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Arpactophilus webbi Bohart 1999
No full text<i>Arpactophilus webbi</i> Bohart, 1999 <p>(Figs. 105–106)</p> <p> <i>Arpactophilus webbi</i> Bohart, 1999: 109 [♀: holotype MNHN].</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Arpactophilus webbi</i> is the only New Caledonian species in the genus with the combination of a long ventral tooth on the yellow mandible (about 1/3 of mandibular length) and a yellow clypeus with three teeth on the apical margin (including both sides; medial tooth smaller than lateral) (Fig. 105). Other distinctive characters are the projecting yellow clypeus with six teeth (including both sides) and the dense, short, goldish setae on the frons (Fig. 105)</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Arpactophilus webbi</i> seems most similar to <i>A. xaracuu</i> as both share the elongate mandibles (not as extensive in <i>A. webbi</i>), the apical clypeal margin with three teeth and the strongly projecting labrum with 6 teeth (Figs. 105, 107). However, the two species can easily be distinguished by the almost completely black (partially reddish) body of <i>A. xaracuu</i> (Figs. 107–108) in comparison to the extensively yellow marked clypeus, labrum, mandible, antenna, pronotal lobe and legs of <i>A. webbi</i> (Figs. 105–106).</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> 3♀: (1x) PARATYPE Bohart 1999 “ NEW CALEDONIA Prov. Nord Mt. Mandjelia, 6km WSW Ecebo Malaise in rainforest; el. 545m, 18/ 19 January 1995 ME Irwin, DW Webb 20°24’09”S, 164°30’54”E ” [UCDC]; (1x) “ NEW CALEDONIA Pouebo 23.I.1964; R. Straatman, light trap, BISHOP” [BPBM]; (1x) “Nouvelle Calédonie, Mont Koghis. 350m, 25.IV.1995, Réc. Chazeau & Jourdan” [CAS].</p>Published as part of <i>Breitkreuz, Laura C. V., Ohl, Michael & Engel, Michael S., 2016, A review of the New Caledonian Arpactophilus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 4063 (1)</i> on page 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4063.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/270412">http://zenodo.org/record/270412</a>
Sycorax webbi Curler, sp. nov.
No full textSycorax webbi Curler sp. nov. (Figs. 35–43) DIAGNOSIS. Male terminalia: parameres with posterior lobes curved, rounded apically; dorsomedial process of paramere digitiform, extending far beyond apices of aedeagus; aedeagus with branches bidentate posterolaterally. Female terminalia: spermathecal ducts inflated, globular, not annulated; genital fork sclerotized, darkly pigmented. DESCRIPTION. Male (Figs. 35 –37, 40– 43): Measurements (n = 5), head width 0.27 mm (0.26–0.27), head length 0.20 mm (0.19–0.20), palpus length 0.09 mm, wing length 1.24 mm (1.17–1.32), wing width 0.49 mm (0.47–0.53), R 2 + 3 length 0.32 mm (0.30–0.35), R 3 length 0.28 mm (0.27–0.30), gonocoxite length 0.09 mm, gonostylus length 0.08 mm (0.07–0.09), gonostylus spine length 0.07 mm (0.06–0.07). Head rounded in frontal view, about as wide as long. Antennae: scape and pedicel sub-spherical, flagellomere 1 slightly longer than flagellomere 2; ascoids present only on flagellomeres 1–3. Wing: radial fork about half as long as medial fork. Terminalia: gonostylus with subterminal seta inserted approximately half way between base and apical spine; ejaculatory apodeme laterally compressed; vasa deferentia about as long as, or slightly longer than ejaculatory apodeme; testes ovate, clearly differentiated from vasa deferentia; ejaculatory duct funnel-shaped, expanding from base to apex; aedeagus with branches bidentate posterolaterally; parameres with posterior lobes tapered, curved, rounded apically; dorsomedial process of paramere digitiform, extending far beyond apices of aedeagus; epandrium with setae alveoli numerous, inconspicuous. Female (Figs. 38–39): head as in male except with ascoids present on at least flagellomeres 1–6, remaining flagelloeres missin in all specimens; mouthparts undeveloped. Wing as in male. Terminalia: spermathecal ducts inflated, globular, not annulated; spermathecae spherical; genital fork sclerotized, darkly pigmented, inverted Yshaped; sternum 10 triangluar in dorsal view. TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype [male]: New Caledonia. NORD PROVINCE: Réserve speciale de faune de l’Aoupinié, in alpine forest, 21 ° 9 ’ 25 ”S 165 ° 19 ’ 22 ”E, 700m, 13–30.xi. 2000, coll. D. Webb, E. Schlinger, M. Irwin and J. Boutin, 6m Malaise trap; deposited MNHN. Specimen dissected, mounted on micro-slide. Allotype [female]: same location as holotype, 30.xi– 9.xii. 2000, coll. E. Schlinger, M. Irwin and J. Boutin, Malaise trap; deposited MNHN. Specimen dissected, mounted on micro-slide. Paratypes: same data as holotype [11 males, 4 females], same data as allotype [3 males, 1 female], same location as holotype, 6–12.vii. 2000 [2 males] coll. D. Webb, E. Schlinger, J. Boutin, 9–14.xi. 2000 [1 female] coll. M. Irwin and J. Boutin; deposited INHS, USNM, LACM and NZAC. ETYMOLOGY. This species is named in honor of Dr. Donald W. Webb who was instrumental in collecting the type series and making the specimens available for study. BIONOMICS. Unknown. DISTRIBUTION. Collected from one location in New Caledonia. COMMENTS. Many more specimens of Sycorax webbi were collected than other species of Sycorax examined during this study. It is unclear whether this species is more common than others, or simply more frequently collected in Malaise traps. As with some other species, S. webbi was collected in a location with no stream nearby. S. webbi is similar to S. tridentata, but is easily differentiated by comparison of the dorsomedial process of the parameres, and the number of lateral teeth on the aedeagus. The former species has a digitiform dorsomedial process without a bulbous apex, and only two lateral dentes on the branches of the aedeagus. Females of S. webbi are unique in having globular spermathecal ducts and a darkly pigmented, inverted Y-shaped genital fork. Ascoids are present only on some flagellomeres in the male and female. It is clear that ascoids are absent from the remaining flagellomeres and have not simply been broken or removed.Published as part of Curler, Gregory R. & Jacobson, Amanda J., 2012, New species of Psychodidae (Diptera) from Australasia, with a checklist of the world species of Bruchomyiinae and Sycoracinae, pp. 43-65 in Zootaxa 3552 on pages 58-59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28285
