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<mods:title>New macropterous leafhopper genera and species within the tribe Bonaspeiini from the Fynbos biome of South Africa (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Stiller, Michael</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/F9B77C2F-40F0-4B7E-B406-B012296C6128" authority="Stiller, 2021" authorityName="Stiller" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Retevolatus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Retevolatus flexiverpus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flexiverpus" status="sp. nov.">Retevolatus flexiverpus</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. specimens from selected localities A dorsal, Klipheuwel, male B dorsal, Piketberg, female C lateral, Piketberg, female D dorsal, Cedarberg, female E dorsal, Driehoek farm, female F dorsal, Klipheuwel, male G dorsal, Brakwater, head, pronotum and scutellum, male H dorsal, Klipheuwel, male I dorsal, Citrusdal, male. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-F, H, I), 0.5 mm (G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493726" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 1A-I</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A valvula 2, subapex, Citrusdal B valvula 2, midsection, Citrusdal C valvula 3, base, Citrusdal D valvifer 1, Citrusdal E valvula 2, apex, Piketberg F valvula 3, apex, Citrusdal G valvula 2, subbase, Piketberg H valvula 2, midsection serration, Piketberg. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493728" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 3A-H</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Retevolatus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A-C R. flexiverpus sp. nov. A valvifer 1, specimen 92, Garies B valvifer 1, specimen 99, Garies C valvula 3, apex, Garies D-K R. semicurviverpus sp. nov. detail of ovipositor, specimens from Biesiesfontein D valvula 1 E valvula 2 F valvifer 1 G valvula 2, midsection serration H valvula 2, apex, serration I valvula 3, apex J valvifer 2 K valvifer 3. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-C, F-J); 0.5 mm (D-E, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493729" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 4A-C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 6A-R</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male pygofer lobe, shape of process and wings A Darling, lateral B Brakwater, caudal C Wiedouw, lateral D Ceres, lateral E Ceres, lateral F Piketberg, lateral G Hermon, lateral H Klipheuwel, lateral I Klipheuwel, lateral J Garies, lobe 1, lateral K Garies, lobe 2, lateral L tegmina, Brakwater, male M hind wing, Brakwater, male." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493732" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 7A-M</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1971-10-26" collectorName="J. G. Theron" country="Republic of South Africa" location="Piketberg" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Cape Province" typeStatus="Type">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
locality
</emphasis>
:
<collectingCountry name="South Africa">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion country="South Africa" name="Western Cape">Western Cape Province</collectingRegion>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C261B48573F455D79E60E3DED0E78F67:CC12E4B1FD5ECDC7E7AD43B9F5EEAEFD" country="Republic of South Africa" name="Piketberg" stateProvince="Western Cape Province">Piketberg</location>
, -32.90, 18.75,
<collectingDate value="1971-10-26">26 Oct. 1971</collectingDate>
,
<collectorName>J.G. Theron</collectorName>
leg.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type specimen">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type specimen.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype male, pinned, with genitalia in a separate microvial. Original label: &quot;South Africa, Piketberg 26-10-71, J.G. Theron&quot; &quot;SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27850 (blue paper)&quot;.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="paratypes">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratypes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">57♂♂, 48♀♀</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 1♂; Western Cape Province, between Citrusdal and Clanwilliam, Olifants River; -32.36, 18.95; 15 Oct.1931; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27849.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 16♂♂, 4♀♀; ibid. holotype. BMNH, INHS.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 6♂♂, 5♀♀; Western Cape Province, Citrusdal; -32.6, 19.05; 9 Nov. 1971; F. Honibal leg.; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27847.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 1♀; Western Cape Province, Agter Witsenberg, Slagboom farm; -33.23, 19.26; 6 Jan. 1973; J.G. Theron leg.; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27842.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 2♂♂, 2♀♀; Western Cape Province, Citrusdal; -32.6, 19.05; 5 Nov. 1973; F. Honibal leg.; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27848.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 3♂♂, 1♀; Western Cape Province, Gouda; -33.31, 19.03; 30 Oct. 1974; J.G. Theron leg.; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27845.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 3♂♂; Western Cape Province, Hermon; -33.43, 18.96; 30 Oct. 1974; J.G. Theron leg.; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27846.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
South Africa • 9♂♂, 7♀♀; Western Cape Province, Klipheuwel; -33.56, 18.7; 24 Nov. 1974; J.G. Theron leg.;
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Celastraceae" genus="Maytenus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Maytenus heterophylla" order="Celastrales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="heterophylla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Maytenus heterophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Molina" authorityYear="1782" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Celastraceae" genus="Maytenus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Celastrales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Celastraceae</taxonomicName>
; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27853. BMNH, INHS.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 1♂, 11♀♀; Western Cape Province, Garies Kamiesberg; -30.46, 18.13; 15 Oct. 1976; J.G. Theron leg.; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27854.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 7♂♂, 6♀♀; Western Cape Province, Clanwilliam Cedarberg; -32.5, 19.25; 21 Dec. 1976; J.G. Theron leg.; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27844. BMNH, INHS.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">South Africa • 2♂♂, 2♀♀; Western Cape Province, Darling; -33.37, 18.38; 18 Dec. 1981; J.G. Theron leg.; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27843.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
South Africa • 2♀♀; Western Cape Province, Wiedouw farm base of Gifberg Pass;
<geoCoordinate degrees="31.733" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-31.733">-31.733</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="18.766" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="18.766">18.766</geoCoordinate>
; 3 Oct. 2002; M. Stiller leg.;
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Salvia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Salvia lanceolata" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="lanceolata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Salvia lanceolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Salvia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Lamiaceae</taxonomicName>
; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL18349.
</paragraph>
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South Africa • 1♂; Western Cape Province, Wiedouw farm base of Gifberg Pass;
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="18.766" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="18.766">18.766</geoCoordinate>
; 3 Oct. 2002; M. Stiller leg.;
<taxonomicName authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rutaceae" genus="Diosma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Diosma hirsuta" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hirsuta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diosma hirsuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rutaceae" genus="Diosma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Rutaceae</taxonomicName>
; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL18350.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
South Africa • 1♀; Western Cape Province, Wiedouw farm base of Gifberg Pass;
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="18.766" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="18.766">18.766</geoCoordinate>
; 3 Oct. 2002; M. Stiller leg.;
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Phylica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Phylica oleifolia" order="Rhamnales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="oleifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylica oleifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Phylica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rhamnales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Rhamnaceae</taxonomicName>
; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL18351.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
South Africa • 1♂; Western Cape Province, Wiedouw farm base of Gifberg Pass;
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="18.766" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="18.766">18.766</geoCoordinate>
; 3 Oct. 2002; M. Stiller leg.; sweeping trees and shrubs at night,
<taxonomicName authority="subsp. truncata" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Thymelaeaceae" genus="Passerina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Passerina truncata subsp. truncata" order="Thymelaeales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="subSpecies" species="truncata" subSpecies="truncata">Passerina truncata subsp. truncata</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Thymelaeaceae" genus="Passerina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Thymelaeales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Thymelaeaceae</taxonomicName>
; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL18352.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
South Africa • 5♂♂, 6♀♀; Northern Cape Province, Oorlogskloof, Brakwater;
<geoCoordinate degrees="31.465" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-31.465">-31.465</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="19.079" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="19.079">19.079</geoCoordinate>
; 17 Dec. 2016; M. Stiller leg.;
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Diospyros" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Diospyros austro-africana" order="Rhamnales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="austro-africana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diospyros austro-africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Diospyros" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rhamnales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Rhamnaceae</taxonomicName>
; SANC Pretoria Dbase CCDL27851. BMNH, INHS.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Male aedeagus with shaft narrowly curvate, C-shaped, at apex with single, right-angled anteriad, sclerotized process (Fig.
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); gonopore posteriad, basad of apogee; anteriad surface opposite gonopore minutely denticulate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6E, F</figureCitation>
). Style apophysis straight (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6I</figureCitation>
). Connective short, ratio length to width 2.2-2.7, stem length to arm length 1.1-1.6 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6G</figureCitation>
). Pygofer process apical, transversely rectangular or square with variable denticulation and serration (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6K</figureCitation>
,
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). Female sternite 7 with V-shaped notch (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male. Measurements.</emphasis>
n=58. Length from apex of crown to apex of tegmina 5.15-5.67 mm. Length from apex of crown to apex of abdomen 3.78-4.26 mm. Crown median length 0.39-0.43 mm. Crown length next to eye 0.30-0.34 mm. Pronotum length 0.58-0.63 mm. Head width across eyes 1.35-1.46 mm. Pronotum width 1.25-1.36 mm. Ocellus diameter 47.0-61.6
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
; interocular distance 82.7-100.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
. Crown angle 117.4-122.3°.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Genitalia.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pygofer lobe.</emphasis>
Macrosetae dorsomedially (Fig.
