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Scudder
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(
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003DFFE31285A6A86024FB42" box="[151,356,1231,1253]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Meschia woodwardi</emphasis>
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: 25
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–28.
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003DFFE31285A77660C2FA8D" bold="true" box="[151,386,1297,1322]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Material examined:</emphasis>
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male, Carnarvon Gorge, South Queensland,
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<date id="FF8150C2003DFFE311F0A7766512FA8D" box="[994,1106,1297,1322]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238" value="1954-05-29">29.v.1954</date>
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, T.E. Woodward, QM.
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003DFFE312D5A7536034FAEA" bold="true" box="[199,372,1332,1357]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Redescription.</emphasis>
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The following are additions to the original description by
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:
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003DFFE312D5A7306010FAD7" box="[199,336,1367,1392]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Colouration</emphasis>
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: Head with antennifers ventrally paler and smoother than laterally and dorsally; tip of labium fuscous; legs with bases of tibiae with small dark spot, tibia lacking fuscous bands or rings; pronotal posterior margin with 6 (not 4 as noted in original description) vague irregular fuscous or dark spots or patches; dark or dark brown markings on corium and clavus faint or less distinct than those mentioned in original description. Hemelytron with dark brown stripe laterally (
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).
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003DFFE312D5A463602FF9BA" box="[199,367,1540,1565]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Structure:Body</emphasis>
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: Length including wings 4.23; maximum width 1.65.
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<paragraph id="8B807602003DFFE312D5A4406337F977" blockId="5.[151,1437,1297,2021]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003DFFE312D5A4406044F9E7" box="[199,260,1575,1600]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Head</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="13046A87003DFFE31301A44060D8F998" box="[275,408,1575,1600]" captionStart="FIGURES 13 – 15" captionStartId="6.[151,264,2000,2023]" captionTargetBox="[167,1436,341,1974]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[165,1450,339,1975]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 13 – 15. Meschia woodwardi, male: 13, habitus; 14, head and pronotum; 15, right antenna." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/252245/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Figs. 13, 14</figureCitation>
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): Length 0.71; width across eyes 1.35; interocular space 0.88; interocellar space 0.46; eyeocellar space 0.18; eye length 0.32; eye width 0.27. Labium thin tube-like, extending to abdominal segment VI, length of segments: I 0.55; II 0.92; III 0.62; IV 0.73. Labrum length 0.16. Antennae (
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) with 1st segment slightly more incrassate than uniformly thickened 2nd and 3rd segments, 4th segment slightly fusiform; length of segments: I 0.25; II 0.80; III 0.50; IV 0.67.
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003DFFE312D5A4BD6058F954" box="[199,280,1754,1779]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Thorax</emphasis>
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: Pronotum (
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), median length 0.98; width at posterior margin 1.70. Scutellum (
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<figureCitation id="13046A87003DFFE316E3A4BD6405F955" box="[1265,1349,1754,1779]" captionStart="FIGURES 13 – 15" captionStartId="6.[151,264,2000,2023]" captionTargetBox="[167,1436,341,1974]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[165,1450,339,1975]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 13 – 15. Meschia woodwardi, male: 13, habitus; 14, head and pronotum; 15, right antenna." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/252245/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
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) length 0.70; width 1.0 3. Length of hemelytra 2.71; length of corium 1.70; claval commissure 0.19.
