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<mods:title>Revision of the genus Attaphila (Blattodea: Blaberoidea), myrmecophiles living in the mushroom gardens of leaf-cutting ants</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Bohn, Horst</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Nehring, Volker</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>G., Jonathan Rodriguez</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Klass, Klaus-Dieter</mods:namePart>
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4.8.
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Attaphila sexdentis
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, 1905
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Abdominal tergites of Attaphila species only known from the female sex. A, B: A. schuppi (ST Bo 1237). A: T 2 - 5; B: T 6,7. C, D: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233). C: T 1 - 5; D: T 6,7. - Abbreviations: T n tergite (numbered); T n - a anterior border of tergite (numbered); T n - p posterior border of tergite (numbered); tr n transversal ridge of tergite (numbered). Grey arrows pointing to median and lateral excurvations of transversal ridges to the anterior." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563280" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Figs 11C, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Abdominal tergites T 6,7 of females (A, B) and males (C - F) of Attaphila species. A: A. sexdentis, female (Bo 1233). B: A. sinuosocarinata, female (HT Bo 1273). C: A. aptera, male (Bo 1256). D: A. bergi, male (Bo 1274), transversal ridge tr 7 weakly developed, sublaterally with a large gap. E: A. paucisetosa, male (Bo 1240), transversal ridge tr 7 missing. F: A. fungicola, male (Bo 1229), transversal ridge tr 7 missing. - Abbreviations: T 6, T 7 tergites T 6, T 7; T 6 - p, T 7 - p posterior borders of tergites T 6, T 7; tr 6, tr 7 transversal ridges of tergites T 6, T 7." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563282" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 13A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Size and distribution of bristles in the median part of tergites T 6,7 in females (A-H) and males (I) of Attaphila species, phase contrast images. A: A. aptera, female (Bo 1257). B: A. bergi, female (Bo 1282). C: A. fungicola, female (Bo 1264). D: A. multisetosa, female (Bo 1270). E: A. paucisetosa, female (PT Bo 1255). F: A. schuppi, female (ST Bo 1237), with only short remnants of transversal ridge tr 7. G: A. sexdentis, female (Bo 1233). H: A. sinuosocarinata, female (HT Bo 1273). I: A. aptera, male (Bo 1256). - Abbreviations: T 6 - p, T 7 - p posterior borders of tergites T 6, T 7; tr 6, tr 7 transversal ridges of tergites T 6, T 7." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563283" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 14G</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Subgenital plate (sternite S 7) of females (A - F) and larval females (G, H) of Attaphila species. A, B: A. sinuosocarinata (PT Bo 1287, HT Bo 1273). C, D: A. aptera (Bo 1225, Bo 1253). E: A. multisetosa (HT Bo 1270). F: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233). G: A. aptera, larval female (Bo 1289). H: A. bergi, larval female (Bo 1231). - Abbreviations and arrows: S 7 - p posterior border of subgenital plate S 7; sr 7 - l, sr 7 - m lateral, median part of transversal ridge of subgenital plate S 7 (borders indicated by double bars). Arrows in B, C, F pointing to lateral borders of S 7, which are parallel or slightly divergent (to the anterior) in A-E, but convergent in F." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563286" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 17F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Anterior half of subgenital plate (sternite S 7) of females of Attaphila species, shape of sternal transversal ridge, phase contrast images (same objects as shown in Figs 16, 17, except for Bo 1236 in F). A, B: A. aptera (Bo 1225, Bo 1253). C, D: A. bergi (Bo 1275, Bo 1282). E, F: A. fungicola (Bo 1264, Bo 1236). G: A. multisetosa (HT Bo 1270). H, I: A. paucisetosa (Cb 2 / 2, PT Bo 1255). J, K: A. schuppi (ST Bo 1234, ST Bo 1237). L: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233). M, N: A. sinuosocarinata (PT Bo 1287, HT Bo 1273). - Abbreviations and symbols: sr 7 transversal ridge of subgenital plate S 7; short interruptions of this ridge indicated by arrows, larger gaps delimited by double bars." