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Tachardiella palobrea Kondo & Gullan, 2011 (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Tachardiella)

Tachardiella palobrea Kondo & Gullan 2011: 345-367. Type data: ARGENTINA: Salta Province, Ruta 68, Quebrada de Cafayate, (26°03'S, 65°53'W), ex stem of Parkinsonia praecox, 2/23/2010, by P.J. Gullan. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; accepted valid name Notes: PARATYPES: ARGENTINA: same data as holotype, 21 slides (18 adult females, 3 immature females: 9 (IMLA), 12 (UCDC)) Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

KondoGu2011: pp.347-350 ( Adult (F) ) [Key Based on Adult Females to Separate Species of the Family Kerriidae Known to Occur in the New World]

Systematics: The test of this species differs from that of all other species known from Argentina by the absence of humps or elevations on the dorsum. The adult female most closely resembles that of T. argentina. Morphological variation. The dimensions of the brachia, the pedicel of the dorsal spine and the pre-anal plate of the anal tubercle are mostly affected by age. The number of spiracular pores around the posterior spiracle may vary from 15 to 32, the number being greater in larger individuals.
Structure: Single specimens sub-globose, with rather flat dorsum. More-or-less reddish brown in color, upper part darker, with white waxy filaments secreted from area of brachial plates, perhaps exuding from spiracular pores on anterior spiracles and canellar pores on the brachial plates. Lac of crowded specimens fused. (Kondo & Gullan, 2011)
Biology: T. palobrea tended by Camponotus rosariensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). (Kondo & Gullan, 2011)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kondo & Gullan, 2011.

KondoGu2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 345-367
Varshn2020: distribution, host, taxonomy, 31