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<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC64390419A5F940FFB0F8C3" bold="true" box="[151,412,1772,1798]" pageId="6" pageNumber="267">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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is distinguished by the following combination of male terminalia characters. The gonostylar apex bears a bundle of short, dense spines apically (
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, arrow 1); the posterior margin of the ninth tergite has a reinforced, rectangular notch medially (
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, arrow 2); and the tegmen is peculiar in having a dual-chamber structure (
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, arrow 3), the large, seemingly 2-pointed apex (
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, arrow 4) and a bilobed, roughly V-shaped outgrowth ventrally of the phallapodeme (
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, arrow 5). The basic shape of the tegmen of the Somalian species
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is similar, although there are obvious differences in the details (
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, fig. 3c).
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<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC65390519A5FA13FF65FA1D" bold="true" box="[151,329,1471,1496]" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">FIGURES 610.</emphasis>
Male morphology of
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, holotype.
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6539051AE2FA6CFDCAFA1D" bold="true" box="[976,998,1472,1496]" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">6:</emphasis>
Terminalia, ventral view.
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6539051DC4FA6CFB20FA1D" bold="true" box="[1270,1292,1472,1496]" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">7:</emphasis>
Ninth tergite, dorsal view.
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6539051827FA48FF07FA39" bold="true" box="[277,299,1508,1532]" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">8:</emphasis>
Tegmen and phallapodeme, ventral view.
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Wing, dorsal view.
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6539051A98FA48FDE7FA39" bold="true" box="[938,971,1508,1532]" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">10:</emphasis>
Fourth flagellomere, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: Figs 68 and 10 = 0.05 mm; Fig. 9 = 0.5 mm. Arrows refer to characters described in the text.
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Body length
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.
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Eye bridge 6 ommatidia long at vertex. Antenna as long as body, with 21 flagellomeres, all with circumfila; apical flagellomere simple. Neck and node of fourth flagellomere equally long (
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). Labellum extremely small, glabrous. Palpus 1-segmented, with sparse setae.
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6539051C09F93AFBB0F975" bold="true" box="[1339,1436,1686,1712]" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">Thorax.</emphasis>
Pronotum bare; 8 anepisternal setae; 6 anepimeral setae.
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6539051A1AF916FD46F911" bold="true" box="[808,874,1722,1748]" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">Wing</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13642A3DEC6539051A49F916FDEEF911" box="[891,962,1722,1748]" captionStart="FIGURES 610" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1471,1495]" captionTargetBox="[178,1412,187,1441]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[168,1420,181,1448]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 610. Male morphology of Asycampta mpofana sp. nov., holotype. 6: Terminalia, ventral view. 7: Ninth tergite, dorsal view. 8: Tegmen and phallapodeme, ventral view. 9: Wing, dorsal view. 10: Fourth flagellomere, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: Figs 68 and 10 = 0.05 mm; Fig. 9 = 0.5 mm. Arrows refer to characters described in the text." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7656367" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7656367/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
). Slightly longer than body, length/width ratio 2.9. Basal longitudinal vein markedly bent. Vein
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6539051A24F973FD1AF93B" box="[790,822,1759,1790]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">
M
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absent. Vein
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6539051AE5F972FA26F93D" box="[983,1034,1758,1784]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">CuA</emphasis>
fading before wing margin.
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6539051C6EF972FBB0F93D" bold="true" box="[1372,1436,1758,1784]" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">Legs.</emphasis>
Foreleg with femur and tibia of equal length, tibia 0.9 × as long as T
<subScript id="17DB34FDEC6539051AFCF8B8FDFAF8E7" attach="right" box="[974,982,1812,1826]" fontSize="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">2</subScript>
. Claws moderately bent, 1 large basal tooth. Empodia vestigial.
