Melanastera amazonica, Serbina & Malenovský & Queiroz & Burckhardt, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5585.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23B50316-4772-4269-A877-20F669D946CA |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15269668 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03968780-FFA0-AF4F-FF0A-FD2B7EAAFBD0 |
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Plazi |
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Melanastera amazonica |
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The amazonica -group
Description. Adult. Head, in lateral view, inclined at 45° or more from longitudinal axis of body ( Fig. 7D View FIGURE 7 ). Vertex ( Figs 9G–J View FIGURE 9 , 10A, B View FIGURE 10 ) trapezoidal, with distinct imbricate microsculpture and microscopical setae. Thorax weakly to moderately arched, with microscopical setae. Forewing ( Figs 15J View FIGURE 15 , 16A–E View FIGURE 16 ) beset with brown dots; pterostigma strongly expanding towards the middle or apical third, shorter than 4.0 times as wide; vein R 1 strongly curved medially relative to costal wing margin. Paramere lanceolate. Ventral process of the distal aedeagal segment, in lateral view, claw-like and directed dorsad.
Immature. Antenna 10-segmented.
Comments. The six Brazilian species are associated with Annonaceae . Due to a similar forewing shape and venation as well as the structure of the distal segment of the the aedeagus, the six species and also M. olgae sp. nov. from the olgae -group could be closely related.
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