Abstract
A detailed complement to the description of the Mexican endemic Pseudophyllinae Liparoscelis pallidispina Stål, 1873 is herein presented, based on several old museum specimens plus recently collected adults. As results, the species diagnosis is updated according to the current taxonomical standards for the order. Moreover, its geographical distribution is clarified and the first precise records of this monotypic genus are given for Michoacán, México and Guerrero States, all of them located at moderately high altitudes on the southern slopes of the Transverse Neovolcanic Belt, above the northeastern reaches of the Balsas Basin. A thorough illustrative complement, which includes a precise map and color photographs of habitus, main morphologically diagnostic structures, habitat and microhabitat.
Highlights
Liparoscelis Stål, 1873 is currently a monotypic genus, with the single species Liparoscelis pallidispina Stål, 1873
Precise coordinates and altitude of each locality were taken in situ with a portable GPS device (Datum WGS84), and later used to construct the distribution map in Mapinfo Professional ver
Acknowledgements First, I am greatly indebted to Rolando Teruel (Grupo de Sistemática y Ecología de Artrópodos Caribeños, Havana, Cuba) for donating the specimens of Liparoscelis pallidispina with complete collecting data and photographic support, as well as all the help given for this paper: preparation of images, style correction, expert advice on taxonomic questions and useful comments during all stages of the manuscript
Summary
Liparoscelis Stål, 1873 is currently a monotypic genus, with the single species Liparoscelis pallidispina Stål, 1873. The present author was fortunate to obtain three adult specimens of L. pallidispina: two males and one female, all in perfect state of preservation. 4 Liparoscelis pallidispina, adult male holotype (left) and old adult female from NHRS (right), close-up views of thorax: a) dorsal; b) lateral.
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