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<mods:title>A new species of Grotea Cresson, the first record of Labeninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in the Greater Antilles</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Sandoval, Marissa</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Santos, Bernardo F.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, 10 th and Constitution NW, Washington, DC, 20560, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/93FBADC2-EC6D-47F1-B1EF-8ACCD548DD92" authority="Sandoval & Santos, 2021" authorityName="Sandoval & Santos" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Ichneumonidae" genus="Grotea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Grotea ambarosa" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ambarosa" status="sp. nov.">Grotea ambarosa</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material Examined.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1991-07" collectorName="L. Masner, Pinned" country="Dominican Republic" elevation="300" location="Loma Quita Espuela" specimenCount="♀" stateProvince="Duarte" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
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:
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<collectingCountry name="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</collectingCountry>
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•
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<specimenCount>♀</specimenCount>
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;
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<collectingRegion country="Dominican Republic" name="Duarte">Duarte</collectingRegion>
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</emphasis>
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,
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<locationDeviation location="San Francisco de Macoris">
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<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="km" value="20.0">20 km</quantity>
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NE San Francisco de Macoris
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,
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1960BCA4AE225343ACAF4A6CA7A84A0F:70A1BE0B1061D504771B0906E179E377" country="Dominican Republic" name="Loma Quita Espuela" stateProvince="Duarte">Loma Quita Espuela</location>
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;
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<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="m" value="300.0">
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="m" value="300.0">300 m</elevation>
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;
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<collectingDate value="1991-07">VII.1991</collectingDate>
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;
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<collectorName>L. Masner</collectorName>
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(USUC).
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<collectorName>Pinned</collectorName>
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; left apical tip of antenna missing, otherwise in good condition.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" collectorName="L. Masner & Pinned" country="Dominican Republic" elevation="300" location="Dominican Republic" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Duarte" typeStatus="Paratypes">
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<typeStatus>Paratypes</typeStatus>
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:
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<collectingCountry name="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</collectingCountry>
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•
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<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
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<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
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, same data as holotype (USUC)
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Mesosoma 2.9
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as long as high, polished and almost entirely impunctate; genal projection distinct and apically subquadrate; pleural carina distinct only in front of transverse carina; mesosoma almost entirely amber-orange, legs with complex dark brown and white marks.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Forewing</emphasis>
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7.7 mm long.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
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.
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Head in dorsal view with gena rounded behind eye, occiput lightly pubescent. Posterior ocellus separated from eye by 1.2
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its diameter. Supra-clypeal area shiny and shallowly punctate. Groove between clypeus and face strong (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–6" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 6. Grotea ambarosa sp. nov., holotype female 1 lateral habitus; detail showing measurement of length vs. height of mesosoma overlaid onto image from Townes (1970) 2 head and mesosoma, lateral view 3 head, frontal view 4 ovipositor, lateral view 5 first metasomal tergite, lateral view 6 posterior tergites and ovipositor sheath." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.81.59769.figures1-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512882" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3</figureCitation>
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). Clypeus 2.8
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as wide as long. Occipital carina dorsally slightly raised, sublaterally slightly expanded forming a subtle flange. Gena at junction with hypostomal carina abruptly projected as a lamella with subquadrate apex. Antenna with 40 flagellomeres. First flagellum segment as long as the second and third flagellum segments combined.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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.
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Mesosoma 2.9
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as long as high, polished and almost entirely impunctate (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–6" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 6. Grotea ambarosa sp. nov., holotype female 1 lateral habitus; detail showing measurement of length vs. height of mesosoma overlaid onto image from Townes (1970) 2 head and mesosoma, lateral view 3 head, frontal view 4 ovipositor, lateral view 5 first metasomal tergite, lateral view 6 posterior tergites and ovipositor sheath." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.81.59769.figures1-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512882" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2</figureCitation>
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). Pronotum centrally uniformly and evenly concave. Epomia absent. Scuto-scutellar groove deeply impressed and smooth; scutellum distinctly convex. Area basalis of propodeum triangular in shape, about 1.5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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as long as wide. Spiracles kidney-shaped. Pleural carina distinct only anteriorly to anterior transverse carina. Anterior transverse carina forming a smooth arc. Lateral longitudinal carina distinct from propodeal apex to anterior transverse carina, sinuous and irregular. Area spiracularis and area lateralis not fully enclosed. Posterior transverse carina absent. Forewing crossvein 1cu-a arising distinctly distad of M&Rs. Aerolet large and pentagonal, about 1.6
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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as wide as long.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Metasoma</emphasis>
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.
