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(
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<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC89705FE4750C7FE68B382" box="[390,490,1204,1223]" captionStart-0="Figs 24–27" captionStart-1="Figs 28–29" captionStart-2="Fig" captionStartId-0="7.[151,188,1879,1898]" captionStartId-1="8.[150,187,1037,1056]" captionStartId-2="9.[828,859,2028,2047]" captionTargetBox-0="[154,1436,195,1829]" captionTargetBox-1="[188,1400,194,989]" captionTargetBox-2="[851,1405,1503,2004]" captionTargetId-0="figure-16@7.[151,1436,189,1859]" captionTargetId-1="figure-13@8.[151,1436,189,1016]" captionTargetId-2="figure-838@9.[823,1441,1489,2015]" captionTargetPageId-0="7" captionTargetPageId-1="8" captionTargetPageId-2="9" captionText-0="Figs 24–27. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov., holotype, male. 24–26 – habitus: 24 – dorsal view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 25 – habitus, ventral view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 26 – dorsal view (before cleaning, genital capsule extended). 27 – genital capsule (ventral view)." captionText-1="Figs 28–29. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov. paratype, female, habitus (28 – dorsal view, before cleaning; 29 – ventral view, cleaned)." captionText-2="Fig. 30. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov., paramere and pygophore (a – ventral view, b – dorsal view)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449790" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449792" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449797" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/11449790/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/11449792/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/11449797/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Figs 24–30</figureCitation>
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,
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: 3:
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:
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<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FF2C5160FED2B263" box="[237,336,1299,1318]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Rhizophora</emphasis>
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880 (
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)
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:
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same data as
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(
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<collectionCode id="71A52796FFC89705FDB8515DFD3DB204" box="[633,703,1326,1345]" country="Netherlands" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34992" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34992" name="National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis" pageId="6" pageNumber="39" type="Museum">RMNH</collectionCode>
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); Cay, entrance of Lac,
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<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FEEC513BFE01B21E" box="[301,387,1352,1371]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Avicennia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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leaves,
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<date id="630A9993FFC89705FE0C513BFDA3B21E" box="[461,545,1352,1371]" pageId="6" pageNumber="39" value="1948-09-01">1.ix.1948</date>
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, leg. P. W. Hummelinck 180a,
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(
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<collectionCode id="71A52796FFC89705FEC35110FEC1B233" box="[258,323,1379,1398]" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">NCTN</collectionCode>
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).
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<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC89705FE945110FE4AB233" box="[341,456,1379,1398]" name="Curaçao" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">CURAÇAO</collectingCountry>
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:
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</emphasis>
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Groot St. Joris, shore,
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, 68°83′W,
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<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FF2D510DFED3B2D4" box="[236,337,1406,1425]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Rhizophora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in muddy sand,
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<date id="630A9993FFC89705FE1A510DFDAFB2D4" box="[475,557,1406,1425]" pageId="6" pageNumber="39" value="1949-04-09">9.iv.1949</date>
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, leg. P.W. Hummelinck 326,
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(
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<collectionCode id="71A52796FFC89705FF3E51EBFEBDB2EE" box="[255,319,1432,1451]" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">NCTN</collectionCode>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC89705FF5651B7FDF3B13E" blockId="6.[151,761,1475,2075]" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">
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<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FF5651B7FE2DB29E" bold="true" box="[151,431,1475,1499]" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">
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Description.
