identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03B787A1FFCCFFF961E9FAF09DB9E56E.text	03B787A1FFCCFFF961E9FAF09DB9E56E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Limnebius dioscoridus Jäch & Delgado 2012	<div><p>Limnebius dioscoridus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 1–3, 6–10)</p> <p>Type locality. Permanent river in mountain valley with granite and limestone slopes, Wadi Ayhaft, 12°36.5′N 53°58.9′E, 200 m a.s.l., Hagier (= Hagghir) Mts., northern Socotra Island, Yemen (see also FIKÁČEK et al. 2012: Fig. 7).</p> <p>Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♁ (NMPC), ‘ YEMEN, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=53.981667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.608334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 53.981667/lat 12.608334)">Socotra Island</a> wadi Ayhaft 12°36.5′N 53°58.9′E, 200 m Jiří Hájek leg. 7-8.xi.2010 ’. PARATYPES: 26 specimens (MNCN, NMPC, NHMW), same locality label as holotype [three of four MNCN paratypes presently remain in absolute ethanol, with locality label inside and the reference number</p> <p>HÁJEK J. &amp; BEZDĚK J.(eds.): Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (supplementum 2): i–vi + 1–557.</p> <p>‘RA728’ written outside with a permanent marker. The fourth specimen, a female, was extracted, mounted dry on a white label and pinned, with one wing removed and mounted in a separate permanent preparation. Both the pinned specimen and the wing have an additional label ‘DNA ex., IBE-RA728’]; 3 specimens (NMPC): ‘ YEMEN: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=54.46&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.55" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 54.46/lat 12.55)">Socotra Isl.</a> Hallah Arhar (spring) 12°33.0′N 54°27.6′E, 15m 11.xi.2010, leg. J. Bezděk’.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Habitus as in Fig. 1. Limnebius dioscoridus sp. nov. is a member of the L. atomus species group (sensu JÄCH 1993). It is very similar and very closely related to L. arabicus Balfour-Browne, 1951 (Yemen and Israel) and L. pararabicus Jäch &amp; Delgado, 2010 (UAE).</p> <p>Externally, it agrees with these species in general appearance incl. body length: 0.80–1.05 mm. Surface of pronotum smooth and glabrous, very sparsely and superficially micropunctate. Elytral margins gently rounded, less parallel than in L. myrmidon Rey, 1883. Elytral surface smooth or very faintly microreticulate anteriorly, more or less distinctly microreticulate posteriorly.</p> <p>Aedeagus (Figs. 2–4): Very similar to L. arabicus (Fig. 5, see also JÄCH &amp; DELGADO 2010: Figs. 9–10) and L. pararabicus (Fig. 6, see also JÄCH &amp; DELGADO 2010: Figs. 11–12). Excision on right margin (lateral view) of main piece more distal than in the compared species, apex of main piece (dorso-lateral view) less strongly widened than in L. arabicus (ventral view); in dorso-lateral view right apical corner of main piece wider than in L. pararabicus, excision not as distinct as in L. arabicus; ejaculatory duct very slightly projecting apically. Distal lobe longer than in L. arabicus, slightly wider than in L. pararabicus.</p> <p>Gonocoxite (Fig. 7) more or less as in L. pararabicus (see JÄCH &amp; DELGADO 2010: Fig. 14); left apophysis of inner plate not projecting; cavea slightly smaller than in L. pararabicus. Tergite X (Fig. 8): basal apophyses larger than in L. pararabicus; apex with one pair of very long setae, longer than tergite. Spermatheca as in Figs. 9–10.</p> <p>Etymology. Dioscoridus (proper noun in apposition) is the Latin name for Socotra Island.</p> <p>Distribution. So far known from two localities on Socotra Island, Yemen.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B787A1FFCCFFF961E9FAF09DB9E56E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Jäch, Manfred A.;Delgado, Juan A.	Jäch, Manfred A., Delgado, Juan A. (2012): Limnebius dioscoridus sp. nov. from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52: 131-134, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5334646
