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<emphasis id="A191770BFF981C16FF7AD8A6FE40FB09" bold="true" box="[151,384,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Plinachtus melinus</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="0BDEB79CFF981C16FF4AD89BFED6FAEC" box="[167,278,1266,1292]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,255,1575,1599]" captionText="FIGURE 1 4. Plinachtus spp. 1 2. Antennae. 1. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. 2. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp. 3 4. Pronotum. 3. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. 4. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp." pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Figs. 1, 3</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="0BDEB79CFF981C16FECED89BFE83FAEC" box="[291,323,1266,1292]" captionStart="FIGURE 17 22" captionStartId="5.[151,255,1584,1608]" captionTargetBox="[414,1175,510,1566]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[398,1188,490,1588]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 17 22. Male genital capsule in caudal view. 17 18. Plinachtus spp. 17. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp. 18. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. Figure 19. Cletomorpha mackayensis Distant. 20 22. Cletus spp. 20. Cletus similis Blöte. 21. Cletus minutus Blöte. 22. Cletus saucius Stål." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/177708/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">18</figureCitation>
,
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)
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<emphasis id="A191770BFF981C16FF7AD92BFEEFFABC" bold="true" box="[151,303,1346,1372]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Description.</emphasis>
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male. Head length 1.52; width across eyes 1.68; interocular space 0.90; interocellar space 0.42; preocular distance 0.96; antennal segment length I, 1.90, II, 2.48, III, 1.74, IV 1.60; pronotum length 2.32; width across humeral angles 3.76; scutellar length 1.32; width 1.36; maximum width of abdomen 3.40; total body length 11.10. Dorsal coloration.— Head and pronotum pale yellowish orange with following areas black to reddish brown: two longitudinal stripes on either side of midline and near eyes, ocellar tubercle, space between antenniferous tubercles and eyes, inner face of postocular tubercle, anterolateral margins of pronotum, humeral projection, a few punctures at posterior lobe of pronotal disk; antennal segments I to III shiny orange, IV dark brown but basally and apically paler; scutellum pale yellowish orange, punctures pale reddish brown, apex pale brown; clavus pale yellowish orange, punctures pale reddish brown; corium pale yellowish orange, punctures pale reddish brown, apical margin and apical angle reddish, anterior 2/3 of costal margin with pale yellow longitudinal stripe, narrow basally and widened apically; hemelytral membrane translucent, basal angle pale brown; connexival segments III to V pale yellow, VI and VII pale yellow with dark brown spot at anterior margins, occupying only inner third; dorsal abdominal segments II to VI shiny yellowish orange, VII dark reddish brown, posterior margin dark brown. Ventral coloration.— Pale yellow with small black discoidal spot on metapleuron; rostral segment I and II pale yellow, III and IV shiny orange (apex of IV dark brown).
<emphasis id="A191770BFF981C16FE3DDBF2FDFAF854" box="[464,570,1947,1972]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Structure</emphasis>
.— Head.— Pentagonal, elongate, surpassing antenniferous tubercles; antenniferous tubercles unarmed; antennal segment I somewhat triquetral, stouter than others, with small denticles, slightly curved outward; antennal segment II gradually incrassate, segment III narrowly expanded, elliptical, IV fusiform (
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); segments II&gt;I&gt;III&gt;IV; rostrum reaching middle third of metasternum. Thorax.— Pronotum.— Humeral angle thick at base, humeral spine tapering, short and acute pointing outward and slightly upward (
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). Genital capsule.— Posteroventral edge with medial lobe protruding, prominent, lateral lobes symmetrical, stout, space between them slightly concave to straight (
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).
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<emphasis id="A191770BFF991C17FF7ADAA5FEE0F904" bold="true" box="[151,288,1740,1764]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">FIGURE 28</emphasis>
. Dorsal view of
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(male).
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Female. Head length 1.60; width across eyes 1.84; interocular space 1.02; interocellar space 0.48; preocular distance 1.02; antennal segment length I, 1.92, II, 2.60, III, 1.84, IV 1.66; pronotum length 2.60; width across humeral angles 4.12; scutellar length 1.52; width 1.56; maximum width of abdomen 3.88; total body length 12.18. Coloration similar to male
<typeStatus id="4C5E15BBFF991C17FD62DBDBFD39F82C" box="[655,761,1970,1996]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
. Connexival segments VIII and IX pale yellow; dorsal abdominal segments II to VII shiny yellowish orange, VIII to IX shiny yellowish orange, laterally pale brown; genital plates pale yellow.
<emphasis id="A191770BFF861C08FE33DCF1FD88FF51" box="[478,584,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Structure</emphasis>
.— Genital plates: abdominal sternite VII as in
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. Gonocoxae I enlarged anteroposteriorly, in caudal view opened, upper third with inner margin rounded and clearly overlapping, outer margin barely convex; paratergite VIII triangular, spiracle visible; paratergite IX broad, squarish.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="A191770BFF861C08FF2BDD5EFE81FEB1" bold="true" box="[198,321,311,337]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Variation.</emphasis>
1. Antennal segment IV pale orange, basal joint and apex pale yellow. 2. Mesopleuron and metapleuron with wide reddish discoidal spot. 3. Coxae, posterior third of femur, basal and apical third of tibiae, and tarsi pale reddish.
