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<figureCitation id="54E3D5F81478EE993082A8E7590AA47E" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Calotheca oberprieleri sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) D spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533303" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Figs 2A-D</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="40E1EA232CCFEDC34F5D6C247F419D43" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="64F5E673D0B165DF502DA63C98EB8F12" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Holotype</emphasis>
♂: South Africa [RSA], CP [ECape], Suurberg Nature Reserve, 900 m,
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,
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, 28.xi.1988, R.[G.] Oberprieler leg. (SANC).
<emphasis id="E72474ABD72A9E1F70484B9B4802D474" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Paratypes</emphasis>
: Republic of South Africa: Eastern Cape, between Grahamstown and Southwell [Southwell
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,
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], 500 m, 13.xi.2006, G. Osella leg., 1♂ (BAQ); Eastern Cape, W Bisho, km 35 da Peddie s.s.n. 2, 280 m, 33°16'69&quot;S, 26°48'95&quot;E [
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,
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], 14.xi.2006, G. Osella leg., 1♂ (BAQ); CP [ECape], Umtiza, East London Coast Reserves, East London,
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,
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, 25.xi.1988, B.[=E.] Grobbelaar leg., 1♂ and 1♀ (SANC).
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<paragraph id="D5DFB2AF6340BE7475C9400F2AC691AD" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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sp. nov. is very similar in shape, size, sculpture and colour to
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sp. nov., from which it can be generally distinguished by: surface of median lobe of aedeagus flat ventrally (carinae delimiting a deep sulcus are evident in
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and
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sp. nov.) (Figs
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,
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,
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); median lobe sinuate, narrowing in the apical third, wider basally than apically (sinuate and narrowing medially, and as wide basally as apically in
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; and greatest width medially, wider basally than apically and tapering towards the apex in
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<emphasis id="6E1F898B033E607AE848FDF47468AC5B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">C. prinslooi</emphasis>
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sp. nov.) (Figs
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,
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,
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); spermatheca only known for one specimen, subreniform and thickset basally (broadly subcylindrical and more slender in
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sp. nov.) (Figs
<figureCitation id="0D850FDF0CED3C15E43131FA288259CD" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Calotheca oberprieleri sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) D spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533303" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">2D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="21497EFD9EA9329AB3419A00962207AB" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Calotheca pallida (Bryant, 1945) A habitus, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: WCape, Mossel Bay) D spermatheca (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; vc = ventral carina; vs = ventral sulcus; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533304" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">3D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="12A877625CD91B0B423BDAFB4368B055" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Calotheca prinslooi sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, Willow River Farm) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: WCape, Swellendam) D spermatheca (ECape, Willow River Farm). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; vc = ventral carina; vs = ventral sulcus; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (C, B); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533306" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">5D</figureCitation>
); pronotal margins which are more rounded laterally (less rounded or more distinctly curved at apical third respectively in
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<emphasis id="EFD4159E2D8D4BECC59BF7A1430962D2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">C. pallida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="43D2C08C017A4FC28AE2748FF006C29B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">C. prinslooi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.) (Figs
<figureCitation id="8B96BCC96480D7AA3E609285B811084C" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Calotheca oberprieleri sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) D spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533303" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">2B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="BD5B64CFF889EF384BF9390384CF180B" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Calotheca pallida (Bryant, 1945) A habitus, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: WCape, Mossel Bay) D spermatheca (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; vc = ventral carina; vs = ventral sulcus; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533304" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">3B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E24F7AB1402461B4A587F689BBD4F814" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Calotheca prinslooi sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, Willow River Farm) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: WCape, Swellendam) D spermatheca (ECape, Willow River Farm). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; vc = ventral carina; vs = ventral sulcus; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (C, B); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533306" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">5B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="727C490BEF931EBB25AC7AE086FC577E" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">
<emphasis id="ADDC5C6A160B940F451DD7BF0030A1F9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4DAE2E6C050D1E3DC6F32179A7332C6D" authorityName="DAlessandro &amp; Iannella &amp; Grobbelaar &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Acanthoecidae" genus="Calotheca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calotheca oberprieleri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oberprieleri">
<emphasis id="273F277F05736825FC039737A78D1A58" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Calotheca oberprieleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="8DD0E5D638037E94967656F74EE7CEC1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">A</emphasis>
habitus, ♂ (holotype)
<emphasis id="CF499430C10C68C1F3606E815C0DD517" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">B</emphasis>
head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell)
<emphasis id="3173FE1F1B8246D24A3123262755AA15" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">C</emphasis>
median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell)
<emphasis id="EAB1306CE2B1BE85BCBA4DC99F07EBA0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">D</emphasis>
spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (
<emphasis id="6858F16C12C9ECD22ACEEE2000E1450A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">A</emphasis>
); 1 mm (
<emphasis id="FC1D6765DCAB4855E8F04202BB0295A1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">B, C</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="1899B0B7A381E5DD60426EB5B201E7B4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9BD94D924FF0738CC4E67FB7C31B2913" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" type="description">
<paragraph id="C5389C5B0CF4A225D21BB3B585B1ED49" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Description of the holotype</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1A13F31A32B83F7B45D2ADB5C3848130" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">
(♂). Body elongate-elliptical in dorsal view (Fig.
