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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFADFFCCFF042887375CFB27" bold="true" box="[151,372,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="56">Sycorax tridentata</emphasis>
Curler
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(
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)
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<paragraph id="8B82368CFFADFFCCFF0428F232E0FAD4" blockId="13.[151,1436,1266,2019]" pageId="13" pageNumber="56">DIAGNOSIS. Male terminalia: parameres with posterior lobes rounded, hooked apically; dorsomedial process of paramere digitiform, bulbous apically, extending far beyond apices of aedeagus; aedeagus with branches tridentate posterolaterally. Female terminalia: spermathecal ducts inflated, nearly globular, not annulated.</paragraph>
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DESCRIPTION.
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFADFFCCFE1B295F37ECFAF1" bold="true" box="[392,452,1375,1399]" pageId="13" pageNumber="56">Male</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13062A09FFADFFCCFE47295E3474FAF0" box="[468,604,1374,1398]" captionStart="FIGURES 30 34" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1933,1956]" captionTargetBox="[312,1281,185,1907]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[291,1292,163,1918]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 30 34. Sycorax dispar Satchell, male. 30. Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view. 31. Right gonopod, dorsolateral view. Sycorax tridentata Curler sp. nov., male. 32. Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view. 33. Genital tract, dorsal view. 34. Left gonopod, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/282864/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="56">Figs. 3234</figureCitation>
): Measurements, head width
<quantity id="4CC59B69FFADFFCCFC0C295E322DFAF0" box="[927,1029,1374,1398]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7" pageId="13" pageNumber="56" unit="mm" value="0.27">0.27 mm</quantity>
, head length
<quantity id="4CC59B69FFADFFCCFB04295E32D5FAF0" box="[1175,1277,1374,1398]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="13" pageNumber="56" unit="mm" value="0.2">0.20 mm</quantity>
, palpus length
<quantity id="4CC59B69FFADFFCCFF04298236D4FA1C" box="[151,252,1410,1434]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="13" pageNumber="56" unit="mm" value="0.09">0.09 mm</quantity>
, wings incomplete, R2+3 length
<quantity id="4CC59B69FFADFFCCFDC12982349FFA1C" box="[594,695,1410,1434]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.1" pageId="13" pageNumber="56" unit="mm" value="0.31">0.31 mm</quantity>
, R3 length
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, gonocoxite length
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, gonostylus length
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, gonostylus spine length
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. Head broadly rounded in frontal view, slightly more wide than long. Antennae: scape and pedicel sub-spherical, flagellomeres missing. Wing: radial fork relatively long; R2+3 approximately equal in length to R3. Terminalia: gonostylus with subterminal seta inserted approximately half way between base and apical spine; ejaculatory apodeme laterally compressed; vasa deferentia nearly as long as ejaculatory apodeme; testes ovate difficult to differentiate from vasa deferentia; ejaculatory duct funnel-shaped, expanding from base to apex; aedeagus with branches tridentate posterolaterally; parameres with thorn-like processes internally; posterior lobes tapered, rounded, hooked apically; dorsomedial process of paramere digitiform, bulbous apically, extending far beyond apices of aedeagus; epandrium with setae alveoli sparse, inconspicuous.
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFADFFCCFF542ACF370FF961" bold="true" box="[199,295,1743,1767]" pageId="13" pageNumber="56">Female:</emphasis>
head as in male except with ascoids present on at least flagellomeres 16, remaining flagellomeres absent; mouthparts undeveloped. Wing as in male Terminalia: spermathecal ducts inflated, nearly globular, not annulated; spermathecae spherical; genital fork lightly sclerotized, with little pigment; sternite 10 bell-shaped in dorsal view.
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<typeStatus id="5486882EFFADFFCCFF542B603725F8F1" box="[199,269,1888,1911]" pageId="13" pageNumber="56">TYPE</typeStatus>
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MATERIAL.
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[male]:
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. SUD PROVINCE:
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NNE Noumeá, Mt. Koghis,
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,
<quantity id="4CC59B69FFADFFCCFE562B833420F81D" box="[453,520,1923,1947]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" pageId="13" pageNumber="56" unit="m" value="550.0">550m</quantity>
,
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, coll. E. Schlinger and J. Boutin, Malaise trap; deposited
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. Specimen dissected, mounted on micro-slide.
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[
<specimenCount id="9D3BFD05FFADFFCCFC882BA735A7F839" box="[795,911,1959,1983]" pageId="13" pageNumber="56" type="female">2 females</specimenCount>
]: same location as
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,
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, coll. M. Irwin; deposited
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAEFFCFFF042B8D377EF825" bold="true" box="[151,342,1933,1956]" pageId="14" pageNumber="57">FIGURES 3034.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C3D4D0FFFAEFFCFFEF02B8E347EF825" authority="Satchell" authorityName="Satchell" box="[355,598,1933,1956]" class="Insecta" family="Psychodidae" genus="Sycorax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dispar">
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAEFFCFFEF02B8E37D4F822" box="[355,508,1934,1956]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="57">Sycorax dispar</emphasis>
Satchell
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, male.