|
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<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FEED51B0FE2DB29E" bold="true" box="[300,431,1475,1499]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Dimensions</emphasis>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(in mm). Male (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC89705FDAA51B7FD6FB29E" box="[619,749,1476,1499]" captionStart="Figs 24–27" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1879,1898]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,195,1829]" captionTargetId="figure-16@7.[151,1436,189,1859]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 24–27. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov., holotype, male. 24–26 – habitus: 24 – dorsal view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 25 – habitus, ventral view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 26 – dorsal view (before cleaning, genital capsule extended). 27 – genital capsule (ventral view)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449790" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449790/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Figs 24–26</figureCitation>
|
||
): Length 5.21, width of pronotum 3.58, width of abdomen 3.61, width of hemielytra over embolia 3.72. Female (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC89705FD095277FF62B17E" captionStart="Figs 28–29" captionStartId="8.[150,187,1037,1056]" captionTargetBox="[188,1400,194,989]" captionTargetId="figure-13@8.[151,1436,189,1016]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs 28–29. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov. paratype, female, habitus (28 – dorsal view, before cleaning; 29 – ventral view, cleaned)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449792" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449792/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Figs 28–29</figureCitation>
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||
): length 5.77–
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FEBD5257FE29B17E" box="[380,427,1572,1595]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">5.87</emphasis>
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–
|
||
<quantity id="D04C12B6FFC89705FE785257FD9FB17E" box="[441,541,1572,1595]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.96" pageId="6" pageNumber="39" unit="mm" value="5.96">5.96 mm</quantity>
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||
, width of pronotum 3.70–
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FF125237FE83B11E" box="[211,257,1604,1627]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">3.85</emphasis>
|
||
–3.99, width of abdomen 3.83–
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FD875237FDF6B11E" box="[582,628,1604,1627]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">4.16</emphasis>
|
||
–4.34, width of hemielytra over embolia 3.99–
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FE3F5217FDAFB13E" box="[510,557,1636,1659]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">4.10</emphasis>
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||
–4.31.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC89705FF7452F0FDEBB1FE" blockId="6.[151,761,1475,2075]" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FF7452F0FEC3B1DE" bold="true" box="[181,321,1667,1691]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Colouration.</emphasis>
|
||
Castaneous, pronotum laterally and legs lighter, usually covered with mud and sand.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC89705FF7452B0FB91B1FE" blockId="6.[151,761,1475,2075]" lastBlockId="6.[828,1437,1188,2075]" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">
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||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FF7452B0FEE5B19E" box="[181,359,1731,1755]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FF7452B0FEA6B19E" bold="true" box="[181,292,1731,1755]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Structure.</emphasis>
|
||
Head
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
. Front of head with apex concavely excavated, with a stout, short and blunt tubercle on either edge of the excavation. Lateral tubercles apparently absent, a small pointed tubercle in centre of frons and two low, blunt, distinct tubercles laterally on vertex. Ocelli absent.
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FF565317FE81B03E" box="[151,259,1892,1915]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Pronotum</emphasis>
|
||
with a pair of strongly elevated submedian elevations accentuated by clavate bristles, anterior quarter of lateral margins convergent, virtually straight; posterior edges rounded, remainder of lateral margins parallel, straight. Width of pronotum subequal to width of abdomen in male, slightly less than width of abdomen in females. Posterior margin of pronotum sinuate, with a pair of short, submedian caudal projections.
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FB5050B7FB78B39E" box="[1169,1274,1220,1243]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Scutellum</emphasis>
|
||
with a central elongate elevation beset with clavate bristles, basal width of scutellum about 1.5 times its median length.
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FAE45177FA1EB25E" box="[1317,1436,1284,1307]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Hemielytra</emphasis>
|
||
fused, membranes reduced. Just behind pronotum midway between scutellum and lateral margin of embolium a small longitudinal elevation beset with clavate bristles, caudally from this halfway between posterior margin of pronotum and caudal tip of the hemielytron a more pronounced elevation also accentuated by clavate bristles. Embolium covering abdomen, its lateral margin rounded, hemielytra leaving a narrow strip of connexivum uncovered. Laterocaudal edges of abdominal segments rounded, accentuated by clavate bristles. Body dorsally sparsely beset with clavate bristles, more densely on the elevations.
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FAEB5217FAE6B13E" box="[1322,1380,1636,1659]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Legs.</emphasis>
|
||
Fore trochanter with two blunt projections, fore femur anteriorly not strongly dilated.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC89705FC9B52B0FA1EB0FE" blockId="6.[828,1437,1188,2075]" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">
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||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FC9B52B0FC1BB19E" bold="true" box="[858,921,1731,1755]" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">
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||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FC9B52B0FC10B19E" bold="true" box="[858,914,1731,1755]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Male</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FC6152B7FBDCB19E" box="[928,1118,1732,1755]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Abdominal venter</emphasis>
|
||
. Sternites II–IV symmetrical, V–VI only slightly asymmetrical, much less so than in other species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC89705FC665377FC78B05E" authorityName="Say" authorityYear="1832" box="[935,1018,1796,1819]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FC665377FC78B05E" box="[935,1018,1796,1819]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Nerthra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, sternite VIII with posterolateral corners somewhat produced caudally; sternites VII–IX distinctly asymmetrical (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC89705FC1F5337FBB3B01E" box="[990,1073,1860,1883]" captionStart="Figs 24–27" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1879,1898]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,195,1829]" captionTargetId="figure-16@7.[151,1436,189,1859]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 24–27. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov., holotype, male. 24–26 – habitus: 24 – dorsal view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 25 – habitus, ventral view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 26 – dorsal view (before cleaning, genital capsule extended). 27 – genital capsule (ventral view)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449790" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449790/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Fig. 25</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FB895337FB2FB01E" box="[1096,1197,1860,1883]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Genitalia</emphasis>
|
||
. Pygophore globular; left paramere reduced; right paramere (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC89705FB0D5317FAB8B03E" box="[1228,1338,1892,1915]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="9.[828,859,2028,2047]" captionTargetBox="[851,1405,1503,2004]" captionTargetId="figure-838@9.[823,1441,1489,2015]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Fig. 30. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov., paramere and pygophore (a – ventral view, b – dorsal view)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449797" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449797/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Figs 30a,b</figureCitation>
|
||
) a simple rod with slightly curved apex, middle part of shaft slightly narrowing. (See also Differential diagnosis and discussion.)