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). Margins rounded or straight. Apex with compressed, sclerotized process; transversely or longitudinally rectangular, process with large or small teeth or denticles, symmetrical or asymmetrical, orientation mediad or posteriad (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male pygofer lobe, shape of process and wings A Darling, lateral B Brakwater, caudal C Wiedouw, lateral D Ceres, lateral E Ceres, lateral F Piketberg, lateral G Hermon, lateral H Klipheuwel, lateral I Klipheuwel, lateral J Garies, lobe 1, lateral K Garies, lobe 2, lateral L tegmina, Brakwater, male M hind wing, Brakwater, male." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493732" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">7A-K</figureCitation>
). Pygofer lobe without desclerotized median lobe, rounded lobe ventrad of process (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male pygofer lobe, shape of process and wings A Darling, lateral B Brakwater, caudal C Wiedouw, lateral D Ceres, lateral E Ceres, lateral F Piketberg, lateral G Hermon, lateral H Klipheuwel, lateral I Klipheuwel, lateral J Garies, lobe 1, lateral K Garies, lobe 2, lateral L tegmina, Brakwater, male M hind wing, Brakwater, male." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493732" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">7A, D, E, G, H, I, J</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="subgenital plate">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Subgenital plate.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Length to width 1.5-1.8 times longer than width at confluence of subgenital plate and valve. Macrosetae varying by 1-3 macrosetae between left and right side, 5-12 macrosetae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6H</figureCitation>
). Apex of style near apex of subgenital plate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6H</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="aedeagus">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aedeagus.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Dorsal apodeme digitate, reflexed anteriad (Fig.
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) or dorsad (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6C</figureCitation>
); preatrium short (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6A-C</figureCitation>
); apex of shaft reflexed anteriad, right-angled, slightly sinuous or sublinear, variable in length and shape (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6A, B</figureCitation>
), variable in length, commonly 0.1-0.2 times as long as vector length of shaft from apex of apogee to apex of preatrium. One specimen from Garies with very long reflexed process (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6B</figureCitation>
), 0.5 times as long as vector length of shaft from apex of apogee to apex of preatrium; apex broken in other specimens, i.e. all males from Ceres (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6C, D</figureCitation>
) and Darling. Shaft narrowly curvate, angle subtended by arc 91.1-146.2°, anterior margin below apogee with fine denticulation (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6E, F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="connective">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Connective.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Short, ratio of length to width 2.2-2.7; stem length to arm length 1.1-1.6 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6G</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="style">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Style.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Apophysis straight (Fig.
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), length of apophysis 0.4 times greatest length through sagittal plane; apex of apophysis attaining apex of subgenital plate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6H</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="female">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Measurements.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
n=50. Length from apex of crown to apex of tegmina 5.60-6.23 mm. Length from apex of crown to apex of abdomen 4.48-4.94 mm. Crown median length 0.41-0.47 mm. Crown length next to eye 0.33-0.36 mm. Pronotum length 0.62-0.68 mm. Head width across eyes 1.45-1.58 mm. Pronotum width 1.35-1.49 mm. Ocellus diameter 53.4-62.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
; interocular distance 89.0-109.3
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
. Crown angle 115.5-123.2°.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="genital capsule">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Genital capsule.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Sternite 7.</emphasis>
V-shaped notch, relative depth of notch 0.49-0.60 times greatest length of sternite 7; ratio of length to width 0.65-0.81. Posterolateral margins truncate in Oorlogskloof and Garies (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6N</figureCitation>
) specimens, narrowly rounded in Citrusdal, Clanwilliam, Garies (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6L</figureCitation>
) and Piketberg (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6M</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvifer 1">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvifer 1.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Variable in roundness of margins, dorsal and ventral margins broadly rounded, anterior and posterior margins narrowly rounded (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A valvula 2, subapex, Citrusdal B valvula 2, midsection, Citrusdal C valvula 3, base, Citrusdal D valvifer 1, Citrusdal E valvula 2, apex, Piketberg F valvula 3, apex, Citrusdal G valvula 2, subbase, Piketberg H valvula 2, midsection serration, Piketberg. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493728" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Retevolatus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A-C R. flexiverpus sp. nov. A valvifer 1, specimen 92, Garies B valvifer 1, specimen 99, Garies C valvula 3, apex, Garies D-K R. semicurviverpus sp. nov. detail of ovipositor, specimens from Biesiesfontein D valvula 1 E valvula 2 F valvifer 1 G valvula 2, midsection serration H valvula 2, apex, serration I valvula 3, apex J valvifer 2 K valvifer 3. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-C, F-J); 0.5 mm (D-E, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493729" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6O-R</figureCitation>
). Ratio of length to width 1.47-1.84.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvula 1">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvula 1.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Sculpture strigate (Fig.