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Tergite 1 very long, 0.85
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as long as mesosoma, curved upwards on posterior 0.25 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–6" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 6. Grotea ambarosa sp. nov., holotype female 1 lateral habitus; detail showing measurement of length vs. height of mesosoma overlaid onto image from Townes (1970) 2 head and mesosoma, lateral view 3 head, frontal view 4 ovipositor, lateral view 5 first metasomal tergite, lateral view 6 posterior tergites and ovipositor sheath." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.81.59769.figures1-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512882" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5</figureCitation>
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). Postpetiole only slightly wider than petiole. Exposed portion of ovipositor 4.4 mm, about 2.05
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as long as hind tibia.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Color</emphasis>
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.
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Mostly amber-orange with black and whitish marks. Head whitish (247,214,160) (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–6" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 6. Grotea ambarosa sp. nov., holotype female 1 lateral habitus; detail showing measurement of length vs. height of mesosoma overlaid onto image from Townes (1970) 2 head and mesosoma, lateral view 3 head, frontal view 4 ovipositor, lateral view 5 first metasomal tergite, lateral view 6 posterior tergites and ovipositor sheath." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.81.59769.figures1-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512882" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3</figureCitation>
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); mandible apex, supra-antennal area and occiput except orbital band and posterior 0.3 of dorsal 0.75 of gena glossy black; supra-antennal area just anteriorly to ocelli with brownish spot. Dark grey regions of eyes bordered by light grey pigment. Supraclypeal area white. Antenna entirely dark brown (084,076,060). Mesosoma mostly amber-orange (172,091,046) (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–6" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 6. Grotea ambarosa sp. nov., holotype female 1 lateral habitus; detail showing measurement of length vs. height of mesosoma overlaid onto image from Townes (1970) 2 head and mesosoma, lateral view 3 head, frontal view 4 ovipositor, lateral view 5 first metasomal tergite, lateral view 6 posterior tergites and ovipositor sheath." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.81.59769.figures1-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512882" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2</figureCitation>
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). Anterior portion of pronotal collar, narrow bands on dorsal margin of pronotum and anterior margin of mesopleuron, tegula, small spot on postscutellum and dorsal apex of mesepimeron whitish. Posterior 0.2 of scutellum lighter in color than the rest. Fore and mid coxae, all trochanters and femora and fore tibia dark brown (093,070,068) on dorsal and posterior faces, whitish on ventral and anterior faces; fore tarsus whitish with brownish apical marks; hind coxa amber-orange on basal 0.6, dark brown on apical 0.4, with a white apical spot on dorsal face; hind trochanter and trochantellus mostly dark brown, whitish in the articulation; hind femur medially amber-orange, basal and apical fourths dark brown; mid and hind tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Wings hyaline, forewing with a faint brown spot at apex. Tergites mostly blackish; T1 with sublateral white bands on anterior 0.75 and posterior whitish band; T2-3 with triangular whitish park on posterior apex; T4-6 with posterior whitish bands, medially narrower on T6. Ovipositor sheaths black with subapical pale yellow band (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–6" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 6. Grotea ambarosa sp. nov., holotype female 1 lateral habitus; detail showing measurement of length vs. height of mesosoma overlaid onto image from Townes (1970) 2 head and mesosoma, lateral view 3 head, frontal view 4 ovipositor, lateral view 5 first metasomal tergite, lateral view 6 posterior tergites and ovipositor sheath." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.81.59769.figures1-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512882" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 1-6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Grotea ambarosa</emphasis>
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sp. nov., holotype female
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lateral habitus; detail showing measurement of length vs. height of mesosoma overlaid onto image from Townes (1970)
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head and mesosoma, lateral view
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head, frontal view
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ovipositor, lateral view
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first metasomal tergite, lateral view
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posterior tergites and ovipositor sheath.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Grotea ambarosa</emphasis>
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does not run well to any of the species in the keys of
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<bibRefCitation author="Slobodchikoff, CN" journalOrPublisher="The Pan-Pacific Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="50 - 63" refId="B19" refString="Slobodchikoff, CN, 1970. A revision of the genus Grotea (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 46: 50 - 63" title="A revision of the genus Grotea (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)." volume="46" year="1970">Slobodchikoff (1970)</bibRefCitation>
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or