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC8970BFC9B53B0FEECB3A5" blockId="6.[828,1437,1188,2075]" lastBlockId="8.[151,760,1193,2080]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="41" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC89705FC9B53B0FC2FB09E" bold="true" box="[858,941,1987,2011]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="39">Female</emphasis>
|
||
abdominal sternites almost symmetrical, last sternite (VII) without tumescences, its median length only slightly shorter than that of all preceding segments together, its posterior margin straight, nearly covering the lobes of ovipositor (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFED350BAFEE0B3A5" box="[274,354,1225,1248]" captionStart="Figs 28–29" captionStartId="8.[150,187,1037,1056]" captionTargetBox="[188,1400,194,989]" captionTargetId="figure-13@8.[151,1436,189,1016]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs 28–29. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov. paratype, female, habitus (28 – dorsal view, before cleaning; 29 – ventral view, cleaned)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449792" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449792/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Fig. 29</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
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||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC99704FF565324FA84B0C0" blockId="7.[151,1436,1879,1925]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40">
|
||
Figs 24–27.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC99704FEC15324FE14B02F" authority="Nieser & Chen & Caspers, 2024" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[256,406,1879,1898]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC99704FEC15324FE14B02F" box="[256,406,1879,1898]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="40">Nerthra papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3EF3DE3AFFC99704FE5B5324FE5CB02F" box="[410,478,1879,1898]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, holotype, male. 24–26 – habitus: 24 – dorsal view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 25 – habitus, ventral view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 26 – dorsal view (before cleaning, genital capsule extended). 27 – genital capsule (ventral view).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
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<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC6970BFF57507EFB58B365" blockId="8.[150,1242,1037,1056]" box="[150,1242,1037,1056]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">
|
||
Figs 28–29.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFEC0507EFE15B365" authority="Nieser & Chen & Caspers, 2024" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[257,407,1037,1056]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFEC0507EFE15B365" box="[257,407,1037,1056]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Nerthra papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3EF3DE3AFFC6970BFE5C507EFE5DB365" box="[413,479,1037,1056]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
paratype, female, habitus (28 – dorsal view, before cleaning; 29 – ventral view, cleaned).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="5FAEECD8FFC6970AFF56509AFD7BB4B9" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC6970BFF56509AFE9DB2C5" blockId="8.[151,760,1193,2080]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFF56509AFE94B245" bold="true" box="[151,278,1257,1280]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
Named in honor of the late Professor Dr.Miroslav Papáček (1953–2019) for his wide ranging contributions on biology. Notably the morphology and taxonomy of Gerromorpha and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFE0D513AFDDFB225" box="[460,605,1353,1376]" class="Magnoliopsida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" infraOrder="Nepomorpha" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malvales" pageId="8" pageNumber="46" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="infraOrder">Nepomorpha</taxonomicName>
|
||
(see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFD5B513AFE91B2C5" author="DITRICH T. & PETR J. & LEPS J. S. & KMENT P." pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="1 - 14" refId="ref8508" refString="DITRICH T., PETR J., LEPS J. S. & KMENT P. 2020: In memoriam of Professor Miroslav Papacek (1953 - 2019): biography, memories, bibliography and list of described taxa. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1): 1 - 14." type="journal article" year="2020">DITRICH et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC6970BFF5651FAFD82B085" blockId="8.[151,760,1193,2080]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFF5651FAFE3CB2E5" bold="true" box="[151,446,1417,1440]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Habitat and distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
This species is known only from the Caribbean Islands
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFE7751DAFD88B285" box="[438,522,1449,1472]" name="Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Bonaire</collectingCountry>
|
||
and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFDFB51DAFD10B285" box="[570,658,1449,1472]" name="Curaçao" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Curaçao</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFD5F51DAFD69B285" box="[670,747,1449,1472]" captionStart="Figs 38–39" captionStartId="12.[151,189,2029,2048]" captionTargetBox="[157,1429,197,2004]" captionTargetId="figure-13@12.[151,1437,189,2010]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Figs 38–39. Distribution of treated Nerthra species: 38 – N. americana (Montandon, 1905), N. buenoi Todd, 1955 and N. papaceki sp. nov.; 39 – N. occidua Todd, 1959." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449805" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449805/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
|
||
), where it apparently lives in mangroves. This species should be looked for in the mangroves of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFE39519AFDBFB145" box="[504,573,1513,1536]" name="Aruba" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Aruba</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFD87519AFD21B145" box="[582,675,1513,1536]" name="Trinidad and Tobago" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Trinidad</collectingCountry>
|
||
, and the northern coast of South America. Apparently it burrows in mud because the
|
||
<typeStatus id="C80F01F1FFC6970BFEA6525AFE47B105" box="[359,453,1577,1600]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFE13525AFD9DB105" box="[466,543,1577,1600]" captionStart="Figs 24–27" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1879,1898]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,195,1829]" captionTargetId="figure-16@7.[151,1436,189,1859]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 24–27. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov., holotype, male. 24–26 – habitus: 24 – dorsal view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 25 – habitus, ventral view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 26 – dorsal view (before cleaning, genital capsule extended). 27 – genital capsule (ventral view)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449790" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449790/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