Fig. 7. Borrala webbi n in The "Striped" Group of Stiphidiid Spiders: Two New Genera from Northeastern New South Wales, Australia (Araneae: Stiphidiidae: Amaurobioidea)
No full textFig. 7. Borrala webbi n.sp. (a,b) Malepalp (KS43507): (a) ventral, (b) retrolateral. Scale line 0.5 mm.Published as part of <i>Gray, M. R. & Smith, H. M., 2004, Records of the Australian Museum 56 (1)</i> on pages 123-138, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1394, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10092694">http://zenodo.org/record/10092694</a>
Nannogermalus webbi Kóbor 2023, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Nannogermalus webbi</i> sp. nov. <p>Figures 7–9, 11, 14.</p> <p> <i>Nannogermalus marmoratus</i> (misidentification: Kóbor & Kondorosy (2020)): 364.</p> <p> <b>Type material</b>. Holotype: f (BMNH): “Up. Houadou R., / New Caledonia. / 4. VIII. 1914. / P. D. Montague. / 1918–87”.— Paratypes: 2 m, 2 f (BMNH): “Up. Houadou R., / New Caledonia. / 4. VIII. 1914. / P. D. Montague. / 1918–87”, 1 m (USMB): “ NEW CALEDONIA / 22°01.9’ S 166°28.0’ E / Dzumac Mts 900 m / (Mt Ouin road junction) / 29. 12. 2006 bitting / leg. R. Dobosz // 5915 / 100449 / coll. Upper Silesian Museum (USMB) Bytom, Poland”.</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. <i>Colouration</i>. Body generally ochraceous, with fuscous decoration. Head. Ocelli reddish with surroundings slightly infuscate. Venter of head with pale fuscous spot extending from base to antenniferous tubercles. Thorax. Pronotum with pale fuscous longitudinal line at both lateral margins, pronotal callosities brownish. Scutellum with an irregular spot at trifurcate carina medially, its extent and colour variable. Corium of hemelytron semi-hyaline with narrow, irregular spots of various extent near apex of claval commissure, at basal third of punctures along R-M and along apical half of corium-membrane margin. Thoracic pleurites fuscous except prothoracic collar, a spot dorsolaterally near pronotal callosities, supracoxal lobes, peritreme and ventral half of metepimeron. metafemora with subapical rounded fuscous spot dorsally. Abdomen with posterior margin of tergites narrowly brownish, interrupted by the ochraceous curvature of the sutures between tergites IV–VI. Abdominal venter undecorated.</p> <p> <i>Structure</i>. Head pentagonal with eyes slightly stylate; vertex conspicuously declivent; integument rugose with decumbent pubescence and few punctures at middle of vertex. Eyes slightly stylate, eye stalks slightly erect; ocular sulcus complete, well-defined. Head length to width: 1: 2.46. Ocelli situated near ocular sulcus, distance between ocelli subequal to compound eye-ocellus distance, ratio: 1: 0.93. Ratio of length of antennomeres: 1: 1.76: 1.59: 1.76. Ratio of length of labiomeres: 1: 0.90: 0.77: 0.87. Thorax. Integument of thoracic dorsum covered densely with fine decumbent pubescence. Pronotum campanulate with lateral margins straight and posterior margin slightly convex medially; ratio of pronotum length to width: 1: 1.6. Punctuation of pronotum relatively dense and evenly distributed; callosities, humeral angles, and posterior margin narrowly impunctate. Pronotal callosities divided by a narrow slightly, but conspicuously elevated, longitudinal median keel (Fig. 11). Scutellum with trifurcate carina narrow, elevated, slightly constricted medially; ratio of scutellum length to width: 1: 1.4. Integument of scutellum deeply punctate except trifurcate carina. Clavus with margins subparallel, claval commissure minute, but distinct; length of claval commissure to length of scutellum: 1: 3.13. Scutellar margin with punctures in apical third, corial margin punctate at entire length. Corium deeply punctate along Cu and with a S-shaped row of puncutres near R-M. Exocorium widening from basal third of length apically. Membrane surpassing well the apex of abdomen; membrane with slightly visible, simplified venation. Thoracic tergites and pleurites densely punctate except supracoxal lobes, surroundings of peritreme and metepimeron. Abdomen. Integument of abdomen with fine, decumbent pubescence. Sutures of abdominal tergites IV/V and V/VI moderately curved, apices rounded; margins of sutures unarmed.</p> <p> <i>Measurements</i> (holotype, in mm). Total body length: 3.04; head length: 0.39; head width: 0.96; distance of ocelli: 0.31; length of antennomeres I–IV: 0.17, 0.30, 0.27, 0.30; length of labiomeres I–IV: 0.31, 0.28, 0.24, 0.27; pronotum length: 0.75; pronotum width: 1.20; scutellum length: 0.50; scutellum width: 0.70; length of claval commissure: 0.16.</p> <p> <b>Differential diagnosis</b>. Besides its variable, yet characteristic colouration pattern, <i>N</i>. <i>webbi</i> can be recognized by its medially constricted scutellar trifurcate carina (trifurcate carina is interrupted by puntures in <i>N</i>. <i>marmoratus</i>, evenly elevated in <i>N</i>. <i>herczeki</i> and basally flared in <i>N</i>. <i>pallgergelyi</i>).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. Patronym. The species was named after Michael D. Webb, excellent British hemipterist, curator of the Hemiptera collection at BMNH as a token of the gratitude for the tremendous help at the start of the author’s career.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. Individuals of N. webbi were collected in the upper reaches of the Houaïlou River (= Up. Houadou R.) and in the Dzumac Mountains, near Mont Ouin.</p> <p> <b>Notes</b>. The specimens on which the description of the species was based (besides the one borrowed from USMB) were originally thought to be representing the intraspecific variation of <i>N</i>. <i>marmoratus</i>, thus they were included among its paratypes (Kóbor & Kondorosy 2020). However, the novel morphological data concludes that characters suspected to display intraspecific variability are rather of species level differences.</p>Published as part of <i>Kóbor, Péter, 2023, The New Caledonian endemic geocorine bug genus, Nannogermalus is not monotypic anymore (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae), pp. 43-54 in Zootaxa 5382 (1)</i> on pages 49-51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5382.1.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10280272">http://zenodo.org/record/10280272</a>
Borrala webbi Gray & Smith 2004, n.sp.
