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<emphasis id="B968EAC6C011FF83FF0DFD7EFE5FFD6A" bold="true" box="[151,464,678,704]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="554">Neomacrocoris liberianus</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="13272A51C011FF83FF0DFD11FF70FD48" box="[151,255,713,738]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 1" captionStart-1="FIGURE 2" captionStartId-0="3.[151,250,1839,1861]" captionStartId-1="4.[151,250,1251,1273]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1436,195,1813]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,193,1229]" captionTargetId-0="figure@3.[151,1436,195,1815]" captionTargetId-1="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1230]" captionTargetPageId-0="3" captionTargetPageId-1="4" captionText-0="FIGURE 1. Neomacrocoris liberianus n. sp. HOLOTYPE dorsal habitus. Only connexiva III – V and part of VI visible because terminal abdominal segments were bent downward to enable view of structures in Figs. 2 A, B." captionText-1="FIGURE 2. Diagnostic structures of male N. liberianus n. sp. (A) Terminal abdominal terga, ps = pseudostrigil. (B) medial and lateral lobes of 7 th tergum. (C) pygophore with aedeagus, size bar = 0.5 mm." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/239446/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/239447/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="554">Figs. 1–2</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="B968EAC6C011FF83FF0DFCC9FE0FFC80" bold="true" box="[151,384,785,810]" pageId="1" pageNumber="554">Macropterous male</emphasis>
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.
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, length 10.40 (
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10.08); maximum width 6.44 (
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6.24). General shape elongate oval, widest across embolia (
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). Overall dorsal coloration yellowish brown anteriorly with dark scutellum and hemelytra; ventral surface mostly brown; legs, lateral margin of abdomen, and lateral part of propleura yellow.
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Length 1.88, maximum width 2.72. Yellow with dark brown punctures, brown associated with punctures coalescent near posterior margin; projecting beyond eyes 13% of head length. Eyes dark brown; approximately twice as long as wide, length/width 1.20/0.58; inner margins shallowly concave, lateral margins rounded; synthlipsis at anterior end, 1.28; vertex with visible posterior margin shallowly convex, meeting posteromedial corner of eye. Labrum yellowish brown, broadly rounded distally, twice as wide as long, width/length = 0.84/0.42. Maxillary plate yellowish brown, darker anteriorly, narrow, elongate, extending ventrally approximately to half length of labrum, bordering sides of rostral base. Labium with three visible segments darkening distally from yellow basal segments to yellowish-brown distal segment, short, extending 0.48 beyond labrum. Antenna short, hirsute, extending slightly beyond lateral margin of eye, relative lengths 6:11:13:8.
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<emphasis id="B968EAC6C011FF83FF5DFB3DFE97FB54" box="[199,280,1253,1278]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="554">Thorax</emphasis>
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. Pronotum broad, highly convex, brownish yellow; scattered brown punctation throughout, paired brown areas immediately lateral to midline; wide transverse band along posterior margin set off with irregular series of brown, longitudinally elongate markings, otherwise immaculate yellow; maximum width 6.00, length at midline 2.88; posterior margin shallowly concave in middle, rounded laterally; lateral margins evenly convex, convergent anteriorly, distinctly explanate; posterolateral corners rounded; vague rugosity especially evident anteromedially; with scattered pale setae. Scutellum dark reddish brown; punctate; with scattered thin setae; width 4.08, length at midline 2.48; mesoscutum partially exposed behind pronotum with head/pronotum deflexion; lateral margins slightly convex. Hemelytra brown with subtle lighter mottling; punctate; with sparse, elongate, recumbent and erect setae; length 7.04 (chord measurement). Clavus distinct, small yellow markings at commissure. Embolium well delineated, lateral margin convex throughout, convexity stronger in posterior half, anterior 2/3 yellowish laterally, maximum width 0.80, length 3.00. Hemelytra not attaining tip of abdomen (terminal abdominal segments were bent downward in
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<figureCitation id="13272A51C011FF83FD82F9A9FDD5F920" box="[536,602,1649,1674]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1839,1861]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,195,1815]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Neomacrocoris liberianus n. sp. HOLOTYPE dorsal habitus. Only connexiva III – V and part of VI visible because terminal abdominal segments were bent downward to enable view of structures in Figs. 2 A, B." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/239446/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="554">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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to enable view of terga in
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<figureCitation id="13272A51C011FF83FC10F9A9FC58F920" box="[906,983,1649,1674]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1251,1273]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1229]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1230]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Diagnostic structures of male N. liberianus n. sp. (A) Terminal abdominal terga, ps = pseudostrigil. (B) medial and lateral lobes of 7 th tergum. (C) pygophore with aedeagus, size bar = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/239447/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="554">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
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A, B), half of lateral lobes of abdominal segment VIII exposed; venation not evident, membrane of underlapping wing (left) mostly pruinose. Hindwings well developed. Ventrally, prosternum with mid-ventral carina. Propleuron laterally with extensive yellow, glabrous area extending 1/2 distance to mesal margin; black pruinose area mesad of yellow, glabrous area; propleura widely separated at midline. Mesobasisternum with medial carina with elongate pale brown setae and series of 6–7 ventrally directed protuberances; meso- and metasterna mostly dark brown, pruinose.