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.
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male,
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<collectingCountry id="EBF2EB89FF861C08FE15DDC6FD69FE29" box="[504,681,431,457]" name="Australia" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">AUSTRALIA</collectingCountry>
:
</emphasis>
Queensland, Biggenden, Mt. Walsh Nat. Pk., Bluff Range
<date id="E75B8DD9FF861C08FA98DDD9FED0FE12" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" value="1971-08-10">10- VIII-1971</date>
, H. Frauca (ANIC).
<emphasis id="A191770BFF861C08FDE5DDBEFC8CFE11" bold="true" box="[520,844,471,497]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<typeStatus id="4C5E15BBFF861C08FDE5DDBEFD47FE11" box="[520,647,471,497]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
.
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:
</emphasis>
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, N Queensland, Townsville, G. F. Hill (without date) (SAMA);
<specimenCount id="85E36090FF861C08FE27DE69FDF9FDFA" box="[458,569,512,538]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
, Queensland, Townsville,
<date id="E75B8DD9FF861C08FC90DE69FBC6FDFA" box="[893,1030,512,538]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" value="1968-03-24">24-III-1968</date>
(light trap), P. Ferrar (ANIC);
<specimenCount id="85E36090FF861C08FA60DE69FF2AFDA2" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
, Queensland,
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NW of Mt. Molloy,
<date id="E75B8DD9FF861C08FD50DE41FC8AFDA2" box="[701,842,552,578]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" value="1956-09-19">19-IX-1956</date>
, M. J. D. White (ANIC);
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, NE Queensland, McLeod River, crossing Mt. Carbine, Mt. Spurgeon Rd.,
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,
<date id="E75B8DD9FF861C08FBA5DE39FB16FD8A" box="[1096,1238,592,618]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" value="1997-11-19">19-XI-1997</date>
, C. J. Burnwell (QMBA).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="A191770BFF861C08FF2BDEF6FE94FD59" bold="true" box="[198,340,671,697]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Comments.</emphasis>
This new species is related to
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<emphasis id="A191770BFF861C08FD24DEC9FD18FD59" box="[713,728,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="A191770BFF861C08FD05DEC9FC93FD59" box="[744,851,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">refulgens</emphasis>
Brailovsky
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in having the head elongate and surpassing the antenniferous tubercles, the later unarmed, and the abdominal sternite VII of female with the plica reduced and occupying the anterior border of the sternite, and the fissura covering most of the total length.
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<emphasis id="A191770BFF861C08FF7ADF71FEB8FCD1" box="[151,376,792,817]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Plinachtus melinus</emphasis>
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, is a relatively narrower and shorter species, less than
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long; its humeral spine tapers into a short acute spine pointing outward and slightly upward (
<figureCitation id="0BDEB79CFF861C08FBF4DF29FBA2FCBA" box="[1049,1122,832,858]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,255,1575,1599]" captionText="FIGURE 1 4. Plinachtus spp. 1 2. Antennae. 1. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. 2. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp. 3 4. Pronotum. 3. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. 4. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp." pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
); its antennal segment I is somewhat triquetral, and segment III is narrowly elliptical and expanded (
<figureCitation id="0BDEB79CFF861C08FC18DF01FBF8FC62" box="[1013,1080,872,898]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,255,1575,1599]" captionText="FIGURE 1 4. Plinachtus spp. 1 2. Antennae. 1. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. 2. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp. 3 4. Pronotum. 3. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. 4. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp." pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
); the new species costal margin of corium has a pale yellow longitudinal stripe, narrow on the basal third and expanded apically; its rostral segments I and II are pale yellow and III and IV are shiny orange; its metapleuron have a single small black discoidal spot; and its gonocoxae I in caudal view is clearly open.
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,
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is a robust species, longer than 13.00 mm; humeral projection clearly longer, narrowed, acute, and directed upward (
<figureCitation id="0BDEB79CFF861C08FAE1D861FA95FBC2" box="[1292,1365,1032,1058]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,255,1575,1599]" captionText="FIGURE 1 4. Plinachtus spp. 1 2. Antennae. 1. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. 2. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp. 3 4. Pronotum. 3. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. 4. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp." pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
); costal margin of corium without a pale yellow longitudinal stripe; antennal segment I not triquetral, and III cylindrical and not expanded (
<figureCitation id="0BDEB79CFF861C08FE2CD831FDC9FB92" box="[449,521,1112,1138]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,255,1575,1599]" captionText="FIGURE 1 4. Plinachtus spp. 1 2. Antennae. 1. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. 2. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp. 3 4. Pronotum. 3. Plinachtus melinus n. sp. 4. Plinachtus refulgens n. sp." pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
); rostral segment I yellow, segment II black to pale brown, basal joint yellow, III to IV black to pale brown; metapleuron with large black discoidal spot; and gonocoxae I in caudal view closed.
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<emphasis id="A191770BFF861C08FF2BD8A6FE93FB09" bold="true" box="[198,339,1231,1257]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species epithet is derived from the Latin adjective,
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<emphasis id="A191770BFF861C08FC05D8B9FB83FB09" box="[1000,1091,1232,1257]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">melinus</emphasis>
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, meaning quince yellow, and referring to the yellow mark on the costal margin of the corium.
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