Metopolophium arcticum Stekolshchikov & Khruleva 2020, sp. nov.
Metopolophium arcticum sp. nov. (Figs. 2–15, Table 1) Type material . Holotype : fundatrix, No. 10891, slide No. 32, specimen No. 1 (left specimen in the lower row), “ Metopolophium arcticum sp. nov. , 2.vii–4.viii.2004, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenets District, near to Medusa Bay, Varavi...
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| Summary: | Metopolophium arcticum sp. nov. (Figs. 2–15, Table 1) Type material . Holotype : fundatrix, No. 10891, slide No. 32, specimen No. 1 (left specimen in the lower row), “ Metopolophium arcticum sp. nov. , 2.vii–4.viii.2004, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenets District, near to Medusa Bay, Varavikova River (13 km south of Dikson Vill., 73° 24ˊ N, 80° 44ˊ E), gravelly south-facing slope of the river terrace with spotted willow-dryad-moss cover, pitfall traps, leg. D.V. Osipov ”. Paratypes : 11 fund., No. 10889, the same locality and biotope as holotype, 22–27.vii.2002, pitfall traps; 17 fund., 17 males, 10 ovip., No. 10891, the same locality and biotope as holotype, 2.vii–4.viii.2004, pitfall traps; 3 fund., 1 ovip., No. 10895, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenets District, near to Efremov Kamen` Bay, Maksimovka River (32 km south of Dikson Vill., 73° 14ˊ N, 80° 44ˊ E), gravelly dry plot in the river valley with a forb-moss-dryad cover, 5–30.vii.2004, pitfall traps. Holotype is deposited at ZIN RAS; paratypes are deposited at ZIN RAS, the Natural History Museum (London, United Kingdom) and Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris, France). Etymology. Latin neutral adjective arcticum (northern, arctic, from the Arctic), pertaining to the Arctic. Description. Fundatrix. Body broadly elliptical, 1.7–2.0 (1.8) times as long as wide. Colour of living specimens unknown. Cleared specimens with antennae gradually darkening to the apex from very light-brown 1st segment to brown processus terminalis; brown ultimate rostral segment, apices of tibiae and tarsi; legs and siphunculi lightbrown; head, rostrum (except ultimate rostral segment), peritremes, anal and subgenital plates and cauda very lightbrown. Thorax and abdomen not sclerotized, pale, membranous; only VIII abdominal tergite with very light-brown and almost invisible band. Surface of head, dorsal side of thorax and abdominal tergites I–VI wrinkled; sometimes on thorax and abdominal tergites I–IV intensely wrinkled, on VII abdominal tergite with short ... |
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