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Image of Morphogenia

Image of Morphogenia

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Figures 5–15.Diagnostic characters of Morphogenia struhli sp. n. 5 compound micrograph of male head showing anterolaterally shifted vertexal fovea (VF) and apodemes of the tentorium 6 male pronotum with antebasal sulcus (AS) and lateral antebasal fovea (LAF) indicated 7 male dorsal abdominal segments showing absence of fovea-like cuticular pockets at the bases of tergites V–VII 8 male left protarsus with tarsomeres indicated. A magnified portion of the ventral face of tarsomere II shows the large spines of possible raptorial function 9 male left metatarsus with tarsomeres indicated. Note that tarsi in 8 and 9 are to the same scale. 10 male left hind tarsal claw, with arrow indicating internal spike 11 male tergite VIII 12 male sternite VIII 13 dorsal view of aedeagus 14 female tergite VIII 15 female sternite VIII. In 11–15 all structures are orientated with anterior to the top.

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Joseph Parker
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Parker J (2014) Morphogenia: a new genus of the Neotropical tribe Jubini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from the Brazilian Amazon ZooKeys 373: 57–66
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zookeys.373.6788.sp_17_p_3