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<paragraph id="8B807602003DFFE312D5A57864DCF8DA" blockId="5.[151,1437,1297,2021]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003DFFE312D5A5786071F89F" box="[199,305,1823,1848]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Abdomen</emphasis>
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: Tergum almost uniformly coloured fuscous (
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<figureCitation id="13046A87003DFFE31143A57862EAF89F" box="[849,938,1823,1848]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 – 21" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1862,1885]" captionTargetBox="[150,1435,194,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1435,193,1841]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 16 – 21. Meschia woodwardi, male: 16, abdominal dorsum; 17, abdominal venter; 18, pygophore, dorsal view; 19, left paramere; 20, adeagus; 21, aedeagus, apical part." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/252246/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
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); posterolateral areas of each connexivum fuscous; other areas slightly lighter; connexival areas particularly outer margin with short setae borne on fine bases; tergum III with a few, IV and V with several, large coarse irregularly sized punctures medially as in
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<figureCitation id="13046A87003DFFE31757A50364D8F8DA" box="[1349,1432,1892,1917]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 – 21" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1862,1885]" captionTargetBox="[150,1435,194,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1435,193,1841]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 16 – 21. Meschia woodwardi, male: 16, abdominal dorsum; 17, abdominal venter; 18, pygophore, dorsal view; 19, left paramere; 20, adeagus; 21, aedeagus, apical part." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/252246/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B807602003DFFE312D5A5E06213F864" blockId="5.[151,1437,1297,2021]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003DFFE312D5A5E0602BF807" box="[199,363,1927,1952]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Male genitalia</emphasis>
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: Pygophore as in
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<figureCitation id="13046A87003DFFE31021A5E063C4F807" box="[563,644,1927,1952]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 – 21" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1862,1885]" captionTargetBox="[150,1435,194,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1435,193,1841]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 16 – 21. Meschia woodwardi, male: 16, abdominal dorsum; 17, abdominal venter; 18, pygophore, dorsal view; 19, left paramere; 20, adeagus; 21, aedeagus, apical part." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/252246/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
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. Paramere sickle-shaped (
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<figureCitation id="13046A87003DFFE311B4A5E062B9F807" box="[934,1017,1927,1952]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 – 21" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1862,1885]" captionTargetBox="[150,1435,194,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1435,193,1841]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 16 – 21. Meschia woodwardi, male: 16, abdominal dorsum; 17, abdominal venter; 18, pygophore, dorsal view; 19, left paramere; 20, adeagus; 21, aedeagus, apical part." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/252246/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
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). Aedeagus (
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<figureCitation id="13046A87003DFFE31698A5E06451F807" box="[1162,1297,1927,1952]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 – 21" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1862,1885]" captionTargetBox="[150,1435,194,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1435,193,1841]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 16 – 21. Meschia woodwardi, male: 16, abdominal dorsum; 17, abdominal venter; 18, pygophore, dorsal view; 19, left paramere; 20, adeagus; 21, aedeagus, apical part." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/252246/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Figs. 20, 21</figureCitation>
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), with a pair of spatulate membranous lobes near apical end of conjunctiva.
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<paragraph id="8B807602003DFFE312D5A5AB6319F842" blockId="5.[151,1437,1297,2021]" box="[199,601,1996,2021]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">
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Other details as in
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003DFFE3138BA5AB6319F842" box="[409,601,1996,2021]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">
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<taxonomicName id="4C3F0D81003DFFE3138BA5AB6315F842" box="[409,597,1996,2021]" class="Insecta" family="Rhyparochromidae" genus="Meschia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="238" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pugnax">Meschia pugnax</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3252589003EFFE012D5A2F06389FEE7" pageId="6" pageNumber="239" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8B807602003EFFE012D5A2F060B3FF17" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,320]" box="[199,499,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003EFFE012D5A2F06020FF17" bold="true" box="[199,352,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Queensland.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B807602003EFFE012D5A2DB6389FEE7" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,320]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">
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<emphasis id="B94BAA10003EFFE012D5A2DB6051FF72" bold="true" box="[199,273,188,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">Notes.</emphasis>
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As discussed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE0BF3003EFFE013F7A2DB63E7FF72" author="Scudder" box="[485,679,188,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239" refString="Scudder, G. G. E. (1957 b) A revision of the genus Meschia Distant (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) with a new species from south Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, LXVIII (5), 25 - 28." type="journal article" year="1957" yearSuffix="b">Scudder (1957b)</bibRefCitation>
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||
, this species differs from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="5484C8A0003EFFE01618A2DA657AFF72" box="[1034,1082,189,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">type</typeStatus>
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||
species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3F0D81003EFFE016B0A2DA643BFF72" authority="Distant" authorityName="Distant" box="[1186,1403,188,213]" class="Insecta" family="Rhyparochromidae" genus="Meschia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="239" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pugnax">
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||
<emphasis id="B94BAA10003EFFE016B0A2DA645FFF73" box="[1186,1311,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">M. pugnax</emphasis>
|
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Distant
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in lacking a Y-shaped fuscous fascia on head and pronotum, and from the only other previously described species of the genus,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3F0D81003EFFE01303A36260ABFEBA" box="[273,491,260,285]" class="Insecta" family="Rhyparochromidae" genus="Meschia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="239" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadrimaculata">
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||
<emphasis id="B94BAA10003EFFE01303A36260ABFEBA" box="[273,491,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">M. quadrimaculata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, by the 6 vague irregular fuscous or dark spots or patches on the pronotal posterior margin, as well as fuscous spots on the hemelytra.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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