No full textBorrala webbi n.sp. Figs. 7a,b, 8a Etymology. The species is namedfor of the collector of the types, G.A. Webb. Types. Australia, New South Wales. HOLOTYPE Ƌ KS43507, Mt Boss SF (Fenwicks), 31°12'S 152°24'E, Oct 1980, G.A. Webb, Forestry Commission. PARATYPES ƋƋ KS72861 & KS72862, data as holotype; Ƌ KS44143, Werrikimbe NP, North Plateau, 31°15'S 152°14'E, 28 Dec 1993, D. Bickel, beech forest. Other material. Australia: New South Wales. Ƌ KS17667, Mt Boss SF (Thumb), 31°12'S 152°24'E, Oct 1980, G.A. Webb, Forestry Commission. Diagnosis. Distinguished from all other members of the genus by the simple, beak-like distal conductor. Male (holotype). BL 6.33, CL 3.10 (2.37–3.10), CW 2.29, CapW 1.31, EGW 0.86, LL 0.49, LW 0.47, SL 1.49, SW 1.33. Legs: 423 (I: not available; II: 13.42; III: 11.42; IV: 13.50). Male Palp: (Fig. 7a,b). Patella only slightly longer than wide. RTA tapering rapidly from broad base to spinelike apex. RVTA with a retroapical tubercle. Sperm duct relatively thinner and more sinuously S-looped on tegulum. Conductor weakly T-shaped, beak-like distally, with a deep embolic groove along apical margin. Embolus relatively narrow basally and of only moderate thickness, not flattened distally. Tegular window small. Female. Not known. Distribution. Northern Hastings River catchment, eastern Great Dividing Range, mid-northeastern New South Wales.Published as part of Gray, M. R. & Smith, H. M., 2004, The " Striped " Group of Stiphidiid Spiders: Two New Genera from Northeastern New South Wales, Australia (Araneae: Stiphidiidae: Amaurobioidea), pp. 123-138 in Records of the Australian Museum 56 (1) on pages 123-138, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.139
Psallops webbi Herczek & Popov, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textPsallops webbi sp. nov. (Figs. 9–16) Diagnosis. Characters distinguishing Psallops webbi from other species include the following: color pattern (red patches on corium adjoining cuneus), unique head length to head width ratio, unique pronotum length to head length ratio, unique metatibia length to metafemur length ratio, as well as the unique matatibia length to metatarsus length ratio (see tab. 1). Finally, the structure of the left paramere is also distinctively characteristic (Fig. 12, 13). Description. Male. General coloration of head, pronotum, prosternum, mesosternum, metasternum, first segment of rostrum, cuneus and anterior margin of hemelytra uniformly dark brown. Mandibular plates, clypeus, first segment of the antennae, first and second pair of legs, tibia and tarsi of the third pair of legs and the rostrum (except for the first segment) light yellow. Eyes reddish-brown with paler edges. Mesoscutum, scutellum, and the metafemur reddish-brown. Corium yellow-brown; anterior portion lighter in color. Small red patches on corium adjoining cuneus. Membrane grey-brown, weakly creased, covered with very fine setae. Body surface slightly crumpled, semi-dull. Mesoscutum and scutellum base glossy. Body covered with adpressed, light-colored setae, sparsely distributed over scutellum (Figs. 10, 11, 12). Segments II, III and IV of antennae absent. Rostrum long, reaching almost to end of hind coxae; first segment of rostrum reaches to mid-length of femora of second pair of legs. External side of metatibia sparsely covered with light-colored spines; length of spines slightly exceeds diameter of tibia. Tarsi 2 -segmented. Body elongate, 2.74 x longer than it is wide. Head short, 2.55 x wider than it is long (fig. 8; 10). Vertex subequal to dorsal width of eye. Eyes partially extending over anterolateral angles of pronotum. Clypeal extends weakly downwards, flattened, and does not overhang beyond surface of frons. Clypeal base is situated at level of foveae antennalis. Mandibular plates narrow, vertical margin reaching mid-length of clypeus. Maxillary plates wide, width nearly reaching to end of clypeus; buccula narrow. Antennae situated directly below the lower edge of the eyes, diameter 1 / 3 of the total height of the eye measuring from the lower edge of eye. Rostrum thin and long, constituting over 3 / 4 total body length. Pronotum visibly creased, short, 2.87 x wider at base than it is long and 2 x wider at base than apical width. Collar narrow, poorly distinguished; calli inconspicuous. Scutellum 3.1 x longer than mesoscutum, claval commissura shorter than combined lengths of mesoscutum and scutellum. Postcubital vein on clavus poorly visible. Cells on hemelytral membrane clear, smaller one is strongly reduced (Figs. 9, 10). Metafemora considerably thickened, 3 x longer than their maximum diameter thickness; tibia approximately 1.5 x longer than the length of the femur; tarsus 2 -segmented, second tarsomere 1.9 x longer than first. Aedeagus missing. Paramere structure represents Lygus - type (Konstantinov, 2003). Left paramere scythe-shaped, with very long apical process; sensory lobe inverted bowl-shaped; basal process short, triangular in shape (Fig. 13, 14, 15). Right paramere very short, with widely and don’t distinctly isolate apical process (Fig. 16). Female: unknown Material examined. Holotype: Igboho-Kiohi; 8. 0 7. 1973; Nigeria, R. Linnavuori; paratype; Psallops crassifemur, sp.n. G. Schmitz, 1977. 1 male. Measurements. Male: body length— 2.60; width— 0.95; length of head— 0.20; width— 0.51; height— 0.47; dorsal width of eye— 0.17; width of vertex— 0.19; antennal segments: I— 0.15; II, III, IV—missing; rostral segments: I— 0.26; II— 0.39; III— 0.44, IV— 0.31; length of pronotum— 0.30; anterior width— 0.43; posterior width— 0.86; length of mesoscutum— 0.10; length of scutellum— 0.31; length of claval commissura— 0.36; length of hind femur— 0.78; width— 0.26; hind tibia length— 1.15; length of tarsus— 0.25 (0.09: 0.17); length of corium— 1.11; length of cuneus— 0.35. Etymology. Named in the honor of our friend Dr. M.D. Webb, a well-known hemipterologist who is a curator in the Department of Entomology, British Museum of Natural History (London). Remarks. Even though Psallops webbi sp. nov. comes from a region geographically far away from P. schmitzi, the two species share several morphological similarities. These include: eyes weakly extending over the anterolateral angles of pronotum, scutellum length to mesoscutum length ratio (P. schmitzi: 3.0, P. webbi: 3.1), the ratio of the claval commissura length to combined lengths of the mesoscutum and the scutellum (0.90 and 0.88 respectively), and pronotum length to claval commissura length ratio (0.81 and 0.83 respectively). Also the dorsal eye width to vertex width ratio (0.89 and 0.89 respectively) and head