Rowellscopia, Cadena-Castañeda, 2025
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5729.1.4 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:936B239A-F185-400F-AA4C-470745FEAE36 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03907C79-F52A-352D-E0AD-F9DD24B8F81C |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Rowellscopia |
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gen. nov. |
Key to Rowellscopia gen. nov. species
Males
1. Fastigium apex rounded; metathoracic median tubercle present. Epiproct ends in a rounded process; subgenital plate short and rounded. Medial slit of the phallotreme closed behind and bellow by ectophallic valves....... R. septentrionalis View in CoL comb. nov.
– Fastigium apex slightly truncate; metathoracic median tubercle absent. Epiproct ends in a sharply pointed median process; subgenital plate is more pointed and produced than the previous species. Medial slit of the phallotreme is not closed below by ectophallic valves................................................................. R. panamensis View in CoL comb. nov.
Females
1. Fastigium in lateral view slightly inclined upwards. Epiproct with an acute tip; subgenital plate apex with a spatulate rhomboid projection medially. Spermatheca with a single duct and apical diverticula ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 )......... R. septentrionalis View in CoL comb. nov.
– Fastigium in lateral view slightly sinuous. Epiproct with an obtuse tip; subgenital plate apex without medial projection. Spermatheca with two ducts and two apical diverticula ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 )............................ R. panamensis View in CoL comb. nov.
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