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<bibRefCitation author="Gauld, ID" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 453" refId="B10" refString="Gauld, ID, 2000. The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 3. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 63: 1 - 453" title="The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 3." volume="63" year="2000">Gauld (2000)</bibRefCitation>
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and does not correspond either to the species described later on by
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.389.6066" author="Herrera-Florez, AF" journalOrPublisher="Zookeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="27 - 33" refId="B13" refString="Herrera-Florez, AF, 2014. A new species of Grotea Cresson (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Colombia. Zookeys 389: 27 - 33, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.389.6066" title="A new species of Grotea Cresson (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Colombia." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.389.6066" volume="389" year="2014">Herrera-Florez (2014</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4444.2.8" author="Herrera-Florez, AF" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="195 - 200" refId="B14" refString="Herrera-Florez, AF, 2018. Three new species of Grotea Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Labeninae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 4444 (2): 195 - 200, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4444.2.8" title="Three new species of Grotea Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Labeninae) from Colombia." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4444.2.8" volume="4444" year="2018">2018</bibRefCitation>
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) and
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.2" author="Herrera-Florez, AF" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="53 - 70" refId="B15" refString="Herrera-Florez, AF, Penteado-Dias, A, 2019. New species of Grotea Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Labeninae) from Brazil and Suriname. Zootaxa 4613 (1): 53 - 70, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.2" title="New species of Grotea Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Labeninae) from Brazil and Suriname." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.2" volume="4613" year="2019">Herrera-Florez and Penteado-Dias (2019)</bibRefCitation>
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. Among described species, it is most similar to
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G. perplexa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Slobodchikoff. The new species can be differentiated from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="G. paulista" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="paulista">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G. paulista</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by the pleural carina posteriorly absent (vs. distinct in
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="G. paulista" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="paulista">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G. paulista</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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); area basalis 1.5
|
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
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as long as wide (vs. 3.4
|
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
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) and ovipositor 2.0
|
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
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as long as hind tibia (vs 1.5
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
). The color pattern on the legs is also different, with
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. paulista" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="paulista">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G. paulista</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
having the apex of all femora and of the hind tibia entirely white and hind femur basally amber-brown (vs. dark brown in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. ambarosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="ambarosa">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G. ambarosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Color pattern is also quite different between
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. ambarosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="ambarosa">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G. ambarosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. perplexa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="perplexa">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G. perplexa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which has a distinct whitish mark on antero-dorsal corner of mesopleuron (absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. ambarosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="ambarosa">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G. ambarosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); fore- and mid legs almost entirely white (vs. extensively marked with dark brown); and hind femur and tibia apically entirely white (vs. dark brown). In addition,
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. perplexa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="perplexa">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G. perplexa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a distinct pleural carina (absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. ambarosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="ambarosa">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G. ambarosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) and the forewing crossvein 1cu-a arising opposite to M&Rs (vs. distinctly distad).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The name refers to the striking resemblance of the color of the mesosoma to the rich amber deposits found in the Dominican Republic.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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</treatment>
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</subSection>
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</document> |