width to vertex width ratio (2.78 and 2.79 respectively) are practically the same in both those species. The ratios of these two species are also similar to those found in Psallops leeae (0.92 and 2.80 respectively). In spite of the above listed similarities, P. w e b bi sp. nov. differs from P. schmitzi sp. nov. and from the remaining species of the genus Psallops with respect to head width to head length ratio, which equals 2.8 (2.17 in P. schmitzi). Furthermore, the pronotum length to pronotum width ratio is different (2.87) as the metatibia length to femur length ratio (1.47) and metatibia length to metatarsus length ratio (4.6) also differ, the latter being unique for P. w e b bi sp. nov. Apart from that, the left paramere of P. webbi is characterized by a strongly elongated, scythe-shaped hypophysis (longer than that found in P. schmitzi), and a differently shaped sensory area. We are greatly indebted to our friend and colleague Mick D. Webb (Natural History Museum, London, UK), who made loaned us the psallopin mirids for our study. We also thank Marzena Zmarzly (Katowice, Poland) for the excellent figure drawings as well as our friend and colleague, Professor Carl W. Schaefer (Storrs, USA), who kindly reviewed this paper and improved it linguistically.Published as part of Herczek, Aleksander & Popov, Yuri A., 2014, New psallopinous plant bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Miridae, Psallopinae) from the New Hebrides and Nigeria, pp. 366-378 in Zootaxa 3878 (4) on pages 372-377, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/23130
Maiestas webbi Zhang & Duan
No full textMaiestas webbi Zhang & Duan, new Australian record Maiestas webbi Zhang & Duan 2011: 32. Material examined: QUEENSLAND: 7 males, 4km up Black Mountain Road, via Kuranda 12–26.x.1982, malaise trap, (QDPI); 1 male, same data but 14.ix–12.x.1982, malaise trap (QDPI); 1 male, same data but 24.viii– 14.ix.1982 (QDPI); 1 male Long Pocket Laboratory, Indooroopilly, vii.1978, malaise trap (QDPI); 1 male, Tully Falls Rd, 31.iii.1976, J.F. Donaldson (QDPI); 1 male 22km WSW of Mareeba, 7.i.–12.ii.1985, Storey and Halfpapp (QDPI); 1 male, Wongabel State Forest, 6km S of Atherton, 10.xi–1.xii.1983, Storey and Brown (QDPI); 3 males, Broken River, Eungella, W of Mackay, 8.iv.1976, I.D. Galloway (QDPI); 2 males, Coen area, Cape York Peninsula, 6–12.v.1975, K.J. Houston (QDPI); 5 males, Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait, 27–30.v.1969, A. Neboiss (NMV); 1 male, Brisbane, v.1977, K.J. Houston, malaise trap (QDPI); 6 males, State Forest near Caloundra Turnoff, 8.iii.1984, I.D. Galloway (QDPI); 1 male, 1km N of Rounded Hill, nr Hope Vale Mission, 5– 6.x.1980, J. Cardale, yellow trap (ANIC); 1 male, Maroochydore Hort. Res. Stn., Nambour, 22.iii–3.iv.1985 (QDPI); 4 males, same data but 3–15.iv.1985 (QDPI); 1 male, Palen Ck. 11km S. Rathdowney, 3.iii.1974, I.D. Galloway, sweeping grass (QDPI); 2 males, Cooper Creek, Beach 13km N of Daintree River, 25.iii.1976, I.D. Galloway (QDPI); 8 males, 17km SE of Rutland Plains, 24.iv.1983, J.F. Donaldson and J.F. Grimshaw, at light (QDPI); 1 male, McIIwraith Range, NE of Coen, Cape York Pen., 29.vi–5.vii.1976, J.F. Donaldson (QDPI); 1 male, Mount Baldy Rd via Atherton, vi.1981, J.D. Brown, malaise trap (QDPI); 1 male, Thornlands, 23–24.ii.1973, J.F. Donaldson, at light (QDPI); 1 male, Tolga scrub, 18.ii.1984, I.D. Galloway (QDPI); 1 male, Cape York, Stewart Range, 29.iv–3.v.1961, J.L. Gressitt (BPB); 1 male, nr Gamboola HS, 23.vii.1982, J.F. Donaldson, D-vac (QDPI); 1 male, Camp Mountain, SE Qld, 22–29.xii.1979, [E.N.] Marks, malaise trap, open sclerophyll gully. NEW SOUTH WALES: 1 male Doyalson / Bluehaven, 31.iii.1986, G.R. Brown, m. v.light (ASCU); 1 male, 2 females, Murray River, 10km N of Nth Dorrigo, 29.iii.1982, G.R. Brown and A.E. Westcott (ASCU); 1 male, Barrington House, via Salisbury, 12–14.iii.1980, malaise trap (QDPI); 1 male, Creek Bluehaven, 8km NE of Wyong, 31.iii.1986, G.R. Brown, m. v. light (ASCU). NORTHERN TERRITORY: 1 male, NTU, Darwin, 28.iii.2000, R. Blanche, J. Lloyd and L. Tran-Nguyen, (ASCU); 1 male, Maningrida, Arnhem Land, 22– 23.iii.1961, J.L. Gressitt, dusk to 8am (BPB). Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other Australian species by the presence of an internal strut of the pygofer, the long curved apical process of the paramere, the well developed internal ridging of the subgenital plate and the presence of a prominent heel at the base of the aedeagus where it meets the connective. Distribution. Australia (NSW, NT, Qld), China Note: The widespread distribution of this species across northern Australia may mean it occurs naturally in the region and its presence in China indicates it is probably present in much of Southeastern Asia.Published as part of Fletcher, Murray J. & Dai, Wu, 2018, Two new species of Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with a new record from Australia, pp. 430-440 in Zootaxa 4521 (3) on pages 433-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/261000
Procollina webbi Sanborn 2018, n. sp.
No full text<i>Procollina webbi</i> n. sp. <p>(Fig. 15)</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype. “ Quebrada Segunda Ref. / Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapanti, / 1250m, Prov. Cartago, / Costa Rica, R. Vargas, abr / 1992, L-N 194000, 580000 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 441115” 1 male (MNCR). Paratypes. “ Quebrada Segunda Ref. / Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapanti, / 1250m, Prov. Cartago, / Costa Rica, R. Vargas, abr / 1992, L-N 194000, 580000 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 459196” 1 female (MNCR); “ Quebrada Segunda Ref. / Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapanti, / 1250m, Prov. Cartago, / Costa Rica, R. Vargas, abr / 1992, L-N 194000, 580000 / / COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 706005” 1 female (AFSC); “ Quebrada Segunda Ref. / Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapanti, / 1250m, Prov. Cartago, / Costa Rica, R. Vargas, abr / 1992, L-N 194000, 580000 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 459198” 1 female (MNCR); “ Quebrada Segunda Ref. / Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapanti, / 1250m, Prov. Cartago, / Costa Rica, R. Vargas, abr / 1992, L-N 194000, 580000 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 459199” 1 female (MNCR); “ Quebrada Segunda Ref. / Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapanti, / 1250m, Prov. Cartago, / Costa Rica, R. Vargas, abr / 1992, L- N 194000, 580000 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 