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Original description

Content:  Gen. nov. Angara. (Fig. 1.)

Occiput liberum, elevatum. Fastigium verticis perpendiculariter deflexum, acuminatum, haud sulcatum. Antennate annulatae. Pronotum breve, sellaeforme, constrictum, sulco transverso medio sito, lobis deflexis margine inferiore recto, margine postico obliquo, recto. Elytra subtota libera, usque ad medium segmenti abdominalis primi extensi, venis valde expressis. Pectus latiusculum, meso- et metanotum truncata. Pedes longi. Femora antica pronoto triplo longiora. Femora postica gracillima, basi parum incrassata, subtus inermia, pilosa, lobis genicularibus longe acuminatis. Tibiae anticae supra sulcatae, spinulosae. Tibiae posticae supra, spinis sat longis armatae. Abdomen obesum, teres. Lamina supraanalis triangularis, sulcata. Cerci subrecti, apice ipso curvato et mucronato. Lamina subgenitalis brevis, attenuata, leviter emarginata.

Species unica.

Angara albo-fasciata spec. nov. (Fig. 1.)

Fusco-marmorata. Antennae fuscae, albo-annulatae. Frons fusca, basi cum clypeo alba. Pronotum fusco-marmoratum, margine postico fusco-striolato. Elytra pallida, margine exteriore albo-vittato. Pedes fusco-marmorati. Abdomen segmentis singulis margine postico fusco-punctato.

Long. corporis ..................... 17 mm
Long. pronoti ...................... 2.5 mm
Long. femorum anticorum .... 7.8 mm
Long. femorum posticorum ... 19 mm

Patria: Theresopolis in Brasilia (coll. m., a Fruhsdorfero lecta).

[pp. 37/38, slightly modified, everything referring to male, cf. images of description]

Source of information:  Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1891. Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 41:1-196

Date last modified:  Friday, March 21, 2008


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