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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8C995BFF24FA9F01678620" bold="true" box="[151,383,1355,1380]" italics="true" pageId="9">Blepharidina himba</emphasis>
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(
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,
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,
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8C995BFF24FA0F015D86B0" bold="true" box="[151,325,1499,1524]" pageId="9">Type material.</emphasis>
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leg.” (
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8C995BFF74F9F70159857F" bold="true" box="[199,321,1571,1596]" pageId="9">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8C995BFEFBF9F70231857F" box="[328,553,1571,1595]" italics="true" pageId="9">Blepharidina himba</emphasis>
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shows a clear affinity with
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8C995BFC73F9F004A8857F" box="[960,1200,1571,1595]" italics="true" pageId="9">B. matabelelandensis</emphasis>
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, with which it shares similar size, habitus, and color pattern (
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,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8C995BFC94F99C035C8524" box="[807,836,1608,1632]" captionStart="FIGURES 1119" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1843,1866]" captionTargetBox="[159,1426,216,1819]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1822]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 1119. Blepharidina s. str. species habitus: 11, B. knighti (Bryant), ♂ lectotype; 12, B. laesa (Kolbe), ♂ lectotype; 13, B. macarthuri (Bryant), ♂ lectotype; 14, B. matabelelandensis sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 15, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby), ♂ lectotype; 16, B. partita (Jacoby), ♂ from Solwezi, Zambia; 17, B. picta (Kolbe), ♂ from Mikindani, Tanzania; 18, B. regalini sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 19, B. rudeli (Weise), ♀ lectotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618639/files/figure.png" pageId="9">14</figureCitation>
) and a very slender aedeagus, with laterally widely rounded apical part in ventral view (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8C995BFD98F9BF029A85C0" box="[555,642,1643,1668]" captionStart="FIGURES 3843" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1842,1865]" captionTargetBox="[168,1416,210,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,193,1821]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 3843. Blepharidina s. str. species aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view: 38, B. aliquantula sp. nov., holotype; 39, B. bimbiensis (Bechyné), lectotype; 40, B. burtli (Bryant), from Manjoni, Tanzania; 41, B. carinata (Bryant), lectotype; 42, B. guttulata (Baly), from Masséssé, Republic of Congo; 43, B. himba sp. nov., holotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618647/files/figure.png" pageId="9">Figs 43</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8C995BFD3DF9BF02B685C0" box="[654,686,1643,1668]" captionStart="FIGURES 5054" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1935,1958]" captionTargetBox="[168,1404,330,1902]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[151,1436,317,1914]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 5054. Blepharidina s. str. species aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view: 50, B. matabelelandensis sp. nov., holotype; 51, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby), from Ramisi River, Kenya; 52, B. partita (Jacoby), from Solwezi, Zambia; 53, B. picta (Kolbe), from Mikindani, Tanzania; 54, B. regalini sp. nov., holotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618651/files/figure.png" pageId="9">50</figureCitation>
). However,
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8C995BFC87F9B8038185C7" box="[820,921,1643,1667]" italics="true" pageId="9">B. himba</emphasis>
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can be easily distinguishable from
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8C995BFA37F9B8017F85E3" italics="true" pageId="9">B. matabelelandensis</emphasis>
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by: the lighter integuments; the different arrangement of the pronotal punctures (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8C995BFAD9F95B00F88588" captionStart="FIGURES 2025" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1728,1751]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,221,1679]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,221,1679]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2025. Blepharidina s. str. species pronotum, in dorsal view: 20, B. guttulata (Baly); 21, B. himba sp. nov.; 22, B. intermedia (Jacoby); 23, B. macarthuri (Bryant); 24, B. matabelelandensis sp. nov.; 25, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618641/files/figure.png" pageId="9">Figs 21, 24</figureCitation>
), with two lateral groups and an elongate medial group (three lateral groups and a small basal medial group in
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); the aedeagus tapered from base to subapical part (fusiform in
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8C995BFA37F90C017F8457" italics="true" pageId="9">B. matabelelandensis</emphasis>
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) (
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,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8C995BFDF0F92F027B8450" box="[579,611,1787,1812]" captionStart="FIGURES 5054" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1935,1958]" captionTargetBox="[168,1404,330,1902]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[151,1436,317,1914]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 5054. Blepharidina s. str. species aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view: 50, B. matabelelandensis sp. nov., holotype; 51, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby), from Ramisi River, Kenya; 52, B. partita (Jacoby), from Solwezi, Zambia; 53, B. picta (Kolbe), from Mikindani, Tanzania; 54, B. regalini sp. nov., holotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618651/files/figure.png" pageId="9">50</figureCitation>
).
