Metaphotina austri Ferraz, Souza-Dias, sp. n.
Authors/Creators
- 1. Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- 2. Department of biological sciences, Université de Montréal, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale (IRBV), 4101 Sherbrooke St E, Montreal, Quebec, H 1 X 2 B 2, Canada & Montreal Insectarium, 4101 Sherbrooke St E, Montreal, Quebec, H 1 X 2 B 2, Canada
Description
Metaphotina austri Ferraz, Souza-Dias & Rivera sp. n.
Figures (2–7, 9–11)
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Diagnosis (Fig. 2–7). Male (Fig. 2A): emerald green, rarely brown to reddish brown (Fig. 3A–C); small body size (14.18–21.36 mm); mesothoracic wing with central dark spot of varying intensity and spread (Fig. 4, 5A); metathoracic wings translucent and unpigmented (Fig. 5A); left margin of ventral phallomere (dorsal view) with sudden inflection anterior to spine-like, distal projection (Fig. 6B); well-sclerotized, prismatic-shaped afa of left phallomere (Fig. 6A). Female (Fig. 2B): emerald green, often mottled in white, rarely brown to reddish brown (Fig. 3D–F); small body size (14.9–16.1 mm); prominent vertex with deep parietal sulcus (Fig. 2D); mesothoracic wings distally tapered; distal half of the anal area featuring pale crossveins subtending the black membrane, and longitudinal veins alternating between pale and black (Fig. 5B). Measurements in Table 1.
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Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://zoobank.org/FB23C619-A0E6-4882-A1FB-7DA134723E07
- URL
- http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F7316D01FFCFA27AFF5B53F0FB57FB3A
- LSID
- urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FB23C619-A0E6-4882-A1FB-7DA134723E07
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Ferraz, Souza-Dias
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Acanthopidae
- Genus
- Metaphotina
- Species
- austri
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Metaphotina austri Ferraz & Souza-Dias, 2023