Graptophara anomala Rédei & Tsai 2018, new species (original) (raw)

2018

Abstract

Graptophara anomala, new species Figs. 9–14, 21–28, 31–33, 38–41, 46–50 Type material. Holotype: &male;, "(S. INDIA) \ Anamalai Hills \ Cinchona \ 3,500ft alt. \ V.1976 \ T.R.S. Nathan " [pr], "NSMT-I- \ He 43086" [pr]; pinned, distiflagellum of left antenna lacking (NSMT). Paratypes (2 &male;&male; 1 &female;): same locality label as holotype, "NSMT-I- \ He 43087" [pr] (1 &male;, male genitalia dissected for this study, NSMT); " Museum Leiden \ S. INDIA, Madras State \ Anamalai Hills \ Kadamparai, 3500 ft. \ V.1963 \ P. Susai Nathan " [pr] (1 &male; RMNH); "S-India: Karnataka \ Ablathi, ca 800 m \ 12.17 N 76.05 E \ W. LORENZ, X. 1984 " [hw] (1 &female; ZSMC). Diagnosis. Easily differentiated from its only congener, G. reynaudii by the uniformly metallic blue-green ground colour of the dorsum (Figs. 9–14); the presence of a conspicuous globose swelling on the pronotum between the cicatrices (Figs. 10, 13, 21: arrow) is a unique character of this species within Scutelleridae. Redescription. Colour. Dorsum shining metallic blue-green; distal third of scape, basipedicellite, and basal third of distipedicellite as of ground colour of dorsum, remaining portion of distipedicellite and flagellum dull black, basal two-thirds of scape dull, bright yellow to dark brown; labiomeres I, II, and base of labiomere III yellow, remaining portions blackish brown; posterior lobe of pronotum with a pair of small, rounded sublateral spots and a very small, posteriorly narrowing median spot before its middle, scutellum with two pairs of spots arranged transversely anteriad to middle and a pair of spots posteriad of middle; thoracic pleura as general colour of dorsum, posterior margin of proepimeroid narrowly yellow, most of mesepimeron, peritreme, and ventral portions of pro-, meso- and metathoracic supracoxal lobes extensively yellow, sternites dark brown, with a broad yellow vitta along midline of mesothorax continuing in yellow mesofurcasternum; coxae, tro [...]

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