|
||
) and
|
||
<typeStatus id="C80F01F1FFC6970BFD99525AFD3DB105" box="[600,703,1577,1600]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFD0D525AFF31B125" captionStart="Figs 28–29" captionStartId="8.[150,187,1037,1056]" captionTargetBox="[188,1400,194,989]" captionTargetId="figure-13@8.[151,1436,189,1016]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs 28–29. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov. paratype, female, habitus (28 – dorsal view, before cleaning; 29 – ventral view, cleaned)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449792" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449792/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Fig. 28</figureCitation>
|
||
) were covered by a layer of fine silt concealing its real colouration (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFEDF521AFE15B1C5" box="[286,407,1641,1664]" captionStart="Figs 24–27" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1879,1898]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,195,1829]" captionTargetId="figure-16@7.[151,1436,189,1859]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 24–27. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov., holotype, male. 24–26 – habitus: 24 – dorsal view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 25 – habitus, ventral view (cleaned, genital capsule removed); 26 – dorsal view (before cleaning, genital capsule extended). 27 – genital capsule (ventral view)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449790" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449790/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Figs 24, 25</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFE61521AFE3CB1C5" box="[416,446,1641,1664]" captionStart="Figs 28–29" captionStartId="8.[150,187,1037,1056]" captionTargetBox="[188,1400,194,989]" captionTargetId="figure-13@8.[151,1436,189,1016]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs 28–29. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov. paratype, female, habitus (28 – dorsal view, before cleaning; 29 – ventral view, cleaned)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449792" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449792/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">29</figureCitation>
|
||
). Fused hemielytra have been suggested to enable a burrowing way of life (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFDAF52FAFD6EB1E5" author="TODD E. L." box="[622,748,1673,1696]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="277 - 475" refId="ref10253" refString="TODD E. L. 1955: A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37: 277 - 475." type="journal article" year="1955">TODD 1955</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFF5652DAFDD5B185" bold="true" box="[151,599,1705,1728]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Differential diagnosis and discussion.</emphasis>
|
||
The shape of right paramere of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFE9E52BAFE60B1A5" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[351,482,1737,1760]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFE9E52BAFE60B1A5" box="[351,482,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is very similar to that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFF56529AFE4DB045" authority="(Signoret, 1864)" baseAuthorityName="Signoret" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[151,463,1769,1792]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvula">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFF56529AFE8CB045" box="[151,270,1769,1792]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. parvula</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFEE1529AFE44B045" author="SIGNORET V." box="[288,454,1769,1792]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="541 - 588" refId="ref10051" refString="SIGNORET V. 1864: Revision des Hemipteres du Chili. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Serie 4 3: 541 - 588." type="journal article" year="1864">Signoret, 1864</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFDD9529AFDD4B045" box="[536,598,1769,1792]" name="Chile" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Chile</collectingCountry>
|
||
. However, the aedeagal furrow of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFEB2537AFE74B065" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[371,502,1801,1824]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFEB2537AFE74B065" box="[371,502,1801,1824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is entirely dorsal (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFD0D537AFF41B005" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="9.[828,859,2028,2047]" captionTargetBox="[851,1405,1503,2004]" captionTargetId="figure-838@9.[823,1441,1489,2015]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Fig. 30. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov., paramere and pygophore (a – ventral view, b – dorsal view)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449797" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449797/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Fig. 30b</figureCitation>
|
||
), whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFE94535AFE4BB005" baseAuthorityName="Signoret" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[341,457,1833,1856]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvula">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFE94535AFE4BB005" box="[341,457,1833,1856]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. parvula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
it is visible in ventral view in the apical part of the right paramere. In addition,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFD1E533AFF68B0C5" baseAuthorityName="Signoret" baseAuthorityYear="1864" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvula">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFD1E533AFF68B0C5" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. parvula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is larger, with the body length of males
|
||
<quantity id="D04C12B6FFC6970BFD66531AFF43B0E5" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.949999999999999" metricValueMax="6.1" metricValueMin="5.8" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" unit="mm" value="5.949999999999999" valueMax="6.1" valueMin="5.8">5.8–6.1 mm</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFF1053FAFED0B0E5" author="TODD E. L." box="[209,338,1929,1952]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="277 - 475" refId="ref10253" refString="TODD E. L. 1955: A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37: 277 - 475." type="journal article" year="1955">TODD 1955</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), and the hemielytra are not fused and have well-developed membranes.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC6970BFF7453BAFADEB085" blockId="8.[151,760,1193,2080]" lastBlockId="8.[828,1437,1193,2080]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">
