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<emphasis id="B975EAF2012CFFC46F0AA7E1F99D58DF" bold="true" box="[264,483,444,470]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Aleiodes whartoni</emphasis>
Shaw and Marsh
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,
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(
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)
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.
<emphasis id="B975EAF2012CFFC46F71A473F9815B41" bold="true" box="[371,511,558,584]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Body color</emphasis>
: (
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) entirely honey yellow or orange, apical 1/4 of antenna black, wing veins dark brown, stigma mostly yellow.
<emphasis id="B975EAF2012CFFC46D9BA40BFC4D5B79" bold="true" box="[921,1075,598,624]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Body length</emphasis>
, 7.5 mm; fore wing length,
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.
<emphasis id="B975EAF2012CFFC46FC3A423FA7A5B91" bold="true" box="[449,516,638,664]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Head</emphasis>
: eyes and ocelli small, eyes bulging well beyond width of head; 5456 antennomeres, all flagellomeres longer than wide; malar space long, about 4/5 eye height and twice basal width of mandible; temple wide, 4/5 eye width; occipital carina complete, meeting hypostomal carina; oral space small and circular, width about 3/5 malar space and face height; clypeus weakly swollen; ocelli small, ocellocular distance 2 times diameter of lateral ocellus; face rugose costate, frons, vertex and temple rugose, face with short median carine between antennae; maxillary palpus not swollen; mandible small, tips not crossing when closed.
<emphasis id="B975EAF2012CFFC46C6BA5CBFA935AB9" bold="true" box="[617,749,918,944]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: pronotum strongly rugose; mesonotum and scutellum coriaceous; notauli scrobiculate, meeting posteriorly in wide strongly rugose triangular area; mesopleuron coriaceous rugose, smooth above episternal scrobe, subalar sulcus and sternaulus wide and strongly rugose; propodeum strongly rugose, apical corners produced into short ridges, median carina complete.
<emphasis id="B975EAF2012CFFC46A1BA26BFCE55D59" bold="true" box="[1049,1179,1078,1104]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Metasoma</emphasis>
: terga 14 strongly rugose striate, terga 3 and 4 coriaceous at apex, median carina complete on all 4 terga; first tergum slightly wider at apex than long; remainder of terga coriaceous; ovipositor about 1/3 langth of hind basitarsus.
<emphasis id="B975EAF2012CFFC46D3DA2F3FB045DC1" bold="true" box="[831,890,1198,1224]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Legs</emphasis>
: tarsal claws not pectinate but with 68 thin spines at base; inner spur of hind tibia about 1/3 length of hind basitarsus; hind coxa coriaceous dorsally at base, costate on inner side on apical half.
<emphasis id="B975EAF2012CFFC46A78A2A3FCB75C11" bold="true" box="[1146,1225,1278,1304]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Wings</emphasis>
: lightly dusky; fore wing with vein r 1/2 length of 3RSa and of m­cu, vein 1cu­a beyond 1M by distance very slightly longer than 1cu­a, 1CUa about 1/3 length of 1CUa; hind wing with vein RS arched in middle, marginal cell narrowest in middle, vein 1r­m shorter than 1M, M+CU longer than 1M, vein m­cu indicated by very short and weakly infuscated line.
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<emphasis id="B975EAF2012CFFC46F3AA39AF90A5CE9" box="[312,372,1479,1504]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Male</emphasis>
. Essentially as in female.
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. Female:
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, Brazos Co., College Station, Lick Creek Park,
<date id="FFBF1020012CFFC46AEFA3B2F9B55F38" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" value="1988-04-25" valueMax="1988-05-02" valueMin="1988-04-25">April 25May 2, 1988</date>
, Wharton, Praetorius. Deposited in
<collectionCode id="ED10AE25012CFFC46D6CA04AFBB95F38" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[878,967,1559,1585]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">USNM</collectionCode>
.
</paragraph>
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<typeStatus id="54BA8842012CFFC46F3AA062F9D15F51" box="[312,431,1599,1624]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
.
