Terrobittacus Tan & Hua 2009
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Description
Genus Terrobittacus Tan & Hua, 2009
Terrobittacus Tan & Hua, 2009b: 2938.
Type species: Bittacus implicatus Huang & Hua in Cai et al., 2006 by original designation.
Diagnosis
The genus can be recognized by the following characters: 1) wings with one pterostigmal cross-vein; 2) tarsomere IV with one spine on each side; 3) male epandrial appendages distinctly shorter than half the length of the gonocoxites, except for T. rostratus sp. nov. with epandrial appendages slightly longer than half the length of the gonocoxites; aedeagal lobes small and acute; tergum X strongly vestigial dorsally; sex pheromone glands single-lobed; 4) the two halves of the subgenital plate almost fused completely in the female.
Key to the species of Terrobittacus (♂, modified from Tan & Hua 2009b)
1. Thorax with a distinct pale yellowish streak mesally; wings with cross-veins r-m and m connected at fork of M 1+2 (FM 1+2); cerci longer than epandrial appendages; gonocoxites with one to three pairs of long convergent bristles apically ………………………………… T. longisetus Tan & Hua, 2009
– Thorax without a distinct mesal streak; cross-veins r-m and m connected before FM 1+2; cerci shorter than epandrial appendages; gonocoxites without long bristles apically …………………2
2. Blackish brown cloudings diffused along most cross-veins forming two noticeable bands or along R 5 with a brown fleck; proctiger pointed, with its apex rounded …………………………3
– No noticeable marked bands along cross-veins; apex of proctiger not rounded ………………4
3. Epandrial appendages roughly trapezoid in lateral view ………………………………………… …………………………………………………… T. echinatus (Hua & Huang in Hua et al. 2008)
– Epandrial appendages clavate in lateral view ……………………………… T. angustus sp. nov.
4. Proctiger slender, sabre-shaped, curved caudad, acute apically ………… T. xiphicus Tan & Hua, 2009
– Proctiger relatively thick; apex curved caudoventrally into a hook, like rostrum of a parrot ………5
5. Epandrial appendages boot-shaped in lateral view …………………………… T. rostratus sp. nov.
– Epandrial appendages triangular in lateral view … T. implicatus (Huang & Hua in Cai et al., 2006)
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Bittacidae
- Genus
- Terrobittacus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Mecoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Tan & Hua
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Terrobittacus Tan, 2009 sec. Du & Hua, 2017
References
- Tan J. - L. & Hua B. - Z. 2009 b. Terrobittacus, a new genus of the Chinese Bittacidae (Mecoptera) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History 43 (45 - 48): 2937 - 2954. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930903359628
- Cai L. - J., Huang P. - Y. & Hua B. - Z. 2006. Two new Chinese Bittacus Latreille (Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from Michangshan Mountains. Entomotaxanomia 28 (2): 127 - 130. Available from http: // en. cnki. com. cn / Article _ en / CJFDTotal-KCFL 200602009. htm [accessed 1 Mar. 2017]
- Hua B. - Z., Tan J. - L. & Huang, P. - Y. 2008. Two new species of the genus Bittacus (Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from China. Zootaxa 1749: 62 - 68. Available from http: // mapress. com / zootaxa / 2008 / f / z 01749 p 068 f. pdf [accessed 1 Mar. 2017]