706004” 1 female (AFSC); “ Quebrada Segunda Ref. / Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapanti, / 1250m, Prov. Cartago, / Costa Rica, R. Vargas, abr / 1992, L-N 194000, 580000 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 441114” 1 female (MNCR); “Fca. Cafrosa, Est. Las / Mellizas, P.N. Amistad, / 1300m, Prov. Punt. COSTA / RICA, R. Delgado / 19Jun–26 Jul 1990. / L-S-3 16100, 596100 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 667476” 1 female (MNCR); “Fca. Cafrosa, Est. Las / Mellizas, P.N. Amistad, / 1300m, Prov. Punt. COSTA / RICA, M. Ramirez / & G. Mora, May 1990. / L-S-316100, 596100 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 067618” 1 female (MNCR); “Fca. Cafrosa, Est. Las / Mellizas, P.N. Amistad, / 1300m, Prov. Punt. COSTA / RICA, M. Ramirez / & G. Mora, June 1990. / L-S-316100, 596100 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 217101” 1 male (AFSC); “Fca. Cafrosa, Est. Las / Mellizas, P.N. Amistad, / 1300m, Prov. Punt. COSTA / RICA, R. Delgado / 19Jun–26 Jul 1990. / L-S-31 6100, 596100 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 667474” 1 female (AFSC); “Fca. Cafrosa, Est. Las / Mellizas, P.N. Amistad, / 1300m, Prov. Punt. COSTA / RICA, R. Delgado / 19Jun–26 Jul 1990. / L-S-3 16100, 596100 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 667475” 1 male (MNCR); “ Est. Grano de Oro, turrialba., A.C. / Amistad, Prov. Carta. COSTA RICA. 1120 / m. Mar. 1994, P. Campos, L N / 200250 _595900 #2892 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI002 / 799332” 1 female (MNCR); “ Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv. / Tapanti, 1250m Prov. / Cart., COSTA RICA, G. / Mora, Nov 1991, / L-N-194000, 559800 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 331469” 1 female (AFSC); “ Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv. / Tapanti, 1250m Prov. / Cart., COSTA RICA, G. / Mora, Jul 1991, / L-N-194000, 559800 // COSTA RICA INBIO / CRI 000 / 554856” 1 female (MNCR).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species is named for Mick Webb of the Natural History Museum, London. A small token of appreciation to an individual who has been invaluable in his assistance not only to the author but also to multiple generations of cicada taxonomists.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Ground color green marked with piceous and tawny.</p> <p> <i>Head:</i> Head not as wide as mesonotum, piceous surrounding lateral ocelli, two longitudinal marks lateral to lateral ocelli and posterior cranial depression piceous, supra-antennal plate and posterior to eye light tawny, piceous around lateral ocelli connecting to lateral marks and extending posteriorly and castaneous fascia parallel to epicranial suture on vertex in some paratypes. Covered with short silvery pile posterodorsally, short piceous pile on vertex and frons, and longer silvery pile posterior to eye. Ocelli rosaceous, eyes castaneous. Ventral head green with piceous mark on posterior lorum along suture with anteclypeus, piceous diverging to second line adjoining to posterior angle of postclypeus and castaneous spot on anteromedial gena in some paratypes. Long silvery pile on lorum and gena. Postclypeus green with transverse castaneous fascia across apex and ochraceous lateral margin, with nine transverse grooves, short silvery pile and white pubescence on lateral postclypeus. Anteclypeus green with transverse ochraceous anterior margins and transverse ochraceous band across posterior midline, covered with long silvery pile. Mentum greenish at base, ochraceous distally, greenish-ochraceous labium with piceous tip reaching to hind trochanters with sparse short and long silvery pile. Scape and proximal pedicel greenish, remaining antennal segments castaneous.</p> <p> <i>Thorax:</i> Dorsal thorax green. Pronotum with tawny marks on disc between paramedian and lateral fissures, posterior to lateral fissure, tawny along dorsal midline, and two darker marks on either side of midline posterior to the terminus of the posterior paramedian fissure and at ambient fissure, tawny replaced by castaneous in some paratypes. Pronotal collar green with tawny mark across lateral part of pronotal collar. The tawny marks produce the appearance of four green spots across the pronotum. Spots on disc darken, enlarge and/or fuse and there is a thin piceous fascia on either side of the midline in some paratypes. Pronotum covered with short silvery pile, short piceous pile dorsoanteriorly forming an approximate triangle. Mesonotum green, piceous fascia along parapsidal suture and anterior submedian sigilla, piceous spot on anterolateral lateral sigilla, curved piceous fascia on posteromedial submedian sigilla, and piceous scutal depression. Marks expanded or reduced in paratypes with additional marks on anterolateral sigilla possible. Cruciform elevation tawny with lateral green regions between arms, wing groove green, lighter mark extending anteriorly from terminus of anterior arm of cruciform elevation to mark in posteromedial lateral sigillae. White pubescent spot on anterolateral margin of mesonotum. Metanotum green, tawny lateral spot in some paratypes. Long, dense silvery pile on mesonotum, very dense on lateral margin giving the appearance of a silvery fascia, laterally and posteriorly and laterally between arms of cruciform elevation, and in wing groove, shorter silvery pile on dorsolateral disc and between anterior arms of cruciform elevation. Short piceous pile on dorsoanterior and on posterior mesothorax lateral to terminus of anterior arm of cruciform elevation. Ventral thoracic segments green with castaneous spot on episternum 2, epimeron 2, and episternum 3, with white pubescence and long silvery pile.</p> <p> <i>Wings:</i> Fore wings slightly bronzed, hyaline with eight apical cells, hind wings hyaline with six apical cells. Venation green except greenish-tawny costa, tawny cubitus posterior + anal vein 1 and anal vein 2 + 3 with piceous posterior margin, piceous cubitus anterior along basal cell, piceous arculus and bases of cubitus anterior and median veins, piceous spot at node. Basal cell and proximal cubital cell clouded. Pterostigma present. Infuscation on distal wing veins connecting to infuscation on ambient vein producing L-shaped marks, on proximal radius anterior 2 connecting across radial crossvein, on radiomedial crossvein, on median crossvein, on mediocubital crossvein which connects to mark on distal cubitus anterior 1, cubitus anterior 2, spot at node, and on nodal line on median vein and median vein 3 + 4. Basal membrane of fore wing white at base becoming dark gray distally and posteriorly. Venation of hind wing green except tawny cubitus posterior, and anal veins 2 and 3. Anal cell 3 and anal cell 2 along anal vein 3 dark gray, anal cell 1 and 2 along anal vein 2 gray. Light infuscation along entire ambient vein.