Microphorella arcana, Brooks & Cumming, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.4.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F9498ECE-DED3-46F1-A7D3-1E726D1D11A0 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A87AB-FFFB-FFFF-FF42-F99625B3F3D0 |
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Plazi |
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Microphorella arcana |
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Key to males of the Microphorella arcana species group
1 Mid femur without cluster of long basiventral setae.......................................... Microphorella sp. B
- Mid femur with cluster of 6 long basiventral setae ( Figs 106, 107, 109 View FIGURES 106–109 )........................................... 2
2 Abdominal sternite 5 with transverse row of about 6 long curved setae near posterolateral margin ( Fig. 108 View FIGURES 106–109 ), sternite 6 with bulbous lateral projection ( Fig. 107 View FIGURES 106–109 )........................................................ M. arcana sp. nov.
- Abdominal sternite 5 and 6 not modified as above........................................................... 3
3 Hind femur with posterior patch of setae dense and brush-like ( Fig. 109 View FIGURES 106–109 ); hypopygium ( Figs 112, 113 View FIGURES 112–114 ) with hypandrium large and egg-shaped, dorsal lobe of surstylus with claw-like process adjacent to cercus..................... M. ovata sp. nov.
- Hind femur with posterior patch of setae less dense (similar to Fig. 107 View FIGURES 106–109 ); hypopygium ( Figs 110, 111 View FIGURES 110–111 ) with hypandrium smaller, dorsal lobe of surstylus lacking claw-like process adjacent to cercus............................. M. gilaensis sp. nov.
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