treatments-xml/data/03/F9/87/03F987C93C395447FE97FF701126FD32.xml
2024-06-21 12:22:17 +02:00

291 lines
30 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document ID-DOI="10.26107/RBZ-2021-0068" ID-ISSN="2345-7600" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7174619" ID-ZooBank="F6D44BD6-1F2A-4DBE-9226-D099FF6E0817" approvalRequired="5" approvalRequired_for_taxonomicNames="1" approvalRequired_for_textStreams="3" approvalRequired_for_treatments="1" checkinTime="1665291478265" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="Tran, A. D. &amp; Zettel, H." docDate="2021" docId="03F987C93C395447FE97FF701126FD32" docLanguage="en" docName="RafflesBZool.69.507521.pdf" docOrigin="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69" docStyle="DocumentStyle:AF09A0581917EACD12E7F0991C3E7C26.4:RafflesBZool.2019-.journal_article" docStyleId="AF09A0581917EACD12E7F0991C3E7C26" docStyleName="RafflesBZool.2019-.journal_article" docStyleVersion="4" docTitle="Ranatra luzonensis Tran &amp; Zettel 2021, new species" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="514" masterDocId="FFC0FFB13C3F5440FF85FFCD1051FF87" masterDocTitle="Taxonomy of the Ranatra biroi group sensu Lansbury, 1972 (Nepomorpha: Nepidae), with descriptions of two new species" masterLastPageNumber="521" masterPageNumber="507" pageNumber="513" updateTime="1665307697258" updateUser="ExternalLinkService" zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0">
<mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Taxonomy of the Ranatra biroi group sensu Lansbury, 1972 (Nepomorpha: Nepidae), with descriptions of two new species</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:role>
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart>Tran, A. D.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:role>
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart>Zettel, H.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem type="host">
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part>
<mods:date>2021</mods:date>
<mods:detail type="pubDate">
<mods:number>2021-12-03</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail type="volume">
<mods:number>69</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent unit="page">
<mods:start>507</mods:start>
<mods:end>521</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier type="DOI">10.26107/RBZ-2021-0068</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="ISSN">2345-7600</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">7174619</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">F6D44BD6-1F2A-4DBE-9226-D099FF6E0817</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7171282" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7171282" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03F987C93C395447FE97FF701126FD32" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F987C93C395447FE97FF701126FD32" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="514" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
<subSubSection box="[274,637,188,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph blockId="6.[274,637,188,245]" box="[274,637,188,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
<heading bold="true" box="[274,637,188,213]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" reason="2">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[274,637,188,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
<taxonomicName authority="Tran &amp; Zettel, 2021" authorityName="Tran &amp; Zettel" authorityYear="2021" box="[274,489,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luzonensis" status="new species">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[274,489,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Ranatra luzonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[504,637,189,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[414,496,221,245]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="6.[274,637,188,245]" box="[414,496,221,245]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
(
<figureCitation box="[422,488,221,245]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[113,148,1998,2020]" captionTargetBox="[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-10@5.[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Ranatra luzonensis, new species, male holotype. A, habitus; B, head, prothorax, and fore legs, dorsal view; C, head and prothorax, lateral view; D, antenna; E, metasternum; F, operculum; G, left paramere, lateral view. B, C same scale; E, F same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7174623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7174623/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="513" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="6.[136,777,285,373]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,389,285,309]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation collectionCode="PNM" collectorName="C. V. Pangantihon" country="Philippines" location="Cagayan Province" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Cagayan" typeStatus="holotype">
<typeStatus box="[402,512,285,309]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Holotype</typeStatus>
(male) “
<collectingCountry box="[627,770,285,309]" name="Philippines" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Philippines</collectingCountry>
: Luzon /
<collectingRegion box="[233,430,317,341]" country="Philippines" name="Cagayan" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Cagayan Province</collectingRegion>
/ Gonzaga, Pateng / leg.
