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Derivation of name. Udaeus, one of the Sparti, means “of the earth” and is in reference to it’s
having been found under a pine log; the name is used as a noun in apposition to the generic name.
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Description
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Color. Uniformly blackish brown; body finely granulate.
Female. Vertex of the head smooth; first antennal flagellomere subequal in length to the pedicel.
Pronotum slightly broader posteriorly than anteriorly, lateral margins and disc smooth; mesonotum about 1.9 times
the length of the pronotum, lateral margins granulate in the anterior two-thirds, disc with two incomplete rows of
tubercles on either side of the midline.
Abdominal tergites VII-IX with a very faint posteromedian swelling, X obscurely and very obtusely carinate.
Subgenital plate reaching to the middle of abdominal segment X, similar to that of A. jamaicana.
Tegminal and alar remnants absent.
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Male. Mesonotum 1.6 times the length of the pronotum, disc rugose in addition to the tubercles.
Abdominal tergites transverse, tergite X not apically emarginate Vomer broad and flat, not medially sulcate, apex
acutely rounded.
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This species is very similar to A. jamaicana, differing in having a shorter first antennal flagellomere,
noncarinate abdominal tergites, and nonsulcate male vomer.
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Observations. The type specimens of this species were taken under a pine log in a clearing.
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Distribution. Savane Mouton, Haiti.
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Material examined. Two males, three females.
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Haiti
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Savane Mouton
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