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563287" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 18L</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. A-C: Terminalia with genitalia of females of Attaphila species, ventral view, posterior end on top. A: A. multisetosa (HT Bo 1270), without laterosternal shelf area, cerci damaged; inset showing median part of genital chamber dorsal wall. B: A. sinuosocarinata (HT Bo 1273), without laterosternal shelf area; inset showing median part of genital chamber dorsal wall. C: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233), with laterosternal shelf area. - D: Female of A. paucisetosa carrying an ootheca; length of animal ca. 3 mm. - Abbreviations: aa anterior arch; ca central apodeme; ce cercus; gcf fold dividing genital chamber (posterior edge labeled); gcp pouch of genital chamber (one-sided); gg-m mesal gonangulum sclerite; IC intercalary sclerite; ls laterosternal-shelf sclerite (with posterolateral extremity p); lst laterosternal-shelf tube; otkl ootheca keel; pl posterior lobe; PP paraproct; pt 8,9 extension of paratergite 9; sp spermathecal plate; T 9, T 10 abdominal tergites 9 and 10; T 10 - p posterior border of tergite 10; vlf valvifer of segment 8; A articulations, A 2 between gg-m and pl, A 3 between gg-m and basal sclerotisation of v 1, A 5 between pt 8,9 and vlf. Arrow in A, B showing mesal border of putative weak sclerotisation in dorsal wall of genital chamber. (See Supplement 1 and Supplement 3 Fig. S 2 A, B, C for additional explanations and more complete labeling using different terminologies.)" figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563290" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 21C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Laterosternal shelf area of females of Attaphila species, ventral view, posteriorly on top. A, B: A. aptera (Bo 1225, Bo 1257), in A left tube distorted (ventral part of tube squeezed laterally, as indicated by grey arrow). C, D: A. bergi (Bo 1282, Bo 1239). E, F: A. fungicola (Bo 1264, Bo 1447). G: A. multisetosa (HT Bo 1270). H: A. paucisetosa (PT Bo 1255). I: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233). J: A. schuppi (ST Bo 1237). K, L: A. sinuosocarinata (HT Bo 1273, PT Bo 1288). - Abbreviations: isf intersternal folds (of floor of vestibulum); ls laterosternal-shelf sclerite (with central part c, arm part a, wing part w, posterolateral extremity p); lst laterosternal-shelf tube; vfl floor of vestibulum. (See Supplement 3 Fig. S 2 D, E for more complete labeling using different terminologies.) - Arrows: Black arrows in A, D, I: twisting of sclerite at transition between ls-w and ls-p. Grey arrow in A indicates direction of squeezing of tube lst. Blue arrowheads: anterior extremity of wing part ls-w on mesal border of tube lst, ls-w either restricted to posterior half of tubes lst (e. g. K) or reaching far into anterior half (e. g. D). Red arrowheads: area where the posterior margin of ls-a bends dorsally, and where a bend or kink is often present in (inner) lateral border of tube lst (compare white arrowheads in Fig. 23 C, D, H, I, J). Black arrowheads: membranous inner lateral border of tube lst posterior to the bend or kink (compare Fig. 23 C, D, H, I and black arrowheads in sections beside D). - Inserts in B, D, E, K showing right (of picture and animal) tube lst with posterior margin of ls-a (red line; compare Fig. 23 C-E) and anterior margin of ls-w (blue line; compare Fig. 23 F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563291" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">, 22I</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Bolivar" authorityYear="1905" class="Insecta" family="Ectobiidae" genus="Attaphila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Attaphila sexdentis" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sexdentis">Attaphila sexdentis</taxonomicName>
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, 1905: 137;
<bibRefCitation author="Princis, K" journalOrPublisher="Insectes Sociaux" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" refId="B67" refString="Princis, K, 1963. Blattariae: Subordo Polyphagoidea: Fam.: Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae. Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. In: Beier M (Ed.), Orthopterorum Catalogus Pars 4: 75-172. Junk, s'Gravenhage." title="Blattariae: Subordo Polyphagoidea: Fam.: Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae. Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. In: Beier M (Ed.), Orthopterorum Catalogus Pars 4: 75 - 172. Junk, s'Gravenhage." year="1963">Princis 1963</bibRefCitation>
: 111.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Material studied.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Type material.</emphasis>
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,
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, [
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],
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, San Leopoldo, b.
