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Liu and Jia
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(ab), 2)
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F704762C91E9FAECF9082223" bold="true" box="[160,285,1338,1364]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="910">Etymology</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BE236EAF704762C91E9FA88FA4222ED" blockId="1.[160,1155,1338,1434]" pageId="1" pageNumber="910">The new species is named after the family name of Professor Qiang Xie, the collector, who donated the specimens to the authors.</paragraph>
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, Sansha Prefecture, Xisha, Yongxing Island.
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,
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F707762F91E9FB3BF8EE2273" bold="true" box="[160,251,1261,1284]" pageId="2" pageNumber="911">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Habitus of
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spp.
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nov. (ab)
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Holotype. (cd)
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Mexico
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Paratype. (a, c) dorsal view; (b, d) ventral view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F707762F91E9FA8DF9012202" bold="true" box="[160,276,1371,1397]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="911">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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This species mostly resembles
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<taxonomicName id="4C5D4D69F707762F90A0FAA9FA7C22EF" box="[489,617,1407,1432]" class="Insecta" family="Limnichidae" genus="Mexico" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="911" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwanus">M. taiwanus</taxonomicName>
,
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, M. ogasawaraensis, M. morrisoni
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and
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in the shape of the median lobe, with subapical projections distinctly divided from the apex of the median lobe.It can be distinguished from the first four species by the left subapical projections curved outwardly, and from the last species by the robust apex of the median lobe.
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F707762F91E9F9EDF9332122" bold="true" box="[160,294,1595,1621]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="911">Description</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F707762F91E9F988F97A210F" bold="true" box="[160,367,1630,1656]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="911">Colour and form.</emphasis>
Body small-sized and ovate, length 1.62.0 mm, width
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. Dorsum and venter both black and slightly convex, covered with short, dense brown and silver setae.
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F706762E9189FF58F8EB27D0" bold="true" box="[192,254,142,167]" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Head</emphasis>
. Strongly hypognathous with mouthparts mostly concealed by labrum and prosternum (
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(a)), surface with dense microsculptures, occipital incisions absent; genal areas with distinct antennal grooves (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF706762E93C7FF02FAFE279A" box="[654,747,212,237]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(b)), glabrous anteriorly and punctured posteriorly; frontoclypeal suture distinct and straight; clypeus rectangular, with truncate apical margin. Eyes anterolaterally located, large and finely faceted, well separated (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF706762E91E1FEEAF9192622" box="[168,268,316,341]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="2.[160,225,1261,1284]" captionTargetBox="[171,1151,145,1218]" captionTargetId="figure-105@2.[163,1153,142,1229]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of Mexico spp. nov. (ab) Mexico xiei sp. nov. Holotype. (cd) Mexico lawrencei sp. nov. Paratype. (a, c) dorsal view; (b, d) ventral view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464835" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464835/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Figures 1</figureCitation>
(a,b), 3(a)). Antennal insertions exposed, laterally attaching the frontoclypeal suture (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF706762E91BFFE88F9472600" box="[246,338,350,375]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(a)). Antennae (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF706762E90B4FE88FA4F2600" box="[509,602,350,375]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[160,225,1616,1639]" captionTargetBox="[168,1150,888,1577]" captionTargetId="figure-234@3.[162,1152,871,1585]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Mexico xiei sp. nov., dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464839" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464839/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Figure 2</figureCitation>
(f)) 11-segmented, with 4-segmented and slightly asymmetrical antennal club, covered with relatively long setae on basal and apical segments; scape and pedicel enlarged, antennomere 3 stout, antennomeres 47 narrow, antennomeres 810 dilated and gradually shortened, last segment fusiform with narrowed apex. Labrum (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF706762E90D3FE3FF9E22575" box="[410,503,489,514]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(a)) large and sub-trapezoid, longer than wide. Mandibles (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF706762E91E1FDDAF91D2552" box="[168,264,524,549]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[160,225,1616,1639]" captionTargetBox="[168,1150,888,1577]" captionTargetId="figure-234@3.[162,1152,871,1585]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Mexico xiei sp. nov., dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464839" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464839/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Figure 2</figureCitation>
(c)) stout and sub-triangular, with large basal turbercle on outer edge, apex bidentate; inner edge membranous, with long, dense setae; mola present and large. Maxilla (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF706762E9048FD87F975251D" box="[257,352,593,618]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[160,225,1616,1639]" captionTargetBox="[168,1150,888,1577]" captionTargetId="figure-234@3.[162,1152,871,1585]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Mexico xiei sp. nov., dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464839" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464839/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Figure 2</figureCitation>
(e)) slender, maxillary palps 4-sgemented, last segment enlarged and apically acuminate; galea and lacinia both elongate and sub-triangular. Labium (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF706762E956EFDA2FC9625FA" box="[1063,1155,628,653]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[160,225,1616,1639]" captionTargetBox="[168,1150,888,1577]" captionTargetId="figure-234@3.[162,1152,871,1585]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Mexico xiei sp. nov., dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464839" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464839/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Figure 2</figureCitation>
(d)) with 3-segmented labial palps, second segment enlarged and terminal segment narrowed; ligula broad. Mentum rectangular, longer than wide. Ventral side with gular area highly reduced. Cervical sclerites present and large.