<collectorName pageId="6" pageNumber="513">C. V. Pangantihon</collectorName>
” (
<collectionCode box="[297,361,349,373]" country="Philippines" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mxaf-c5e2" name="Philippine National Museum" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">PNM</collectionCode>
).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[136,775,413,597]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
<materialsCitation box="[136,753,413,437]" collectionCode="CZW" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<typeStatus box="[136,243,413,437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Paratypes</typeStatus>
:
<specimenCount box="[252,345,413,437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
, same locality data as
<typeStatus box="[575,668,413,437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">holotype</typeStatus>
(
<collectionCode box="[680,745,413,437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">CZW</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2007-04-25" collectionCode="ZRC" collectorName="T. Naruse &amp; J. C. E. Mendoza" country="Philippines" county="Penablanca" elevation="40" latitude="17.709682" location="Pinacanauan River" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="121.81073" municipality="Barangay Quibal" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Cagayan" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount pageId="6" pageNumber="513" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
,
<collectingCountry box="[220,342,445,469]" name="Philippines" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Philippines</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion box="[351,447,445,469]" country="Philippines" name="Cagayan" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Cagayan</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCounty box="[456,580,445,469]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Peñablanca</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingMunicipality box="[589,771,445,469]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Barangay Quibal</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03F987C93C395447FE97FF701126FD32:8E8F60043C395446FF0DFE101102FE72" box="[136,339,477,501]" country="Philippines" county="Penablanca" latitude="17.709682" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="121.81073" municipality="Barangay Quibal" name="Pinacanauan River" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" stateProvince="Cagayan">Pinacanauan River</location>
,
<geoCoordinate box="[350,488,475,501]" degrees="17" direction="north" minutes="42.581" orientation="latitude" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" precision="1" value="17.709682">17°42.581N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate box="[499,647,475,501]" degrees="121" direction="east" minutes="48.644" orientation="longitude" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" precision="1" value="121.81073">121°48.644E</geoCoordinate>
,
<elevation box="[658,769,477,501]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" unit="m" value="40.0">
<quantity box="[658,712,477,501]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" unit="m" value="40.0">40 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
, coll.
<collectorName box="[191,298,509,532]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">T. Naruse</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[335,527,509,533]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">J. C. E. Mendoza</collectorName>
,
<date box="[539,694,509,533]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" value="2007-04-25">
<collectingDate box="[539,694,509,533]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" value="2007-04-25">25 April 2007</collectingDate>
</date>
, JCEM 07-010 (
<collectionCode box="[230,288,541,565]" country="Singapore" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/16z4-1tbx" name="Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">ZRC</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1951-10-13" collectionCode="SEMC" collectorName="R. Abalos" country="Philippines" location="Nueva Ecija" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Nueva Ecija" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount box="[310,389,541,565]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
,
<collectingCountry box="[403,527,541,565]" name="Philippines" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Philippines</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion box="[541,679,541,565]" country="Philippines" name="Nueva Ecija" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Nueva Ecija</collectingRegion>
, coll.
