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This genus can be distinguished from other agyrtodine leiodids by the following combination of characters: tarsal formula 4-
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both sexes; hind wings absent; eyes reduced to about 1314 facets, interocular length to about 4x the lengths of antennomere 1 (
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, male, dorsal habitus (Length = 1.40 mm); (b)
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, anterior view of head.
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. Body (
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) convex, cuticle shining, broadly ovate, widest at posterior margin of pronotum in dorsal view. Colour of body reddish brown, antennae, mouthparts and legs tan.
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Head dark brown, declined, partially concealed in dorsal view by pronotum. Epistomal suture present, with stem. Clypeus broad, transverse with gold setae; labrum transverse with slight notch. Mandible (
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) with prostheca present, sparse; mola present, ~1/3 length of interior face of mandible. Maxilla (
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) with lacinia slender with apical spines, galea less slender with dense apical brush of stiff setae, maxillary palp slender with sparse setae, apical palpomere expanded, third palpomere subconical, second palpomere distinctly elongate. Labium subquadrate, labial palpi 3-segmented. Eyes (
<figureCitation id="13032A29A05D9B0DD3F2FE3DFC8841C3" box="[763,844,403,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[152,255,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[432,1158,889,1914]" captionTargetId="figure-332@2.[426,1162,885,1919]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Myopagyrtes tasmanicus, new species male: (a) Right mandible, dorsal view. (b) Right maxilla, dorsal view. Female: (c) Lateral view of head showing reduced compound eye. Male: (d) Front leg with expanded protarsi bearing tenant setae. (e) Aedeagus, ventral view. (f) Male genital segment, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11234291" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11234291/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="405">Fig. 2c</figureCitation>
) reduced, elongate with coarse irregular facets, five facets long by up to three facets across. Antennomeres 16 elongate, 12 expanded compared to 36; antennomeres 711 forming club. Antennomere 7 elongate, broader apically. Antennomere 8 less than 1/2 length of antennomere 7, quadrate. Antennomeres 911 expanded, elongate. Pronotum broad, transverse, densely pubescent with semi-recumbent gold setae. Scutellary shield small, transverse, anterior margin concealed in dorsal view by posterior margin of pronotum. Elytra broad, tapered slightly at apex, semi-transparent, conceal abdominal apex in dorsal view when closed. No longitudinal striae, transverse strigae shallow, with dense, semi-recumbent gold setae regularly spaced. Epipleuron broad, complete. Procoxal cavities narrowly separated, closed interiorly by prosternal process and blunt, triangular notal process. Hind wings absent. Mesoventrite with median carina sinuate in lateral view. Two prominent pairs of spines on tibial apex of all legs, both sexes. Male protarsi (
<figureCitation id="13032A29A05D9B0DD50FFD79FB9C429F" box="[1030,1112,727,753]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[152,255,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[432,1158,889,1914]" captionTargetId="figure-332@2.[426,1162,885,1919]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Myopagyrtes tasmanicus, new species male: (a) Right mandible, dorsal view. (b) Right maxilla, dorsal view. Female: (c) Lateral view of head showing reduced compound eye. Male: (d) Front leg with expanded protarsi bearing tenant setae. (e) Aedeagus, ventral view. (f) Male genital segment, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11234291" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11234291/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="405">Fig. 2d</figureCitation>
) with slightly expanded first two segments with tenant setae. Tarsal formula 4-
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both sexes.
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<emphasis id="B94CEABEA05D9B0DD1CEFCB1FE8A4357" bold="true" box="[199,334,799,825]" pageId="2" pageNumber="405">Etymology.</emphasis>
The generic epithet consists of the prefix
<emphasis id="B94CEABEA05D9B0DD233FCB1FC574356" box="[826,915,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="405">Myop—</emphasis>
from the Greek
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<emphasis id="B94CEABEA05D9B0DD544FCB1FB5C4356" box="[1101,1176,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="405">Myops</emphasis>
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(near-sighted) and the suffix
<emphasis id="B94CEABEA05D9B0DD1D1FCEDFE874332" box="[216,323,835,860]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="405">—agyrtes</emphasis>
, referring respectively to its drastically reduced eyes and the sympatric genus
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<emphasis id="B94CEABEA05D9B0DD5B8FCEDFAE74333" box="[1201,1315,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="405">Agyrtodes</emphasis>
Portevin.
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