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<emphasis id="B968EAC6C011FF83FF5DF892FF73F8CB" box="[199,252,1866,1889]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="554">Legs</emphasis>
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. All segments yellow except brown protibia and tarsus, meso- and metacoxae. Profemur with scattered brown spots in posterior 2/3 on ventral and dorsal surfaces; anterior margin with dense pad of elongate, goldenbrown setae. Protibia and tarsus with flattened inner surface, tarsus one-segmented, single claw minute. Middle and hind coxae covered with short, pale brown, recumbent setae. Metasternellum (=metaxyphus) with pronounced transverse and longitudinal carinae, thus resembling head of Phillips screwdriver directed posteroventrad. Meso- and metafemora with posteroventral row of pale, peglike spines becoming obsolete proximally; meso- and metafemora and trochanters with posterior surface with short, pale setae, becoming obsolete near distal end of femora; posterodorsal row with pale, elongate setae. Meso- and metatibiae with rows of stout reddish brown spines, 2 transverse rows of long, stout spines at apex, meso- and metatibiae and tarsi with long, golden brown swimming hairs. Meso- and metapretarsal claws paired, slender, evenly curved, with basal tooth. Leg measurements as follows: foreleg, femur 2.76, tibia 1.88, tarsus 0.40; middle leg, femur 2.68, tibia 2.14, tarsomeres 1–3, 0.16, 0.38, 0.52; hind leg, femur 2.96, tibia 3.52, tarsomeres 1–3 0.32, 0.66, 0.66.
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<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FF5DFE4CFEBEFE07" box="[199,305,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Abdomen</emphasis>
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. Connexiva III–VIII exposed laterally beyond hemelytra; III–VII each yellow anteriorly, brown posteriorly, VIII entirely yellow; lateral margins smooth, with dense fringe of pale setae; posterolateral angles of II–IV square, V–VII acute. Tergum VII with posterior margin with lobe left of midline roundedly acute, devoid of denticles; lobe right of midline (pseudostrigil) large, directed dextrocaudad, flattened, with concavity in distal 1/3, apex reflexed, with dense mat of denticles on dorsal surface in concavity and immediately proximad (
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<figureCitation id="13272A51C012FF80FA90FDFCFAD8FD96" box="[1290,1367,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1251,1273]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1229]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1230]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Diagnostic structures of male N. liberianus n. sp. (A) Terminal abdominal terga, ps = pseudostrigil. (B) medial and lateral lobes of 7 th tergum. (C) pygophore with aedeagus, size bar = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/239447/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
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A, B). Tergum VIII with lobe left of midline posteromedial corner roundedly right angled; right lobe broad, posteromedial corner rounded, posterolateral corner squared. Ventrally brown except narrow marginal glabrous yellow band; densely covered with short, brown, recumbent setae; mediosternites with elongate, erect, brown setae. Sternum V with posterior margin concave and mediosternite VI displaced asymmetrically to left. Genital operculum evenly rounded.
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<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FF5DFD24FEBEFCBF" box="[199,305,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Genitalia</emphasis>
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. Pygophore brown, elongate setae generally scattered and with a dense brush posteriorly (
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<figureCitation id="13272A51C012FF80FAAFFD24FAF5FCBE" box="[1333,1402,764,789]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1251,1273]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1229]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1230]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Diagnostic structures of male N. liberianus n. sp. (A) Terminal abdominal terga, ps = pseudostrigil. (B) medial and lateral lobes of 7 th tergum. (C) pygophore with aedeagus, size bar = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/239447/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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C). Parameres lacking. Pygophore with sides deflexed to wrap around sides of phallosoma. Phallosoma beyond pygophore gently arcing left, then right before lateroflexing to left apically (
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<figureCitation id="13272A51C012FF80FBBFFC9CFBE2FCF6" box="[1061,1133,836,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1251,1273]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1229]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1230]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Diagnostic structures of male N. liberianus n. sp. (A) Terminal abdominal terga, ps = pseudostrigil. (B) medial and lateral lobes of 7 th tergum. (C) pygophore with aedeagus, size bar = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/239447/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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C); sclerotized vesica and membranous endosoma distad of phallosoma.