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, (
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!) (completely on three slides:
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1233) (
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Characterised by the unique shape of
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: posterior parts of the lateral borders anteriorly converging, in all other species (more or less) parallel.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Size</emphasis>
Length of body (dried): female 3 mm.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Surface bristles of tergites 2-5</emphasis>
approximately arranged in two transversal rows (Fig.
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).
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tr2-5
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without distinct excurvations (Fig.
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, compare grey arrows in Fig.
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).
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Unknown.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Female</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Tergites 6,7</emphasis>
: (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Abdominal tergites of Attaphila species only known from the female sex. A, B: A. schuppi (ST Bo 1237). A: T 2 - 5; B: T 6,7. C, D: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233). C: T 1 - 5; D: T 6,7. - Abbreviations: T n tergite (numbered); T n - a anterior border of tergite (numbered); T n - p posterior border of tergite (numbered); tr n transversal ridge of tergite (numbered). Grey arrows pointing to median and lateral excurvations of transversal ridges to the anterior." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563280" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">11D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Abdominal tergites T 6,7 of females (A, B) and males (C - F) of Attaphila species. A: A. sexdentis, female (Bo 1233). B: A. sinuosocarinata, female (HT Bo 1273). C: A. aptera, male (Bo 1256). D: A. bergi, male (Bo 1274), transversal ridge tr 7 weakly developed, sublaterally with a large gap. E: A. paucisetosa, male (Bo 1240), transversal ridge tr 7 missing. F: A. fungicola, male (Bo 1229), transversal ridge tr 7 missing. - Abbreviations: T 6, T 7 tergites T 6, T 7; T 6 - p, T 7 - p posterior borders of tergites T 6, T 7; tr 6, tr 7 transversal ridges of tergites T 6, T 7." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563282" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">13A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Size and distribution of bristles in the median part of tergites T 6,7 in females (A-H) and males (I) of Attaphila species, phase contrast images. A: A. aptera, female (Bo 1257). B: A. bergi, female (Bo 1282). C: A. fungicola, female (Bo 1264). D: A. multisetosa, female (Bo 1270). E: A. paucisetosa, female (PT Bo 1255). F: A. schuppi, female (ST Bo 1237), with only short remnants of transversal ridge tr 7. G: A. sexdentis, female (Bo 1233). H: A. sinuosocarinata, female (HT Bo 1273). I: A. aptera, male (Bo 1256). - Abbreviations: T 6 - p, T 7 - p posterior borders of tergites T 6, T 7; tr 6, tr 7 transversal ridges of tergites T 6, T 7." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563283" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">14G</figureCitation>
) Median lobe of
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rather long; transversal ridges
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and
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complete,
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sublaterally with a weak, but distinct bend; surface bristles very numerous on
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, only few on
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, small (slightly smaller than the larger ones in
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), focused to central part of surface area.
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(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Subgenital plate (sternite S 7) of females (A - F) and larval females (G, H) of Attaphila species. A, B: A. sinuosocarinata (PT Bo 1287, HT Bo 1273). C, D: A. aptera (Bo 1225, Bo 1253). E: A. multisetosa (HT Bo 1270). F: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233). G: A. aptera, larval female (Bo 1289). H: A. bergi, larval female (Bo 1231). - Abbreviations and arrows: S 7 - p posterior border of subgenital plate S 7; sr 7 - l, sr 7 - m lateral, median part of transversal ridge of subgenital plate S 7 (borders indicated by double bars). Arrows in B, C, F pointing to lateral borders of S 7, which are parallel or slightly divergent (to the anterior) in A-E, but convergent in F." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563286" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">17F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Anterior half of subgenital plate (sternite S 7) of females of Attaphila species, shape of sternal transversal ridge, phase contrast images (same objects as shown in Figs 16, 17, except for Bo 1236 in F). A, B: A. aptera (Bo 1225, Bo 1253). C, D: A. bergi (Bo 1275, Bo 1282). E, F: A. fungicola (Bo 1264, Bo 1236). G: A. multisetosa (HT Bo 1270). H, I: A. paucisetosa (Cb 2 / 2, PT Bo 1255). J, K: A. schuppi (ST Bo 1234, ST Bo 1237). L: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233). M, N: A. sinuosocarinata (PT Bo 1287, HT Bo 1273). - Abbreviations and symbols: sr 7 transversal ridge of subgenital plate S 7; short interruptions of this ridge indicated by arrows, larger gaps delimited by double bars." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563287" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">18L</figureCitation>
