Based on the results of the genetic barcoding (see below), we further examined the morphology of these females in comparison with that of the males and that of the other species of Heterodasypoda (i.e. Dasypoda albimana, D. morotei and D. pyrotrichia). High-quality pictures of both sexes of D. michezi were taken using a Canon
EOS 5DS R (Canon Inc., Tokyo, Japan) camera assembled onto a stereomicroscope
Leica M205C (Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany) with
Leica LED5000 HDI illuminator under Helicon Remote 3.9.7.w. software. Photographs were then combined into a single image using Helicon Focus 7.5.6 Pro (Helicon Soft Ltd, Kharkiv, Ukraine) automontage software.
Finally, we established a key to all known species of Heterodasypoda following Michez et al. (2004a, b) and the results of the present study. The following abbreviations, after Michener (2007) , are used below: T1, T2… = first, second, etc. metasomal terga; S1, S2… = first, second, etc. metasomal sterna; A1, A2… = first, second, etc. antennal segments, pw = puncture width.
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