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<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99310FF8AFF7D299CFE79F91E" authority="Bicha" authorityName="Bicha" box="[151,414,1672,1699]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coheri" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389310FF8AFF7D299CFEA9F91F" bold="true" box="[151,334,1673,1699]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="60">Bittacus coheri</emphasis>
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Bicha
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,
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<figureCitation id="13527BAF9310FF8AFF7D29B9FF18F978" box="[151,255,1708,1732]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 1" captionStart-1="FIGURES 2 – 4" captionStartId-0="1.[151,250,1359,1382]" captionStartId-1="2.[151,264,1865,1888]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1436,921,1338]" captionTargetBox-1="[152,1433,660,1841]" captionTargetId-0="figure@1.[151,1436,921,1338]" captionTargetId-1="figure@2.[152,1435,625,1844]" captionTargetPageId-0="1" captionTargetPageId-1="2" captionText-0="FIGURE 1. Bittacus coheri n. sp. Holotype, left forewing. Scale bar: 1 mm." captionText-1="FIGURES 2 – 4. Bittacus coheri n. sp., holotype male terminalia. 2. Dorsal aspect. 3. Lateral aspect. 4. Ventrocaudal aspect. Abbreviations: a = aedeagus, b = bifurcated flap, c = cercus, d = dististyle, e = epiandrial lobe, l = aedeagal lateral lobes, p = proctiger. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/278723/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/278724/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="60">Figs. 1–4</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="8BD6672A9310FF8AFF7D29E6FC40F8C6" blockId="0.[151,1436,1779,2024]" pageId="0" pageNumber="60">
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389310FF8AFF7D29E6FEF6F8B0" bold="true" box="[151,273,1779,1804]" pageId="0" pageNumber="60">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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This new species is unique among all described
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by presence of a dorsal bifurcated flap-like structure between the male epiandrial lobes of tergum 9. Additionally, the wing subcostal crossvein is midway between the level of the first fork of the radial sector and the Cu2 terminus. The 1A extends two-thirds the distance from the origin of the radial sector to the first fork of the radial sector.
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material examined.
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male and 1
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<typeStatus id="54D2D9889310FF8AFCEA289DFC87F81C" box="[768,864,1928,1952]" pageId="0" pageNumber="60" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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male,
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, Amlekhganj (in the Eastern Terai),
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at light,
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<date id="FFD741EA9310FF8AFED228BFFE38F87E" box="[312,479,1962,1987]" pageId="0" pageNumber="60" value="1957-08-06">6 August 1957</date>
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; allotype female, same locality,
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<date id="FFD741EA9310FF8AFCA928BFFC32F87E" box="[835,981,1962,1986]" pageId="0" pageNumber="60" value="1957-07-21">21 July 1957</date>
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and allotype deposited in California Academy of Science (
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), San Francisco, California, and
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<specimenCount id="9D6FACA39310FF8AFC6C28DAFC37F85B" box="[902,976,1999,2023]" pageId="0" pageNumber="60" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
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<typeStatus id="54D2D9889310FF8AFC3D28C5FBD0F854" box="[983,1079,2000,2024]" pageId="0" pageNumber="60" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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in the
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<collectionCode id="ED78FFEF9310FF8AFB6E28DAFB2AF85B" box="[1156,1229,1999,2023]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/jekt-x82m" name="Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="60">FSCA</collectionCode>
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, Gainesville, Florida. All three specimens pinned, intact, but heavily mold-encrusted.
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<typeStatus id="54D2D9889311FF8BFC7F2F82FC1AFF13" box="[917,1021,151,175]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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male terminalia cleared in KOH and stored in glycerin in microvial attached to pin.
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389311FF8BFF2D2FCAFEBEFF44" bold="true" box="[199,345,223,248]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Description.</emphasis>
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Eyes dark brown; vertex and occiput yellowish brown, area between bases of ocelli dark brown; rostrum dark brown; maxillary and labial palps brown. Antennal scape and pedicel dark brown; flagellum brown basally grading to black apically, thicker basally, tapering apically; flagellum filiform; combined length approximately
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.