) semicircular, lateral borders distinctly converging to the anterior; lateral parts of transversal ridge (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">sr7-l</emphasis>
) fairly straight, ridge mesally ending well after having reached a transversal orientation, with a fairly narrow median gap (end parts of ridge only slightly more developed than in
<taxonomicName family="Ectobiidae" genus="A." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. aptera" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" rank="species" species="aptera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">A. aptera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but lateral parts more strongly inclined mesally, thus leaving a narrower gap), hardly recurved
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">sr7-m</emphasis>
ends indicating the ridge to be at most weakly bisinuate.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Genitalia</emphasis>
: (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. A-C: Terminalia with genitalia of females of Attaphila species, ventral view, posterior end on top. A: A. multisetosa (HT Bo 1270), without laterosternal shelf area, cerci damaged; inset showing median part of genital chamber dorsal wall. B: A. sinuosocarinata (HT Bo 1273), without laterosternal shelf area; inset showing median part of genital chamber dorsal wall. C: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233), with laterosternal shelf area. - D: Female of A. paucisetosa carrying an ootheca; length of animal ca. 3 mm. - Abbreviations: aa anterior arch; ca central apodeme; ce cercus; gcf fold dividing genital chamber (posterior edge labeled); gcp pouch of genital chamber (one-sided); gg-m mesal gonangulum sclerite; IC intercalary sclerite; ls laterosternal-shelf sclerite (with posterolateral extremity p); lst laterosternal-shelf tube; otkl ootheca keel; pl posterior lobe; PP paraproct; pt 8,9 extension of paratergite 9; sp spermathecal plate; T 9, T 10 abdominal tergites 9 and 10; T 10 - p posterior border of tergite 10; vlf valvifer of segment 8; A articulations, A 2 between gg-m and pl, A 3 between gg-m and basal sclerotisation of v 1, A 5 between pt 8,9 and vlf. Arrow in A, B showing mesal border of putative weak sclerotisation in dorsal wall of genital chamber. (See Supplement 1 and Supplement 3 Fig. S 2 A, B, C for additional explanations and more complete labeling using different terminologies.)" figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563290" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">21C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Laterosternal shelf area of females of Attaphila species, ventral view, posteriorly on top. A, B: A. aptera (Bo 1225, Bo 1257), in A left tube distorted (ventral part of tube squeezed laterally, as indicated by grey arrow). C, D: A. bergi (Bo 1282, Bo 1239). E, F: A. fungicola (Bo 1264, Bo 1447). G: A. multisetosa (HT Bo 1270). H: A. paucisetosa (PT Bo 1255). I: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233). J: A. schuppi (ST Bo 1237). K, L: A. sinuosocarinata (HT Bo 1273, PT Bo 1288). - Abbreviations: isf intersternal folds (of floor of vestibulum); ls laterosternal-shelf sclerite (with central part c, arm part a, wing part w, posterolateral extremity p); lst laterosternal-shelf tube; vfl floor of vestibulum. (See Supplement 3 Fig. S 2 D, E for more complete labeling using different terminologies.) - Arrows: Black arrows in A, D, I: twisting of sclerite at transition between ls-w and ls-p. Grey arrow in A indicates direction of squeezing of tube lst. Blue arrowheads: anterior extremity of wing part ls-w on mesal border of tube lst, ls-w either restricted to posterior half of tubes lst (e. g. K) or reaching far into anterior half (e. g. D). Red arrowheads: area where the posterior margin of ls-a bends dorsally, and where a bend or kink is often present in (inner) lateral border of tube lst (compare white arrowheads in Fig. 23 C, D, H, I, J). Black arrowheads: membranous inner lateral border of tube lst posterior to the bend or kink (compare Fig. 23 C, D, H, I and black arrowheads in sections beside D). - Inserts in B, D, E, K showing right (of picture and animal) tube lst with posterior margin of ls-a (red line; compare Fig. 23 C-E) and anterior margin of ls-w (blue line; compare Fig. 23 F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563291" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">22I</figureCitation>
) Spermathecal plate
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">sp</emphasis>
