Acroceratitis tenmalaica Hancock & Drew, 1999
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.3 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E8297E11-ECD4-440F-A656-CF1E58E905A4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15562059 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87A6-FFC5-B64B-54F2-FF3FE982FDBB |
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Acroceratitis tenmalaica Hancock & Drew |
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Acroceratitis tenmalaica Hancock & Drew View in CoL
( Figures 26 View FIGURES 26−28 f−28f)
Acroceratitis tenmalaica Hancock & Drew, 1999: 659 View in CoL .
Material examined: 1♀ INDIA, Tamil Nadu, Valparai , no date, Yeshwanth, H.M. ( UASB) .
Diagnosis. It is similar to A. parastriata and A. breviscapa in having a continuous costal band and its general colour pattern, but can be differentiated by dark fuscous discal band, fulvous postpronotal lobe and dark fuscous femora. Oviscape ( 1.70 mm long), flattened dorsoventrally, 15−20 elongate spicules on distal end of long eversible membrane ( 2.70 mm) ( Fig. 27f View FIGURES 26−28 ), 2 tightly coiled black club-shaped spermathecae ( Fig. 28f View FIGURES 26−28 ), aculeus tip ( 2.52 mm long) with broadly pointed apex and four pairs of preapical setae ( Fig. 26f View FIGURES 26−28 ).
Comments: This species was originally described and illustrated except for postabdominal structures by Hancock & Drew (1999).
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University of Agricultural Sciences |
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Acroceratitis tenmalaica Hancock & Drew
David, K. J., Noor Mahammed, N. R., Hancock, D. L., Gracy, R. G., Ningthoujam, Kennedy & Sushil, S. N. 2025 |
Acroceratitis tenmalaica
Hancock, D. L. & Drew, R. A. I. 1999: 659 |