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Levu confinis Zelazny & Webb 2011, sp. nov.

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Levu confinis Zelazny, sp. nov.

(Fig. 162)

Description. Forewings 2.3 times longer than wide, length in male about 4.2–4.3 mm. Colour stramineous. Forewings white, powdered. Rostrum slightly surpassing post-trochanter; subantennal processes connected to margins of facial carinae. Forewings with Sc+R fork in basal third of wing; Ms1 branched in its basal quarter, a larger triangle at base of Ms1. Male genital styles oval; proximal dorsal process short and broad, distal dorsal process elongated, its base wide, nearly touching the proximal process. Aedeagus stem with a dorsal projection just before junction with apical part; apical portion with two pointed, terminal processes, curved ventrad and slightly diverging apically.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective (confinis, -is, -e = neighbouring).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 4.3 mm), VIETNAM; labels: 1) VIETNAM: Fyan / 30.VII.1961 / Malaise Trap / N. R. Spencer (BPBM). Paratype. VIETNAM, Fyan, 900–1000 m, 11. VII –9.VIII.1961, 1 ♂ (fw. 4.2), N. R. Spencer (BPBM).

Distribution. Vietnam.

Diagnosis. Levu confinis shows similarities to L. muiri Zelazny from the Philippines in forewing shape, venation and coloration. However, it has the subantennal processes connected to the margins of the facial carinae and no infuscated marks and veins on the forewings. In the male genital styles the bases of the dorsal processes almost touch each other, and the apical part of the aedeagus bears long terminal processes which diverge at the end.

Notes

Published as part of Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 3071 on page 43

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Biodiversity

Collection code
BPBM , R , R, BPBM , VII , VII, R
Event date
1961-07-11 , 1961-07-30
Verbatim event date
1961-07-11/08-09 , 1961-07-30
Scientific name authorship
Zelazny & Webb
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Derbidae
Genus
Levu
Species
confinis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Levu confinis Zelazny, 2011