cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trilocha Moore 1860
Creators: name: Singh, Navneet
name: Ahmad, Jalil
name: Chandra, Kailash
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Trilocha

description: Taxonomic Key to the known species of genus Trilocha
1. Eighth sternite having two prominent processes at posterior margin....................................... T. friedeli
- Eighth sternite without any process at posterior margin....................................................... 2
2. Eighth sternite with shallow and squarish posterior depression........................................... T. myodes
- Eighth sternite with deep v or u shaped posterior depression................................................... 3
3. Forewing with postmedial zigzag line single................................................. T. nicobari, sp. nov.
- Forewing postmedial zigzag line double............................................................ T. varians
description: Published as part of Singh, Navneet, Ahmad, Jalil & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, A new species of genus Trilocha Moore, [1860] from Great Nicobar Island, India (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea, Bombycidae), pp. 586-592 in Zootaxa 4970 (3) on page 592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/4766668
Tonza citrorrhoa Meyrick 1905
Creators: name: Kobayashi, Shigeki
name: Matsuoka, Haruka
name: Kimura, Masaaki
name: Sohn, Jae-Cheon
name: Yoshiyasu, Yutaka
name: Lees, David C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Plutellidae
Tonza
Tonza citrorrhoa

description: 2. Tonza citrorrhoa Meyrick, 1905
Distribution
India; Sri Lanka; China (Taiwan); Japan (Kagoshima, Okinawa); Indonesia, identity not certain; Philippines, identity not certain (Specimens in NHMUK, but not including the two syntypes, whereabouts unknown; USNM and data on BOLD).
Hostplants
Putranjiva matsumurae, Putranjivaceae Endl. (present study).
description: Published as part of Kobayashi, Shigeki, Matsuoka, Haruka, Kimura, Masaaki, Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Yoshiyasu, Yutaka & Lees, David C., 2018, Designation of a new family group name, Tonzidae fam. nov., for the genus Tonza (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutoidea), based on immature stages of Tonza citrorrhoa, pp. 1-32 in European Journal of Taxonomy 443 on page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.443, http://zenodo.org/record/3827767
Tonza callicitra Meyrick 1913
Creators: name: Kobayashi, Shigeki
name: Matsuoka, Haruka
name: Kimura, Masaaki
name: Sohn, Jae-Cheon
name: Yoshiyasu, Yutaka
name: Lees, David C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Plutellidae
Tonza
Tonza callicitra

description: 3. Tonza callicitra Meyrick, 1913
Distribution
Solomon Islands (Bougainville; type locality, types in NHMUK), New Guinea, New Ireland, New Britain, E. Sula: Mangole, Salomo Archipelago (Shortland I.).
Hostplants
Unknown.
Note
The genus is also found fairly widely in the palaeotropics, as well as in Indo-Australasia, in Africa, Madagascar (material in NHMUK and data on BOLD; BOLD:ACU 1104) and on Réunion (J. Rochat & M. Bippus, pers. comm.).
description: Published as part of Kobayashi, Shigeki, Matsuoka, Haruka, Kimura, Masaaki, Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Yoshiyasu, Yutaka & Lees, David C., 2018, Designation of a new family group name, Tonzidae fam. nov., for the genus Tonza (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutoidea), based on immature stages of Tonza citrorrhoa, pp. 1-32 in European Journal of Taxonomy 443 on page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.443, http://zenodo.org/record/3827767
Rhopalum (Latrorhopalum) iridescens Turner 1917
Creators: name: Saini, Varun
name: Dey, Debjani
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae
Rhopalum
Rhopalum iridescens

description: Rhopalum (Latrorhopalum) iridescens Turner, 1917
India, Kashmir, Gulmarg
Only known from the holotype ♂.
description: Published as part of Saini, Varun & Dey, Debjani, 2022, Description of Rhopalum (s. str.) gulmargense n. sp. with a key to the Indian species of the subgenus Rhopalum Stephens, 1829 s. str. (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini), pp. 139-144 in Zootaxa 5105 (1) on page 143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/6332496
Laelaspisella Marais & Loots 1969
Creators: name: Joharchi, Omid
name: Ramroodi, Sara
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Dermanyssidae
Laelaspisella

description: Genus Laelaspisella Marais & Loots, 1969
Laelaspisella Marais & Loots, 1969: 1.
Type species. Laelaspisella epigynialis Marais & Loots, 1969, by original designation.
The genus Laelaspisella Marais & Loots, 1969 was described to accommodate two species found in soil in southern Africa. The diagnostic character states reported for the genus included: dorsal shield hypertrichous; dorsal shield setae short; pre-sternal shields present; metasternal setae absent; epigynal shield widened behind setae st5; setae Jv5 and Zv5 spatulate and pilose, and longer than the other opisthogastric setae; para-anal setae about half as long as post-anal seta; internal malae with conspicuous hair-like appendages; palp tarsal claw with a leaf-like hyaline structure; dorsal seta of chelicera absent; genu I with 12 setae (2 3/2 2/1 2), pd3 absent; and genu IV with 10 setae (2 2/1 3/1 1).
Karg (1989a) considered Laelaspisella as a subgenus of Hypoaspis sensu lato, and added Hypoaspis (Laelaspisella) foramenis Karg, 1989a and Hypoaspis (Laelaspisella) cavitatis Karg, 1982 to the subgenus. Karg & Schorlemmer (2013) returned Laelaspisella to the genus level, with the same four included species. Their key to genera of Hypoaspidinae used three character states to identify the genus—(1) epistome smooth, either an arch or a central point; (2) dorsal shield with more than 140 setae; (3) transverse lines of hypostome with 10–30 teeth. This action involved a significant change in the concept of the genus, because the metasternal setae are present in both L. cavitatis and L. foramenis, and the dorsal cheliceral seta is present at least in L. cavitatis. We have not accepted this dramatically different concept of the genus. Instead we return to the original concept of the genus, with two included species Laelaspisella epigynialis Marais & Loots, 1969 and L. macrodorsalis Marais & Loots, 1969, as previously proposed by Nemati and Gwiazdowicz (2016).
description: Published as part of Joharchi, Omid, Ramroodi, Sara & Halliday, Bruce, 2020, Review of the genus Pogonolaelaps Nemati & Gwiazdowicz (Acari: Laelapidae) with description of a new species from Iran, pp. 465-484 in Zootaxa 4820 (3) on page 466, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4398055
Rhopalum (Latrorhopalum) nursei Jacobs 2016
Creators: name: Saini, Varun
name: Dey, Debjani
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae
Rhopalum
Rhopalum nursei

description: Rhopalum (Latrorhopalum) nursei Jacobs, 2016
Crabro petiolatus Nurse, 1902 (Junior homonym)
Rhopalum petiolatum (Nurse) 1902
India: Simla (now Shimla) (holotype ♀, paratype ♂, lectotype ♀)
Only known from the type localities.
description: Published as part of Saini, Varun & Dey, Debjani, 2022, Description of Rhopalum (s. str.) gulmargense n. sp. with a key to the Indian species of the subgenus Rhopalum Stephens, 1829 s. str. (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini), pp. 139-144 in Zootaxa 5105 (1) on page 143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/6332496
Phlesirtes elgonensis Hemp, n. sp.
Creators: name: Hemp, Claudia
name: Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Phlesirtes
Phlesirtes elgonensis

description: Phlesirtes elgonensis Hemp n. sp.
(Fig. 2; Fig. 4 E, F; Fig. B; Fig. 6; Fig. 16)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496061
Holotype male. Kenya, Mt Elgon, southern slopes, National Park 3100 m, montane grasslands, November 2011. Depository MfN.
Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN. 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK. 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH.
Additional paratype material. 14 males, 6 females, same data as holotype; 6 males, 18 females, 2 females nymphs, Kenya, Mt Elgon National Park, montane grassland, 2950 m, November 2011; 5 females, 2 nymphs, Kenya, Mt Elgon National Park, grassy forest clearing, 2400 m, November 2011. Collection C. Hemp.
Description. Male. Colour pattern. Medially on abdomen broad creamy to light brown fascia bordered by dark brown fascia laterally along length. Otherwise typical Phlesirtes colour pattern with partly green legs and pronotal lobes and brown pronotum and abdomen (Fig. 7 A). Abdomen. Last abdominal tergite medially acutely incised, lateral processes rather stout, as in Fig. 5 E. Most individuals with pair of dark patches. Cerci with outer branch stout, tip blunt conical, inner branch comparatively short, slightly curved (Fig. 4 F).
Female. Colour pattern as in male but more brownish (Fig. 6 B). Ovipositor brown, little up-curved, slender, typical for the genus. Subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 B.
Diagnosis. Morphologically and molecularly related to P. limuru n. sp. from the lower slopes of the Aberdare Range. Both species have a similar colour pattern. The male cerci consist of a stout and comparatively blunt outer branch and comparatively short little curved inner branch. The 10th tergite has a pair of dark patches in both species. In P. limuru n. sp. however, the processes of the 10th tergite are shorter and the incision is not as acute as in P. elgonensis n. sp.
Measurements male (mm) (N=6). Length of body 9.2–9.5, length of pronotum 4.4–4.7, length of anterior femur 2.1–2.2, length of posterior femur 9.2–9.5, visible part of elytra from above 0.7–1.0.
Measurements female (mm) (N=6). Length of body 10–13, length of pronotum 3.7–4.0, length of anterior femur 2.4–2.5, length of posterior femur 11.2–11.5, ovipositor 10.0–10.6.
Habitat and distribution. Kenya, Mt Elgon. At present only known from the montane zone on the southern slopes of Mt Elgon on forest clearings and montane grasslands between 2400–3100 m.
description: Published as part of Hemp, Claudia & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species, pp. 451-477 in Zootaxa 4244 (4) on pages 459-461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/437214
Hemimycale polyboletus Turner & Lonhart, 2023, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Turner, Thomas L.
name: Lonhart, Steve I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Poecilosclerida
Hymedesmiidae
Hemimycale
Hemimycale polyboletus

description: Hemimycale polyboletus comb. nov. nom. nov.
Figures 2, 3, 5
description: Published as part of Turner, Thomas L. & Lonhart, Steve I., 2023, The Sponges of the Carmel Pinnacles Marine Protected Area, pp. 151-194 in Zootaxa 5318 (2) on page 159, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8162357
Tachinus (Tachinus) emeiensis ZHANG, LI & ZHAO 2003
Creators: name: Schülke, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Tachinus
Tachinus emeiensis

description: Tachinus (Tachinus) emeiensis ZHANG, LI & ZHAO 2003
T y p e n m a t e r i a l: Paratypen: "Mt. Emei Sichuan Prov. 1.VIII.2001 Li & Zhao leg. / [PARATYPE] Tachinus (Tachinus) emeiensis Zhang et a., 2003", 1, 1 (cSch).
W e i t e r e s u n t e r s u c h t e s M a t e r i a l: CHINA: Sichuan, Emei Shan, N 29°33.6’ E103°20.6’, 27.vi.-5.vii.2009, 1800-2400 m, siftings 11-17, V. Grebennikov, 1 (cSme); CHINA: W-Sichuan, Ganzi Tibet. Aut. Pref., Kangding County, Daxue Shan, Mu Ge Cuo, 2 km oberhalb unterer See, 30°11’N, 101°52’E, Laub, Pilze, Bambus, Gesiebe, 5.VII.1999, leg. M. Schülke, 1 (cSch); CHINA: W-Sichuan, Ganzi Tibet. Aut. Pref., Kangding County, Daxue Shan, Mu Ge Cuo, 3300 m, unterhalb unterer See, 30°11’N, 101°52’E, Pilze, Nadelstreu, Rinde, Gesiebe, 27.VI.1999, leg. M. Schülke, 1 (cSch).
Ergänzungen zur Beschreibung: Metaventrit (Abb. 2b) beim in der Mitte erhaben, einen Höcker bildend, der apikal in zwei kurze, parallele, durch eine breite Längsfurche geteilte Kiele ausläuft. In lateraler Ansicht (Abb. 3d) überragt der Höcker kaum das Niveau der Meso- und Metacoxa. Sternit III mit kräftigem Mittelkiel in der Basalhälfte.
V e r b r e i t u n g Zentrales und westliches Sichuan (Emei Shan, Daxue Shan). Die Art war bisher nur vom Emei Shan in der chinesischen Provinz Sichuan bekannt. Die beiden aus dem Daxue Shan vorliegenden unterscheiden sich in Habitus, Punktur, Mikroskulptur und Ausbildung des -Tergits VIII (Abb. 7h) nicht von den am Emei Shan gesammelten Exemplaren, weshalb sie hier als konspezifisch betrachtet werden.
B i o n o m i e Die vom Autor gesammelten Exemplare wurden aus Nadelstreu und Pilzen gesiebt.
description: Published as part of Schülke, M., 2014, Drei neue Arten der Tachinus fimbriatus-Gruppe vom Emei Shan (China, Sichuan) und ein neues Synonym (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae), pp. 903-922 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 912, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5306923
Cinnamomum loureiroi Nees
Creators: name: De Kok, Rogier P. J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Laurales
Lauraceae
Cinnamomum
Cinnamomum loureiroi

description: 2. Cinnamomum loureiroi Nees
Systema Laurinarum 65 (Nees 1836); Merr., Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 14: 164 (Merrill 1935); Nguyén Kim Đào, Flora of Vietnam 20: 279 (Nguyén Kim Đào 2017). — Laurus cinnamomum Lour., Flora cochinchinensis 1: 249 (de Loureiro 1790), nom. illeg., non Laurus cinnamomum L.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — [Vietnam] Lâm Dông: Blao, 11°31’43.392”N, 107°48’7.632”E, alt. 800 m, 5.II.1933, Poilane 21854 (neo-, P [P01748428], designated here).
REMARKS
This species was first described as Laurus cinnamomum by Loureiro in his Flora Cochinchinensis (de Loureiro 1790). As Linnaeus had already published a species with this name, it was renamed by Nees von Esenbeck (1836) as Cinnamomum loureiroi Nees. No Loureiro specimens could be found at the BM and P and Merrill does not mention any in his commentary on the work (Merrill 1935). Therefore, a neotype needs to be selected. The P specimen of Poilane 21854 which fits well with the original description and has many mature infructescences and fruits (for species identification in this genus), and is therefore selected here as the neotype.
description: Published as part of De Kok, Rogier P. J., 2023, The Lauraceae Juss. of Indo-China: fifteen new species, four new combinations and two neotypifications, pp. 1-25 in Adansonia (3) (3) 45 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2023v45a1, http://zenodo.org/record/7522473
Phlesirtes brachiatus Uvarov 1924
Creators: name: Hemp, Claudia
name: Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Phlesirtes
Phlesirtes brachiatus

description: Phlesirtes brachiatus (Uvarov, 1924)
(Fig. 4 A, B; Fig. 16)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16431
Holotype. Phlesirtes brachiatus, male. Depository: BMNH. Locality: British East Africa. Collector: R. Ford.
Description. See Uvarov (1924).
Measurements (mm). Length of body 10, length of pronotum 5, length of anterior femur -, length of posterior femur 10.5, visible portion of elytra from above 1.5.
Remarks. P. brachiatus was described on one male labelled by R. Ford “ British East Africa ”. In the collection of the Natural History Museum London more specimens possibly belonging to this species were studied (Table 2).
Very likely however, various new species are expected to be found in the different mountainous areas of Ethiopia.
As seen in Table 2 most localities lie at considerable elevations and thus it is very likely that P. brachiatus isas other species of the genus as well—a montane bound species.
Diagnosis. P. brachiatus has a short inner branch of the male cerci and a broadly rounded u-shaped gap between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite (Fig. 4 A, B).
description: Published as part of Hemp, Claudia & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species, pp. 451-477 in Zootaxa 4244 (4) on page 457, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/437214
Hoplophthiracrus mielcareki Niedbala, 2008, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Niedbala, Wojciech
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Hoplophthiracrus
Hoplophthiracrus mielcareki

description: Hoplophthiracrus mielcareki sp. nov.
(Figs 5. A–E)
Diagnosis. Surface of prodorsum foveolate, surface of notogaster punctate. Lateral carinae of prodorsum absent. Head of sensilli of globular shape. Exobothridial setae vestigial. Setae d of femora I, remote from distal end.
Description. Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 182, width 131, height 73; sensillus 20, setae: interlamellar 40, lamellar 15, rostral 18; notogaster: length 333, width 227, height 192; setae: c1 51, h1 332, p1 38; genitoaggenital plate 88 x58; anoadanal plate 142 x78.
Colour brown. Surface of prodorsum covered with deep concavities, integument of notogaster punctate.
Prodorsum with distinct sigillar fields and posterior furrows. Lateral carinae absent. Sensilli short, with short pedicel and rounded head, rather smooth. Setae, except vestigial exobothridial, erect, spiniform and rough; in> ro> le.
Notogaster with 15 pairs of relatively short (c1 <c1–d1), rigid, rough setae; setae c1 and c3 positioned near anterior margin, setae c2 far remote from margin. Vestigial setae f1 at the level of setae h1. Two pairs of lyrifissures, ia and im, present.
Ventral region; setae h of mentum slightly shorter than distance between them. Genitoaggenital plates with 9 pairs of setae with formula: 6(4+2): 3. Anoadanal plates each with 5 well-developed setae of almost equal length.
Legs. Formulae of setae and solenidia of complete type. Setae d on femora I considerably remote from distal end of article.
Types. Holotype: BO-3.
Comparison. This species is distinguishable from other Hoplophthiracarus species by the following character states in combination: globular sensilli, different structure of body surface (foveolate prodorsum and punctate notogaster) and the position of setae d on femora I, remote from distal end. No other species of Hoplophthiracarus have these combination of character states.
Etymology. The species is named in honour of Dr. Remigiusz Mielcarek, world traveller, an eminent tropical botanist, and my guide and companion during several exotic expeditions.
description: Published as part of Niedbala, Wojciech, 2008, New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Borneo and Sumatra, pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 1786 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182466
Pogonolaelaps beaulieui Nemati & Gwiazdowicz 2016
Creators: name: Joharchi, Omid
name: Ramroodi, Sara
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Laelapidae
Pogonolaelaps
Pogonolaelaps beaulieui

description: Pogonolaelaps beaulieui Nemati & Gwiazdowicz, 2016
Pogonolaelaps beaulieui Nemati & Gwiazdowicz, 2016: 35.
Nemati & Gwiazdowicz (2016) described this species in the genus Pogonolaelaps, and we agree with that placement. It is not consistent with the concept of Laelaspisella as described by Marais & Loots (1969), because the dorsal cheliceral seta is present (absent in Laelaspisella), seta pd3 is present on genu I (absent in Laelaspisella), and the palp tarsal claw is 3-tined (2-tined in Laelaspisella).
description: Published as part of Joharchi, Omid, Ramroodi, Sara & Halliday, Bruce, 2020, Review of the genus Pogonolaelaps Nemati & Gwiazdowicz (Acari: Laelapidae) with description of a new species from Iran, pp. 465-484 in Zootaxa 4820 (3) on page 470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4398055
Merma Weise 1898
Creators: name: Szawaryn, Karol
name: Czerwiński, Tomasz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Merma

description: Genus Merma Weise, 1898
Merma Weise, 1898: 123. Type species: Merma limbata Weise, 1898 (by subsequent designation of Korschefsky 1931).
Key to Malagasy species of Merma Weise:
1. Body smaller, below 4.5 mm in length....................................... .............................. 2
-. Body larger, more than 5.0 mm in length.................................... ............................... 3
2. Body larger, about 4.5 mm in length, rounded in outline; elytral margin explanate and well visible from above; elytral epipleuron broad, more than three times as broad as metanepisternum; median part of metaventrite covered with just a few large punctures; abdominal postcoxal lines almost parallel to posterior margin of ventrite 1.................. Merma hovana (Sicard, 1908)
-. Body smaller, about 3.3 mm in length, more elongate in outline, elytral margin not explanate and invisible from above; elytral epipleuron narrow, less than two times as broad as metanepisternum; median part of metaventrite covered with numerous large punctures; abdominal postcoxal lines rounded, not parallel to posterior margin of ventrite 1.................................................................................................. Merma quadriguttata (Sicard, 1909)
3. Ventrite 5 in male apically rounded, apical part of penis with sides subparallel, without lateral projection, with two rows of denticles........................................................................... Merma fisheri sp. nov.
-. Ventrite 5 in male apically emarginate, penis pointed apically, with additional lateral projection, with single row of denticles. ........................................................ ........................................... 4
4. Outer margin of penis guide in lateral view distinctly sinusoidal in middle, tip of penis with narrow lateral thorn-like projection.............................................................................. .. Merma ankarana sp. nov.
-. Outer margin of penis guide in lateral view weakly sinusoidal, tip of penis with broad, subtriangular lateral projection...................................................................................... Merma antakotako sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Szawaryn, Karol & Czerwiński, Tomasz, 2023, Three new species of Merma Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini) from Madagascar, pp. 266-276 in Zootaxa 5306 (2) on page 267, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/8058811
Phlesirtes chyuluensis Hemp & Heller, 2017, n. sp.
Creators: name: Hemp, Claudia
name: Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Phlesirtes
Phlesirtes chyuluensis

description: Phlesirtes chyuluensis n. sp. Hemp
(Fig. 4 C, D; Fig. 5 A; Fig. 16)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496060
Holotype male. Kenya, Chyulu Hills, grassland, 1900 m, January 2004. Depository MfN.
Paratypes. All same data as holotype. 1 female: Depository MfN. 1 male, 1 female. Depository EDNMK. 1 male, 1 female. Depository BMNH.
Additional paratype material. 6 females, 1 female nymph; all Kenya, Chyulu Hills, same data as holotype. Collection C. Hemp.
Description. Male. Typical colour pattern as given above in Diagnosis for Phlesirtes. Abdomen. Last abdominal tergite with the two processes leaving an angular space between them (Fig. 4 C). Cerci differentiated into two branches, outer one blunt and short, inner one curved inwardly, very long and slender, about 2–3 times as long as outer one (Fig. 4 D).
Female. As in male. Ovipositor typical for genus. Subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 A.
Measurements male (mm) (N=3). Length of body 11.0, length of pronotum 4.5–5.0, length of anterior femur 2.5, length of posterior femur 9.7–10.2, visible part of elytra from above 0.2–0.5.
Measurements female (mm) (N=8). Length of body 12.5–14.2 (mean: 3.4), length of pronotum 4.1–4.5 (mean: 4.3), length of anterior femur 2.4–2.7 (mean: 2.5), length of posterior femur 10.6–11.1 (mean: 11.0), ovipositor 11.7–13.3 (mean 12.4).
Diagnosis. P. chyuluensis n. sp. is morphologically and molecularly closely related to P. gladiolus n. sp. Both share an angular incision formed by the lateral processes on the posterior margin of the 10th abdominal tergite and a long and slender inner branch of the male cerci. While P. gladiolus n. sp. has longer and thorn-like processes, these processes are shorter and very thin in P. chyuluensis n. sp. In both species these processes are bent downward while in P. elgonensis n. sp. and P. limuru n. sp. —having also an angular space between the processes- the processes are more straight, almost on one level with the 10th abdominal tergite or only slightly bent downwards. The inner branches of the male cerci are more stout, not as long and slender and curved as in P. chyuluensis n. sp. and P. gladiolus n. sp.
Habitat and distribution. Montane grasslands on the Chyulu Hills 1800–1900 m, probably occurring in grasslands along a wider altitudinal span on the Chyulu Hills.
description: Published as part of Hemp, Claudia & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species, pp. 451-477 in Zootaxa 4244 (4) on pages 458-459, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/437214
Clathria (Microciona) microjoanna
Creators: name: Turner, Thomas L.
name: Lonhart, Steve I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Poecilosclerida
Microcionidae
Clathria
Clathria microjoanna

description: Clathria (Microciona) microjoanna (de Laubenfels, 1930)
Figures 2, 3, 9
description: Published as part of Turner, Thomas L. & Lonhart, Steve I., 2023, The Sponges of the Carmel Pinnacles Marine Protected Area, pp. 151-194 in Zootaxa 5318 (2) on page 166, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8162357
Rhopalum peterseni Tsuneki 1976
Creators: name: Saini, Varun
name: Dey, Debjani
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae
Rhopalum
Rhopalum peterseni

description: Rhopalum (s. str.) peterseni Tsuneki, 1976
Sri Lanka, Ratnapura District, Gilimale Iuruwa Jungle (paratype ♀)
Philippines, Tawi Tawi, Tarawakan (holotype ♀)
Only known from the type localities.
description: Published as part of Saini, Varun & Dey, Debjani, 2022, Description of Rhopalum (s. str.) gulmargense n. sp. with a key to the Indian species of the subgenus Rhopalum Stephens, 1829 s. str. (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini), pp. 139-144 in Zootaxa 5105 (1) on page 143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/6332496
Tachinus fimbriatus Gravenhorst 1802
Creators: name: Schülke, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Tachinus
Tachinus fimbriatus

description: Bestimmungsschlüssel der vom Emei Shan bekannten Arten der Tachinus fimbriatus -Gruppe
1 Schwarz, Elytren durch isodiametrische Mikroskulptur sehr matt und mit kleinen aber auffälligen gelben Humeralmakeln versehen (Abb. 1e) ........................................................ ....................................................................................... T. humeronotatus ZHAO & LI 2002
- Etwas oder deutlich heller gefärbt, Elytren meist nicht mit isodiametrischer Mikroskulptur, in jedem Fall ohne auffällige Humeralmakeln..........................................2
2 Einfarbig hellbraun gefärbte Art, Elytren durch isodiametrische Mikroskulptur matt. siehe Abb. 2b, 3d, 4d, 5 c-d, 6c-d, siehe Abb. 7 g-i............................................................ .................................................................................. T. emeiensis ZHANG, LI & ZHAO 2003
- Dunkler gefärbte, dunkel- bis schwarzbraune Arten. Elytren etwas glänzend, Mikroskulptur rhomboid bis kurz quermaschig aber nie isodiametrisch.............................3
3: Metaventrit ohne auffällige Höcker am Hinterrand (Abb. 2a, 3a), Sternit VII (Abb. 4a) am Hinterrand tief bogenförmig ausgerandet, Aedoeagus (Abb. 6 a-b) kräftig, mit breiteren, in ventraler Ansicht apikal gemeinsam quer abgestutzten Parameren.: Medianlobe des Tergits VIII (Abb. 7b) kurz und breit, zweispitzig ................. T. altiimprimus nov.sp.
-: Metaventrit mit auffälligen Höckern am Hinterrand (Abb. 2 c-d, 3b-c), Sternit VII am Hinterrand breit ausgerandet, die Ausrandung am Grunde fast geradrandig. Aedoeagus (Abb. 6 e-h) mehr gestreckt mit schlanken zugespitzten Parameren.: Mittellobe des Tergits VIII länger, nicht deutlich zweispitzig (Abb. 7d, f)........................4
4 Grösser, 9-10 mm. Elytren kräftig punktiert.: Sternit VII (Abb. 4b) mit flacherem Borstenfeld.: Medianlobe des Tergits VIII (Abb. 7d) schmal, apikal ohne Einschnitt ..... ....................................................................................................... T. extensiventris nov.sp.
- Kleiner, 6-8 mm. Elytren nur sehr fein punktiert.: Sternit VII (Abb. 4c) mit tieferem Borstenfeld.: Tergit VIII (Abb. 7f) mit flacher und breiter Medianlobe, die apikal einen kurzen Mitteleinschnitt besitzt............................................... T. grebennikovi nov.sp.
description: Published as part of Schülke, M., 2014, Drei neue Arten der Tachinus fimbriatus-Gruppe vom Emei Shan (China, Sichuan) und ein neues Synonym (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae), pp. 903-922 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on pages 913-914, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5306923
Rhopalum yercaudi Leclercq 1963
Creators: name: Saini, Varun
name: Dey, Debjani
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae
Rhopalum
Rhopalum yercaudi

description: Rhopalum (s. str.) yercaudi Leclercq, 1963
India, Tamil Nadu, Yercaud in Shevaroy Hills.
Only known from the holotype ♂.
description: Published as part of Saini, Varun & Dey, Debjani, 2022, Description of Rhopalum (s. str.) gulmargense n. sp. with a key to the Indian species of the subgenus Rhopalum Stephens, 1829 s. str. (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini), pp. 139-144 in Zootaxa 5105 (1) on page 143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/6332496
Acrotritia ardua C.L.Koch 1841
Creators: name: Niedbala, Wojciech
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Euphthiracaridae
Acrotritia
Acrotritia ardua

description: Acrotritia ardua (C.L.Koch, 1841)
(Fig. 8A)
Length of prodorsum 227, length of notogaster 429.
The specimen from Sepilok has sensilli with a considerably broader head than specimens from other zoogeographical regions.
description: Published as part of Niedbala, Wojciech, 2008, New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Borneo and Sumatra, pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 1786 on pages 15-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182466
Pseudophyllomitus granulatus Lee 2002
Creators: name: Lee, Won Je
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Bigyra
Pseudophyllomitidae
Pseudophyllomitus
Pseudophyllomitus granulatus

description: Pseudophyllomitus granulatus (Larsen and Patterson 1990) Lee 2002 (Fig. 4g)
Observation: Cell outline is sac-shaped. Cells are about 12 µm long, slightly flexible and flattened. Refractile granules underlie the cell surface. Two flagella emerge from the deep flagellar pocket or near half the way down. Both flagella are slightly longer than the cell and are similar in length. In non-motile cells, the posterior flagellum coils up. Cytoplasm drawn out at the posterior end was not seen. The nucleus is located below the anterior pocket, near the centre of the cell and is roundish. Rarely observed.
Remarks: This species has been reported under the name Phyllomitus granulatus from marine sites in Australia, Brazil, Demark, Hawaii, Korea and Turkey (Aegean Sea) (Larsen and Patterson 1990; Vørs 1992b; Lee and Patterson 2000; Lee et al. 2003; Lee 2002a, b, 2006b), and previously recorded cell length ranges from 7 to 21 µm. Generally, our observations are in accord with those of Larsen and Patterson (1990) and Lee (2002a). Pseudophyllomitus granulatus can be distinguished from all species of the genus Pseudophyllomitus by its granules. The organism is phagotrophic and may consume relatively large particles such as detritus and diatoms much larger than the flagellate (see Larsen and Patterson 1990, Lee and Patterson 2000).
description: Published as part of Lee, Won Je, 2015, Small Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates from Marine Sediments of Gippsland Basin, South-Eastern Australia, pp. 53-76 in Acta Protozoologica 54 (1) on page 68, DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.15.005.2192, http://zenodo.org/record/10994295
Phlesirtes hanangensis Hemp, n. sp.
Creators: name: Hemp, Claudia
name: Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Phlesirtes
Phlesirtes hanangensis

description: Phlesirtes hanangensis Hemp n. sp.
(Fig. 4. K, L; Fig. 5 D; Fig. 10 C; Fig. 16)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496066
Holotype male. Tanzania, Mt Hanang, 1900 m grassland at lower border of montane forest, May 2006. Depository MfN.
Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN. 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH.
Additional material examined. 6 males, 5 females, same data as holotype. Collection C. Hemp.
Description. Male Colour pattern. Brown with little green. Abdomen brown-black with broad black lateral fasciae. Legs. Fore and mid tibiae with two rows of each 6 spines ventrally, being the only species to present in the genus with 6 spines (usually 5). Spines of hind tibia black tipped. Abdomen. Space between processes of 10th abdominal tergite almost rectangular (Fig. 4 K). Outer branch of cercus almost ending where inner branch starts; slender, little curved (Fig. 4 L).
Female. Colour pattern as in male but more brown. Ovipositor typical for genus (Fig. 10 C). Subgenital plate shield-like as in Fig. 5 D.
Measurements male (mm) (N=7). Length of body 8.0 –10.0 (mean: 9.1), length of pronotum 4.2–4.7 (mean: 4.4), length of anterior femur 2.3–2.5 (mean: 2.4), length of posterior femur 9.7–11.3 (mean: 10.1), visible part of elytra from above 0.4–0.6 (mean: 0.5).
Measurements female (mm) (N=5). Length of body 12.2–13.0 (mean: 12.5), length of pronotum 3.5–3.8 (mean: 3.7), length of anterior femur 2.5–2.7 (mean: 2.6), length of posterior femur 11.2–13.0 (mean: 12.0), ovipositor 10.4–12.5 (mean: 11.3).
Diagnosis. P. hanangensis n. sp. is the only member of the genus to present having two rows of each 6 spines on fore and mid tibiae. It is easily recognized by the shape of the male cerci: the outer branch is almost reduced, ending blunt and the inner one slender and little curved. Also P. gladiolus n. sp. has male cerci with a very short outer branch and an inner branch starting almost where the outer branch ends but has two rows of each 5 spines on fore and mid tibiae and a different shaped gap formed between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite.
Habitat and distribution. Only known from the montane zone of Mt Hanang, north-western Tanzania. It occurs in grasslands and in grassy patches along hedges at the lower border of the montane forest.
description: Published as part of Hemp, Claudia & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species, pp. 451-477 in Zootaxa 4244 (4) on page 465, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/437214
Acrotritia sterigma Niedbala 1998
Creators: name: Niedbala, Wojciech
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Euphthiracaridae
Acrotritia
Acrotritia sterigma

description: Acrotritia sterigma (Niedbała, 1998)
(Figs 8B, C)
Length of prodorsum 242, length of notogaster 475.
Chaetome of legs: I: 1-3-4(2)-5(1)-17(3) -1; II: 1-4-3(1)-4(1)-13(2)-1; III: 2-2-2(1)-3(1)-11(0)-1; IV: 2-1- 2-2(1)-10(0)-1.
This species is known as yet only from Society Islands (Niedbała 1998). It is similar to Acrotritia divida (Mahunka, 1991) from Perak (Malaysia) by distally forked lateral carinae of the prodorsum. However the shape of the lateral carinae in these two species is different. The superior branch of the carinae in A. divida is shorter and separated from the principal trunk whereas the superior branch of A. sterigma is longer and adjacent with the principal trunk.
description: Published as part of Niedbala, Wojciech, 2008, New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Borneo and Sumatra, pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 1786 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182466
Tachinus (Tachinus) yasutoshii ITO 1993
Creators: name: Schülke, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Tachinus
Tachinus yasutoshii

description: Tachinus (Tachinus) yasutoshii ITO, 1993
= Tachinus (Tachinus) brevicuspis SCHÜLKE, 2003, syn.nov.
Bei den von mir (SCHÜLKE 2003) aus Taiwan unter dem Namen T. brevicuspis beschriebenen Exemplaren handelt es sich um kleine Individuen des T. yasutoshii mit stark verkürztem Abdominalsegment VIII. Die ausserordentliche Variabilität dieses Merkmals in der T. fimbriatus -Gruppe wurde erst später festgestellt (SCHÜLKE 2006).
description: Published as part of Schülke, M., 2014, Drei neue Arten der Tachinus fimbriatus-Gruppe vom Emei Shan (China, Sichuan) und ein neues Synonym (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae), pp. 903-922 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 914, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5306923
Phlesirtes keniensis Hemp, n. sp.
Creators: name: Hemp, Claudia
name: Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Phlesirtes
Phlesirtes keniensis

description: Phlesirtes keniensis Hemp n. sp.
(Fig. 1; Fig. 5 E; Fig. 10 D; Fig. 11 A, B; Fig. 16)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496067
Holotype male. Kenya, Mt Kenya, Chogoria Route, tussock grassland, 3000 m, March 2003. Depository MfN.
Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN. 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK. 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH.
Additional material examined. 6 males, 10 females, 2 nymphs, same data as holotype. 4 males, 3 females, Kenya, Mt Kenya, northern slopes, Sirimon Route, grassland, 2400–2600 m, November 2014. Collection C. Hemp.
Description. Male. Colour pattern. Green and various shades of brown, typical for Phlesirtes (Fig. 10 D). Abdomen. Processes on posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite broadly in-rolled at their tips. Space formed between them u-shaped (Fig. 11 A). Outer branch of cerci blunt, hardly overtopping junction of inner branch. Inner branch slender, tips curved downwards and elongated (Fig. 7 B). Posterior margin of subgenital plate almost straight.
Female. Colour pattern as male. Ovipositor typical for Phlesirtes. Subgenital plate shield-like as in Figs. 5 E.
Measurements male (mm) (N=10). Length of body 8.5–10.6 (mean: 9.3), length of pronotum 4.2–4.8 (mean: 4.4), length of anterior femur 2.0–2.1 (mean: 2.05), length of posterior femur 7.7–8.1 (mean: 7.9), visible part of elytra from above 0.6–0.9 (mean: 0.7).
Measurements female (mm) (N=10). Length of body 9.5–10.8 (mean: 10.1), length of pronotum 4.5–5.3 (mean: 4.8), length of anterior femur 2.0–2.3 (mean: 2.2), length of posterior femur 8.3–8.8 (mean: 8.6), ovipositor 0.3–0.7 (mean: 0.5).
Diagnosis. P. keniensis n. sp. and P. kinangopa n. sp. are morphologically sister taxa. P. keniensis n. sp. is slightly smaller and less stout than P. kinangopa (see measurements). Measured and compared individuals were all collected at a similar altitude (P. keniensis at 3000 m, P. kinangopa at 3100 m). Also the width of the fastigium verticis between antennal sockets of all measured individuals was 0.9 mm while it was 1.0 mm in all measured individuals of P. kinangopa. Generally P. keniensis has a less conspicuous colour pattern, being more brownish with less green which is also more pale, while the pronotal lobes in P. kinangopa are vivid green and the abdomen of a darker black colour.
Habitat and distribution. Montane grasslands and tussock grasslands on Mt Kenya.
description: Published as part of Hemp, Claudia & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species, pp. 451-477 in Zootaxa 4244 (4) on pages 465-466, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/437214
title: Electron and Positron Scattering and Environment Assisted Processes of Potential Relevance to Radiation Damage Modelling
Creators: name: Graves, Vincent Hugh
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2024

description: This thesis investigates low-energy lepton interactions with biologically relevant molecules using computational approaches. Low-energy secondary electrons produced by ionising radiation in biological matter are known to cause damage to cells. Similarly, low-energy positrons produced during positron emission tomography (PET) scans also interact with cellular components. Therefore, it is important to understand the interactions of these particles with molecules in the human body. Typically, this is done, both theoretically and experimentally, by studying isolated molecules. However, in recent years it has become apparent that modelling the effect of the environment is crucial. 
In this thesis, positron scattering from pyrazine and furan, as well as, electron scattering from furan are studied. These molecules were selected as they can be seen as models of more complex, and therefore harder to model computationally, biomolecules. In addition, the neighbour-enabled process, interparticle Coulombic electron capture (ICEC), is investigated for the systems H$^+$· $H_2O$ + $e^-$ → $H_{2}O^{+}$· H + $e^-$ and $H_{2}O^{+}$· H + $e^-$ → $H^+$· $H_2O$ + $e^-$. The R-Matrix method, and its computational implementation, the software suite UKRMol+, are use for all studies. 
Pyrazine and furan both have large polarizabilities (≈ 50 - 60 $a^{3}_{0}$ ) whose effect was difficult to fully describe in the positron scattering of this work. To resolve this, a range of approaches were tested to improve the polarization description and, therefore, the agreement with experimental results. The difficulty in describing this polarization description resulted in calculated positron scattering cross sections in poor agreement with experimental measurements. However, the use of an enhancement factor, which increased the electron-positron attraction, did improve the agreement. For electron scattering from furan, the simpler static exchange plus polarization (SEP) and polarization-consistent coupled Hartree-Fock (PCCHF) methods, provided elastic cross sections that were in good agreement with experimental results. 
ICEC cross sections were computed for a range of neighbour distances and for two relative orientations. In addition, the contribution to the ICEC cross section of different mechanisms was investigated. A discussion on the nature of some resonances which had a dependency on the neighbour distance is presented
Phlesirtes kilimontanus Hemp, n. sp.
Creators: name: Hemp, Claudia
name: Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Phlesirtes
Phlesirtes kilimontanus

description: Phlesirtes kilimontanus Hemp n. sp.
(Fig. 12 A; Fig. 16)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496068
Holotype male. Tanzania, Mt Kilimanjaro, Oloitokitok Route, upper montane zone, grasslands, 2650 m, September 2009. Depository MfN.
Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN.
Additional material examined. All Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, northern slopes, Oloitokitok Route. 1 male, 2 females, 1 female nymph, same data as holotype but July 2007. 2 female, forest clearing 2130 m, July 2002. 1 female, grassland 2550 m July 2002. Collection C Hemp.
Description. Male. Mix of brown and green but with generally more green. Abdomen. Last abdominal tergite with median depression. Inner branch of male cerci twisted at tip, tip long and acute. Space between processes of 10th abdominal tergite rhombic (Fig. 12 A).
Female. Ovipositor typical for Phlesirtes, straight and about body length. Subgenital plate shield-like, similar as in P. chyuluensis n. sp. or P. elgonensis n. sp.
Measurements male (mm) (N=2). Length of body 7.5–8.5, length of pronotum 3.6–3.9, length of anterior femur 8.2–9.0, length of posterior femur 1.8–2.2, visible part of elytra from above 0.8–0.9.
Measurements female (mm) (N=3). Length of body 9.0–9.5, length of pronotum 2.9–3.2, length of anterior femur 9.2–9.8, length of posterior femur 2.0–2.2, ovipositor 9.2–9.5.
Diagnosis. The smallest Phlesirtes species at present. Characterized by a median depression on the 10th abdominal tergite. This character is shared with P. merumontanus which is larger though and generally has a pattern of more brown and less green. The posterior margin of the subgenital plate is roundly incised in P. merumontanus while it is almost straight in P. kilimontanus n. sp. P. timboroa n. sp. also has a median depression on the 10th abdominal tergite. The posterior margin of the subgenital plate is v-shaped incised in this species and it is restricted to the Kenyan highlands around Eldoret. Fig. 12 gives an overview of P. merumontanus from different localities in northern Tanzania and P. kilimontanus n. sp. only found in the upper montane and subalpine zone of Mt Kilimanjaro.
Habitat and distribution. Montane and subalpine grasslands on the northern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro in altitudes between 2600 m and 2800 m.
description: Published as part of Hemp, Claudia & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species, pp. 451-477 in Zootaxa 4244 (4) on page 466, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/437214