</p> <p> <i>Legs:</i> Legs green with castaneous spots on lateral base of coxa, castaneous fascia on medial anterior coxa, anterior and medial trochanters, femora striped with light castaneous, and distal tibiae becoming castaneous. Fore femora proximal spine green, thin, elongate and adpressed against femur, secondary spine triangular green with tawny tip, very small, triangular, green apical spine. Tarsi light castaneous, tarsal claws with piceous tips, tibial spurs and comb castaneous with piceous tip.</p> <p> <i>Operculum:</i> Male operculum with slightly curved lateral margin, smoothly rounded posterolateral margin, reaching almost to anterior of sternite II, green with dark spot on medial base, covered with white pubescence. Medial margin rounded, extending to middle of hind trochanter. Meracanthus pointed, green with ochraceous tip and dark spot on lateral base, not reaching to middle of operculum, with sparse white pubescence. Female operculum with rounded posterolateral margin forming an approximate right angle between lateral and posterolateral margins, posterior margin curving anteriorly just lateral to meracanthus base, terminating medially at middle meracanthus reaching to anterior of sternite II, green covered with white pubescence. Female meracanthus as long as operculum, similar green with ochraceous tip and white pubescence. Opercula with long silvery pile radiating from edge.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen:</i> Abdomen green, castaneous in some paratypes, tergite 2 with ochraceous hind margin, light tawny spots on lateral tergites, covered with long silvery pile, especially dense laterally, piceous pile along dorsal midline and dorsolateral regions of tergites 3–7. Timbal cover recurved, ochraceous exposing timbal, short silvery pile radiating from timbal cover. Timbal with three long and one intercalary ribs, dark spot on timbal plate. Female abdominal segment 9 castaneous dorsally, large piceous fasciae on dorsolateral surfaces that bifurcates at posterior terminus with the lateral branch terminating in the stigma, green ventrolaterally, tawny ventrally and posteriorly, with dense, long, golden pile, short piceous pile anterolaterally. Posterior margin of abdominal segment 9 sinuate. Sternites and epipleurites green except tawny posterior VII and VIII, male sternites III–VII translucent, sternite VIII U-shaped radiating long silvery pile. Female sternite VII with sinuate posterior margin and medial notch, light castaneous spot laterally in some paratypes. Spiracles white.</p> <p> <i>Genitalia:</i> Male pygofer greenish with castaneous mark on lateral base covered with short silvery pile, with rounded distal shoulder, dorsal beak roughly triangular with piceous pile dorsally. Pygofer basal lobe indistinct, pygofer upper lobes ochraceous, elongated with medial bend at two-thirds its length, adpressed to pygofer with rounded terminus. Anal styles tawny, anal tube greenish-tawny. Median uncus lobe greenish-tawny, short, semicircular, surrounded by lateral uncus lobes. Lateral uncus lobes greenish-tawny, wrapping around sides of median uncus lobe and meeting along midline posterior to median uncus lobe, recurved laterally forming a semicircle in lateral view with rounded terminus forming a notch on posterior midline, basal lateral uncus lobes rounded forming a support around base of aedeagus. Aedeagus tubular, dark castaneous.</p> <p>Female gonapophysis VIII tawny, gonapophysis IX dark castaneous. Gonocoxite X piceous extending just past dorsal beak with radiating golden pile. Anal styles greenish.</p> <p> <b>Measurements (mm).</b> N = 5 males or 10 females, mean (range). Length of body: male 26.30 (23.6–29.8), female 26.39 (23.7–27.9); length of fore wing: male 37.78 (35.7–41.4), female 39.44 (37.0–41.0); width of fore wing: male 11.74 (11.2–12.4), female 12.13 (11.0–12.9); length of head: male 3.68 (3.3–4.2), female 3.81 (3.5– 4.3); width of head including eyes: male 7.74 (7.3–8.6), female 8.24 (7.3–8.8); width of pronotum including suprahumeral plates: male 10.50 (9.3–12.8), female 12.08 (10.2–12.9); width of mesonotum: male 8.14 (7.5–9.2), female 9.04 (8.4–9.5).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> This new species can be distinguished from all <i>Procollina</i> species except <i>P. biolleyi</i>, <i>P. obesa</i>, and <i>P. ustulata</i> <b>n. sp.</b> by the colored tinting of the fore wings. The fore wings are lightly bronzed, the body coloration is green marked with piceous and castaneous, and male body lengths are less than 30 mm in <i>P. webbi</i> <b>n. sp.</b> rather than the heavily bronzed fore wings, primarily brown body coloration and male body length greater than 32 mm in <i>P. biolleyi</i> and <i>P. ustulata</i> <b>n. sp.</b> <i>Procollina obesa</i> can be distinguished from <i>P. webbi</i> <b>n. sp.</b> by the smaller body size (21 mm vs. 26 mm), the longitudinal infuscation in the fore wing apical cells, the small spots of infuscation within all fore wing cells, and the lack of the four green spots across dorsal pronotum that are found in the new species.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> The species is known only from the type series collected in Cartago and Puntarenas Provinces, Costa Rica.</p>Published as part of <i>Sanborn, Allen F., 2018, The cicada genus Procollina Metcalf, 1952 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae): redescription including fourteen new species, with a key to the species of the subtribe Dazina Kato, 1932 rev. stat., the description of the Aragualnini n. tribe, and one new combination, pp. 1-65 in Zootaxa 4389 (1)</i> on pages 57-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4389.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1193702">http://zenodo.org/record/1193702</a>
Evertomyia webbi Gaimari, 2004, sp. nov.