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), angulate at apex and subapex (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A valvula 2, subapex, Citrusdal B valvula 2, midsection, Citrusdal C valvula 3, base, Citrusdal D valvifer 1, Citrusdal E valvula 2, apex, Piketberg F valvula 3, apex, Citrusdal G valvula 2, subbase, Piketberg H valvula 2, midsection serration, Piketberg. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493728" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3A</figureCitation>
) and parallel to dorsal margin from subapex to base (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A valvula 2, subapex, Citrusdal B valvula 2, midsection, Citrusdal C valvula 3, base, Citrusdal D valvifer 1, Citrusdal E valvula 2, apex, Piketberg F valvula 3, apex, Citrusdal G valvula 2, subbase, Piketberg H valvula 2, midsection serration, Piketberg. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493728" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3B, C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvifer 2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvifer 2.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Similar to valvifer 2 in Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Retevolatus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A-C R. flexiverpus sp. nov. A valvifer 1, specimen 92, Garies B valvifer 1, specimen 99, Garies C valvula 3, apex, Garies D-K R. semicurviverpus sp. nov. detail of ovipositor, specimens from Biesiesfontein D valvula 1 E valvula 2 F valvifer 1 G valvula 2, midsection serration H valvula 2, apex, serration I valvula 3, apex J valvifer 2 K valvifer 3. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-C, F-J); 0.5 mm (D-E, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493729" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4J</figureCitation>
, attached to valvula 2, detail as in Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Retevolatus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A-C R. flexiverpus sp. nov. A valvifer 1, specimen 92, Garies B valvifer 1, specimen 99, Garies C valvula 3, apex, Garies D-K R. semicurviverpus sp. nov. detail of ovipositor, specimens from Biesiesfontein D valvula 1 E valvula 2 F valvifer 1 G valvula 2, midsection serration H valvula 2, apex, serration I valvula 3, apex J valvifer 2 K valvifer 3. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-C, F-J); 0.5 mm (D-E, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493729" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Retevolatus subspiniverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. ovipositor, specimen from Nuwerus A valvula 1 B valvifer 1 C valvula 1, sculpture, subapex D valvula 1, sculpture, midsection E valvula 2 F valvula 3, apex G valvula 2, sculpture, midsection. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 0.05 mm (B-D, F, G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493730" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5E</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvula 2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvula 2.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Whole part as in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Retevolatus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A-C R. flexiverpus sp. nov. A valvifer 1, specimen 92, Garies B valvifer 1, specimen 99, Garies C valvula 3, apex, Garies D-K R. semicurviverpus sp. nov. detail of ovipositor, specimens from Biesiesfontein D valvula 1 E valvula 2 F valvifer 1 G valvula 2, midsection serration H valvula 2, apex, serration I valvula 3, apex J valvifer 2 K valvifer 3. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-C, F-J); 0.5 mm (D-E, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493729" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4E</figureCitation>
, serration in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A valvula 2, subapex, Citrusdal B valvula 2, midsection, Citrusdal C valvula 3, base, Citrusdal D valvifer 1, Citrusdal E valvula 2, apex, Piketberg F valvula 3, apex, Citrusdal G valvula 2, subbase, Piketberg H valvula 2, midsection serration, Piketberg. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493728" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3E, H</figureCitation>