and pouch
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">gcp</emphasis>
not clearly identifiable. In laterosternal shelf sclerite (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Laterosternal shelf area of females of Attaphila species, ventral view, posteriorly on top. A, B: A. aptera (Bo 1225, Bo 1257), in A left tube distorted (ventral part of tube squeezed laterally, as indicated by grey arrow). C, D: A. bergi (Bo 1282, Bo 1239). E, F: A. fungicola (Bo 1264, Bo 1447). G: A. multisetosa (HT Bo 1270). H: A. paucisetosa (PT Bo 1255). I: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233). J: A. schuppi (ST Bo 1237). K, L: A. sinuosocarinata (HT Bo 1273, PT Bo 1288). - Abbreviations: isf intersternal folds (of floor of vestibulum); ls laterosternal-shelf sclerite (with central part c, arm part a, wing part w, posterolateral extremity p); lst laterosternal-shelf tube; vfl floor of vestibulum. (See Supplement 3 Fig. S 2 D, E for more complete labeling using different terminologies.) - Arrows: Black arrows in A, D, I: twisting of sclerite at transition between ls-w and ls-p. Grey arrow in A indicates direction of squeezing of tube lst. Blue arrowheads: anterior extremity of wing part ls-w on mesal border of tube lst, ls-w either restricted to posterior half of tubes lst (e. g. K) or reaching far into anterior half (e. g. D). Red arrowheads: area where the posterior margin of ls-a bends dorsally, and where a bend or kink is often present in (inner) lateral border of tube lst (compare white arrowheads in Fig. 23 C, D, H, I, J). Black arrowheads: membranous inner lateral border of tube lst posterior to the bend or kink (compare Fig. 23 C, D, H, I and black arrowheads in sections beside D). - Inserts in B, D, E, K showing right (of picture and animal) tube lst with posterior margin of ls-a (red line; compare Fig. 23 C-E) and anterior margin of ls-w (blue line; compare Fig. 23 F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563291" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">22I</figureCitation>
) central part (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">c</emphasis>
) moderately long and posteriorly widely truncate (slightly rounded), arms (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">a</emphasis>
) moderately wide, wing parts (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">w</emphasis>
) moderately wide, their base restricted to posterior half of tubes; tubes (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">lst</emphasis>
) with a straight mesal border and slightly narrowed towards the anterior, anteriorly more or less transversally cut. Mesal gonangulum (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">gg-m</emphasis>
) sclerites distinct (presence of lateral ones questionable; Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. A-C: Terminalia with genitalia of females of Attaphila species, ventral view, posterior end on top. A: A. multisetosa (HT Bo 1270), without laterosternal shelf area, cerci damaged; inset showing median part of genital chamber dorsal wall. B: A. sinuosocarinata (HT Bo 1273), without laterosternal shelf area; inset showing median part of genital chamber dorsal wall. C: A. sexdentis (HT Bo 1233), with laterosternal shelf area. - D: Female of A. paucisetosa carrying an ootheca; length of animal ca. 3 mm. - Abbreviations: aa anterior arch; ca central apodeme; ce cercus; gcf fold dividing genital chamber (posterior edge labeled); gcp pouch of genital chamber (one-sided); gg-m mesal gonangulum sclerite; IC intercalary sclerite; ls laterosternal-shelf sclerite (with posterolateral extremity p); lst laterosternal-shelf tube; otkl ootheca keel; pl posterior lobe; PP paraproct; pt 8,9 extension of paratergite 9; sp spermathecal plate; T 9, T 10 abdominal tergites 9 and 10; T 10 - p posterior border of tergite 10; vlf valvifer of segment 8; A articulations, A 2 between gg-m and pl, A 3 between gg-m and basal sclerotisation of v 1, A 5 between pt 8,9 and vlf. Arrow in A, B showing mesal border of putative weak sclerotisation in dorsal wall of genital chamber. (See Supplement 1 and Supplement 3 Fig. S 2 A, B, C for additional explanations and more complete labeling using different terminologies.)" figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e67569.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563290" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">21C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="205" type="host">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Host species.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Atta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atta sexdens" order="Embiidina" pageId="0" pageNumber="205" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sexdens">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Atta sexdens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Linnaeus, 1758).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="205" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="205">Brazil: Est. Rio Grande do Sul, only known from the type locality San Leopoldo.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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