<collectorName pageId="6" pageNumber="513">R. Abalos</collectorName>
,
<date box="[227,410,573,597]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" value="1951-10-13">
<collectingDate box="[227,410,573,597]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" value="1951-10-13">13 October 1951</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode box="[427,505,573,597]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34264" name="University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" type="Museum">SEMC</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="513" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="6.[136,775,637,853]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,278,637,661]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Description.</emphasis>
General colouration (
<figureCitation box="[526,619,637,661]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[113,148,1998,2020]" captionTargetBox="[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-10@5.[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Ranatra luzonensis, new species, male holotype. A, habitus; B, head, prothorax, and fore legs, dorsal view; C, head and prothorax, lateral view; D, antenna; E, metasternum; F, operculum; G, left paramere, lateral view. B, C same scale; E, F same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7174623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7174623/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
): mostly light brown to brown; eyes dark brown; all coxae yellowish, fore coxa darker; fore femur mostly yellowish; middle, hind femora and tibiae weakly annulated brown and yellow; fore tarsus yellowish brown, darker at apex; apices of middle and hind femora, middle and hind tarsi dark brown. Hemelytra uniformly textured, yellowish or brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[136,775,893,1141]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
Measurements: Male (
<typeStatus box="[382,482,893,917]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">holotype</typeStatus>
): body length 25.0; length of siphon 18.0; width of head 2.59; interocular width 0.75; width of eye 0.92; pronotal length 6.00, anterior pronotal length 4.58; posterior pronotal length 2.58; anterior pronotal width 1.66; posterior pronotal width 2.28; lengths of leg segments: fore leg: coxa 6.67, femur 9.67, tibia 3.33, tarsus 0.72; middle leg: femur 13.40, tibia 16.50, tarsus 2.20; hind leg: femur 13.30, tibia 16.00, tarsus 2.25.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[136,776,1181,1429]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Females: body length 28.029.0; length of siphon 21.022.0; width of head 2.802.90; interocular width 0.88; width of eye 0.961.01; pronotal length 6.75, anterior pronotal length 5.00; posterior pronotal length 3.17; anterior pronotal width 1.89; posterior pronotal width 2.75; lengths of leg segments: fore leg: coxa 7.50, femur 10.90, tibia 3.75, tarsus 0.72; middle leg: femur 15.40, tibia 17.10, tarsus 2.23; hind leg: femur 15.30, tibia 17.30, tarsus 2.23.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[136,775,1469,1717]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
Head (
<figureCitation box="[211,334,1469,1493]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[113,148,1998,2020]" captionTargetBox="[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-10@5.[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Ranatra luzonensis, new species, male holotype. A, habitus; B, head, prothorax, and fore legs, dorsal view; C, head and prothorax, lateral view; D, antenna; E, metasternum; F, operculum; G, left paramere, lateral view. B, C same scale; E, F same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7174623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7174623/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Fig. 2B, C</figureCitation>
): Vertex raised above eyes but without tubercle; width of eye clearly greater than interocular width; clypeus smooth and flat, higher than lorum and clearly surpassing lorum anteriorly; lorum swollen, with slightly angular dorsal margin, bearing sparse, long, pale setae, similar setae also on vertex. Antenna (
<figureCitation box="[550,634,1629,1653]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[113,148,1998,2020]" captionTargetBox="[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-10@5.[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Ranatra luzonensis, new species, male holotype. A, habitus; B, head, prothorax, and fore legs, dorsal view; C, head and prothorax, lateral view; D, antenna; E, metasternum; F, operculum; G, left paramere, lateral view. B, C same scale; E, F same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7174623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7174623/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
) with fingerlike projection of second antennal segment about two-thirds the length of third segment.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[136,775,1757,2101]" lastBlockId="6.[835,1474,189,502]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
Thorax: Pronotal length shorter than fore coxa (about 0.9× the length of fore coxa) and about 0.6× the length of fore femur; anterior lobe about 1.581.78× as long as posterior lobe; anterior collar of pronotum slightly raised in lateral view; ratio of posterior width / anterior width 1.371.46; posterior lobe with humerus broadly rounded, with a sublateral longitudinal groove bordered by a lateral swelling (
<figureCitation box="[538,650,1949,1973]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[113,148,1998,2020]" captionTargetBox="[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-10@5.[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Ranatra luzonensis, new species, male holotype. A, habitus; B, head, prothorax, and fore legs, dorsal view; C, head and prothorax, lateral view; D, antenna; E, metasternum; F, operculum; G, left paramere, lateral view. B, C same scale; E, F same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7174623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7174623/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Fig. 2B, C</figureCitation>