No full textEvertomyia webbi, sp. nov. (Figs. 3 F, 14 A–E, 15 A–C) Etymology. Named for the dipterist Dr. Donald W. Webb, my good friend and one of the collectors of this and several species of this genus. Diagnosis. Like E. frankadelia, this species has weaker, divergent ocellar setae, the face lacks paired spots, the ptilinial suture and antennal groove are unmarked, the scutum and scutellum are brownish orange, lacking vittae or silvery grey pruinescence, and the anepisternum is pale without dark marks, although in this species is paler. Like E. helenae, E. irwini, and E. matilei, the anterior orbital seta is closer to the lunule edge than to the posterior seta. Like E. helenae and E. irwini, the antennal arista is short plumose. Like all species except E. frankadelia, the orbital setae are strong with the posterior seta slightly stronger than the anterior seta, and the anterior dorsocentral seta is closer to the transverse suture than to the middle seta. Like all species except E. albeto, the face lacks a median spot and the midtibia has 1 strong spur. Unlike all other species, the frontoorbital plate lacks pruinescence and displays shiny ground color, and the face is silvery grey pruinose. In the male: the surstylus is subcircular in lateral view, is setose laterally, and is entirely pilose; the aedeagus only tapers distally, the ventral surface has a median longitudinal furrow; the hypandrium is a broad band with the anterior and posterior edges parallel; the paramere is present, tusklike, curved outwards, and has several small setulae at the base. In the female: sternites 2–5 are less than 2 X broader than long; sternite 8 is elongated but tapering anteriorly, with anteriorlydirected lateral arms, and the paired central processes are slightly elongated, each with a distal hook. Adults, ɗ, Ψ. Body length 5.7–7.1 mm. Head (Fig. 3 F). 1.3–1.4 X higher than long, 1.6–1.8 X wider than high; eye slightly higher than long. Vertex orange, but darker brown behind ocellar triangle to postocellar setae; outer vertical seta as strong as anterior orbital seta, inner seta 1.4–1.6 X longer. Ocellar triangle covered with brown pruinescence continuous with vertex. Ocellar setae weak, half length of anterior orbital seta and much thinner; divergent. Postocellar setae strong, nearly as strong as anterior orbital seta. Occiput and median occipital sclerite orange. Frons with anterolateral part with light dusting of silvery white pruinescence visible in profile below frontoorbital plate. Frontoorbital plate shiny brownishorange, lacking pruinescence. Orbital setae strong; posterior seta 1.2–1.5 X longer than anterior; anterior seta arising slightly closer to edge of lunule than to posterior seta; anterior setae slightly closer together than posterior setae. Antennal scape, facial carina, and area lateral to antennal base pale yellow, with light dusting of silvery white pruinescence. Antennal pedicel brown; 1 st flagellomere brown with orange basally, 1.5–1.7 X longer than high; arista short plumose, with longest rays 1.2–1.5 mm and 0.6–0.8 X height of 1 st flagellomere. Face dark, covered with pale silvery grey pruinescence; antennal grooves unmarked. Parafacial and gena dark, covered with pale silvery grey pruinescence; postgena orange, covered with silvery grey pruinescence. Clypeus dark brown. Maxillary palpus brownish; subcylindrical, nearly spatulate; with black setulae. Thorax. Scutum 1.1–1.3 X longer than wide; scutellum with width at base 1.5–1.8 X greater than length; scutum and scutellum brownish orange dorsally, fading abruptly to nearly yellow at lateral edges. Pleural area entirely pale yellowish orange, as on lateral edge of scutum. Distances between anterior and middle dorsocentral setae and between middle and posterior setae subequal, with anterior seta closer to transverse suture than to middle seta. Legs. Yellowish orange, except as noted. Forefemur darker orange to brown on distal third, with patch of greyish brown pruinescence on anterodorsal surface; ctenidium as evenly spaced (each 0.19–0.23 mm apart) row of 13–16 setulae; posterior surface with short row of smaller setae. Foretibia with brown bands basally, subbasally, and apically. Midtibia with 1 strong spur. Wing. Length 5.3–6.3 mm; 2.4–2.7 X longer than high. Discal medial cell 3.9–4.2 X longer than crossvein dmcu. Halter yellow with darkened knob. Abdomen. Dark greyish brown pruinose (some specimens vary in having certain areas, especially along midline and on distal segments, with reduced or no pruinescence, showing orange ground color; in most extreme case, dark pruinescence only present laterally and along posterior portion of each tergite); slightly shorter than scutum. Sternites yellowish orange; with sparse fine setulae; in female, sternites 2–5 1.7–1.8 X broader than long, with slightly elongated setae along posterior edges. Male genitalia. Surstylus articulated with epandrium (Figs. 14 D–E); subcircular from lateral view; posterior edge slightly sharpened; entirely pilose; setose laterally and on both sides of posterior edge. Aedeagus (Figs. 14 A–B) evenly thick through basal half, then tapering distally; ventral surface with median longitudinal furrow to broadly open gonopore; dorsally with median longitudinal ridge. Hypandrium (Fig. 14 A) a broad band with anterior and posterior edges parallel, with posterior edge slightly concave. Paramere (Figs. 14 A, C) present, tusklike, curved outwards; with several small setulae at base. Aedeagal apodeme normal, thick; branched posteriorly into 2 arms, appearing as “Y”; curvature such that ventral surface concave from lateral view. Ejaculatory apodeme subequal to aedeagal apodeme. Female terminalia. Sternite 8 (Figs. 15 A–B) elongate but tapering anteriorly, width 0.6 X length at posterior end to 0.25 X length anteriorly; with only anteriorlydirected lateral arms sclerotized, with posterior part densely covered with small bumps; paired central processes originating on posterior third of sternite 8, short (but longer than wide) and extending slightly beyond posterior edge of sternite, with mediallyoriented distal hooks; process setose. Spermathecae round; single spermatheca 0.13 mm diameter, paired 0.10 mm each; paired spermathecae on short stalks after bifurcation (as in Fig. 13 D). Immatures. Egg. Micropylar end slightly enlarged, globose (Fig. 15 C). Eclosion end with distinct lobes, 3 on each side. Biology. Specimens of this species have been collected in all months from July through April, except September. One specimen was collected in association with a species of Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae), but specimens are most commonly collected using Malaise traps, often placed across forest paths and along streams. Type material. Holotype ɗ (pinned, very good condition) deposited in BPBM (BPBM 16,530) with the following labels: “Noumea, New Caled. / Nov. 1940 ”, “ HOLOTYPUS / Evertomyia / webbi / Gaimari ɗ” (red label). Paratypes. Province Nord. 13 km SE Kaala Gomén, 20 ° 46 '07"S, 164 ° 27 ' 26 "E, 100 m (M. E. Irwin, D. W. Webb), small Malaise trap across road in dry shrub, 20.I. 1996 [1 ɗ]. 