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC65390518F3F88AFC63F885" bold="true" box="[449,591,1830,1856]" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">Terminalia.</emphasis>
Ninth tergite subtrapezoid, evenly setose (
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). Gonocoxal synsclerite strongly narrowed anteriorly, anterior edge narrowly rounded, weakly contoured; ventral emargination large, U-shaped, lateral margins moderately sclerotized, basal margin reinforced by sclerotization laterally, slightly convex, with indistinct, broad margin largely devoid of vestiture; dorsal apodemes long, their lengths equal to distance separating them (
<figureCitation id="13642A3DEC65390518F3F81AFC2BF815" box="[449,519,1974,2000]" captionStart="FIGURES 610" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1471,1495]" captionTargetBox="[178,1412,187,1441]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[168,1420,181,1448]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 610. Male morphology of Asycampta mpofana sp. nov., holotype. 6: Terminalia, ventral view. 7: Ninth tergite, dorsal view. 8: Tegmen and phallapodeme, ventral view. 9: Wing, dorsal view. 10: Fourth flagellomere, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: Figs 68 and 10 = 0.05 mm; Fig. 9 = 0.5 mm. Arrows refer to characters described in the text." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7656367" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7656367/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="268">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
). Gonostylus 2.5 × as long as high, slightly bent, moderately convex posteriorly, tapered towards apex; basolateral apophysis large; setae near apex clearly smaller than those elsewhere (
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). Phallapodeme simply rod-shaped, clearly shorter than tegmen, well sclerotized, mouths of accessory gland ducts indistinct (
<figureCitation id="13642A3DEC6A390A1823FF17FF7BFF10" box="[273,343,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 610" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1471,1495]" captionTargetBox="[178,1412,187,1441]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[168,1420,181,1448]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 610. Male morphology of Asycampta mpofana sp. nov., holotype. 6: Terminalia, ventral view. 7: Ninth tergite, dorsal view. 8: Tegmen and phallapodeme, ventral view. 9: Wing, dorsal view. 10: Fourth flagellomere, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: Figs 68 and 10 = 0.05 mm; Fig. 9 = 0.5 mm. Arrows refer to characters described in the text." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7656367" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7656367/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
). Parameral apodemes normal size (
<figureCitation id="13642A3DEC6A390A1BC7FF17FD16FF10" box="[757,826,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 610" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1471,1495]" captionTargetBox="[178,1412,187,1441]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[168,1420,181,1448]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 610. Male morphology of Asycampta mpofana sp. nov., holotype. 6: Terminalia, ventral view. 7: Ninth tergite, dorsal view. 8: Tegmen and phallapodeme, ventral view. 9: Wing, dorsal view. 10: Fourth flagellomere, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: Figs 68 and 10 = 0.05 mm; Fig. 9 = 0.5 mm. Arrows refer to characters described in the text." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7656367" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7656367/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE036B8EC6A390A19F5FF73FFBDFF3C" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,429]" box="[199,401,223,249]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Female unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3456533EC6A390A19F5FEAFFDDFFE84" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BE036B8EC6A390A19F5FEAFFDDFFE84" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,429]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6A390A19F5FEAFFF62FED8" bold="true" box="[199,334,259,285]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet
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<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6A390A1B1CFEAFFCBCFED8" box="[558,656,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">mpofana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a noun in apposition, refers to Mpofana, one of the local municipalities in which Karkloof Nature Reserve is located and
<typeStatus id="54E4881AEC6A390A1BF3FE8BFCDDFE84" box="[705,753,295,321]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">type</typeStatus>
locality of the species.
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<subSubSection id="C3456533EC6A390A19F5FEE7FF03FE68" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BE036B8EC6A390A19F5FEE7FF03FE68" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,429]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">
<emphasis id="B92BEAAAEC6A390A19F5FEE7FC2AFEA1" bold="true" box="[199,518,330,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Type material examined.</emphasis>
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.
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,
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,
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,
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(
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:
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),
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elevation, mistbelt forest,
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</date>
,
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,
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(NMSADIP 212001).
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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