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Newportia pusilla Pocock, 1893 Locus typicus: St. Vincent Island, Lesser Antilles. Recent material from Martinique. 1 spm, HC, Les Trois-Ilets, Morne Bigot, PF, 408 m a.s.l., lat.14,51719, long. -61,06653, leg. MC, 18.11.2018 (CAEC, 141); 1 spm, HC, Le Prêheur, Pelée Mountain, Caldera, PF, 1155 m a.s.l., lat.14,81203, long. -61,17073, leg. MC, 16.11.2018 (CBGP, FAUN 17345); 1 spm, HC, Macouba, morne Macouba, PF, 1031 m a.s.l., lat.14,82212, long. -61,16529, leg. MC, 30.01.2019 (CAEC, 107); 1 spm, HC, Sainte-Luce, SF, 347 m a.s.l., lat.14,50745, long. -60,92475, leg. MC, 07. 07.02.2019 (CAEC, 128); 1 spm, HC, Sainte-Luce, SF, 300 m a.s.l., lat.14,50842, long. -60,92316, leg. MC, 07. 07.02.2019 (CAEC, 823); 1 spm, TE, Le Lorrain, Rivière Sylvetre, PF, 260 m a.s.l., lat.14,77525, long. -61,06527, leg. MC, 21.11.2017 (CAEC, 179); 1 spm, TE, Schoelcher, Plateau Concorde, PF, 582 m a.s.l., lat.14,67913, long. -61,10634, leg. MC, 03.05.2016 (CBGP, FAUN 17346); 1 spm, TE, Fond-Saint-Denis, Piton Boucher, PF, 1059 m a.s.l., lat.14,71461, long. -61,10501, leg. MC, 25.02.2018 (CAEC, 6099); 1 spm, HC, Grand-Rivière, Pelée Moutain, morne Macouba, PF, 1068 m a.s.l., lat.14,82098, long. -61,16589, leg. ML, 17.02.2020 (CAEC, 16247). Material mentioned in Schileyko et al. (2018). Chemin de l’Aileron, Morne Rouge, 13.08.2017, lat. 14.8125, long. -61.1642, 1240 m, leg. MC, 1 spm (CAEC, 17294); Piton Boucher, Fond-Saint-Denis, summit, 21.05.2017, lat. 14.7146, long. -61.1050, 1059 m, leg. MC, 1 spm (CBGP, FAUN 17344). Additional material. Brazil, Amazonas State, Reserva Florestal A. Ducke, 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 6704). Сomposite diagnosis (based on adult ZMMU Rc 6704 and literature data). Cephalic plate lacking paramedian sutures or with the short (up to 1/6–1/5 of plate’s length) ones posteriorly. Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite straight with very shallow median diastema; chitin-lines very short but distinct. Interior surface of tarsungula with two longitudinal ridges. Tergite 1 with semicircular anterior transverse suture and ... |