Theognete draco Anderson, 2010
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42061C-9D11-49C5-8737-CEED0864E699 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325889 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DFF5C5AC-1DD1-40CD-A82B-C7CBA87B67A2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:DFF5C5AC-1DD1-40CD-A82B-C7CBA87B67A2 |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Theognete draco Anderson |
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sp. nov. |
94. Theognete draco Anderson , new species ( Figure 293 View FIGURES 288–297 )
Diagnosis. Size. Length, female, 2.77mm. Width, female, 1.70mm. Body stout and rounded. Pronotum impunctate, scales very long, erect, narrow, recurved, somewhat curled or wispy. Elytra with scales long, erect, simple, recurved. Abdominal ventrite 5 virtually impunctate. Male not known.
Geographical distribution. México ( Oaxaca).
Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at an elevation of 7000 feet.
Derivation of specific name. From the Latin draco for dragon; through her support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Brenda Dragon of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada, as a gift from Jane Dragon.
Material examined. 1♀ ( CMNC). Holotype ♀ ( CMNC): MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 32 mi. S. Valle Nacional , 7000’, 22.V.1971, S. Peck, Ber 205, leaf litter / HOLOTYPE ♀ Theognete draco sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Genitalia extracted.
Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. weiri and T. globosa .
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