Amaroxenus Larochelle & Lariviere 2022
Amaroxenus Larochelle & Larivière, 2022: 10. Type species. Amaroxenus kahurangiensis Larochelle & Larivière, 2022: 10 (by original designation). Diagnosis. Within Migadopini exhibiting an elongate parascutellar stria that extends beyond the elytral mid-length; mentum medially bidentate, the mentum tooth notched medially; submentum with six setae; pronotum cordate, with basal width subequal to apical width, the lateral margin sinuate anteriad distinct hind angle; pronotal anterior marginal bead usually incomplete medially — in A. embersoni sp. nov. polymorphically complete or incomplete medially — always present laterally; metathoracic wings vestigial; pro- and mesothoracic legs with tarsomeres 1–4 laterally expanded in both sexes; female gonocoxite unipartite, the narrower apical portion indistinctly defined relative to the equally sclerotized, broader basal portion, no microtrichia — or a single small seta — situated along the inner margin of the gonocoxite at the point of apical narrowing (Fig. 3 B, C). Diversity. Four species were described by Larochelle and Larivière (2022), to which we add two new species, with the six species determinable using the following key.
Institutions
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Centro Científico Tecnológico - Mendoza (AR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14186848
- Primary Topic
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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