|
||
This species does not run well with the key of
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFD7B53BAFF60BF45" author="TODD E. L." pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="277 - 475" refId="ref10253" refString="TODD E. L. 1955: A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37: 277 - 475." type="journal article" year="1955">TODD (1955)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
. It runs either to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFE6B539AFDC2BF45" baseAuthorityName="Montandon" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[426,576,2025,2048]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="americana">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFE6B539AFDC2BF45" box="[426,576,2025,2048]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. americana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFD4B539AFEE2BF65" authority="(Desjardins, 1837)" baseAuthorityName="Desjardins" baseAuthorityYear="1837" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFD4B539AFD7ABF45" box="[650,760,2025,2048]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFF5F5C7AFEDABF65" author="DESJARDINS J." box="[158,344,2057,2080]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="239 - 242" refId="ref8476" refString="DESJARDINS J. 1837: Note sur un insect nouveau faisant partie de la faune de l'ile Maurice. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 6: 239 - 242." type="journal article" year="1837">Desjardins, 1837</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but only the latter is closely related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFCFD50DAFC3FB385" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[828,957,1193,1216]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFCFD50DAFC3FB385" box="[828,957,1193,1216]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Males of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFBF350DAFB44B385" baseAuthorityName="Montandon" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[1074,1222,1193,1216]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="americana">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFBF350DAFB44B385" box="[1074,1222,1193,1216]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. americana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have a large dorsolateral projection on the paramere (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFB1150BAFAA6B3A5" box="[1232,1316,1225,1248]" captionStart="Figs 15–18" captionStartId="5.[151,188,2034,2053]" captionTargetBox="[316,1272,1270,1997]" captionTargetId="figure-18@5.[293,1295,1249,2002]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figs 15–18. Nerthra spp., apex of paramere, ventral view: 15 – N. americana (Montandon, 1905); 16 – N. buenoi Todd, 1955; 17 – N. occidua Todd, 1959; 18 – N. raptoria (Fabricius, 1803)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449780" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449780/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
|
||
), which is lacking in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFC6C509AFBAFB245" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[941,1069,1257,1280]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFC6C509AFBAFB245" box="[941,1069,1257,1280]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFBFD509AFB0EB245" box="[1084,1164,1257,1280]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="9.[828,859,2028,2047]" captionTargetBox="[851,1405,1503,2004]" captionTargetId="figure-838@9.[823,1441,1489,2015]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Fig. 30. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov., paramere and pygophore (a – ventral view, b – dorsal view)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449797" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449797/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Fig. 30</figureCitation>
|
||
). Females of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFADD509AFCD5B265" baseAuthorityName="Montandon" baseAuthorityYear="1905" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="americana">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFADD509AFCD5B265" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. americana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have the caudal margin of the last abdominal sternite deeply incised, leaving the large asymmetrical lobes of the ovipositor uncovered (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFBED513AFBEFB225" box="[1068,1133,1353,1376]" captionStart="Figs 1–4" captionStartId="4.[151,187,1415,1434]" captionTargetBox="[287,1302,182,1390]" captionTargetId="figure-13@4.[275,1315,164,1401]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figs 1–4. Habitus of Nerthra americana (Montandon,1905):1–2 – male (1 – dorsal view, 2 – ventral view); 3–4 – female (3 – dorsal view, 4 –ventral view)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449765" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449765/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
|
||
), whereas the caudal margin of the last abdominal sternite of females of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFADA511AFA1EB2C5" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[1307,1436,1385,1408]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFADA511AFA1EB2C5" box="[1307,1436,1385,1408]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is straight, almost covering the ovipositor lobes (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFAB151FAFCD8B285" captionStart="Figs 28–29" captionStartId="8.[150,187,1037,1056]" captionTargetBox="[188,1400,194,989]" captionTargetId="figure-13@8.[151,1436,189,1016]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs 28–29. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov. paratype, female, habitus (28 – dorsal view, before cleaning; 29 – ventral view, cleaned)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449792" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449792/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Fig. 29</figureCitation>
|
||
). Alternatively, it could run to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFB6F51DAFA9BB285" baseAuthorityName="Desjardins" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[1198,1305,1449,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFB6F51DAFA9BB285" box="[1198,1305,1449,1472]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which was described from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFC2351BAFBC8B2A5" box="[994,1098,1481,1504]" name="Mauritius" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Mauritius</collectingCountry>
|
||