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<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FF5DFC54FE91FC0F" bold="true" box="[199,286,908,933]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Female</emphasis>
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. Unknown.
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<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FF5DFC77FEB5FC62" bold="true" box="[199,314,943,968]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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. The structure of the phallosoma and pseudostrigil of
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<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FC51FC69FBECFC62" box="[971,1123,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. liberianus</emphasis>
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are unique among known congeners and are the most obvious diagnostic attributes. Specifically, the pseudostrigil is mostly flattened and the mat of denticles is on the dorsal surface. This species keys to couplet
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where it presents characteristics of both halves of the couplet. The body is longer than
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; however, the width/length ratio is 0.615. Double keying from couplet 4 leads to
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Poisson
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</taxonomicName>
|
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or to couplet 14. It can be distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D57C012FF80FEE8FBBDFE6AFBD7" box="[370,485,1124,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karimii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FEE8FBBDFE6AFBD7" box="[370,485,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. karimii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
of East Africa by the narrower body and phallosoma and pseudostrigil structure. At couplet 14, the condition of the phallosoma is distinct to the point that this species no longer keys satisfactorily.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C306655FC012FF80FF5DFB74FF7EF877" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA336D4C012FF80FF5DFB74FE60FA6A" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FF5DFB74FECAFB6F" bold="true" box="[199,325,1196,1221]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Discussion</emphasis>
|
||
. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C012FF80FE1CFB74FE67FB6F" box="[390,488,1196,1221]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
specimen is from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C012FF80FD22FB74FC86FB6F" box="[696,777,1196,1221]" name="Liberia" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Liberia</collectingCountry>
|
||
and was found among identified specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D57C012FF80FA86FB75FEFCFB42" authority="Montandon" authorityName="Montandon" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pauper">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FA86FB75FF69FB42" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Limnocoris pauper</emphasis>
|
||
Montandon
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the USNM. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C012FF80FDF6FB09FD43FB43" box="[620,716,1233,1257]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
is from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C012FF80FCA0FB17FC40FB42" box="[826,975,1231,1256]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
|
||
and was one of three specimens from different African localities in the MNHN that were all identified by Montandon as
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FBC4FB2CFA13FAA6" box="[1118,1436,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Pseudambrysus angusticeps</emphasis>
|
||
(Haglund), now in the genus
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FE70FAC1FD1AFA9A" box="[490,661,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Neomacrocoris</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B25C012FF80FD3CFACFFCE0FA9A" author="Montandon" box="[678,879,1303,1328]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" refString="Montandon, A. L. (1913) Etudes sur le groupe Pseudambrysus-Macrocoris (Hemipt.) et description d'une espece nouvelle. Buletinul Societatii Romane de Stiinte Bucuresti-Romania, 22 (4 - 5), 329 - 334." type="journal article" year="1913">Montandon 1913</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). I determined the other two specimens to be
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FA18FAC1FE99FAFF" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. handlirschi</emphasis>
|
||
(Montandon), and they were from the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C012FF80FD51FAE4FC99FAFE" box="[715,790,1340,1364]" name="Republic of the Congo" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Congo</collectingCountry>
|
||
and Mpala, Tanganyika.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D57C012FF80FBA8FAE5FB4BFAFF" box="[1074,1220,1340,1365]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liberianus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FBA8FAE5FB4BFAFF" box="[1074,1220,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. liberianus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is the westernmost known species of
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FEF8FAB9FD81FAD2" box="[354,526,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Neomacrocoris</emphasis>
|
||
. An unidentified female specimen of
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FC23FAB9FBEAFAD2" box="[953,1125,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Neomacrocoris</emphasis>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C012FF80FB30FA87FAB5FAD2" box="[1194,1338,1375,1400]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
|
||