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F706762E91E9F986F8EF2110" bold="true" box="[160,250,1616,1639]" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F706762E9048F986F97F2110" box="[257,362,1616,1639]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="912">Mexico xiei</emphasis>
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, dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm.
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F701762991E9FA2AF8E92164" bold="true" box="[160,252,1532,1555]" pageId="4" pageNumber="913">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F7017629904DFA2AF97A2164" box="[260,367,1532,1555]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="913">Mexico xiei</emphasis>
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, scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F70076289189FF58F90127D0" bold="true" box="[192,276,142,167]" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Thorax</emphasis>
. Pronotum (
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(a)) transverse, about 0.4 times as long as wide, widest posteriorly; lateral margins slightly curved, posterior margin slightly sinuate with median lobe; anterior angles broadly acute and forwardly projecting; disc slightly convex with dense and fine punctations, covered with dense brownish setae. Pronotal epipleuron broad and slightly depressed. Prosternum with area before procoxae about 0.8 times as long as the length of coxal cavities; prosternal process wide and parallel-sided, apical margin nearly straight. Notosternal suture complete. Procoxae transverse, trochantins partly exposed (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF7007628901AFE57F9BA26ED" box="[339,431,385,410]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(a)); procoxal cavities widely separated, with a small anterolateral incision, externally broadly opened and internally narrowly opened. Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra slightly elongated, 1.41.5 times as long as wide, with about 12 tiny teeth along anterolateral edges and one small apical projection; disc slightly shiny, with dense and fine punctations, covered with dense brownish and silver setae that form four sinuate transverse stripes as in
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF700762890E9FDF8F9E32530" box="[416,502,558,583]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="2.[160,225,1261,1284]" captionTargetBox="[171,1151,145,1218]" captionTargetId="figure-105@2.[163,1153,142,1229]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of Mexico spp. nov. (ab) Mexico xiei sp. nov. Holotype. (cd) Mexico lawrencei sp. nov. Paratype. (a, c) dorsal view; (b, d) ventral view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464835" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464835/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 1</figureCitation>
(a); epipleuron (
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(b), 3(c)) broad at base, extending to the apical projection. Hind wings present. Mesoventrite short and transverse, with large anterior depression to accept prosternal process; mesanepisternum and mesepimeron fused (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF700762891B9FD40F94525D8" box="[240,336,662,687]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(b)). Metaventrite strongly transverse at base, apex with deep incision; metendosternite with stalk highly sclerotised, large and fusiform, fused with metaventrite by transverse carinae; lateral arms relatively long, with complicated ventral projections connected with apex of stalk (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF7007628934AFD28FA772460" box="[515,610,766,791]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[160,225,1616,1639]" captionTargetBox="[168,1150,888,1577]" captionTargetId="figure-234@3.[162,1152,871,1585]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Mexico xiei sp. nov., dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464839" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464839/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 2</figureCitation>
(a)); metanepisternum highly reduced and only partly exposed from ventral side, triangular (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF700762893D5FCF7FAEF244D" box="[668,762,801,826]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(b)). Mesocoxae slightly transverse, trochantins exposed; mesocoxal cavities laterally open to mesepimeron (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF700762892BEFC92FC4C242A" box="[1015,1113,836,861]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(b)), separated by distance greater than width of cavities. Metacoxae strongly transverse and oblique, sub-contiguous; metacoxal plates (
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(b), 3(d)) large, broad and sharply narrowed to lateral edges. Fore and mid legs with femora slightly enlarged, tibiae slender; mid tarsi with basal three segments relatively short and bearing pair of tiny spines on apex (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF700762891E1FC27F911237D" box="[168,260,1009,1034]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(d,f)), last tarsomere elongated with small falciform claws. Hind legs (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF7007628954BFC27FC4A237D" box="[1026,1119,1009,1034]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(d)) with large trochanters, femora slightly expanded; tibiae slender with a few short to long spines along the outer and inner edges, apex with a single short spur; tarsi with claws nearly the same length as tibiae, first tarsomere longest, each of basal three segments with pair of apical spines, last tarsomere narrow and slightly elongate with pair of simple claws.
