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<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA50476FE83FB57FE02FB77" bold="true" box="[266,386,1169,1194]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="524">Physopelta</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA50476FE18FB57FDB2FB77" bold="true" box="[401,562,1169,1194]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="524">Neophysopelta</emphasis>
)
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8EA5F5FFA50476FD29FB54FC28FB77" author="Zamal &amp; Chopra" box="[672,936,1170,1194]" firstAuthor="Zamal" pageId="19" pageNumber="524" pagination="1 - 15" refId="ref69003" refString="ZAMAL S. &amp; CHOPRA N. P. 1990: Aaxonomic [sic!] studies on Indian Largidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of Research, Assam Agricultural University 11: 1 - 15." type="journal article" year="1990">Zamal &amp; Chopra, 1990</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA50476FFF8FB7FFEA0FB16" box="[113,288,1209,1227]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="524">Physopelta confusus</emphasis>
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[sic!]
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8EA5F5FFA50476FEDCFB7EFDAFFB16" author="Zamal &amp; Chopra" box="[341,559,1208,1227]" firstAuthor="Zamal" page="7" pageId="19" pageNumber="524" pagination="1 - 15" refId="ref69003" refString="ZAMAL S. &amp; CHOPRA N. P. 1990: Aaxonomic [sic!] studies on Indian Largidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of Research, Assam Agricultural University 11: 1 - 15." type="journal article" year="1990">Zamal &amp; Chopra, 1990: 7</bibRefCitation>
, 11–12
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(description, figures, distribution).
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:
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,
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,
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,
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,
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(deposited either in Department of Entomology, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, or Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat).
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<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA50476FFF8FADEFED5FAED" bold="true" box="[113,341,1304,1328]" pageId="19" pageNumber="524">Original description</emphasis>
(adopted from
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): ‘General colouration fusco-testaceous; head, tylus, juga and antenniferous tubercle dull reddish-brown; bucculae dark-brown; eyes, antennae and labium fuscous. Pronotum dark reddish-brown; thoracic pleura fuscous with posterior margins blackish; area near bases of coxae lighter in colour; metathoracic scent gland lobes dull sanguineous; scutellum dark-brown; hemelytra fusco-testaceous with a small round spot near middle and a very small spot outer to it fuscous to black; membrane fuscous. Abdominal intersternal sutures dark with curved lateral fuscous depressions.
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<paragraph id="8BA0D804FFA50471FF19FA3FFD13FD8E" blockId="19.[113,1089,1304,1585]" lastBlockId="20.[151,1127,219,1203]" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="525" pageId="19" pageNumber="524">Body oblong; head pubescent and impunctate, head length: 1.50–1.60; tylus declivent; eyes comparatively large almost touching antero-lateral pronotal margins; width across eyes: 2.10–1.30 [sic!]; interocular distance: 1.10–1.30; antenniferous tubercle small; antenna medium sized, length antennal segments: I, 1.80–2.00; II, 1.50–2.10; III, 1.40–1.50; IV, 1.80–1.90; labium extending to hind coxae; labial segment I not reaching base of head; length labial segments: I, 1.30–1.40; II, 1.20–1.40; III, 1.20–1.30; IV, 1.20–1.40. Pronotum pubescent; anterior pronotal convexity prominent both in males and females, but more so in males; anterior pronotal lobe comparatively small and impunctate; posterior lobe punctate, lateral pronotal margins carinate, moderately sinuate at middle but out reflexed; length pronotum: 2.60–3.10; width: 4.20–4.40; scutellum triangular, pubescent and punctate; somewhat transverselly impressed anteriorly; scutellar length: 1.90–2.00; width: 2.20–2.30; fore coxae with a small blunt spine like protuberance; fore femora slightly incrassate with thick spines beneath throughouts in males but with only a few spines at apex in females; hemelytra extending to tip of abdomen. Abdominal length: 9.60–10.20.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA0D804FFA20471FF3CFD9DFD37FD6E" blockId="20.[151,1127,219,1203]" pageId="20" pageNumber="525">Male pygophore with a small, hairy and distally rounded median lobe: median projection apically separate; clasper with a large lobe at middle having two long hairs; spermatheca with spherical bulb, short pump and duct; flange absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA0D804FFA20471FF3CFD7DFE50FD0E" blockId="20.[151,1127,219,1203]" box="[181,464,699,723]" pageId="20" pageNumber="525">Total length: 14.10–14.50.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C1FA387FFA20471FF3CFD1BFE05FD29" authority="Stehlík, 2013" authorityName="Stehlík" authorityYear="2013" box="[181,389,733,756]" class="Insecta" family="Largidae" genus="Physopelta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="525" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confusa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA20471FF3CFD1BFE05FD29" box="[181,389,733,756]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="525">Physopelta confusa</emphasis>
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is apparently similar to
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<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA20471FD69FD1BFCC1FD29" box="[736,833,733,756]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="525">Ph. gutta</emphasis>
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but can be easily distinguished by its colouration, presence of an additional spot on hemelytra and characteristic male genitalia and female spermatheca.’
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Distribution.
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(
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) (
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).
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<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA20471FF1EFC9AFF53FCA9" bold="true" box="[151,211,860,884]" pageId="20" pageNumber="525">Note.</emphasis>
When describing
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<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA20471FE10FC9BFD13FCA9" box="[409,659,861,884]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="525">Physopelta trimaculata</emphasis>
(
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)
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I was not aware of the description of
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<taxonomicName id="4C1FA387FFA20471FEFEFCBBFE79FC49" authorityName="Stehlík" authorityYear="2013" box="[375,505,893,916]" class="Insecta" family="Largidae" genus="Physopelta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="525" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confusa">Ph. confusa</taxonomicName>
.
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Comparing the
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of
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<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA20471FC8FFCBBFC2EFC49" box="[774,942,893,916]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="525">Ph. trimaculata</emphasis>
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with the original description of
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<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA20471FEA6FC5BFE2CFC69" box="[303,428,925,948]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="525">Ph. confusa</emphasis>
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by
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, the two species are very similar, sharing the the presence of two black spots in the middle of the corium, a larger inner one and a smaller outer one.
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<emphasis id="B96B0416FFA20471FED6FC1BFDAFFC29" box="[351,559,989,1012]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="525">Physopelta confusa</emphasis>
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apparently differs in the absence of the black spot in the posterior angle of the corium, a feature not mentioned by
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, and the general body colouration (fusco-testaceous in
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, reddish in
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). Body length of
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is 14.1–14.5 mm (
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) which is within the variation of
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(13.2– 15.7 mm) (
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). Without examination of the
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material of
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it is not possible to decide whether the two species represent only colour varieties of a single species, or represent two distinct species.
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