Petascelis affinis Dallas
| Main Author: | Brailovsky, Harry |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2008
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6232656 |
Daftar Isi:
- Petascelis affinis Dallas (Figs. 2, 7) Petascelis affinis Dallas, 1852: 382. Diagnosis. Male. This species is distinguished by having antennal segment IV fusiform with apex acute; metasternum laterally carinate and armed with small blunt tubercle (Fig. 2); fore and middle tibiae dilated, both dorsal and ventrally; junction between abdominal sterna III and IV produced into a distinct bifid tubercle, each tubercle large and conical-shaped (Fig. 7); and genital capsule simple, with posteroventral edge slightly concave and not exposed. The female has metasternum unarmed; fore tibiae dilated, both dorsal and ventrally; middle tibiae dorsally dilated, and ventrally straight; and abdominal sterna unarmed. Type locality. AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA (without data) (BMNH, type male examined) Distribution. This species is known from Kenya (Konso) and South Africa (without data) (Blöte 1938, Dallas 1852)
- Published as part of Brailovsky, Harry, 2008, Notes on the genus Petascelis Signoret and description of one new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Petascelini), pp. 18-26 in Zootaxa 1749 on page 21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181703