but also recorded from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFA8651BAFA1EB2A5" box="[1351,1436,1481,1504]" name="Panama" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Panamá</collectingCountry>
|
||
(Pearl Islands, on the Pacific side,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFB5A519AFA91B145" author="TODD E. L." box="[1179,1299,1513,1536]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="277 - 475" refId="ref10253" refString="TODD E. L. 1955: A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37: 277 - 475." type="journal article" year="1955">TODD 1955</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and
|
||
<collectingRegion id="D57071B1FFC6970BFA8B519AFA1BB145" box="[1354,1433,1513,1536]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Florida</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFCFD527AFC04B165" box="[828,902,1545,1568]" name="United States of America" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">U.S.A.</collectingCountry>
|
||
Additional records from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFB50527AFB5AB165" box="[1169,1240,1545,1568]" name="Belize" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Belize</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFB23527AFAAAB165" box="[1250,1320,1545,1568]" name="Brazil" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Brazil</collectingCountry>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectingRegion id="D57071B1FFC6970BFAF0527AFA1EB165" box="[1329,1436,1545,1568]" country="Brazil" name="Sao Paulo" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">São Paulo</collectingRegion>
|
||
and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFCA7525AFC27B105" box="[870,933,1577,1600]" name="Egypt" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Egypt</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFC73525AFBDEB105" author="POLHEMUS J. T." box="[946,1116,1577,1600]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="23 - 25" refId="ref9713" refString="POLHEMUS J. T. 1995: Family Gelastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1897 - toad bugs. Pp. 23 - 25. In: AUKEMA B. & RIEGER CH. (eds.): Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 1, Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xxvi + 222 pp." type="book chapter" year="1995">POLHEMUS 1995</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) suggest a possible pantropical distribution. There is also a doubtful record from ʻN.G. Nat. Ver.N. Holl.’ which
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFB9B521AFB78B1C5" author="TODD E. L." box="[1114,1274,1641,1664]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="145 - 162" refId="ref10317" refString="TODD E. L. 1957 b: Five new species of Gelastocoridae with comments on other species (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50: 145 - 162." type="journal article" year="1957">TODD (1957b)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
interpreted as
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFCFD52FAFC23B1E5" box="[828,929,1673,1696]" name="Australia" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFC6852FAFBB1B1E5" author="TODD E. L." box="[937,1075,1673,1696]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="61 - 94" refId="ref10352" refString="TODD E. L. 1959: The Gelastocoridae of Melanesia (Hemiptera). Nova Guinea (N. S.) 10: 61 - 94." type="journal article" year="1959">TODD (1959)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
wrote that it is not known whether ʻN. G.’ referred to New
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFBF452DAFB00B185" box="[1077,1154,1705,1728]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
or ʻN. Holl.’ refers to
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFAAB52DAFC17B1A5" name="Australia" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">New Holland</collectingCountry>
|
||
, an old name for
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFB8F52BAFB36B1A5" box="[1102,1204,1737,1760]" name="Australia" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
. However,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFAEA52BAFC5CB045" author="ANDERSEN N. M. & WEIR T. A." pageId="8" pageNumber="41" refId="ref7890" refString="ANDERSEN N. M. & WEIR T. A. 2004: Australian water bugs. Their biology and identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomograph Vol. 14. Apollo Books, Stenstrup & CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, 344 pp." type="book" year="2004">ANDERSEN & WEIR (2004)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
did not mention this species in their book on Australian water bugs, so apparently there are no other records of this species from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC6970BFBAF535AFB56B005" box="[1134,1236,1833,1856]" name="Australia" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFB1E535AFA1EB005" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[1247,1436,1833,1856]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFB1E535AFA1EB005" box="[1247,1436,1833,1856]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Nerthra papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is similar to
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFC7F533AFBAFB025" box="[958,1069,1865,1888]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFC7F533AFBABB025" baseAuthorityName="Desjardins" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[958,1065,1865,1888]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">N. rugosa</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="8F8FA3D6FFC6970BFBFB533AFB37B025" box="[1082,1205,1865,1888]" captionStart="Figs 28–29" captionStartId="8.[150,187,1037,1056]" captionTargetBox="[188,1400,194,989]" captionTargetId="figure-13@8.[151,1436,189,1016]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs 28–29. Nerthra papaceki sp. nov. paratype, female, habitus (28 – dorsal view, before cleaning; 29 – ventral view, cleaned)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449792" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11449792/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Figs 28, 29</figureCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFB7F533AFAF2B025" author="TODD E. L." box="[1214,1392,1865,1888]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="277 - 475" refId="ref10253" refString="TODD E. L. 1955: A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37: 277 - 475." type="journal article" year="1955">TODD 1955: 471</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, fig. 121). The lateral margins of the pronotum are straight in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFCFD53FAFC4BB0E5" box="[828,969,1929,1952]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papacecki">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFCFD53FAFC4BB0E5" box="[828,969,1929,1952]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. papacecki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and somewhat convex in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFB2953FAFAD1B0E5" baseAuthorityName="Desjardins" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[1256,1363,1929,1952]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFB2953FAFAD1B0E5" box="[1256,1363,1929,1952]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. More differences between these species are given below.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC6970AFC9B53BAFEF3B5B9" blockId="8.[828,1437,1193,2080]" lastBlockId="9.[151,761,677,1020]" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">
