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24)
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species.
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(by present designation)
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFFA871975FB36C34E2991F3" bold="true" box="[197,326,731,757]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Small
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of predominately yellowish brown colour (
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) (greenish if alive); meso- and metacetabula and lateral portions of tergites 25 with very dense, silvery, strongly shiny hair layer which completely covers integument. Antennomere 4 without sulcus. Protarsus short (Fig. 13). Metafemur slightly longer than mesofemur, both with pale distal portions. Metatarsomeres fused. Male with foreleg hardly incrassate (Fig. 13), mesofemur with or without long pilosity (dimorphic), and small genitalia; pygophore (Fig. 14) distally with short, stout setae; proctiger (Fig. 15) small, on each side with an acute and a blunt angular projection; paramere (Figs. 16, 17) strongly sclerotized, with lateral hook-shaped process, and lateral sclerites in vesica (Figs. 18, 19) of slender triangular shape. Female with moderately shortened abdomen (
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) and a deep transverse fold on sternite 7 separating short mediodistal portion with narrow, folded medial lobe (Figs. 23, 24).
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFFA871975FB30464E0D977E" bold="true" box="[197,354,1118,1144]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">Description.</emphasis>
Only apterous morph and one dealate male known. Body length
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, female on average larger than male. Yellowish brown; head with narrow, V- or M-shaped, black (or brown) mark; pronotum with black lateral stripes; meso- and metanotum surrounded by narrow black lines, mesonotum in addition with narrow infuscated midline (only in apterous specimens visible). Acetabula distally with black marks. Meso- and metacetabula and lateral portions of tergites 25 with very dense, silvery, strongly shiny hair layer which completely covers integument. Legs mainly yellowish brown to orange, profemur with two distinct stripes, protibia and protarsus blackish or partly reddish brown, meso- and metafemora each with one thin black stripe at base and distal part pale; tibiae and tarsi of middle and hind legs orange to pale. Head (
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) with larges eyes, minimum distance of eyes 0.3 times head width, and moderately pronounced antenniferous tubercles. Antenna blackish, slender and very long, antennomere 1 subequal in length with antennomeres 24, antennomere 4 without sulcus. Flexor side of profemur with numerous stout setae at base and one minute tooth subapically (Fig. 13); protarsus short. Metafemur slightly longer than mesofemur. Metacoxa without spine. Hind leg with two small but distinct claws. In dealate specimen wings broken off at base.
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<paragraph id="803A5567FFFA871975FB32644BF294CD" blockId="5.[151,1436,693,1995]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">Male. Profemur hardly enlarged (Fig. 13). Mesofemur polymorphic, with or without long pilosity. Genitalia small. Pygophore (Fig. 14) short, distally with some short, stout setae. Proctiger (Fig. 15) small, on each side with acute and blunt angular projection. Paramere (Figs. 16, 17) strongly sclerotized except transparent apex, without recognizable pilosity, with hook-shaped process at lateral face at about midlength. Vesica sclerites (Figs. 18, 19) slightly asymmetrical: Dorsal sclerite and ventral sclerites completely fused. Dorsal sclerite distally recurved and strongly enlarged, on right side with distinct subapical protuberance. Ventral sclerite with very short distal arm on right side and long, slender distal arm on left side supporting long ductus seminalis. Lateral sclerites subsymmetrical, elongate triangular, distinctly broadened at middle or at distal fourth. Second lateral sclerites on vesica's lateral lobes present, variable in size.</paragraph>
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Female. Metanotum, abdominal segments 16, and venter of thorax and abdomen without modifications. Abdomen moderately shortened (
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,
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). Connexiva hardly flapped mediodorsad over posterior tergites (
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,
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, 22). Tergites 7 and 8, and proctiger simple, directed posteriad or posteroventrad, respectively (Figs. 20, 21). Distal portion of sternite 7 separated by deep, transverse fold, distal section forming a narrow, folded medial lobe (Figs. 23, 24). Gonocoxae 1 (Figs. 20, 21, 23, 24) large, plate-like, more or less exposed.
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A75FB35404D139274" bold="true" box="[197,636,344,370]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Comparative notes and discussion.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A77BA35414C789274" box="[644,791,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Ptilomerella</emphasis>
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belongs clearly to the
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genus group, that contains
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,
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, and—distantly—
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. Characteristics of this group are, e.g., the absence of a sulcus on antennomere 4, the whitish apical part of meso- and metafemora, the shiny areas of the dorsum, and the comparatively long metafemur.
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is much smaller than these genera, and differs by the more spindle-shaped body. The bright silvery patches of pilosity on acetabula and tergites, the paramere process of the male, and the female's sharply delimited distal section of sternite 7 are unique within
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. In the field,
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A766D36594B03915C" box="[851,1132,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Ptilomerella akekawati</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A714B36584BD5915C" bold="true" box="[1141,1210,576,602]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
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</emphasis>
appears similar to nymphs of syntopic
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A74B436704D6F9187" box="[394,512,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Ptilomera</emphasis>
species
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, but it can be recognized by the more conspicuous silvery patches. A polymorphism in the pilosity of the mesofemur of the male is unique in
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. Hitherto such pilosity was known as an important autapomorphy of
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A779236AD4C4E91C8" box="[684,801,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Ptilomera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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Its phylogenetic origin and significance within the genus group remains uncertain as long as the male of
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A763236C44C8F91F3" box="[780,992,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Archaeoptilomera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A76D636C34B5591F3" bold="true" box="[1000,1082,731,757]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
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</emphasis>
is unknown.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C89F06ECFFF9871A75FB371A4AF3901A" box="[197,1436,770,796]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="803A5567FFF9871A75FB371A4AF3901A" blockId="6.[151,1436,152,912]" box="[197,1436,770,796]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A75FB371A4E0A901A" bold="true" box="[197,357,770,796]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Distribution.</emphasis>
Southern
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(
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, Phang-Nga,
<collectingRegion id="42419B85FFF9871A76BE371A4CBC901A" box="[896,979,770,796]" country="Thailand" name="Phuket" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Phuket</collectingRegion>
) and southern
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(
<collectingRegion id="42419B85FFF9871A703E371A4AFF901A" box="[1280,1424,770,796]" country="Myanmar" name="Kayin" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Kayin State</collectingRegion>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C89F06ECFFF9871A75FB37304B329096" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="803A5567FFF9871A75FB37304E03906C" blockId="6.[151,1436,152,912]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A75FB37304E3D9044" bold="true" box="[197,338,808,834]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Etymology.</emphasis>
The generic epithet refers to the close relationship with
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A76D937314B339044" box="[999,1116,809,834]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Ptilomera</emphasis>
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and to the small body size. Gender: feminine.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="803A5567FFF9871A75FB376E4B329096" blockId="6.[151,1436,152,912]" box="[197,1117,886,912]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A75FB376E4EF79096" bold="true" box="[197,408,886,912]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Included species.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A749E376F4DC09096" box="[416,687,887,912]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Ptilomerella akekawati</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A7788376E4D979096" bold="true" box="[694,760,886,912]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A9C2340EFFF9871A7788376E4D979096" box="[694,760,886,912]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A7639376F4B7C9096" box="[775,1043,887,912]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Ptilomerella anderseni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B2F18975FFF9871A7125376E4B329096" bold="true" box="[1051,1117,886,912]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A9C2340EFFF9871A7125376E4B329096" box="[1051,1117,886,912]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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