. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. REVISION OF COTHURUS 227 two pubescent, obconical, not serrate, unequal apical spurs; preapical ridge normally developed; one dorso-lateral ridge all along their outer side; no dorsal ridges on metatarsal articles (fig. 18). All claws strongly dentate ; basipulvilla of front claws spiniform, moderately hairy (fig. 8) ; those of hind claws longer than the claw, brush-like, with distal hairs apically davate (fig. 7). Pygidium triangular equilateral, hardly longer than hypopygium, of the Xanthoconalia type (Franciscolo 1
. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. REVISION OF COTHURUS 227 two pubescent, obconical, not serrate, unequal apical spurs; preapical ridge normally developed; one dorso-lateral ridge all along their outer side; no dorsal ridges on metatarsal articles (fig. 18). All claws strongly dentate ; basipulvilla of front claws spiniform, moderately hairy (fig. 8) ; those of hind claws longer than the claw, brush-like, with distal hairs apically davate (fig. 7). Pygidium triangular equilateral, hardly longer than hypopygium, of the Xanthoconalia type (Franciscolo 1943:293). Paramera strongly asymmetrical, of type C (Franciscolo 1957:225), fig. 25-29. 8th introflected (^ urosternon more or less distally emar- ginate, of the Mordella type (ibid. : 222). Affinities : There is no need to repeat the comments and the key settling the position of Cothurus previously published (Fran- ciscolo 1984:81-83) in this same review. Cothurus shows a degree of specialization similar, though less exaggerated, to that met with in Boatta (); though in the unique (^ syntype of iridescens no teleuto-. Fig. 7-8. 7: hind inner claw, iridescens <S\ 8: front inner claw, bordoni 3; 9: 9th in- troflected urosternon, iridescens <S; tubular process of phallobase, bordoni; 11: apex of penis, ventrally, bordoni; 12: same, from right; 13: right antenna, iridescens <J; 14: same, bordoni cj; 15: same, iridescens $; 16: right protarsus, bordoni cS; 17: same, iridescens cJ; 18: right hind leg, iridescens Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria (Genoa, Italy). Genova : Stab. tipo-litografico P. Pellas Fu L.
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