|
||
Please note that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFBC953BAFB05B0A5" authority="Nieser & Chen & Caspers, 2024" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[1032,1159,1993,2016]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFBC953BAFB05B0A5" box="[1032,1159,1993,2016]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3EF3DE3AFFC6970BFB4C53BAFB62B0A5" box="[1165,1248,1993,2016]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is based on a single male and
|
||
<specimenCount id="01B274DAFFC6970BFC0D539AFBD5BF45" box="[972,1111,2025,2048]" count="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" type="female">four females</specimenCount>
|
||
. So far, no males of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC6970BFAF3539AFA1EBF45" baseAuthorityName="Desjardins" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[1330,1436,2025,2048]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC6970BFAF3539AFA1EBF45" box="[1330,1436,2025,2048]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">N. rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have been reported.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC6970BFBCF5C7AFB4EBF65" author="TODD E. L." box="[1038,1228,2057,2080]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" pagination="277 - 475" refId="ref10253" refString="TODD E. L. 1955: A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37: 277 - 475." type="journal article" year="1955">TODD (1955: 470)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
gave the so far only illustration showing the outline of the female of
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC7970AFD4B56D6FD7AB5F9" box="[650,760,677,700]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC7970AFD4B56D6FD76B5F9" baseAuthorityName="Desjardins" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[650,756,677,700]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">N. rugosa</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
The differences between the females of these two species are listed in
|
||
<tableCitation id="5A368AE8FFC7970AFEDA5696FEE9B5B9" box="[283,363,741,764]" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="9.[265,312,190,209]" captionText="Table 1. Differeces between the females of Nerthra rugosa (Desjardins, 1837) and Nerthra papaceki sp. nov." pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Table 1</tableCitation>
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||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="43CBEFDBFFC7970AFEC854CDFB28B794" box="[265,1194,190,209]" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" startId="9.[265,312,190,209]" targetType="table">
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||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC7970AFEC854CDFB28B794" blockId="9.[265,1194,190,209]" box="[265,1194,190,209]" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
Table 1. Differeces between the females of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC7970AFDBB54CDFC20B794" authority="(Desjardins, 1837)" baseAuthorityName="Desjardins" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[634,930,190,209]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC7970AFDBB54CDFD7CB794" box="[634,766,190,209]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Nerthra rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC7970AFCC854CDFC1FB794" author="DESJARDINS J." box="[777,925,190,209]" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" pagination="239 - 242" refId="ref8476" refString="DESJARDINS J. 1837: Note sur un insect nouveau faisant partie de la faune de l'ile Maurice. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 6: 239 - 242." type="journal article" year="1837">Desjardins, 1837</bibRefCitation>
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||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC7970AFC0D54CDFBE0B794" authority="Nieser & Chen & Caspers, 2024" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[972,1122,190,209]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC7970AFC0D54CDFBE0B794" box="[972,1122,190,209]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Nerthra papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3EF3DE3AFFC7970AFBA654CDFB28B794" box="[1127,1194,190,209]" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC7970AFE555498FB10B57A" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<table id="65B44DF3FFC768FCFED05499FAA6B57A" box="[273,1316,234,575]" gridcols="3" gridrows="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<tr id="A984BD11FFC768FCFED05499FAA6B7BB" box="[273,1316,234,254]" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFED05499FDD7B7BB" box="[273,597,234,254]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC7970AFE555498FE78B7BB" bold="true" box="[404,506,235,254]" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Characters</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFD4A5499FCF3B7BB" box="[651,881,234,254]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC7970AFD2B5499FCF3B7BB" baseAuthorityName="Desjardins" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[746,881,234,254]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC7970AFD2B5499FCF3B7BB" bold="true" box="[746,881,234,254]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Nerthra rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFC1E5499FAA6B7BB" box="[991,1316,234,254]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC7970AFBF45499FB4CB7B8" authority="Body" authorityName="Body" box="[1077,1230,234,253]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC7970AFBF45499FB4CB7B8" bold="true" box="[1077,1230,234,253]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Nerthra papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="A984BD11FFC768FCFED05562FAA6B661" box="[273,1316,273,292]" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFED05562FDD7B661" box="[273,597,273,292]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Body length</th>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFD4A5562FCF3B661" box="[651,881,273,292]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">6.00‒7.10 mm</td>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFC1E5562FAA6B661" box="[991,1316,273,292]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">5.77‒5.96 mm</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="A984BD11FFC768FCFED05544FAA6B60F" box="[273,1316,311,330]" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFED05544FDD7B60F" box="[273,597,311,330]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Excavation in anterior margin of