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F70076289189FB17F92023AD" bold="true" box="[192,309,1217,1242]" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Abdomen</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF7007628900DFB17F9B423AD" box="[324,417,1217,1242]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[160,225,1616,1639]" captionTargetBox="[168,1150,888,1577]" captionTargetId="figure-234@3.[162,1152,871,1585]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Mexico xiei sp. nov., dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464839" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464839/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 2</figureCitation>
(b)) 5-segmented with basal three ventrites connate, lateral edges expanded with narrow flanges, covered with dense depressed yellowish setae. Ventrite 1 long, nearly separated by the oblique metacoxae at middle, intercoxal process reduced; ventrite 24 sub-equal in length; last ventrite elongate with pair of small posterolateral projections, surface with three pairs of long and thick bristles laterally and two pairs of thinner bristles on the inner side (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF70076289356FAB8FA6922F0" box="[543,636,1390,1415]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(c)).
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F70076289189FA47F97922DD" bold="true" box="[192,364,1425,1450]" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Male genitalia</emphasis>
with tergite IX bifurcate, tergite VIII lamellate and asymmetrical as in
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF700762891E9FA62F8EB22BA" box="[160,254,1460,1485]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[160,225,1616,1639]" captionTargetBox="[168,1150,888,1577]" captionTargetId="figure-234@3.[162,1152,871,1585]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Mexico xiei sp. nov., dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464839" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464839/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 2</figureCitation>
(g). Aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF700762890EEFA62FA1322BA" box="[423,518,1460,1485]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[160,225,1616,1639]" captionTargetBox="[168,1150,888,1577]" captionTargetId="figure-234@3.[162,1152,871,1585]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Mexico xiei sp. nov., dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464839" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464839/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 2</figureCitation>
(h)) with basal piece sub-annular; lateral lobes short and sub-triangular, freely articulated, bearing two long apical setae on each side; median lobe trifurcate with lateral projections asymmetrical, apex of median lobe broad and subtriangular. Female genitalia with spiculum ventrale (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF700762893A4F9CAFB592142" box="[749,844,1564,1589]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[160,225,1616,1639]" captionTargetBox="[168,1150,888,1577]" captionTargetId="figure-234@3.[162,1152,871,1585]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Mexico xiei sp. nov., dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464839" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464839/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 2</figureCitation>
(i)) elongated and bifurcate; ovipositor (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF70076289069F9E8F96B2120" box="[288,382,1598,1623]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[160,225,1616,1639]" captionTargetBox="[168,1150,888,1577]" captionTargetId="figure-234@3.[162,1152,871,1585]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Mexico xiei sp. nov., dissections. (a) pterothorax, dorsal; (b) abdomen, ventral; (c) mandible, dorsal; (d) labium, ventral; (e) maxilla, ventral; (f) antenna; (g) sternites VIIIIX, male; (h) aedeagus, dorsal; (i) sternite VIII, female; (j) ovipositor and spermatheca. Scale bars: a,b = 0.5 mm; cf = 0.1 mm; gj = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464839" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464839/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 2</figureCitation>
(j)) with reduced and scleritized gonocoxite, baculus extremely long, paraproct membranous and stylus absent; spermatheca sclerotised.
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F70076289189F952F9BD21EA" bold="true" box="[192,424,1668,1693]" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Sexual dimorphism</emphasis>
not distinct, tibiae and basal tarsomeres of fore leg in male with dense and relatively long setae, which are much sparser in females (
<figureCitation id="13662A6FF700762892E8F970FBEA21C8" box="[929,1023,1702,1727]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="4.[160,225,1532,1555]" captionTargetBox="[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-9@4.[163,1153,142,1500]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 3. Mexico xiei sp. nov., scanning electron micrographs. (a) head, prothorax and mesothorax, ventral; (b) head, prothorax and mesothorax, lateral; (c) apical ventrites; (d) metacoxal plate and hind leg; (e) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, female; (f) tibia and tarsi of fore leg, male. Scale bars: ad = 0.2 mm; ef = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5464845/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="914">Figure 3</figureCitation>
(e,f)).
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<emphasis id="B929EAF8F703762B91E9FF58F91127DF" bold="true" box="[160,260,142,168]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="915">Habitats</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BE236EAF703762B91E9FF64F9C227BC" blockId="6.[160,471,142,203]" box="[160,471,178,203]" pageId="6" pageNumber="915">Living on wet seaside reefs.</paragraph>
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