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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE29831039EF96E57E2F91E" bold="true" box="[151,501,1698,1724]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Sphaeropthalma triangularis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C3AF8A2FFE29831039EF92057E4F8A1" authority="Blake, 1871" authorityName="Blake" authorityYear="1871" box="[151,499,1772,1795]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="triangularis">
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. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 3: 262. Male.
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data: Nevada (ANSP).
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE29831039EF8FF5768F8EE" box="[151,383,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Diagnosis of male.</emphasis>
The male of this species is easily recognized by the lobe-like projections on the hind coxae. Other useful characters include the triangular shaped posterior margin of the head (Fig. 94), the weakly excised mandible, the lack of mesosternal processes, and the unique triangulate posterior projection of the apex of the hind tibia (Fig. 96). The genitalia are illustrated in
<figureCitation id="13019FA4FFE29831007AF86A55DDF862" box="[883,970,1958,1984]" captionStart="FIGURES 23 30. 23 26" captionStartId="9.[151,270,1921,1945]" captionTargetBox="[171,1405,382,1874]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,365,1934]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 23 30. 23 26 Genitalia, dorsal view left, ventral right. 23. Sphaeropthalma blakeii; 24. S. ecarinata; 25. S. militaris; 26. S. triangularis; 27. Dorsal view of Odontophotopsis villosa, female; 28. Anterior view of head of O. villosa, female; 29. Anterior view of head of O. biramosa, male; and 28. Anterior view of head of O. sonora, male." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188395/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
.
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE3983003CCFF5457AEFF13" box="[197,441,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Diagnosis of female.</emphasis>
The female of this species has the following combination characters: the dorsum of the body is covered with sparse erect brachyplumose setae (Figs. 8587), but the integument is not obscured; the ventral margin of the mandible has a slight excision (
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); the head below eyes is parallel (Fig. 85); the head evenly rounded in lateral view (Fig. 85); the first metasomal segment is sessile with the second segment (Fig. 86); and the pygidium is longitudinally striate.
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE3983003CCFE955527FED0" box="[197,816,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Description of female: Coloration and Setal Pattern</emphasis>
. Body testaceous (Figs. 8587). Legs and flagellum lighter. Sparse white brachyplumose setae throughout. Metasomal segments with sparse to moderate fringe of white plumose setae. Legs with white brachyplumose setae.
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE3983003CCFE01571BFE44" box="[197,268,461,486]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Head.</emphasis>
Head rounded posteriorly (Fig. 85), not as wide as mesosoma, moderately punctate. Eye ovate (Fig. 86), distance from posterior mandibular articulation ~
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visible length of pedicel. Clypeus protruding anteriorly, posteromedially produced into low triangular tubercle. Antennal scrobe with dorsal carina. Antennal tubercle glabrous. Flagellomere I ~1.75X length of pedicel. Flagellomeres IIIII ~1.21.4X length of pedicel. Mandible bidentate apically (
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). Ventral mandibular margin with slight excision subtended by angulate basal tooth (
<figureCitation id="13019FA4FFE3983002BFFD425419FD0A" box="[438,526,654,680]" captionStart="FIGURES 31 46" captionStartId="10.[151,269,1679,1703]" captionTargetBox="[235,1354,183,1661]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,71,1734]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURES 31 46. Lateral view of mandible, 31 40 female and 41 46 male. 31. O. arcuata; 32. O. inconspicua; 33. O. melicausa; 34. O. obscura; 35. O. parva; 36. O. villosa; 37. Sphaeropthalma blakeii; 38. S. difficilis; 39. S. militaris; 40. S. triangularis; 41. O. ambigua; 42. O. arcuata; 43. O. aufidia; 44. O. melicausa; 45. O. becki; and 46. O. django." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188396/files/figure.png" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Fig. 40</figureCitation>
). Genal carina absent.
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE3983003CCFD79575DFD6C" box="[197,330,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
Mesosoma slightly wider anteriorly than posteriorly, longer than broad (Fig. 87). Mesosoma densely punctate on dorsum. Propleuron anteriorly, mesopleuron medially running vertically, and lateral margin of propodeum with extreme ventral region punctate. Humeral angle dentate. Scutellar scale absent. Mesosternum with low transverse tubercle present medially just anterior to mesocoxa. Metasternum tridentate. Propodeum with distinct dorsal and vertical faces.
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE3983003CCFCBB5750FC32" box="[197,327,887,912]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Metasoma.</emphasis>
Segment 1 distinctly sessile with segment 2 (Fig. 86). T1 with small sparse punctures. T2 with dense shallow punctures anteriorly. T2 with felt line, 0.25X length of tergite. T35 shagreened. T6 with distinct pygidial area defined by weak carinae; surface strongly densely longitudinally striate; apex rounded. S25 with punctation similar to tergites.
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE3983003CCFBDD5709FB88" box="[197,286,1041,1066]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Length.</emphasis>
~
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.
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NW Hwy 78,
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, Museum Survey Team (
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).
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voucher specimen data.
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Riparian Natl. Cons. Area,
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,
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., Alvey Wash,
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S Escalante,
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,
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, M.E. Irwin and F.D. Parker, JP185, JP343 (
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).
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<subSubSection id="C320D0AAFFE3983003CCFA8B545BFAC2" box="[197,588,1350,1376]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE3983003CCFA8B574BFAC2" box="[197,348,1351,1376]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Distribution.</emphasis>
Southwestern
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C320D0AAFFE3983003CCFAA1534DF9CD" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B858321FFE3983003CCFAA15364FA77" blockId="45.[151,1437,152,1647]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE3983003CCFAA15720FA24" box="[197,311,1389,1414]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Remarks.</emphasis>
While the genetic distance for ITS2 is higher for this species than the majority of the other species treated in this paper (Table 1), the intersexual distance for ITS2 is much less than the interspecific genetic distance (
<tableCitation id="C6B8B69AFFE398300268FA7757AAFA77" box="[353,445,1467,1493]" captionStart="TABLE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,242,153,177]" captionText="TABLE 5. Interspecific variation in ITS 2 for Sphaeropthalma species of the Algodones Sand Dunes." pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Table 5</tableCitation>
). This species is widespread and seems to be rare on the Algodones Sand Dunes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B858321FFE3983003CCFA2D534DF9CD" blockId="45.[151,1437,152,1647]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
This species was placed in its own species-group by
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.
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE398300727FA2D5382FA58" box="[1070,1429,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Sphaeropthalma triangularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, however, belongs in Schusters
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE398300100F9C45460F983" box="[521,631,1544,1569]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">S. rustica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-group based on male morphology and is closely related to
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE39830068FF9C45717F9EA" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">S. unicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B94E5F33FFE398300234F9E357C8F9EA" box="[317,479,1583,1608]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">S. angulifera</emphasis>
Schuster. They
</taxonomicName>
share similarities in mandibular morphology (a weak ventral excision along with an oblique apex), distinct ventral felt lines, and similarities in genitalic morphology.
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