251) spermathecae; (252) ventral. ce—cercus, cda—dorsal arm of cercus, cva—ventral arm of cercus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5311956" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5311956/files/figure.png" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Figs. 246252</figureCitation>
)
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. Male terminalia (
<figureCitation id="ABDEA5DDFFA3A7560E75FE7EFD00A464" box="[514,689,496,522]" captionStart="FIGURES 246252" captionStartId="109.[151,269,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[171,1413,199,1889]" captionTargetId="figure-66@109.[168,1416,194,1895]" captionTargetPageId="109" captionText="FIGURES 246252. Leptocera insularum sp.n. (246249: Puerto Rico, 250252: Dominican Republic). Male terminalia (phallus and postgonites omitted): (246) lateral, cercus omitted; (247) posterior; (248) ventral, cerci omitted; (249) sternite 5. Female terminalia: (250) dorsal; (251) spermathecae; (252) ventral. ce—cercus, cda—dorsal arm of cercus, cva—ventral arm of cercus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5311956" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5311956/files/figure.png" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Figs. 246249</figureCitation>
): Sternite 5 with ca. 14 large scales on hind margin. Epandrium of approximately equal width dorsally and ventrally, not distinctly expanded dorsally. Anterior section of surstylus with angulate anterolateral corner (ventral view), and with two fairly long bristles along inner margin, well visible in lateral view. Anterior process of surstylus of moderate width (narrower than in
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). Posterior section of surstylus long, dilated apically; with long, medial bristle inserted anteroapically directly above series of apical spines; this bristle with fine, tapered tip (more tapered than in
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); spines of apical series with tapered tips (unlike
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<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560EF0FD56FD52A49F" box="[647,739,728,753]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. fulva</emphasis>
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). Cercus bifurcate, dorsal arm short and hardly expanded apically and with three, short, ± apical bristles and one bristle near point of bifurcation, longer ventral arm bare, quite abruptly tapered and curved inward apically.
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Female terminalia (
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): Sternite 7 with wide but very short median projection, microtrichia of posteromedial third of sclerite directed posteriorly and posteromedially, absent at middle of hind margin. Tergite 10 + cerci with a pair of long bristles near middle plus several shorter setulae.
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.
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(
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,
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, dry forest, sweep nr. pond,
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.
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:
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.
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,
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Co.,
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ENE Las Vegas
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,
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,
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,
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, disturbed habitat,
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,
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&amp;
<collectorName id="9E10DC8EFFA3A7560950FB83FA2DA249" box="[1319,1436,1037,1063]" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">W. Zanol</collectorName>
(
<collectionCode id="55F4219DFFA3A7560CE8FBBAFF4FA220" box="[159,254,1076,1102]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/daw7-8h44" name="The Cleveland Museum of Natural History" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" type="Museum">CMNH</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="838DB305FFA3A7560D64FBBAFE19A21A" collectingDate="1989-01-14" collectionCode="DEBU" collectorName="S. A. Marshall" country="Dominican Republic" location="Bonao" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Monsenor Nouel" typeStatus="paratype">
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.
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:
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,
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,
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, wet cacao, roadside sweep,
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(
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)
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.
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<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560CB0FB0EFEFDA2F4" bold="true" box="[199,332,1152,1178]" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Etymology</emphasis>
. The species name reflects the fact that this species is restricted to islands in the Caribbean (lat.
<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560CBBFB26FEA5A2AF" box="[204,276,1192,1217]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">insula</emphasis>
: island).
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<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560CB0FB40FED1A286" bold="true" box="[199,352,1230,1256]" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Distribution</emphasis>
. At present only known from Hispaniola (
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) and
<collectingCountry id="4BF2F9C8FFA3A75608FFFB40FAA7A286" box="[1160,1302,1230,1256]" name="Puerto Rico" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Puerto Rico</collectingCountry>
, where it is much rarer than the widespread
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<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560E78FB7BFDD9A360" box="[527,616,1269,1294]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. fulva</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7BFFEAD3FFA3A7560CB0FA95FAA6A02A" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="335AB958FFA3A7560CB0FA95FAA6A02A" blockId="108.[151,1436,495,1604]" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">
<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560CB0FA95FEFAA35B" bold="true" box="[199,331,1307,1333]" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Discussion</emphasis>
. This species is morphologically intermediate between
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<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560F9EFA92FB33A35B" box="[1001,1154,1308,1333]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. dicrofulva</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560976FA92FAECA35B" box="[1281,1373,1308,1333]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. fulva</emphasis>
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. The male cercus is bifurcate (as in
<taxonomicName id="F4E5C2DBFFA3A7560E7CFACDFD15A332" authority="Buck &amp; Marshall, 2009" authorityName="Buck &amp; Marshall" authorityYear="2009" box="[523,676,1347,1372]" class="Insecta" family="Sphaeroceridae" genus="Leptocera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dicrofulva" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560E7CFACDFD15A332" box="[523,676,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. dicrofulva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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), but the posterior section of the surstylus has a series of three enlarged apical bristles (as in
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<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560E23FAE7FD03A3EC" box="[596,690,1385,1410]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. fulva</emphasis>
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), and female sternite 7 is slightly produced posteromedially (strongly produced in
<taxonomicName id="F4E5C2DBFFA3A7560DECFA1EFE45A3C7" baseAuthorityName="Malloch" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[411,500,1424,1449]" class="Insecta" family="Sphaeroceridae" genus="Leptocera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fulva">
<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560DECFA1EFE45A3C7" box="[411,500,1424,1449]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. fulva</emphasis>
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, emarginate in
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<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560EDCFA1EFCF0A3C7" box="[683,833,1424,1449]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. dicrofulva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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). The male differs from
<taxonomicName id="F4E5C2DBFFA3A75608D5FA1EFA89A3C7" authority="Buck &amp; Marshall, 2009" authorityName="Buck &amp; Marshall" authorityYear="2009" box="[1186,1336,1424,1449]" class="Insecta" family="Sphaeroceridae" genus="Leptocera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dicrofulva" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A75608D5FA1EFA89A3C7" box="[1186,1336,1424,1449]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. dicrofulva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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by the smaller number of posterior scales of sternite 5, the medially curved apex of the ventral arm of the cercus, and the uppermost cercal bristle inserted near bifurcation point (all near apex of posterior arm in
<taxonomicName id="F4E5C2DBFFA3A7560972FA53FA2AA398" authority="Buck &amp; Marshall, 2009" authorityName="Buck &amp; Marshall" authorityYear="2009" box="[1285,1435,1501,1526]" class="Insecta" family="Sphaeroceridae" genus="Leptocera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dicrofulva" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560972FA53FA2AA398" box="[1285,1435,1501,1526]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. dicrofulva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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). It can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560E43F98AFD3DA073" box="[564,652,1540,1565]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. fulva</emphasis>
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by the tapered spines of the apical series of the posterior section of the surstylus, and the more slender anterior process of the surstylus (similar to
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<emphasis id="0191654AFFA3A7560845F9A5FB79A02A" box="[1074,1224,1579,1604]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">L. dicrofulva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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).
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