<collectionCode id="ED10AE25012CFFC46FC2A062FA5D5F50" box="[448,547,1599,1625]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">TEXAS</collectionCode>
:
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,
<specimenCount id="9D07FD69012CFFC46CAEA062FB645F50" box="[684,794,1599,1625]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="male">13 males</specimenCount>
, same data as
<typeStatus id="54BA8842012CFFC46DCCA062FC465F50" box="[974,1080,1599,1625]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, dates ranging from
<date id="FFBF1020012CFFC46F0AA03AF9CA5F88" box="[264,436,1639,1665]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" value="1987-05-22">May 22, 1987</date>
to
<date id="FFBF1020012CFFC46FE3A03AFACB5F88" box="[481,693,1639,1665]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" value="1989-01-29">January 29, 1989</date>
, collectors Wharton, Praetorius, Woolley, Heraty;
<specimenCount id="9D07FD69012CFFC46B1EA03AF9315FA0" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="male">7 males</specimenCount>
, Montgomery Co., Jones State Park,
<quantity id="4CF99B05012CFFC46D18A0D2FB295FA0" box="[794,855,1679,1705]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2874752" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" unit="mi" value="8.0">8 mi</quantity>
. S Conroe,
<date id="FFBF1020012CFFC46DE8A0D2FCC35FA0" box="[1002,1213,1679,1705]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" value="1987-04-06" valueMax="1987-04-16" valueMin="1987-04-06">April 616, 1987</date>
, Warton, Wang, Praetorius;
<specimenCount id="9D07FD69012CFFC46FE4A0EAFA455FD8" box="[486,571,1719,1745]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, Walker Co., Stubblefield Lake,
<date id="FFBF1020012CFFC46DCBA0EAFC105FD8" box="[969,1134,1719,1745]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" value="1985-04-07">April 7, 1985</date>
, R. Wharton;
<specimenCount id="9D07FD69012CFFC46B1EA0EAF9315FF0" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="male">3 males</specimenCount>
, Kerrville,
<date id="FFBF1020012CFFC46FDEA082FAD95FF0" box="[476,679,1759,1785]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" value="1988-05-06" valueMax="1988-05-14" valueMin="1988-05-06">May 614, 1988</date>
, H. and M. Townes;
<specimenCount id="9D07FD69012CFFC46DB3A082FC5F5FF0" box="[945,1057,1759,1785]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="male">12 males</specimenCount>
, Fredericksburg,
<date id="FFBF1020012CFFC46AF7A082F9EE5E28" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" value="1988-05-07" valueMax="1988-05-19" valueMin="1988-05-07">May 719, 1988</date>
, H. and M. Townes. OKLAHOMA:
<specimenCount id="9D07FD69012CFFC46D4AA15AFBD85E28" box="[840,934,1799,1825]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="male">2 males</specimenCount>
, Tulsa Co.,
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. S. Bixby,
<date id="FFBF1020012CFFC46AF6A15AF9F15E40" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" value="1984-06-01" valueMax="1984-06-12" valueMin="1984-06-01">June 112, 1984</date>
, Malaise trap. LOUISANA:
<specimenCount id="9D07FD69012CFFC46CE7A172FB315E40" box="[741,847,1839,1865]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D07FD69012CFFC46D5EA172FBD05E40" box="[860,942,1839,1865]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, Bayou Chicot, Evangeline Co.,
<date id="FFBF1020012CFFC46F0AA10AFA665E78" box="[264,536,1879,1905]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" value="1971-05-15" valueMax="1971-06-04" valueMin="1971-05-15">May 15June 4, 1971</date>
, D. Shrank;
<specimenCount id="9D07FD69012CFFC46CB8A10AFB625E78" box="[698,796,1879,1905]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="male">2 males</specimenCount>
, Lake Bisteneau S. P.,
<date id="FFBF1020012CFFC46A43A10AFD7E5E78" box="[1089,1280,1879,1905]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" value="1972-05-01" valueMax="1972-05-08" valueMin="1972-05-01">May 18, 1972</date>
, G.
</paragraph>
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Heinrich. KENTUCKY:
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,
<specimenCount id="9D07FD69012FFFC76CC6A741FB5E583F" box="[708,800,284,310]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, Golden Pond,
<date id="FFBF1020012FFFC76DF2A741FC0D583F" box="[1008,1139,284,310]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" value="1965-06">June 1965</date>
, Malaise trap. Deposited in
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,
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,
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,
<collectionCode id="ED10AE25012FFFC76CD8A719FB535857" box="[730,813,324,350]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">OKSU</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED10AE25012FFFC76D3BA719FB065857" box="[825,888,324,350]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/y2kv-9w3k" name="Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">CNC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED10AE25012FFFC76D86A719FBC75857" box="[900,953,324,350]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/rn7d-z1r2" name="American Entomological Institute" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">AEI</collectionCode>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B975EAF2012FFFC76F3AA731F9B9588C" box="[312,455,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Distribution</emphasis>
. Known only from Oklahoma and Texas
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B975EAF2012FFFC76F3AA7C9F9EF58A4" box="[312,401,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Biology</emphasis>
. Unknown.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B975EAF2012FFFC76F3AA7E1F9CA58DC" box="[312,436,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Comments</emphasis>
. This species is similar to
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<emphasis id="B975EAF2012FFFC76CFCA7E1FBE458DC" box="[766,922,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">A. aciculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but is distinguished by its larger size, more strongly rugose metasomal terga (mostly striate in
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<emphasis id="B975EAF2012FFFC76DEAA7B9FC1F58F4" box="[1000,1121,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">aciculatus</emphasis>
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), and the yellow stigma.
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<emphasis id="B975EAF2012FFFC76F3AA469F9CD5B44" box="[312,435,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Etymology</emphasis>
. This species is named for Professor Robert A. Wharton of Texas A&amp;M University, our friend and colleague, and the collector of much of the type­series.
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