). Scutellum with length ca. 1.852.11× width, anterior two thirds slightly swollen, followed by two sublateral depressions before posterior third, apex pointed. Prosternum anteriorly with paired broad, shallow longitudinal depressions separated by a median carina; median carina extending to base of a U-shaped depression on posterior section. Mesosternum with concave anterior margin, flat anterior part, middle part grooved along midline, before narrow posterior projection between middle coxae. Metasternum with anterior part weakly grooved along midline, posterior part weakly raised along midline, posterior margin slightly emarginated (
<figureCitation box="[1142,1223,381,405]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[113,148,1998,2020]" captionTargetBox="[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-10@5.[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Ranatra luzonensis, new species, male holotype. A, habitus; B, head, prothorax, and fore legs, dorsal view; C, head and prothorax, lateral view; D, antenna; E, metasternum; F, operculum; G, left paramere, lateral view. B, C same scale; E, F same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7174623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7174623/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Fig. 2E</figureCitation>
). Space between middle coxae much narrower (less than 0.5×) than space between hind coxae. Hemelytra with membrane slightly surpassing posterior margin of abdominal tergum VI.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[835,1475,541,1077]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
Legs: Fore femur (
<figureCitation box="[1036,1121,541,565]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[113,148,1998,2020]" captionTargetBox="[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-10@5.[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Ranatra luzonensis, new species, male holotype. A, habitus; B, head, prothorax, and fore legs, dorsal view; C, head and prothorax, lateral view; D, antenna; E, metasternum; F, operculum; G, left paramere, lateral view. B, C same scale; E, F same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7174623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7174623/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
): in both sexes slender, widest at basal part, ratio of maximum width at basal part / maximum width at distal part in male (
<typeStatus box="[1170,1271,605,629]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">holotype</typeStatus>
) 1.55, in females 1.661.77; ventral margin with two subtriangular teeth at distal 0.4 of femoral length, larger tooth on outer surface, smaller tooth on mesial surface situated slightly more anteriorly than larger tooth; ratio of width of femur across larger tooth (excluding tuft of setae) / width of femur at basal part 0.770.86 (
<typeStatus box="[1063,1158,797,821]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">holotype</typeStatus>
0.81); ratio of width of femur across smaller tooth (excluding setae) / width of femur at basal part 0.650.75 (
<typeStatus box="[1064,1159,861,885]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">holotype</typeStatus>
0.75). Middle femur about as long as hind femur; hind femur, when folded back parallel to body, reaching about anterior two-thirds operculum. Middle tibia slightly longer than middle femur; hind tibia longer than hind femur; middle and hind tibiae both bearing dense fringes of long setae on posterior margins along nearly their entire lengths.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[835,1476,1117,1269]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
Abdomen: Operculum of male (
<figureCitation box="[1210,1298,1117,1141]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[113,148,1998,2020]" captionTargetBox="[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-10@5.[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Ranatra luzonensis, new species, male holotype. A, habitus; B, head, prothorax, and fore legs, dorsal view; C, head and prothorax, lateral view; D, antenna; E, metasternum; F, operculum; G, left paramere, lateral view. B, C same scale; E, F same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7174623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7174623/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Fig. 2F</figureCitation>
) about as long as connexivum, medially keeled, apex narrowly rounded. Operculum of female also about as long as connexivum. Respiratory siphon about 0.70.8× body length, and about 2.0× length of sterna IIIV combined.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[835,1475,1309,1493]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
Male genitalia: Paramere (
<figureCitation box="[1111,1192,1309,1333]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[113,148,1998,2020]" captionTargetBox="[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-10@5.[113,1451,251,1982]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Ranatra luzonensis, new species, male holotype. A, habitus; B, head, prothorax, and fore legs, dorsal view; C, head and prothorax, lateral view; D, antenna; E, metasternum; F, operculum; G, left paramere, lateral view. B, C same scale; E, F same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7174623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7174623/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Fig. 2G</figureCitation>
) dorso-ventrally thickened at middle part, constricted at distal third basad of apical hook; inner margin of hook with a triangular tooth-like elevation; tip of hook expanded; dorsal surface of paramere almost straight, slightly concave at basal two thirds. Phallotheca strongly sclerotised.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="513" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="6.[835,1474,1533,1589]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[835,967,1533,1557]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after its
<typeStatus box="[1329,1375,1534,1558]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">type</typeStatus>
locality, Luzon Island.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="514" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="6.[835,1475,1629,1813]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[835,947,1629,1653]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">Remarks.</emphasis>
In the
