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Mimadiestra Storozhenko et Dawwrueng

Description

Genus Mimadiestra Storozhenko et Dawwrueng, gen. nov.

Type species: Mimadiestra biloba Storozhenko et Dawwrueng, sp. nov., here designated.

Description. Body typical for subfamily, medium size for tribe. Eyes normally developed (Fig. 33); rostral tubercles distinctly separated at apex (Fig. 34) and directed forward and slightly down (Fig. 35). Legs long, fore femora 1.8 times longer than pronotal length; first segment of hind tarsi with two small dorsal denticles and enlarged apical denticle (Fig. 36). Posterior margin of male 6th tergite rounded (Fig. 30). Posterior margin of male 7th tergite with two projections, which slightly surpassing the middle of paraprocts (Fig. 30). Both 6th and 7th tergites without mid carina (Fig. 38). Male paraprocts long, finger-like (Figs 29, 38). Male subgenital plate with weakly sclerotized apex (Fig. 39). Male genitalia with three dorsal and three ventral membranous lobes; dorsal side of genitalia without strongly sclerotized sclerite (epiphallus) or hook-like bristles; dorsolateral lobes narrow, reaching the apex of mid dorsal lobe; mid dorsal lobe narrow, lingua-like; ventrolateral lobes broad and distinctly longer than mid ventral lobe; mid ventral lobe narrow and consists of two almost completely fused lobules (Figs 31, 40).

Composition. Type species only.

Etymology. The name of new genus is anagram of generic name Diestramima. Gender feminine.

Notes

Published as part of Storozhenko, Sergey Yu. & Dawwrueng, Pattarawich, 2014, New genus of the tribe Diestramimini (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) from Thailand, pp. 288-294 in Zootaxa 3765 (3) on page 290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/229606

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Biodiversity

Family
Rhaphidophoridae
Genus
Mimadiestra
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Storozhenko et Dawwrueng
Taxon rank
genus