Scipopus (Scipopus) convexus Lindsay & Marshall 2023, sp. nov.
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Scipopus (Scipopus) convexus sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 17F53818-9652-4979-9CD1-8ABDC5FFA009 Figs 15–16 Differential diagnosis Scipopus (Scipopus) convexus sp. nov. resembles S. (S.) planus sp. nov. in having a paracephalon with strongly convex upturned bumps, but differs in having dark, long, fine setae on T1 and a dark first fore tarsomere. Etymology The species name, from the Latin word for ‘ convex ’, refers to the strongly convex bumps on the paracephalon. Type material examined Holotype BOLIVIA • 1 ♀; La Paz, Heath River Wildlife Centre, ~ 21 km SSW of Puerto Heath; 12°40′ S, 68°42′ W; 29 Apr.–12 May 2007; S.M. Paiero leg.; CBFC. Paratypes BOLIVIA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; CBFC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; CBFC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; debu00281750/MYCRO518-19 sequenced for CO1– 5′; DEBU • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; S.A. Marshall leg.; CBFC (♂ dissected and photographed, Fig. 15D–E, G). PERU • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Madre de Dios, Los Amigos Biol. Stn; 2–14 Jun. 2006; Paiero and Klymko leg.; MUSM (♀ dissected and photographed, Fig. 15A–B) • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; debu00281553/MYCRO517-19 sequenced for CO1–5′, CO1–3′, 12S, 28S; DEBU. Other material BRAZIL • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Rondonia, Ariquemes, Rio Ji-Parana; 9°44′ S, 61°52′ W; 28 Oct. 1986; J.A. Rafael leg.; Arm. Malaise; INPA • 1 ♀; Pará, Tucurui, Faz. Senador; 3°59′48″ S, 49°46′03″ W; 1 Jul. 2001; J.A. Rafael and J. Vidal leg.; suspensa baixa; INPA • 9 ♂♂, 19 ♀♀; Amazonas, Rio Negro, downstream Uaupés, last right tributary of Rio Curicuriari; 0°19′54″ S, 66°48′1″ W; 5 Mar. 1994; M. von Tschirnhaus leg.; 1° forest, aspirated from human dung; INPA • 2 ♀♀; Santerem; Acc. No. 2966; CMNH • 2 ♂♂; Manáos, Amazon; Jul.; “ Roman ”; ZMUH • 1?; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Jul. 1914; illegible collecting note attached; ZMUH • 2 ♀♀; Rio Autaz, Amazon; “ Roman ”; Oct.; ZMUH • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; Sep.; ZMUH • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; Oct.; illegible collecting note attached; ZMUH • 1 ♂; Pará, Rio Xingu Camp, 60 km S of Altamira; 52°22′ W, 3°39′ S; 13–21 Oct. 1986; P. Spangler and O. Flint leg.; USNM • 1 ♂; Amazonas, Manaus, 1 km W of Taruma Falls; 100 m a.s.l.; 2 Mar. 1981; C. Young leg.; CMNH • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; G. Ekis leg.; CMNH • 1 ♀; Amazonas, Manaus, AM- 10 km 16; 16 Apr. 1988; R.A. Rocha leg.; INPA • 1 ♂; Pará, Benevides; Oct. 1918; S.M. Klages leg.; CMACC. 6174; CMNH • 1 ♀; Pará, Tucurui, Faz Senador; 03°59′48″ S, 49°46′03″ W; 1 Jul. 2001; J.A Rafael and J. Vidal leg.; suspensa baixa; INPA • 1 ♂; Pará, Alter de Chào; 15–18 Feb. 1992; R.A. Vidal leg.; Malaise; INPA • 1 ♂, Amazonas, Campus Universitario; 28 Jul.–5 Aug. 1988; M. Castilho et al. leg.; mao [hand]; INPA • 2 ♂♂; Amazonas, Rio Javari, Estirao do Equador; Oct. 1979; M. Alvarenga leg.; CMNH • 1 ♀; Manaquiri Lake, 80 mi. SW of Manaus; 16 Nov. 1970; E.D. Valette leg.; USNM. COLOMBIA • 1 ♀; Putumayo, PNN La Paya Cabaña Viviano; 0°7′ S, 74°56′ W; 320 m a.s.l.; 19 Sep.–1 Oct. 2001; R. Cobete leg.; Malaise; M.2440; debu01088991/MYCRO520-19 sequenced for CO1–5′; IAVH • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; Varzea; M.2438; IAVH • 1 ♀; Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata; 3°41′ S, 70°15′ W; 150 m a.s.l; 4 Aug.–11 Sep. 2000; A. Parente leg.; Malaise; M.847; IAVH (photographed, Fig. 15C). ECUADOR • 1 ♀; Prov. Orellano, Yasuni Natl. Pk., Yasuni Research Stn; 0°40′50″ S, 76°24′2″ W; 250 m a.s.l.; 28 Apr.