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<paragraph id="8BD6672A9311FF8BFF2D2E65FF31FD80" blockId="1.[151,1437,151,868]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Dorsum of thorax light orange-brown; pleural surfaces lighter orange-brown; pronotal setae inconspicuous. Mesonotum with two anterior and one posterior raised hemispherical areas. Metanotum with one anterior and one posterior hemispherical raised areas. Legs orange-brown, with fine, short, yellowish brown, apically directed hairs and a lesser number of longer, black, apically directed setae; hind femora thicker basally, tapering apically; ends of tibiae bearing two long, thick, brown spurs; hind leg tarsomere ventral surfaces with numerous dark brown to black setae.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD6672A9311FF8BFF2F2D52FC69FCD8" blockId="1.[151,1437,151,868]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">
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Wings (
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) narrow, without pigmented bands or spots; tinged with yellowish brown, slightly darker at apical margins. Basal anterior and posterior wing margins with 3–6 stout, black setae; entire margins with fine, short, yellow-brown setae; veins and crossveins with fine, pale setae. Thyridium at fork of media conspicuous. Pterostigma faint or absent. Apical margin of wings evenly curved. Sc vein joins costal margin distal to fork of media, but basal to terminus of Cu1 and Cu2 veins; anal crossvein at level of fork of media; two pterostigmal crossveins; Sc crossvein at a level midway between first fork of radial sector and terminus of Cu2 vein, nearly reaching Sc vein terminus; cell R2 elongate, bordered posteriorly by three complete cells. Vein 1A extending two-thirds of the distance from origin of radial sector to first fork of radial sector.
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389311FF8BFF7D2A5AFEF4FAD9" bold="true" box="[151,275,1359,1382]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99311FF8BFEF32A44FE54FAD9" box="[281,435,1359,1382]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coheri" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389311FF8BFEF32A44FE54FAD9" box="[281,435,1359,1382]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Bittacus coheri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389311FF8BFE532A45FE15FAD9" bold="true" box="[441,498,1360,1381]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E06439311FF8BFE532A45FE15FAD9" box="[441,498,1360,1381]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Holotype, left forewing. Scale bar: 1 mm.
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Abdomen of male generally light brown. Lobes of tergum 9 (epiandrium) (
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) narrow basally, gradually broadening distally, with rounded apices, bearing numerous small, black, basally directed setae on dorso-mesal surfaces. Epiandrial lobes widely divergent, separated dorsally by a small bifurcated flap-like structure, bearing 3–5 dark apical protuberances. Basistyles dark brown; dististyles large, dark brown, without lobes. Proctiger dark, inconspicuous. Aedeagus (
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<figureCitation id="13527BAF9311FF8BFE2C2937FDECF986" box="[454,523,1570,1594]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 – 4" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1865,1888]" captionTargetBox="[152,1433,660,1841]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[152,1435,625,1844]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2 – 4. Bittacus coheri n. sp., holotype male terminalia. 2. Dorsal aspect. 3. Lateral aspect. 4. Ventrocaudal aspect. Abbreviations: a = aedeagus, b = bifurcated flap, c = cercus, d = dististyle, e = epiandrial lobe, l = aedeagal lateral lobes, p = proctiger. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/278724/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
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) filament-like, short, uncoiled, curved dorsally, darkened and thickened basally, tapering to slender, colorless tip; aedeagal lateral lobes large, extending dorso-caudally, pilose. Cerci long, slender, pilose.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD6672A9311FF8BFF2D299BFC56F91A" blockId="1.[151,1436,1426,2026]" box="[199,945,1678,1702]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Abdomen of female generally light brown. Segments 6–9 swollen.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389311FF8BFF2D29A6FE9AF977" bold="true" box="[199,381,1715,1739]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Measurements.</emphasis>
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Body length of male approximately
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; female length approximately
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. Forewing length 17.0–21.0 mm.