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAEFFCFFD352B8E34EEF825" bold="true" box="[678,710,1934,1955]" pageId="14" pageNumber="57">30.</emphasis>
Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view.
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAEFFCFFBCA2B8E3251F825" bold="true" box="[1113,1145,1934,1955]" pageId="14" pageNumber="57">31.</emphasis>
Right gonopod, dorsolateral view.
<taxonomicName id="4C3D4D0FFFAEFFCFFF482BAD37F7F844" authority="Curler" authorityName="Curler" box="[219,479,1964,1986]" class="Insecta" family="Psychodidae" genus="Sycorax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tridentata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAEFFCFFF482BAD37BFF844" box="[219,407,1964,1986]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="57">Sycorax tridentata</emphasis>
Curler
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAEFFCFFE752BAD341FF844" bold="true" box="[486,567,1965,1986]" pageId="14" pageNumber="57">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, male.
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAEFFCFFD182BAC3482F847" bold="true" box="[651,682,1964,1985]" pageId="14" pageNumber="57">32.</emphasis>
Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view.
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAEFFCFFBD22BAC3249F847" bold="true" box="[1089,1121,1964,1985]" pageId="14" pageNumber="57">33.</emphasis>
Genital tract, dorsal view.
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAEFFCFFAEF2BAC33B4F847" bold="true" box="[1404,1436,1964,1985]" pageId="14" pageNumber="57">34.</emphasis>
Left gonopod, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.05 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C3276507FFAFFFCEFF542C9737C7FF71" pageId="15" pageNumber="58" type="etymology">
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ETYMOLOGY. The species epithet
<taxonomicName id="4C3D4D0FFFAFFFCEFDFA2C9834FFFF36" box="[617,727,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Psychodidae" genus="Sycorax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tridentata">
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFDFA2C9834FFFF36" box="[617,727,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">tridentata</emphasis>
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is Latin, meaning “three teeth”, in reference to the three toothlike projections on the distal branches of the aedeagus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B82368CFFAFFFCEFF542CDF37C7FF71" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,680]" box="[199,495,223,247]" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">BIONOMICS. Unknown.</paragraph>
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DISTRIBUTION. Collected from one location in
<collectingCountry id="F32A761CFFAFFFCEFD6E2D053586FE9A" box="[765,942,260,284]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
.
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COMMENTS.
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFEEF2D283465FEC6" box="[380,589,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">Sycorax tridentata</emphasis>
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was collected from a location that is approximately ½ mile away from the nearest stream. This species is described based on a single male specimen and two tenuously associated female specimens. The practice of describing a species based on an examination of only a single male specimen is generally not satisfactory. However, it is highly unlikely that additional material of
<taxonomicName id="4C3D4D0FFFAFFFCEFBDD2D9532F1FE2A" box="[1102,1241,404,428]" class="Insecta" family="Psychodidae" genus="Sycorax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tridentata">
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFBDD2D9532F1FE2A" box="[1102,1241,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">S. tridentata</emphasis>
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will be collected in the foreseeable future, and there is no question that it is a distinct species. It is similar to
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFB0D2DB832D6FE56" box="[1182,1278,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">S. webbi</emphasis>
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, but differs in the shape of the dorsomedial process of the parameres and the shape of the aedeagus.
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFB2C2DDD3367FE72" box="[1215,1359,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">S. tridentata</emphasis>
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has a dorsomedial process with a bulbous apex while
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFD422E00351DFD9E" box="[721,821,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">S. webbi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has no bulbous apex. The presumed females of
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFA142E00372EFDBA" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">S. tridentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are similar to females of
<taxonomicName id="4C3D4D0FFFAFFFCEFDBA2E2534ABFDBA" box="[553,643,549,572]" class="Insecta" family="Psychodidae" genus="Sycorax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spina">
<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFDBA2E2534ABFDBA" box="[553,643,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">S. spina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the shape and pigmentation of the genital fork, but differ in having spermathecal ducts that are nearly globular as opposed to ovoid. Furthermore, females of
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFB3F2E483311FDE6" box="[1196,1337,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">S. tridentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are also similar to those of
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFEFB2E6D37EFFD02" box="[360,455,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">S. webbi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the globular shape of the spermathecal ducts but can be differentiated by comparison of the genital fork, which is darkly pigmented and inverted Y-shaped in
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<emphasis id="B949EA9EFFAFFFCEFC2E2E903234FD2E" box="[957,1052,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="58">S. webbi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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