Acroceratitis tenmalaica Hancock & Drew 1999
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Acroceratitis tenmalaica Hancock & Drew (Figures 26 f−28f) Acroceratitis tenmalaica Hancock & Drew, 1999: 659. 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), 2 tightly coiled black club-shaped spermathecae (Fig. 28f), aculeus tip (2.52 mm long) with broadly pointed apex and four pairs of preapical setae (Fig. 26f). Comments: This species was originally described and illustrated except for postabdominal structures by Hancock & Drew (1999).
Authors: David, K. J., Noor Mahammed, N. R., Hancock, D. L., Gracy, R. G., Ningthoujam, Kennedy, Sushil, S. N.
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893336432
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