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" box="[1034,1120,1629,1653]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis box="[1034,1120,1629,1653]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, four species, namely
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lansbury" authorityYear="1972" box="[906,1070,1662,1685]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="natunaensis">
<emphasis box="[906,1070,1662,1685]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">R. natunaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Tran &amp; D. Polhemus" authorityYear="2012" box="[1088,1197,1661,1685]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rafflesi">
<emphasis box="[1088,1197,1661,1685]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">R. rafflesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName authority="Tran &amp; Zettel, 2021" authorityName="Tran &amp; Zettel" authorityYear="2021" box="[1264,1412,1661,1685]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luzonensis" status="new species">
<emphasis box="[1264,1412,1661,1685]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">R. luzonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="6" pageNumber="513" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
, are probably closely related based on the presence of a pointed, tooth-like elevation on the inner margin of the paramere apical hook. They are separable using characters in the key above.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[835,1474,1853,2101]" lastBlockId="7.[113,753,189,597]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="514" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">
The paramere of
<taxonomicName authority="Tran &amp; Zettel, 2021" authorityName="Tran &amp; Zettel" authorityYear="2021" box="[1026,1169,1853,1877]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luzonensis" status="new species">
<emphasis box="[1026,1169,1853,1877]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">R. luzonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1185,1319,1853,1877]" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
, appears most similar to that of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" box="[1015,1096,1885,1909]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis box="[1015,1096,1885,1909]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the distinctly expanded tip of the apical hook and the more obtuse tooth-like elevation on its inner margin. However, other aspects of the paramere show distinct differences between two species: in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Tran &amp; Zettel" authorityYear="2021" box="[1292,1430,1981,2005]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luzonensis">
<emphasis box="[1292,1430,1981,2005]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">R. luzonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the basal part is dorso-ventrally thicker (it is more slender in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="513" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="513">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the dorsal surface at the distal part has a sulcate area restricted to the area above the apical hook (the sulcate area is located on distal third in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" box="[406,488,189,213]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis box="[406,488,189,213]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and the ventral margin is more gradually tapering towards the sub-apical tooth (it is more abruptly constricted at distal third in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" box="[620,705,253,277]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis box="[620,705,253,277]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In addition, this new species has the following differences from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" box="[113,196,317,341]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis box="[113,196,317,341]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: the vertex is visible when viewed laterally, clearly higher than the eyes (in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" box="[369,451,349,373]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis box="[369,451,349,373]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the vertex is lower than the eyes in lateral view), the posterior margin of the metasternum is narrower (more truncate in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" box="[431,512,413,437]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis box="[431,512,413,437]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the median carina of sternum VI of the female is not distinctly raised posteriorly (in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" box="[156,244,477,501]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis box="[156,244,477,501]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it is distinctly raised towards the posterior margin), and the operculum in both sexes reaches the apex of the connexivum (in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1933" box="[360,443,541,565]" class="Insecta" family="Nepidae" genus="Ranatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biroi">
<emphasis box="[360,443,541,565]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">R. biroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the operculum usually does not reach the apex of the connexivum).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="514" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="7.[113,752,637,693]" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[113,263,637,661]" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry box="[274,402,637,661]" name="Philippines" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">Philippines</collectingCountry>
: northern Luzon (
<collectingRegion box="[606,703,637,661]" country="Philippines" name="Cagayan" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">Cagayan</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion box="[114,247,669,693]" country="Philippines" name="Nueva Ecija" pageId="7" pageNumber="514">Nueva Ecija</collectingRegion>
provinces).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>