Atracodes sanctaeluciae Fennah, 1965
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.2.4 |
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Atracodes sanctaeluciae Fennah, 1965 |
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Atracodes sanctaeluciae Fennah, 1965 View in CoL
Type locality. Castries, St. Lucia
Synoptic diagnosis. Atracodes sanctaeluciae can be distinguished from congeners by: patterning similar to A. indutus , covered in a grayish-white pruinescence; vertex 1.5 times longer than width between eyes (Fennah 1965, fig. 99); hind tibia with 3 lateral teeth, apical spinulation 6-5-2; phallothecal complex stout (Fennah 1965, fig. 100), curved upward bearing three pairs of elongated slender processes, 2 subapical pairs and 1 pair from the ventrolateral subapical margin projecting retrorsely, strongly curving dorsad. Anal tube in lateral view narrow, deflexed in distal third (Fennah 1965).
Plant associations. None.
Distribution. St. Lucia.
Material examined. HOLOTYPE: Type // ST. LUCIA / Castries / 4.XI.1935 / H.E.Box // Atracodes / sanctaeluciae / det. RGFennah Fenn. // NHMUK015981665 ( BMNH, male).
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