{"id":3962,"date":"2025-08-26T06:14:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=3962"},"modified":"2025-08-26T06:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:14:52","slug":"neotessera-eclipsis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=3962","title":{"rendered":"Neotessera eclipsis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Neotessera eclipsis<\/h1>\n
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\"\"<\/a>“Eclipsing new tile”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kingdom<\/dt>\n
Microsynthera<\/dd>\n
Phylum<\/dt>\n
Plasticae<\/dd>\n
Class<\/dt>\n
Occlupanida<\/dd>\n
Order<\/dt>\n
Orthogonidectes<\/dd>\n
Family<\/dt>\n
Toxodentidae<\/dd>\n
Genus<\/dt>\n
Neotessera<\/em><\/dd>\n
Species<\/dt>\n
N. eclipsis<\/em><\/dd>\n
External morphology<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n

small rounded isoform lateral palps. Size 21.6 mm x 23.7 mm<\/p>\n

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This jet-black hyaline toxodentid is in all respects virtually identical in morphology to Neotessera vitripalpus<\/em><\/a>, save for its color. While this would usually classify it as a color morph, it has been given its own designation as Neotessera eclipsis<\/em>, owing to the poetic fact that the occlupanid whose niche it is eclipsing is none other than Palpatophora stellanova<\/em><\/a>, which is itself a jet-black color morph elevated to species status nearly 20 years prior. Although instruments that measure self-referential cyclical irony are imprecise, such data nonetheless provides sufficient scientific cover to designate N. eclipsis<\/em> as its own species.\u00a0 Instead of grocery stores, this occlupanid seems to favor the back pantries and kitchens of fast-food chain restaurants, where it has been found to replace P. stellanova<\/em> in greater numbers.
\nSpecies described by S. Sword (FORC). Specimen submitted by O. Ohm of the Fargo Moorhead Center for Occlupanology, obtained from a Wendy’s in Gary, IN on bags of Bimbo brand buns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neotessera eclipsis “Eclipsing new tile” Kingdom Microsynthera Phylum Plasticae Class Occlupanida Order Orthogonidectes Family Toxodentidae Genus Neotessera Species N. eclipsis External morphology small rounded isoform lateral palps. Size 21.6 mm x 23.7 mm This jet-black hyaline toxodentid is in all respects virtually identical in morphology to Neotessera vitripalpus, save for its color. While this would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3961,"parent":749,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3962","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t