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<subSubSection id="C37334A19311FF88FF2D29EEFB70FD80" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="62" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BD6672A9311FF8BFF2D29EEFC3BF8AE" blockId="1.[151,1436,1426,2026]" box="[199,988,1786,1811]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389311FF8BFF2D29EEFEA9F8AF" bold="true" box="[199,334,1787,1811]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Etymology.</emphasis>
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This species is named in honor of the collector, Ed Coher.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD6672A9311FF8BFF2D280BFE2AF81E" blockId="1.[151,1436,1426,2026]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389311FF8BFF2D280BFE5BF88A" bold="true" box="[199,444,1822,1847]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Taxonomic remarks.</emphasis>
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This insect may be the same species as the undescribed female Nepalese hangingfly discussed by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF81ADB9311FF8BFEFB2856FDF0F8E6" author="Rust" box="[273,535,1858,1883]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" refString="Rust, M. K. & Byers, G. W. (1976) The Mecoptera of India and adjacent regions. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 51, 19 - 90." type="journal article" year="1976">Rust and Byers (1976)</bibRefCitation>
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from Simra,
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<collectingCountry id="F37E27BA9311FF8BFD5C2857FD1BF8E6" box="[694,764,1858,1882]" name="Nepal" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Nepal</collectingCountry>
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, deposited in the
|
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<collectingCountry id="F37E27BA9311FF8BFC212857FBF8F8E6" box="[971,1055,1858,1882]" name="Canada" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Canada</collectingCountry>
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Department of Agriculture. This specimen has the Sc crossvein distal to the fork of the radial sector and a 1A vein extending almost to the level of the fork of the radial sector.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD6672A9311FF88FF2F28BBFB70FD80" blockId="1.[151,1436,1426,2026]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1437,151,572]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="62" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">
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The affinity of
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99311FF8BFE8728BAFCE9F87A" authority="Gerstaecker, 1885" authorityName="Gerstaecker" authorityYear="1885" box="[365,782,1966,1990]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latipennis">
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389311FF8BFE8728BAFDD9F87A" box="[365,574,1966,1990]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">Bittacus latipennis</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF81ADB9311FF8BFDA928BBFCE9F87A" author="Gerstaecker" box="[579,782,1966,1990]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" refString="Gerstaecker, A. (1885) Uber einige Arten der Gattung Bittacus Latr. Mitteilungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins fur Neu- Vorpommern und Rugen in Greifswald, 16, 117 - 121." type="journal article" year="1885">Gerstaecker, 1885</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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is uncertain at this time, because the male has not yet been described. However,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99311FF8BFE6C28C6FDF3F856" box="[390,532,2002,2026]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latipennis">
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389311FF8BFE6C28C6FDF3F856" box="[390,532,2002,2026]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">B. latipennis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be readily differentiated from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99311FF8BFC4B28C6FBEEF856" box="[929,1033,2002,2026]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coheri">
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<emphasis id="B91DBB389311FF8BFC4B28C6FBEEF856" box="[929,1033,2002,2026]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="61">B. coheri</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and other south Asian hangingflies by its broad wings (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF81ADB9312FF88FE9B2F82FD2FFF13" author="Esben-Petersen" box="[369,712,151,175]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Esben-Petersen, P. (1921) Mecoptera. Monographic Revision. Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Catalogue Systematique et Descriptif, Fasc. 5. 172 pp." type="book" year="1921">Esben-Petersen 1921, Fig. 131</bibRefCitation>
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).The male of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FC8D2F8CFB07FF13" authority="Esben-Petersen, 1915" authorityName="Esben-Petersen" authorityYear="1915" box="[871,1248,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="insularis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FC8D2F8CFC00FF0C" box="[871,999,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">B. insularis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF81ADB9312FF88FC042F82FB07FF13" author="Esben-Petersen" box="[1006,1248,151,175]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Esben-Petersen, P. (1915) A synonymic list of the order Mecoptera with descriptions of new species. Entomolgiske Meddelelser, 10, 216 - 242." type="journal article" year="1915">Esben-Petersen, 1915</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
is also unknown at this time. Its female differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FDC32FA8FD68FF68" box="[553,655,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coheri">
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||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FDC32FA8FD68FF68" box="[553,655,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">B. coheri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having the 1A vein terminus opposite the origin of the radial sector, rather than extending two-thirds the distance to the first fork of radial sector.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FBD12FF4FB01FF44" box="[1083,1254,224,248]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coheri">
