Midoria triprocessa Li, Li & Jiang 2025, sp. nov.
Midoria triprocessa Li, Li & Jiang, sp. nov. Figs 7, 8 Description. Head, pronotum and scutellum yellow brown, with any light little pit. Median length of vertex slightly longer than half width between eyes (Fig. 7a). Pronotum rectangular, anterior margin slightly convex, lateral margins oblique, slightly divergent posteriorly, posterior margin wavy (Fig. 7a). Scutellum (Fig. 7a) triangular, shorter than pronotum, about as long as median carina of crown. Front half face dark brown, back half dirty yellow (Fig. 7c). Forewing with some black or brown spots on veins (Fig. 7a, b). Male pygofer oval, with long posterior process from ventral margin (Fig. 8a). Aedeagus shaft compressed, curved dorsally, with three long ventral processes arising from basal area (Fig. 8c, d). Style long, anterior portion shorter than caudal portion, caudal portion robust, apex recurved medioventrally (Fig. 8c, d). Connective T-shaped with dorsomedial keel (Fig. 8c, d). Other characteristics are as shown in Fig. 8. Measurement. Length (including tegmen): ♂, 6.8 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Type Material. Holotype ♂, CHINA: Guangxi, Chongzuo, Nonggang, 8 May 2012, coll. Fan Li; 2♂♂, CHINA: Guangxi, Chongzuo, Nonggang, 8 May 2012, coll. Fan Li. Remarks. This species is similar to Midoria emmrichi (Zhang & Yang), but can be distinguished by the shape of the male pygofer side, the shape of the aedeagal shaft processes and the number of ventral processes of aedeagus (Fig. 8c, d). Etymology. The species name refers to the number of ventral processes of aedeagus.
Institutions
- Guizhou University (CN)
- Qufu Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15397072
- Primary Topic
- Insects and Parasite Interactions
- Type
- article
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