, short tooth in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A valvula 2, subapex, Citrusdal B valvula 2, midsection, Citrusdal C valvula 3, base, Citrusdal D valvifer 1, Citrusdal E valvula 2, apex, Piketberg F valvula 3, apex, Citrusdal G valvula 2, subbase, Piketberg H valvula 2, midsection serration, Piketberg. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493728" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3G</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="valvula 3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Valvula 3.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Shape as in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Retevolatus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A-C R. flexiverpus sp. nov. A valvifer 1, specimen 92, Garies B valvifer 1, specimen 99, Garies C valvula 3, apex, Garies D-K R. semicurviverpus sp. nov. detail of ovipositor, specimens from Biesiesfontein D valvula 1 E valvula 2 F valvifer 1 G valvula 2, midsection serration H valvula 2, apex, serration I valvula 3, apex J valvifer 2 K valvifer 3. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-C, F-J); 0.5 mm (D-E, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493729" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4K</figureCitation>
. Macrosetae 37.4-79.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Retevolatus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. detail of ovipositor A-C R. flexiverpus sp. nov. A valvifer 1, specimen 92, Garies B valvifer 1, specimen 99, Garies C valvula 3, apex, Garies D-K R. semicurviverpus sp. nov. detail of ovipositor, specimens from Biesiesfontein D valvula 1 E valvula 2 F valvifer 1 G valvula 2, midsection serration H valvula 2, apex, serration I valvula 3, apex J valvifer 2 K valvifer 3. Scale bars: 0.05 mm (A-C, F-J); 0.5 mm (D-E, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493729" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Named for the sharp bend in the aedeagal shaft, in Latin. Bend,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">flexus</emphasis>
, and aedeagus,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">verpa</emphasis>
. Gender masculine.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Brakwater, Ceres, Citrusdal, Clanwilliam, Darling, Klipheuwel, Garies, Gouda, Hermon, Piketberg, Wiedouw, Fig.
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, red squares.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="discussion">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The aedeagus of this species is strongly curved, with a right-angled anteriad apical process, that is variable in length, and broken in a number of examined specimens, specifically from Ceres and Darling. The length in most specimens depicted in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6A</figureCitation>
, with the longest found in one specimen from Garies, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male genitalia and female ovipositor A aedeagus, lateral, Brakwater B aedeagus, lateral, Garies C aedeagus, lateral, Ceres D aedeagus, apex, Ceres E aedeagus, gonopore, lateral, Ceres F aedeagus, gonopore, anterior, Ceres G connective H style I subgenital plate J pygofer, Clanwilliam K pygofer, Clanwilliam L sternite 7, Garies M sternite 7, Piketberg N sternite 7, Garies O valvifer 1, left, Garies, specimen 99 P valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 99 Q valvifer 1, left Garies, specimen 92 R valvifer 1, right, Garies, specimen 92." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493731" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6B</figureCitation>
. In this male from Garies the subgenital plate, pygofer process (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Retevolatus flexiverpus gen. nov. &amp; sp. nov. male pygofer lobe, shape of process and wings A Darling, lateral B Brakwater, caudal C Wiedouw, lateral D Ceres, lateral E Ceres, lateral F Piketberg, lateral G Hermon, lateral H Klipheuwel, lateral I Klipheuwel, lateral J Garies, lobe 1, lateral K Garies, lobe 2, lateral L tegmina, Brakwater, male M hind wing, Brakwater, male." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493732" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">7J, K</figureCitation>
), connective and style resemble those of the other specimens in this species. The pygofer process is apical, variable in shape and orientation, and damaged in some specimens. Plant distribution records for
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Salvia lanceolata</emphasis>
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in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Distribution models for Retevolatus gen. nov. and Flavorubivolatus gen. nov. and distribution maps of some associated plants A potential natural distribution in south western part of South Africa (Western and Northern Cape Province), R. flexiverpus sp. nov., red square, R. semicurviverpus sp. nov., green circle, R. subspiniverpus sp. nov., blue triangle B potential natural distribution in south western part of South Africa (Western Cape Province), Flavorubivolatus spp, F. glabriverpus sp. nov., green square, F. tensiverpus sp. nov., red circle, F. curtiverpus sp. nov., yellow triangle C Salvia lanceolata D Phylica oleifolia E Seriphium saxatilis F Myrovernix intricata G Selago pustulosa." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/493743" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">18C</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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