is in the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C012FF80FD3BFA5CFC8EFA37" box="[673,769,1412,1437]" name="Belgium" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Belgium</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B25C012FF80FC8AFA5CFB81FA36" author="Sites" box="[784,1038,1412,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" refString="Sites, R. W. & Mbogho, A. Y. (2012) Revision of the African genus Neomacrocoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa, 3555, 1 - 39." type="journal article" year="2012">Sites & Mbogho 2012</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), but it is unknown if that female is conspecific with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D57C012FF80FECCFA71FE66FA6A" box="[342,489,1447,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liberianus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FECCFA71FE66FA6A" box="[342,489,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. liberianus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA336D4C012FF80FF5DFA15FF7EF877" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">
|
||
I considered the possibility that this new species could be
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FCCDFA15FC73FA4E" box="[855,1020,1485,1508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
|
||
based on the nearly identical overall body size as reported in the original description (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B25C012FF80FD52FA37FCE3F9A2" author="Haglund" box="[712,876,1519,1544]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" refString="Haglund, C. J. E. (1895) Verzeichniss der von Yngve Sjostedt im nordwestlichen Kamerungebiete eingesammelten Hemipteren. Ofversigt af Kongl-Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 7, 445 - 479." type="journal article" year="1895">Haglund 1895</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and that both occur in western Africa. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C012FF80FAF6FA29FA13F9A3" box="[1388,1436,1521,1545]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">type</typeStatus>
|
||
specimen of
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FEA2F9CDFE69F986" box="[312,486,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
|
||
is a male from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C012FF80FD5EF9CCFCB6F986" box="[708,825,1556,1580]" name="Cameroon" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
|
||
and has been missing since the 1930s from the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum in Stockholm (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B25C012FF80FD11F9EFFCA9F9FA" author="Poisson" box="[651,806,1591,1616]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" refString="Poisson, R. (1948) Sur quelques Naucoridae Africains des collections du Musee du Congo (Hemipt. - Heteropt.). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 41 (2 - 3), 202 - 221." type="journal article" year="1948">Poisson 1948</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B25C012FF80FCA8F9EFFBBEF9FA" author="Sites" box="[818,1073,1591,1616]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" refString="Sites, R. W. & Mbogho, A. Y. (2012) Revision of the African genus Neomacrocoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa, 3555, 1 - 39." type="journal article" year="2012">Sites & Mbogho 2012</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). I searched more than 20 major museums in Africa, Europe, and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C012FF80FD8EF984FDFBF9DF" box="[532,628,1628,1653]" name="United States of America" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">America</collectingCountry>
|
||
that would be expected to hold specimens of
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FB10F985FAB9F9DE" box="[1162,1334,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Neomacrocoris</emphasis>
|
||
and was unable to locate the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C012FF80FE08F959FE49F933" box="[402,454,1665,1689]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">type</typeStatus>
|
||
. Therefore, a current concept for this species is not possible because the original description is only seven lines in length; as such,
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FD6FF97DFC2FF916" box="[757,928,1701,1724]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
|
||
is a
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FC7CF97DFB1DF917" box="[998,1170,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">nomen dubium</emphasis>
|
||
. Montandon evidently examined the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C012FF80FEAFF911FEEAF94B" box="[309,357,1737,1761]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">type</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FE16F911FDBEF94A" box="[396,561,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
|
||
within two years after it was described and later compared it to other species of African
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D57C012FF80FE83F934FE11F8AF" box="[281,414,1772,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Naucoridae</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Although the normally astute Montandon identified the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C012FF80FBA2F935FB17F8AF" box="[1080,1176,1773,1797]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
designated here as
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FA18F935FE94F882" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
|
||
, he also identified two specimens of
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FD5EF8C9FCE9F882" box="[708,870,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. handlirschi</emphasis>
|
||
, which also are in the MNHN, as
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FB75F8C9FA1AF882" box="[1263,1429,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
|
||
. Montandon apparently did not consider the genitalic structure of naucorids but instead based his species concepts on more readily apparent features.