22 km NW Hienghène, trail to Mont Panié, 600 m (D.W. Webb, E. & M. Schlinger), Malaise trap in tropical forest, 11–25.XI. 1992 [1 ɗ]. Col des Roussettes, 300–400 m (N.L.H. Krauss), 29.I. 1969 [1 Ψ]. Headwaters of Houailou R[iver]. (C.R. Joyce), 26.X. 1958 [1 ɗ]. La Crouen (J. Sedlacek), 16.III. 1961 [1 ɗ]. Mont Mandjanié, 5.3 km WSW Puébo, 550 m (D. W. Webb), Malaise trap in tropical forest, 9– 26.XI. 1992 [2 ɗ]. Mont Panié: 260–360 m, (L. Matile) forêt [forest], 11.XII. 1983 [1 Ψ]; 360 m (L. Matile), 11–16.XII. 1983 [1 Ψ]. Mont Panié trail (N.L.H. Krauss), 8–9.II. 1963 [1 Ψ]. On heights between Thio [Prov. Sud] & Nakety [Prov. Nord] (C. R. Joyce), 12.XI. 1958 [2 ɗ, 3 Ψ]. Tiwaka, Poindimié, 20 m (L. Matile), forêt galerie [forest gallery], 23.XI. 1983 [1 Ψ]. Yiambi [Yambé], NE, 1–50 m (J. & M. Sedlacek), 15.X. 1967 [1 ɗ]. Province Sud. 10 km NW Sarraméa, 21 ° 34 ' 55 "S, 165 ° 47 ' 50 "E, 485 m (M. E. Irwin, D. W. Webb), Malaise trap across forest road, 21.I. 1996 [1 Ψ (dissection 907: SDG 01006)]. Between Plum & Yati [Yaté] (T. C. Maa), 25.III. 1968 [3 ɗ, 2 Ψ]. Col d’Amieu, 380–470m (L. Matile), 29.XI. 1983 [1 ɗ, 1 Ψ]. Col de la Pirogue (N.L.H. Krauss), 23.I. 1962 [1 ɗ, 1 Ψ], 13.II. 1962 [1 ɗ], 14.II. 1963 [1 ɗ, 1 Ψ]. Mont Koghi: 400–500 m (N.L.H. Krauss), II. 1973 [1 Ψ], 11.II. 1976 [1 ɗ, 1 Ψ]; 400–600 m (N.L.H. Krauss), II. 1973 [1 Ψ]; 500 m (C. Yoshimoto), 26–30.I. 1963 [1 ɗ], (M. Sedlacek), 23–27.VIII. 1967 [1 ɗ], (C. Yoshimoto & N.L.H. Krauss), Malaise trap, 26–30.I. 1963 [1 Ψ], (R. Straatman), Malaise trap, 4.XII. 1963 [1 Ψ]; 500–700 m (R. Straatman), 1.XII. 1963 [1 Ψ]; ± 600 m (R. Straatman), 30.XI. 1963 [1 ɗ]; (N.L.H. Krauss), II. 1962 [2 Ψ], II. 1978 [1 ɗ], 15.II. 1963 [1 ɗ], 19.II. 1963 [1 ɗ], III. 1978 [1 ɗ, 1 Ψ]. Monts [des] Koghis, 420–440 m (L. Matile), 3.XII. 1983 [1 ɗ]. Mont Koghis [Koghi], 17 km NNE Nouméa: 22 ° 10 ' 34 "S, 166 ° 30 ' 17 "E, 425 m (M.E. Irwin, D.W. Webb, E.I. Schlinger), Malaise trap across path in rainforest, 8–10.I. 1996 [1 ɗ], 10–11.I. 1996 [1 ɗ], 11–12.I. 1996 [1 ɗ], 24–25.I. 1996 [3 ɗ (dissection 906: SDG 01005)], 25.I. 1996 [1 ɗ, 1 Ψ (dissection 914: ɗ, SDG 01016)], 27–28.I. 1996 [1 Ψ]; 22 ° 10.567 'S, 166 ° 30.293 'E, 550 m (M.E. Irwin, D.W. Webb), Malaise trap, 17.XI. 1998 [1 ɗ]; 500 m (D. W. Webb), Malaise trap in tropical forest, 5–15.XI. 1992 [6 ɗ], 15–20.XI. 1992 [1 ɗ]; 500 m (M.E. Irwin, D.W. Webb), Malaise trap in tropical forest, 1–3.XI. 1992 [1 ɗ], 3–4.XI. 1992 [1 ɗ], Malaise trap across forest stream, 27.XII. 1991 [1 Ψ], 27–28.XII. 1991 [3 ɗ], 23–26.XII. 1991 [4 ɗ (dissection 905: SDG 01004)]. Monts des Koghis, 300–600 m (J.L. Gressitt & T.C. Maa), 19.III. 1968 [1 Ψ], 400–600 m (N.L.H. Krauss), I. 1969 [8 ɗ, 5 Ψ], II. 1980 [1 Ψ]. Mont Mou: (N.L.H. Krauss), 11.II. 1962 [1 Ψ]; Foret Inf. [= inférieur] [lower elevation forest], 160– 250m (L. Matile), bord ruiss. [= ruisseau] [stream edge], 6.XII. 1983 [3 ɗ (dissection 913: SDG 01015)]. Nouméa (R. Straatman), 22–23.XI. 1963 [1 ɗ]. Plaine des Lacs area (C.R. Joyce), 5.XI. 1958 [1 ɗ]. Plaine des Lacs (C.R. Joyce), 30.X. 1958 [2 ɗ, 1 Ψ]. Plateau de Dogny: 150–900 m (N.L.H. Krauss), 4.II. 1971 [1 ɗ, 1 Ψ]; 400 m (J.L. Gressitt), Psychotria [plant association], 10.IV. 1973 [1 Ψ]; (J.L. Gressitt & T.C. Maa), 29.III. 1968 [2 ɗ]; (N.L.H. Krauss), 31.I. 1969 [1 ɗ]. Rivière Bleue Provincial Park: 28 km NW Yaté (M.E. Irwin, D.W. Webb), Malaise trap across running stream, 23–27.XII. 1991 [1 Ψ]; Env. [= environs de] [near] Yaté (L. Matile), ft. [= forêt] cotière [sloping forest], bord ruiss. [= ruisseau] [stream edge], 8.XII. 1983 [1 ɗ, 1 Ψ]; Forêt de la Thy, 150–250 m (L. Matile), 28.XI. 1983 [1 ɗ, 1 Ψ], Forêt de la Thy (J. Chazeau), piège de Malaise [Malaise trap], 21.IV. 1981 [1 ɗ]; Parc 5, 150 m (L.B. de Larbogne, J. Chazeau), piège de Malaise [Malaise trap], forêt humide sur alluvions [humid forest on river bank], 13–28.I. 1986 [1 ɗ, 4 Ψ]; Parc 6, 150 m (L.B. de Larbogne, J. Chazeau, A. et S. Tillier), piège de Malaise [Malaise trap], forêt humide sur alluvions [humid forest on river bank], 5–20.I. 1987 [6 ɗ (dissection 912: SDG 01014)], 160 m, (L. B. de Larbogne, J. Chazeau), piège de Malaise [Malaise trap], forêt humide sur alluvions [humid forest on river bank], 13–28.I. 1986 [4 ɗ, 2 Ψ], 160 m (L.B. de Larbogne, J. Chazeau, R. et S. Tillier), piège de Malaise [Malaise trap], forêt humide sur alluvions [humid forest on river bank], 18.VII– 1.VIII. 1986 [1 Ψ]; Parc 7, 170 m (L.B de Larbogne, J. Chazeau), fôret humide sur pente [humid forest on slope], 19.XI– 4.XII. 1985 [3 ɗ]. Thi River Valley (F.X. Williams), 1940 (3 ɗ, 1 Ψ), 1.XI. 1940 [2 Ψ]. Yahoue: 60–100 m (N.L.H. Krauss), II. 1980 [1 ɗ]; (N.L.H. Krauss), II. 1978 [1 ɗ], 2.III. 1978 [1 Ψ]. Paratypes deposited in AMNH, AMSA, ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, CASC, CAUC, CNCI, CSCA, DEBU, EMEC, HNHM, INHS, KUEC, MCZC, MHNG, MNHN, MZSP, NHMW, NMSA, QMBA, UCDC, USNM, ZISP, ZMHB, and ZMUC. Distribution. Found in both the Province Nord and Province Sud, only at lower elevations (below 700 m). In the north, found in the rainforest areas near KaalaGomén, on Mont Panié, on Mont Madjanié, in Col des Roussettes, in La Crouen, in the ThioNakety vicinity, in the Yambé vicinity, near the headwaters of the Houailou River, and in Tiwaka near Poindimié. In the south, found in the rainforest areas of Col d’Amieu, Col de la Pirogue, the Yaté vicinity, the Yahoue vicinity, the Monts des Koghis, Mont Mou, Nouméa, the Plaine des Lacs vicinity, the Plateau de Dogny, the Thi River valley, and the Parc Provincial de la Rivière Bleue.Published as part of Gaimari, Stephen D., 2004, A new genus of Lauxaniidae (Diptera) from New Caledonia, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 449 on pages 32-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15727
FIGURES 40−43 in New species of Psychodidae (Diptera) from Australasia, with a checklist of the world species of Bruchomyiinae and Sycoracinae
No full textFIGURES 40−43. Sycorax webbi Curler sp. nov., male. 40. Parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view. 41. Genital tract, dorsal view. 42. Gonopods, dorsal view. 43. Epandrium, cerci and hypoproct, dorsal view. Abbreviations: aed = aedeagus; dmp = dorsomedial process of paramere; pl = posterior lobe of paramere; pm = paramere; ss = spiniform seta; st = subterminal seta. Scale bars = 0.05 mm.Published as part of Curler, Gregory R. & Jacobson, Amanda J., 2012, New species of Psychodidae (Diptera) from Australasia, with a checklist of the world species of Bruchomyiinae and Sycoracinae, pp. 43-65 in Zootaxa 3552 on page 60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28285