<figureCitation id="AB0F11869BFFF82FA786259FDB5A3E8F" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Calotheca oberprieleri sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) D spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533303" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">2A</figureCitation>
), moderately convex in lateral view; total length of body (LB) = 5.00 mm; maximum pronotal width near base (WP = 2.18 mm); maximum width of elytra in basal third (WE = 2.78 mm). Head, femora, and legs pale brown; pronotum yellow, punctate lateral striae and basal furrows distinctly darkened; elytra yellow, with darkened punctures, and small irregular very sparse shaded reddish patches. Head (cf. Fig.
<figureCitation id="E1F4C08FE2EB921EC08C20A8460E5DDD" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Calotheca oberprieleri sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) D spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533303" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">2B</figureCitation>
) with surface microreticulate and micropunctate; several setiferous punctures between medial ocular margin and frontal grooves, and near the dorsal part of frontal grooves; frontal grooves deeply impressed, more so anteriorly, sinuate, extending from dorsal ocular margin to interantennal space; interantennal space about 1.5 times the length of the first antennomere; eyes elongate-ovate; dorsal interocular space slightly wider than 1.5 times the transversal width of the eye; antennae slightly shorter than half the body length (LAN = 2.33 mm; LAN/LB = 0.47; LA: 100:50:75:64:79:79:79:79:79:71:100). Pronotum (cf. Fig.
<figureCitation id="3E66757D0A3B742B0E318F5EC2327B76" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Calotheca oberprieleri sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) D spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533303" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">2B</figureCitation>
) slightly convex, sub-trapezoidal, distinctly transverse (LP = 1.18 mm; WP/LP = 1.85), with clearly rounded sides; surface microreticulate and micropunctate, with additional small, rather dense, evenly distributed punctation; lateral pronotal striae C-shaped, with large, deeply impressed punctures; basal furrows of pronotum deeply impressed; basal and apical margins distinctly bordered, but not raised; lateral margins barely expanded, but visible in dorsal view; anterior angles prominent and pointed; posterior angles widely obtuse. Scutellum sub-triangular, rounded apically. Elytra (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2DEFB7FDE84A7B55604B6C413EAEA4BA" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Calotheca oberprieleri sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) D spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533303" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">2A</figureCitation>
, cf. 2B) moderately elongate and convex (LE = 3.83 mm; WE/LE = 0.73; LE/LP = 3.26), slightly sinuate laterally, jointly rounded apically; lateral margin narrow, barely visible in dorsal view; elytral punctation arranged in single regular rows, punctures deeply impressed; interstriae with finely microreticulate and micropunctate surface; last interstria carinate; humeral calli barely raised. Macropterous. Legs with basal pro- and mesotarsomeres distinctly enlarged, sub-triangular (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7A31DBB7416A703EC91E1B29792908F1" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Calotheca oberprieleri sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) D spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533303" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">2A</figureCitation>
). Tarsal claws simple. Underside pale brown; apical abdominal ventrite without preapical sculpture or impressions. Median lobe of aedeagus (cf. Fig.