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C012FF80FDD8F880FDEEF8DA" box="[578,609,1880,1904]" name="American Samoa" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">As</collectingCountry>
|
||
such, performing identifications on specimens of
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FB5CF881FAFEF8DA" box="[1222,1393,1881,1904]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Neomacrocoris</emphasis>
|
||
by Montandon was rendered tenuous and difficult at best because male structures are necessary (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B25C012FF80FB41F8A4FF5BF812" author="Sites" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" refString="Sites, R. W. & Mbogho, A. Y. (2012) Revision of the African genus Neomacrocoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa, 3555, 1 - 39." type="journal article" year="2012">Sites & Mbogho 2012</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The structure of the phallosomas and pseudostrigils of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D57C012FF80FCE3F879FB9EF813" box="[889,1041,1952,1977]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liberianus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FCE3F879FB9EF813" box="[889,1041,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. liberianus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C012FF80FBCBF879FB78F813" box="[1105,1271,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">N. handlirschi</emphasis>
|
||
are strikingly distinct.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="DF63665CC013FF81FF0DF8F7FBDAF8CE" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/239446/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="556" targetBox="[151,1436,195,1813]" targetPageId="3">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA336D4C013FF81FF0DF8F7FBDAF8CE" blockId="3.[151,1436,1839,1892]" pageId="3" pageNumber="556">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C013FF81FF0DF8F7FE9DF8EE" bold="true" box="[151,274,1839,1861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="556">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D57C013FF81FE82F8E9FDAFF8EF" box="[280,544,1839,1862]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="556" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liberianus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C013FF81FE82F8E9FDAFF8EF" box="[280,544,1839,1862]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="556">Neomacrocoris liberianus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C013FF81FDBCF8E8FDD0F8EF" bold="true" box="[550,607,1840,1861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="556">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25B57BDC013FF81FDBCF8E8FDD0F8EF" box="[550,607,1840,1861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="556" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
HOLOTYPE dorsal habitus. Only connexiva III–V and part of VI visible because terminal abdominal segments were bent downward to enable view of structures in Figs. 2A, B.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF63665CC014FF86FF0DFB3BFC2CFAB2" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/239447/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" targetBox="[151,1436,193,1229]" targetPageId="4">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA336D4C014FF86FF0DFB3BFC2CFAB2" blockId="4.[151,1435,1251,1304]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C014FF86FF0DFB3BFE9DFB52" bold="true" box="[151,274,1251,1273]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
|
||
Diagnostic structures of male
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D57C014FF86FDDFFB3CFD46FB53" box="[581,713,1251,1273]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liberianus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C014FF86FDDFFB3CFD46FB53" box="[581,713,1251,1273]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">N. liberianus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C014FF86FD55FB3CFC87FB53" bold="true" box="[719,776,1252,1273]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25B57BDC014FF86FD55FB3CFC87FB53" box="[719,776,1252,1273]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(A) Terminal abdominal terga, ps = pseudostrigil. (B) medial and lateral lobes of 7th tergum. (C) pygophore with aedeagus, size bar = 0.5 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C306655FC014FF86FF5DFA9CFCE8FA0F" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA336D4C014FF86FF5DFA9CFCE8FA0F" blockId="4.[151,1436,1348,1553]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C014FF86FF5DFA9CFEC9FAF7" bold="true" box="[199,326,1348,1373]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">Etymology</emphasis>
|
||
. The species is named for the country from which the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C014FF86FC33FA9CFB84FAF7" box="[937,1035,1348,1373]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
was collected.
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C014FF86FF5DFAB0FED4FA2B" bold="true" box="[199,347,1384,1409]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">Repositories</emphasis>
|
||
. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C014FF86FE04FAB0FD8FFA2B" box="[414,512,1384,1409]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
is housed in the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C014FF86FD5EFAB0FCD5FA2B" box="[708,858,1384,1409]" name="United States of America" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">United States</collectingCountry>
|
||
National Museum of Natural History and the only
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C014FF86FF0DFA55FF78FA0F" box="[151,247,1421,1445]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
is in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle—Paris.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C306655FC014FF86FF5DFA68FDEBF9BB" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA336D4C014FF86FF5DFA68FDEBF9BB" blockId="4.[151,1436,1348,1553]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C014FF86FF5DFA68FE37FA63" bold="true" box="[199,440,1456,1481]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">Material examined.</emphasis>
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C014FF86FE5DFA69FDD0FA63" box="[455,607,1457,1481]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" type="holotype">HOLOTYPE</typeStatus>
|
||
:
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C014FF86FDE8FA68FD7EFA63" bold="true" box="[626,753,1456,1481]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C014FF86FDE8FA68FD63FA63" box="[626,748,1456,1481]" name="Liberia" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">LIBERIA</collectingCountry>
|
||
:
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Reputa, WM
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C014FF86FC32FA69FC66FA62" box="[936,1001,1457,1480]" name="Isle of Man" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">Mann</collectingCountry>
|
||
/ Smithsonian Firestone Exp, 1940 (
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED0DAE11C014FF86FF04FA0DFF7CFA47" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[158,243,1493,1517]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
, ♂).
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A78876C014FF86FEABFA0DFE18FA47" box="[305,407,1493,1517]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
:
|
||
<emphasis id="B968EAC6C014FF86FE3EFA0CFD03FA47" bold="true" box="[420,652,1492,1517]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B7644C014FF86FE3EFA0CFDF5FA47" box="[420,634,1492,1517]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">SIERRA LEONE</collectingCountry>
|
||
/
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Museum Paris, coll. G. Fallou 259-95 / Pseudambrysus angusticeps Hagl., Montand. det. 1897 (
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED0DAE11C014FF86FE56FA21FDA9F9BB" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" box="[460,550,1529,1553]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="4" pageNumber="557">MNHN</collectionCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D1AFD5DC014FF86FDABFA21FDD9F9BB" box="[561,598,1529,1553]" pageId="4" pageNumber="557" type="generic">1♂</specimenCount>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |