Terrilimosina unio Marshall 1987
Terrilimosina unio Marshall, 1987 Figs 1 m, 28, 29 Terrilimosina unio Marshall, 1987: 508. - Roháček et al. 2001: 272 [World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae]. Material examined. China: Beijing: • 1 ♂; Haidian, Jiufeng; 20.vi.2018, Jiale Zhou. Guangxi: • 1 ♂; Tonglezhen, Shenmutiankeng; 1200 m, 19.iv.2024; Wenqiang Cao. Xizang: • 13 ♂, 25 ♀; Motuo, 80 K; 2125 m, 20.viii.2020; Qicheng Yang. Yunnan: • 2 ♂; Lushui, Pianmadaolu; 2284 m, 13.viii.2023; Qicheng Yang. (all EMCAU). Diagnosis. Syntergite 1 + 2 with weakly sclerotized anteromedial patch. Sternite 5 with two small patches of short but stout posterior bristles (Fig. 29 d). Surstylus with two very short, blunt bristles at the apex of the posteroventral lobe (Fig. 29 a – c). Type locality. Nepal, Taplejung Distr., river banks below Tamrang Bridge [5500 ft]. Distribution. China (Beijing, Xizang, Yunnan); Indonesia; Nepal. Comments. Terrilimosina unio Marshall, newly recorded from China, resembles T. brevipexa Marshall, from which it differs in having a weakly sclerotized anteromedial patch on syntergite 1 + 2, two small patches of short but stout posterior bristles on S 5 (Fig. 29 d), and two very short, blunt bristles at the apex of the posteroventral lobe of the surstylus (Fig. 29 a – c). Terrilimosina brevipexa Marshall has a uniformly sclerotized syntergite 1 + 2, a patch of posteromedial setulae on S 5 (Fig. 5 d), and ~ 5 very short, blunt bristles at the apex of the posteroventral lobe of the surstylus (Fig. 5 a – c).
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Fairy Lake Botanical Garden (CN)
- China Agricultural University (CN)
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- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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- 2025-06-12
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- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15650839
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- Diatoms and Algae Research
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