<figureCitation id="9E2B574BDF63EB8BFDBED6FC690758F6" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Calotheca oberprieleri sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) D spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533303" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">2C</figureCitation>
) (LAED = 2.08 mm; LE/LAED = 1.84) distinctly sinuate laterally in ventral view; slightly narrower distally than basally; apex subrounded, with small ventrolateral bulges; ventral surface flat, with a narrow medial furrow in distal third; ventrolateral surface widely wrinkled; dorsal ligula short, formed by two elongate basal lobes and two shorter apical lobes; in lateral view, median lobe distinctly bent down to the apex.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B1E9A3C71C321AC948497061FC5577F6" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" type="variability">
<paragraph id="821018F5464DA2CD37937D705FFA5ECA" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Variability.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D711AC1EFD11CF9A4A425F9808E7FABB" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">
<emphasis id="E602D01224195D5FED573237F83E5FB1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Males</emphasis>
(n = 4; mean
<normalizedToken id="66E9E5956490FD3D2C6F8B4A4083EDA0" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
standard deviation, range): LE = 3.99
<normalizedToken id="0C86B9B0B199BA89BCA22CAC32D8521E" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.17 mm (3.83 ≤ LE ≤ 4.12 mm); WE = 2.88
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0.12 mm (2.78 ≤ WE ≤ 3.05 mm); LP = 1.21
<normalizedToken id="AFD5BE2C09FAFFFCEF065A6CD8D38F6C" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.04 mm (1.18 ≤ LP ≤ 1.28 mm); WP = 2.30
<normalizedToken id="63E4ADEF00B7564E2AAF25771BC7AF29" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.12 mm (2.18 ≤ WP ≤ 2.45 mm); LAN = 2.37
<normalizedToken id="B1036A622698221BD5FD993147D77C65" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.11 mm (2.25 ≤ LAN ≤ 2.50 mm); LAED = 2.10
<normalizedToken id="F467876BBABDBBD8DA6E6754D17500DB" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.12 mm (2.00 ≤ LAED ≤ 2.28 mm); LB = 5.12
<normalizedToken id="F07B8401B9EB6C75573D820397FB6DF3" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.12 mm (5.00 ≤ LB ≤ 5.28 mm); LE/LP = 3.29
<normalizedToken id="FA7E91CE13D5D97D04E0AE1CDF5DED03" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.06 (3.25 ≤ LE/LP ≤ 3.38); WE/WP = 1.25
<normalizedToken id="B6BA4B6528F69E83F1D38AF5F23B95A2" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.02 (1.24 ≤ WE/WP ≤ 1.28); WP/LP = 1.90
<normalizedToken id="4B51EE02CDC6A53BBED9D7F864608819" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.04 (1.85 ≤ WP/LP ≤ 1.94); WE/LE = 0.72
<normalizedToken id="2FE3ACD6186BD0FE630695DD39D72146" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.01 (0.72 ≤ WE/LE ≤ 0.73); LAN/LB = 0.46
<normalizedToken id="868A9D430E29BD886A44DE71CAF9DC6D" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.02 (0.44 ≤ LAN/LB ≤ 0.48); LE/LAED = 1.90
<normalizedToken id="38FA8CA7DE25A4319326F3321A42BECA" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.08 (1.84 ≤ LE/LAED ≤ 2.03).
<emphasis id="635DF69F549B691548A2C99D409ADD24" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Females</emphasis>
(n = 1): LE = 4.50 mm; WE = 3.38 mm; LP = 1.28 mm; WP = 2.65 mm; LAN = 2.35; LSP = 0.80 mm; LB = 5.75 mm; LE/LP = 3.53; WE/WP = 1.27; WP/LP = 2.08; WE/LE = 0.75; LAN/LB = 0.41; LE/LSP = 5.63. Paratypes very similar in shape, sculpture and colour to the holotype. Female with basal pro- and mesotarsomeres less enlarged than in male. Spermatheca (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B6325CBAC41A82BC7DBE676CA6F0644D" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Calotheca oberprieleri sp. nov. A habitus, ♂ (holotype) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: ECape, between Grahamstown and Southwell) D spermatheca (RSA: ECape, Umtiza). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533303" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">2D</figureCitation>
) with basal part subreniform, thickset; distal part softly bent, slightly narrower apically, with a very short appendix; distal part clearly shorter than half the length of the basal part; ductus basally inserted, moderately elongate, and with a hint of a coil.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5879DC0C6FFC6E563065AEA455B23567" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="879F75B0FDE0DC0E6957AEB9FD35F908" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="06792B3C28B9433C27299282687941DF" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">The specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case after Rolf G. Oberprieler (Australia, Canberra), one of its collectors.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D8328471C306171B3A979CFA81D7F25D" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="89EAD1304EBCBF755E52A2F7FF3D2917" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D707D088EBB41A9FD44F1E7771E825E5" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">
Republic of South Africa (ECape) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3289E6F9E5A0D17235114D1241DA110D" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Distribution of Calotheca parvula species group." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533307" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">6</figureCitation>
). Chorotype: Southern-Western Afrotropical (SWA).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="05CF77447AF47127878688AF316BAD07" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" type="ecological notes">
<paragraph id="439E426C8E3E12542A512EA461C0C29C" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Ecological notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4462ECB2D3C44F5291B7F6B874FF866C" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Habitat and host plants unknown. Collected between 280-900 m a.s.l. Adults active in November.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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