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Description of the
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(
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). Body elliptical-elongate, rather convex (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8C995BFBA1F8CB0441847C" box="[1042,1113,1823,1848]" captionStart="FIGURES 110" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1848,1871]" captionTargetBox="[160,1431,198,1818]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,195,1824]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 110. Blepharidina s. str. species habitus: 1, B. aliquantula sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 2, B. bimbiensis (Bechyné), ♂ lectotype; 3, B. burtli (Bryant), ♂ from Manjoni, Tanzania; 4, B. carinata (Bryant), ♂ lectotype; 5, B. delineata (Bryant), ♀ lectotype; 6, B. guttulata (Baly), ♂ from Zamibuo, Angola; 7, B. himba sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 8, B. intermedia (Jacoby), ♂ from Kindwitvi, Tanzania; 9, B. kasigauensis sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 10, B. kenyana sp. nov., ♂ holotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618637/files/figure.png" pageId="9">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
); LB =
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; maximum pronotal width (WP =
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) in basal third; maximum elytral width (WE =
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) in middle. Head brown with yellowish antennae; pronotum yellow with brown patches mostly on groups and lines of punctures; elytra mostly yellow, but blackish on striae of punctures and part of interstriae; legs brown, with paler tarsi. Head distinctly pubescent, roughly and densely punctate; frontal grooves short, distinctly impressed near upper ocular margin; frontal tubercles small, flat, paler than head; interantennal space distinctly wider than length of first antennomere; upper interocular space wider than transverse ocular width (
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); antennae about as long as half body length (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.50); LA: 100:39:67:83:83:78:78:72:72:72:83. Pronotum (
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) subrectangular, distinctly transverse (LP =
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; WP/LP = 1.80), with clearly sinuate lateral margin; anterior margin slightly thicker than basal margin, and clearly sinuate laterally; anterior angles distinctly prominent and slightly rounded anteriorly, pointed laterally; pronotal surface with lines and groups of differently sized punctures, also with a longitudinal line of punctures in middle; pronotal base with two lateral, distinctly impressed longitudinal striae. Scutellum brown, subrounded, moderately elongate. Elytra moderately elongate (LE =
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; WE/LE = 0.67; LE/LP = 3.64), subparallel laterally, jointly rounded and entirely covering pygidium posteriorly; punctation deeply impressed, arranged in 9 (+ 1 scutellar) regular rows; interstriae distinctly carinate laterally and posteriorly. First pro- and mesotarsomeres distinctly dilated; tarsal claws bifid. Ventral parts brown; last abdominal ventrite without distinctive preapical impressions. Aedeagus (LAED =
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; LE/LAED = 1.63) (
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) in ventral view slender and tapered from base to subapical part; apical part laterally widely rounded, with a small median tooth; ventral sulcus deep, open towards basal part; in lateral view, aedeagus straight in basal 2/3s, then slightly curved dorsally, with apex ventrally bent; dorsal ligula connected to about apical fourth, with slightly carinate basal surface.
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8F9958FF74FD6001568189" bold="true" box="[199,334,692,717]" pageId="10">Etymology.</emphasis>
The female specific epithet is after Himba people, who inhabit the north-western part of
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, where the species was collected.
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8F9958FF74FD2801788051" bold="true" box="[199,352,764,789]" pageId="10">Distribution.</emphasis>
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(
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). Possibly Central Afrotropical (CAT) chorotype.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8F9958FF74FCCB018C807C" bold="true" box="[199,404,799,824]" pageId="10">Ecological notes.</emphasis>
Not available. The collection site falls within the area of Mopane Savanna vegetation (belonging to the Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna &amp; Shrubland formation).
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