Scipopus (Scipopus) brikelos Lindsay & Marshall 2023, sp. nov.
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Scipopus (Scipopus) brikelos sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CF3F3C29-C339-437A-B7B2-97E52F12EEAA Figs 8–9 Differential diagnosis Scipopus (Scipopus) brikelos sp. nov. resembles S. (S.) nigripennis in having a white first fore tarsomere, a shiny epicephalon that is clearly delineated from the upper frontal vitta, an elongate spermathecal duct, and nearly spherical paired spermathecae. It differs in the orange clypeus that is dark and bare on the middle third, and in the fine, black setae on T1. Etymology The name, a Greek word translating to ‘tragic mask’, refers to the median dark part of the clypeus. This dark central area resembles a facial mask used in the COVID-19 pandemic, during which time this manuscript was written. Type material examined Holotype COSTA RICA • 1 ♀; Alajuela, San Ramon Biol. Res.; 900 m a.s.l.; Apr.–May 2000; P. Hanson leg.; MNCR. Paratypes COSTA RICA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; debu00206321/MYCRO560-19 sequenced for CO1–5′; DEBU (dissected, photographed, Figs 8A–C, F, 9B) • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; MNCR • 1 ♀; Puntarenas Province, Monteverde; 22 May 2000; F. Joyce leg.; debu01088988/ MYCRO528-19 sequenced for CO1–5′; pseudoscorpion associated with specimen; DEBU • 1 ♀; Guanacaste, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacoa, Derrumbe; 10.9292′ N, 85.4643′ W; 1220 m a.s.l.; 14 May 2015; D.H. Janzen and W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise, forest; BIOUG-D09/ GMCCE108-17 sequenced for CO1–5′; BIOUG • 1 ♂; Puntarenas, Monteverde, San Luis Ecolodge; 1–7 Apr. 2005; P.D. Careless leg.; MNCR (dissected and photographed, Fig. 8D–E). Other material examined COSTA RICA • 1 ♀; Monteverde; 17 Aug. 2010; S.A. Marshall leg.; MNCR (photographed, Fig. 9A). Description LENGTH. 14–17 mm. HEAD. Palpus light brown, pale brown microtrichose and setulose on entire surface, narrow (length 6.0× height). Clypeus orange laterally, brown medially, width ~2.0 × height, bare medially, white microtrichose in posterolateral corners. Frontal vitta and orbital plate dull, orange, microtrichose. Epicephalon light brown, shiny, bare, narrow (width less than ⅔ of upper frontal vitta width at inner verticals), clearly delineated from upper frontal vitta. Paracephalon light brown and/or orange, slightly convex on posterolateral portions. Anterior lower fronto-orbital seta absent or present, all other head chaetotaxy well-developed. THORAX. Scutum black-brown, dark brown microtrichose, with narrow, pale brown anteromedian vitta flanked by dark brown vittae and blue sheen, and with indistinct pale spot anterior to transverse suture. Female cervical sclerite convex. Postpronotal lobe black-brown with blue sheen with very few setulae on outer margin, notopleuron black-brown. Pleuron black-brown with the following microtrichosity: entirely white except dorsally on proepisternum, denser on outer margins, entirely white except dorsally on proepimeron, white on anteroventral ¼ of anepisternum, with ventral corner and remainder brown, white anterior patch on katepisternum, otherwise brown, white dorsally and ventrally on katatergite. Legs black-brown with blue sheen; first and second fore tarsomere white dorsally, hind tarsomere 1 almost entirely white dorsally. Wing uniformly black-brown infuscate. ABDOMEN (J+ ♀). T1 with fine, long dark brown or black setae. FEMALE ABDOMEN. T1+2 ~2.1 × length of T3. Pleuron almost entirely dark brown or black, grey on ventral ¼ of P2–6. Oviscape ~3.0× length of T6, black-brown, white microtrichose on anterior ⅓. Combined spermathecal ducts long; common duct making up ⅔ of entire duct length. Paired spermathecal duct short (~5.0× length of paired spermathecae), curved basally, mostly parallel-sided, slightly tapered basally and swollen apically. Paired spermathecal stem equal to or slightly longer than paired spermathecae, with numerous tubercles. Paired spermathecae approximately spherical, bent and tapered basally (collapsed in Fig. 8B). Single spermathecal duct arising from base of paired duct, narrow, ~½ the diameter and length of paired duct, swollen apically. Single spermatheca small, elongate, swollen apically. MALE ABDOMEN. T1+2 ~2.4× length of T3. Pleuron off-white, P1 and pleural sac dark brown or black, P3–6 black on dorsal half. Genital fork with arms converging, 3.0 × length of T6, inner basal process ⅓ length of arm. Epandrium length ~2.0 × height, rounded and taller posteriorly, short setose on posteroventral margin. Basiphallus small, crescent-shaped. Basal distiphallus very short (~1.0× phallic bulb), ending in phallic bulb. Phallic bulb short and small, length ~1.2 × height, bulbous on posterior half, nearly subquadrate on anterior half. Distal distiphallus long (> 2.0 × length of epandrium). Phallapodeme not observed. Remarks A specimen of S. (S.) brikelos sp. nov. from Monteverde, Costa Rica, is pinned with a pseudoscorpion that was previously attached to the specimen. Distribution Costa Rica.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.015 | 0.010 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".