Two New Indian Embioptera and the Lectotype of Oligotoma Borneënsis Hagen
Author(s) -
Edward S. Ross
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
psyche a journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1687-7438
pISSN - 0033-2615
DOI - 10.1155/1943/27010
Subject(s) - zoology , biology
Holotype male (on slide): Color pale yellow throughout, head and thorax somewhat darker, wings light brown, abdominal terminalia with tenth tergite and basal segment of left cercus tan. Dimensionslength 7.5 mm.; fore-wing length 3.57 mm., breadth 1.0 mm. Head (fig. 1) with form as illustrated, very weakly pigmented throughout except the mandibles which have golden-brown apices. Wings with hyaline stripes very broad, margins ragged. R nearly .attaining wing .apex, slightly curved toward R+z and R. Hind basitarsi (fig. 5) with two conspicuous sole-bladders. Terminalia (figs. 2 to 4) with left tergal process (10 LP) small, short; form as illustrated (fig. 3). Right hemitergite (10 R) with .a cone-like caudal projection (10 RP1) which terminates as a minute sclerotic point; secondary process (10 RP2) represented as .a long, longitudinally folded, submembranous .area closely paralleling inner side of 10 L and terminating as a small rounded lobe. Hypandrium (H) scarcely pigmented, outline inconspicuous, quadrate; caudally produced medially as a short, broadly rounded lobe (HP). Composite left cercus-basipodite and left paraproct (LCB + LPPT) with caudal margin somewhat sclerotized, posterior angle with .a roughened, pigmented lobe. Composite right par.aproct
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