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Saccharodite lata Zelazny & Webb 2011, sp. nov.

Description

Saccharodite lata Zelazny, sp. nov.

(Fig. 305)

Description. Forewings broad, 1.8 times longer than wide, length in male about 3.2 mm. Frons and base of clypeus with a broad, bright red, longitudinal band; most of thoracic pleura, and basal parts of middle and hind legs, up to middle of femora, red. Forewing veins stramineous, but last subcostal sector and veins around clavus tip orangered. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles broad; proximal dorsal process broad, the short tip curved inwards; distal dorsal process elongated, its swollen base nearly touching proximal process. Aedeagus with a pointed, slightly curved process at junction of stem and apical part; apical portion large, divided by a dorsal, longitudinal groove; left side short; right side slightly curved upwards and ending in a fine, pointed tip; an additional rounded, lateral lobe on the right side.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective (latus, -a, -um = broad).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.2 mm), EAST MALAYSIA: NORTH BORNEO: SABAH; labels: 1) NORTH BORNEO (SE)/ Forest Camp, 19 km / N. of Kalabakan / 60 m, 28.X.1962 2) K.J. Kuncheria / Collector / BISHOP (BPBM).

Distribution. North Borneo.

Diagnosis. In structure and coloration, Saccharodite lata resembles Sa. virgula sp. nov., also from Borneo. It can be distinguished from that species by the broad, bright red band on frons and base of clypeus, by the male genital styles being broader, with broad, nearly touching dorsal processes, and by the structure of the male aedeagus.

Notes

Published as part of Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 3071 on page 153

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
EAST, SE, BISHOP, BPBM
Event date
1962-10-28
Family
Derbidae
Genus
Saccharodite
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Zelazny & Webb
Species
lata
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1962-10-28
Taxonomic concept label
Saccharodite lata Zelazny, 2011