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||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FBD12FF4FB01FF44" box="[1083,1254,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">Bittacus coheri</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from all described south Asian and African
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FDC62E10FD6FFEA0" box="[556,648,261,284]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FDC62E10FD6FFEA0" box="[556,648,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">Bittacus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
for which males are known, but is similar to many oriental
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FAAA2E10FA7BFEA0" box="[1344,1436,261,284]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FAAA2E10FA7BFEA0" box="[1344,1436,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">Bittacus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
spp., such as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FEC72E3CFD9CFE83" authority="Bicha, 2007" authorityName="Bicha" authorityYear="2007" box="[301,635,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="monastyrskiyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FEC72E3CFED9FEFC" box="[301,318,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FEA72E3DFE0EFEFC" box="[333,489,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">monastyrskiyi</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF81ADB9312FF88FE1B2E32FD9CFE83" author="Bicha" box="[497,635,295,319]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Bicha, W. (2007) The first hangingfly (Mecoptera: Bittacidae) described from Vietnam. Russian Entomological Journal, 16, 333 - 335." type="journal article" year="2007">Bicha, 2007</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, in possessing conspicuous aedeagal lateral lobes (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF81ADB9312FF88FB522E32FA68FE83" author="Bicha" box="[1208,1423,295,319]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Bicha, W. (2007) The first hangingfly (Mecoptera: Bittacidae) described from Vietnam. Russian Entomological Journal, 16, 333 - 335." type="journal article" year="2007">
|
||
Bicha 2007,
|
||
<figureCitation id="13527BAF9312FF88FAA02E32FA68FE83" box="[1354,1423,295,319]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 – 4" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1865,1888]" captionTargetBox="[152,1433,660,1841]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[152,1435,625,1844]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2 – 4. Bittacus coheri n. sp., holotype male terminalia. 2. Dorsal aspect. 3. Lateral aspect. 4. Ventrocaudal aspect. Abbreviations: a = aedeagus, b = bifurcated flap, c = cercus, d = dististyle, e = epiandrial lobe, l = aedeagal lateral lobes, p = proctiger. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/278724/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). In the case of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FEDD2E58FE78FED8" box="[311,415,332,356]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coheri">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FEDD2E58FE78FED8" box="[311,415,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">B. coheri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, these lobes seem to resemble the hypovalves of panorpids. The function of these lobes is unknown, nor are their association with the aedeagus certain. The presence of a bifurcated flap-like structure extending dorsally between the male epiandrial lobes of tergum 9 is unique to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FBE52E80FB91FE10" box="[1039,1142,404,428]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coheri">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FBE52E80FB91FE10" box="[1039,1142,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">B. coheri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, is diagnostic for the species, and may justify creation of a new genus. However, the wing veination is not remarkably different from other species currently assigned to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FE0E2EC8FDA7FE48" box="[484,576,477,500]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FE0E2EC8FDA7FE48" box="[484,576,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">Bittacus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FDA42EC9FC1FFE48" authority="Villegas and Byers, 1981" authorityName="Villegas and Byers" authorityYear="1981" box="[590,1016,476,501]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Orobittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FDA42EC9FD34FE48" box="[590,723,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">Orobittacus</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF81ADB9312FF88FD312EC9FC1FFE48" author="Villegas" box="[731,1016,476,501]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Villegas, B., and Byers, G. W. (1981) Orobittacus obscurus, a new genus and species of Bittacidae (Mecoptera) from California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 57, 385 - 396." type="journal article" year="1981">Villegas and Byers, 1981</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
possesses a median extension of tergum 9; although this extension is very different in form from that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FC452D14FBFFFDA4" box="[943,1048,512,536]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coheri">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FC452D14FBFFFDA4" box="[943,1048,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">B. coheri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, it possibly suggests some distant relationship. The biology of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C691CA99312FF88FE3C2D30FDDBFD80" box="[470,572,548,572]" class="Insecta" family="Bittacidae" genus="Bittacus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coheri">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91DBB389312FF88FE3C2D30FDDBFD80" box="[470,572,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="62">B. coheri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is unknown, but was recorded as being taken at light.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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