head</th>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFD4A5544FCF3B60F" box="[651,881,311,330]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">missing</td>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFC1E5544FAA6B60F" box="[991,1316,311,330]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">developed</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="A984BD11FFC768FCFED0552AFAA6B6C3" box="[273,1316,345,390]" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFED0552AFDD7B6C3" box="[273,597,345,390]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Posterior edge of pronotum</th>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFD4A552AFCF3B6C3" box="[651,881,345,390]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">produced backwards</td>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFC1E552AFAA6B6C3" box="[991,1316,345,390]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">rounded, at the same level as posterior margin</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="A984BD11FFC768FCFED055E6FAA6B6ED" box="[273,1316,405,424]" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFED055E6FDD7B6ED" box="[273,597,405,424]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Embolium</th>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFD4A55E6FCF3B6ED" box="[651,881,405,424]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">more or less straight</td>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFC1E55E6FAA6B6ED" box="[991,1316,405,424]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">rounded and convexly curved</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="A984BD11FFC768FCFED055C8FAA6B68B" box="[273,1316,443,462]" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFED055C8FDD7B68B" box="[273,597,443,462]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Width of pronotum</th>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFD4A55C8FCF3B68B" box="[651,881,443,462]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">4.10‒5.00 mm</td>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFC1E55C8FAA6B68B" box="[991,1316,443,462]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">3.70‒3.99 mm</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="A984BD11FFC768FCFED05592FAA6B6B1" box="[273,1316,481,500]" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFED05592FDD7B6B1" box="[273,597,481,500]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Width of abdomen</th>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFD4A5592FCF3B6B1" box="[651,881,481,500]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">4.20‒5.10 mm</td>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFC1E5592FAA6B6B1" box="[991,1316,481,500]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">3.83‒4.34 mm</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="A984BD11FFC768FCFED05674FAA6B55F" box="[273,1316,519,538]" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFED05674FDD7B55F" box="[273,597,519,538]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Width of hemielytra across embolium</th>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFD4A5674FCF3B55F" box="[651,881,519,538]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">unknown</td>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFC1E5674FAA6B55F" box="[991,1316,519,538]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">3.99‒4.31 mm</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="A984BD11FFC768FCFED0565FFAA6B57A" box="[273,1316,556,575]" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<th id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFED0565FFDD7B57A" box="[273,597,556,575]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Apex of hemielytra</th>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFD4A565FFCF3B57A" box="[651,881,556,575]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">slightly pointed</td>
|
||
<td id="EA55D46DFFC768FCFC1E565FFAA6B57A" box="[991,1316,556,575]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">more or less truncate</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="170BBF53FFC7970AFF745776FD7BB4B9" blockId="9.[151,761,677,1020]" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">
|
||
The presence or absence of an excavation in the anterior margin of the head is considered an important differential character in this genus (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7325C2A2FFC7970AFE525736FD90B419" author="TODD E. L." box="[403,530,837,860]" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" pagination="277 - 475" refId="ref10253" refString="TODD E. L. 1955: A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37: 277 - 475." type="journal article" year="1955">TODD 1955</bibRefCitation>
|
||
); the remaining differences between the females of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC7970AFE1C5716FDC4B439" baseAuthorityName="Desjardins" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[477,582,869,892]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC7970AFE1C5716FDC4B439" box="[477,582,869,892]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">N. rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC7970AFDB85716FD75B439" authority="Nieser & Chen & Caspers, 2024" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[633,759,869,892]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC7970AFDB85716FD75B439" box="[633,759,869,892]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">N. papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3EF3DE3AFFC7970AFF5657F6FF6BB4D9" box="[151,233,901,924]" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
further support that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC7970AFE7F57F6FDBEB4D9" authorityName="Nieser & Chen & Caspers" authorityYear="2024" box="[446,572,901,924]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papaceki">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC7970AFE7F57F6FDBEB4D9" box="[446,572,901,924]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">N. papaceki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is an undescribed taxon. More material, specifically males and specimens from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC7970AFF1057B6FE97B499" box="[209,277,965,988]" name="Brazil" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Brazil</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6FA3FFC3FFC7970AFEE157B6FEE0B499" box="[288,354,965,988]" name="Egypt" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">Egypt</collectingCountry>
|
||
, and Florida of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0B4C4D0FFC7970AFDC857B6FDF0B499" baseAuthorityName="Desjardins" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[521,626,965,988]" class="Insecta" family="Gelastocoridae" genus="Nerthra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="25C06341FFC7970AFDC857B6FDF0B499" box="[521,626,965,988]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="42">N. rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is needed to further define the boundaries of variability of both species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |