On the Afrotropical species of Myrmoplasta - Acta Entomologica ...
On the Afrotropical species of Myrmoplasta - Acta Entomologica ...
On the Afrotropical species of Myrmoplasta - Acta Entomologica ...
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STEHLÍK: <strong>On</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Afrotropical</strong> <strong>species</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Myrmoplasta</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> hemelytra slightly produced, convergent, and rounded. Fore femora strongly swollen with<br />
three teeth in male.<br />
Abdomen nearly spherical, strongly constricted basally (Figs. 5-6); tergum considerably<br />
gibbous. Mesotergite II small, mesotergites III-V distinctly large, mesotergite VI <strong>of</strong> male<br />
nearly vertically positioned. Abdomen apically narrowed, mesotergite VII narrow, horizontally<br />
positioned in male, its distal margin bent dorsally. Pygophore not retractable into abdomen<br />
(Fig. 1).<br />
Pygophore. Ventral wall submedially with rounded depression under ventral rim; prominent<br />
longitudinal groove under this depression. Ventral rim only slightly elevated above<br />
Fig. 2. <strong>Myrmoplasta</strong> vittiventris Carlini, 1894, brachypterous male (orig. J. L. Stehlík).
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