–8 May 2009; H. Cumming leg.; on monkey dung; QCAZ • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; S. Luk leg.; on ground; debu01089002/MYCRO519-19 sequenced for CO1–5′; DEBU. FRENCH GUIANA • 1 ♀; Cayenne; Feb. 1917; Acc. 5873; CMNH. GUYANA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Rewa Ecolodge; 3°52′58″ N, 58°47′46″ W; 19 Jan.–22 Dec. 2012; R.J. Pivar; DEBU. Description LENGTH. 11–14 mm. HEAD. Palpus orange to dark brown, pale brown microtrichose and setulose on entire surface, narrow (length 6.0× height). Clypeus light brown to black, anterior face ~1.3–2.0 × as wide as high, bare medially, microtrichose in posterolateral corners. Frontal vitta dull, orange, microtrichose. Orbital plate bare and slightly shiny on outer lateral edges. Epicephalon dull, orange or dark brown, microtrichose, not clearly delineated from upper frontal vitta. Paracephalon orange to black-brown, with upturned convex projections. All head chaetotaxy well-developed. THORAX. Scutum black or dark brown. Female cervical sclerite relatively flat. Postpronotal lobe black or brown, setulose on outer margin. Notopleuron black or brown with three posterior pale spots, pale microtrichose ventrally. Pleuron black or dark brown, microtrichosity variable: entirely white on proepisternum, mostly white on proepimeron, with brown stripes posterodorsally and medially, white on anteroventral ⅓ of anepisternum, with white anterodorsal and posterodorsal spots, brown on ventral corner and remainder, mostly white on katatergite, with median brown spots or lines. Microtrichosity on katepisternum varies from mostly white with posterodorsal, ventral and median spots (Fig. 16B) to mostly brown with anterior, posterodorsal and posteromedian white spots (Fig. 16A). Legs dark brown or black, first fore and hind tarsomere dark brown or black with distinct ventral golden fringe. Wing uniformly brown infuscate. ABDOMEN (J+ ♀). Long, fine, setae on T1 dark brown or black. Pleuron grey, microtrichose, P1, dorsal half of P2–6 dark brown or black. Male pleural sac off-white, dark brown on upper half. FEMALE ABDOMEN. T1+2 ~2.2 × length of T3. Oviscape dark brown or black, white microtrichose on anterior ⅔, ~1.5–3.0× length of T6. Combined duct length short; common duct very short (almost absent). Paired spermathecal duct short (~4.0× length of paired spermathecae), narrow and curved basally, wider distally. Paired spermathecal stems shorter than spermathecae, with minute, sparsely distributed tubercles. Paired spermathecae elongate, nearly teardrop-shaped. Single spermathecal duct arising from basal ¹/10 of paired duct, narrow, <½ diameter and length of paired duct, slightly swollen distally. Single spermatheca elongate, finger-like, with spiked tubercles. MALE ABDOMEN. Length of T1+2 ~2.3 × length of T3. Genital fork small, (~1.6× length of T6), arms converging, touching, sometimes swollen apically; inner basal process straight, ¹/5 the length of arm (not obvious in Fig. 15G). Epandrium stout (length ≈ height), densely short setose on posteroventral margin. Basiphallus small, crescent-shaped, projecting outwards. Basal distiphallus ≈ length to epandrium, wide. Phallic bulb short, length ≈ height, upper chamber with round posterior projection, lower chamber smaller, rounded. Distal distiphallus shorter than epandrium, apex with tube-like opening. Phallapodeme broad and expanded apically. Remarks Scipopus (Scipopus) convexus sp. nov. has frequently been mistaken for S. (S.) belzebul in the past, for example, in Hendel (1933), Hennig (1934) and Albuquerque (1972a). From the current material examined, males of S. (S.) convexus were more frequently collected and represented in collections (~40% of total specimens examined) than males of other species of Scipopus. Distribution French Guiana to Colombia and Ecuador, south to Bolivia and Brazil.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 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; both teacher heads agree on what is shown here.
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".