Afidentula manderstjernae bahraini
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Coccinellidae
Genus: Afidentula
Species: Afidentula manderstjernae
Name
Afidentula manderstjernae bahraini Tomaszewska, Wioletta, 2013 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Afidentula manderstjernae Tomaszewska, Wioletta, 2013, Zootaxa 3608: -.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. Very similar to the nominotypical form but has the body larger and slightly more elongate. The female genitalia (Figs. 44, 45) should be consulted for proper identification.
Description
Description. Length 3.96 mm; TL/EW = 1.4; PL/PW = 0.42; EL/EW = 1.04; EW/PW = 1.62. Head, mouthparts, prosternum, mesoventrite and legs reddish-brown, metaventrite black. Pronotum brown, with black macula antero-medially; elytron brown with six large black spots arranged as 2–3 – 1, with apical spot transverse. Abdomen reddish-brown with black median part. Abdomen with apical margin of female ventrite 5 weakly sinuate (Fig. 41). Female sternite and tergite VIII rounded (Figs. 42, 43). Female genitalia (Figs. 44, 45). Proctiger (TX) weakly emarginate apically (Figs. 45, 46); coxites elongateoval. Spermatheca small, membranous, vermiform with small sclerotized appendix at apex; outlet of accessory gland distant from sperm duct. Male not known.
Materials Examined
Type material. Holotype, female: “ Bahrain10.VIII. 78 / C.P.B.C. EPi- 8 / 78 - 48 -I / C.I.E. COLL. A. 10656 / Pres by Comm Inst Ent B.M. 1977 - 1 / Z 613 / Afidentula manderstjernae (Ms.) det. E.A.J. Duffy 1978 / Adult on Zea mays ” (BMNH).
Etymology
Etymology. The name is derived from the type locality of this subspecies.
Distribution
Distribution. Bahrain. Host plant: Zea mays L. (Poaceae).
Taxon Treatment
- Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Szawaryn, Karol; 2013: Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini), Zootaxa 3608: -. doi
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