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<mods:title id="EFC5D85CC745B4881F3D1B82B2B5DF18">Description of two new species in the genera Epectinaspis Blanchard and Strigoderma Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anomalini)</mods:title>
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Ramírez-Ponce &amp; Curoe
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(
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(
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&quot; // &quot;
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&quot;, red label and male genitalia and metathoracic wing card mounted.
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&quot;, yellow label.
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Description of
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. Male. Length
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Head orange-brown with green and red reflections; pronotum, scutellum, elytra, pygidium, venter, and legs orange-brown (except green anteromedial blotch on pronotum) with green reflections; prosternum, mesosternum, and metasternum, coxae, trochanters, and abdomen coppery-red with weak green reflections (
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. Surface of frons flat, with a central bulge, deeply and densely rugopunctate with 4 setae on each supraocular region (
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); interocular width equals 4.6 eye diameters. Clypeus subrectangular, with lateral angles broadly rounded, apex moderately reflexed; surface slightly convex, alveolate, becoming punctate near apex (
<figureCitation id="1355B0BC7035FFCEFCEEE17AFC84FBA1" box="[760,838,1086,1111]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 12" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1914,1937]" captionTargetBox="[185,1421,199,1891]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[163,1424,173,1912]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 12. Habitus and diagnostic structures of the new species. 1 7) Epectinaspis costaricensis. 1) habitus; 2) head, dorsal view; 3) head, lateral view; 4) male genitalia, dorsal view; 5) parameres, caudal view, 6) male genitalia, lateral view; 7) Protibia and tarsus. 8 12) Strigoderma ngabe. 8) habitus; 9) head, dorsal view; 10) male genitalia, dorsal view; 11) male genitalia, lateral view; 12) Protibia and tarsus." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286502/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Mentum punctate; punctures moderately dense, moderately small; free margins with 10 long and erect setae (4 on each lateral margin and 2 on apical margin); prementum glabrous. Terminal segment of maxillary palpus wider than 3 basal palpomeres (1.3:1.0) and longer than 3 basal palpomeres combined (1.3:1.0).
<emphasis id="B91A702B7035FFCEFC81E1EEFCD2FB35" bold="true" box="[663,784,1194,1219]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Pronotum</emphasis>
. Margins beaded; with 5 long, curved, and erect setae on each side; basal angles acute. Surface sparsely punctate, with a weak, wide, and irregular furrow on midline; punctures moderate in size, deep (
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).
<emphasis id="B91A702B7035FFCEFC78E1B6FD27FAFD" bold="true" box="[622,741,1266,1291]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Scutellum</emphasis>
. Width length ratio 1.00.88, apex rounded; surface punctate; punctures moderate in size, smaller towards apex (
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).
<emphasis id="B91A702B7035FFCEFD22E052FC4AFAD9" bold="true" box="[820,904,1302,1327]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Elytra.</emphasis>
Each with 11 punctate striae, 1 next to sutural margin, 6 on disc extending from basal margin to apex, 2 from humeral umbone to apex, and 2 adjacent to lateral margin (
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). Epipleuron not reaching metepisternum. Margins glabrous.
<emphasis id="B91A702B7035FFCEFDFAE01AFB4AFA81" bold="true" box="[1004,1160,1374,1399]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Propygidium</emphasis>
. Completely covered by elytra, surface punctate, setose; setae short, scattered.
<emphasis id="B91A702B7035FFCEFD10E0C6FC43FA6D" bold="true" box="[774,897,1410,1435]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Pygidium.</emphasis>
Shape subtriangular in posterior view; surface narrowly convex near apex and uniformly, moderately densely punctuate; punctures large, shallow, setigerous; setae long, more so on apex.
<emphasis id="B91A702B7035FFCEFFFAE08EFD83FA15" bold="true" box="[492,577,1482,1507]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Venter.</emphasis>
Sternites 24 subequal in length; sternite 5 1.17 as long as sternite 4; last sternite 0.87 as long as sternite 4. Sternites 26 irregularly punctate; punctures medially moderately large, laterally becoming larger. Most larger punctures setigerous; setae long and more abundant on sides.
<emphasis id="B91A702B7035FFCEFABCE356FB28F9DD" bold="true" box="[1194,1258,1554,1579]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Legs.</emphasis>
Protibia with 2 external teeth and a subapical spur; spur subequal in length to protarsomere 2. Protarsomere 5 subequal in length to protarsomeres 14 combined, with a conspicuous internomedial tooth. Protarsus with inner claw deeply cleft; inner ramus 3 times as wide as outer ramus (
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). Mesotibia with conspicuous, oblique carina at middle; carina with 2 setiform spinules on basal end, 7 along its length, and 1 on apical end; apex with 78 spinules. Metatibia with 1819 spinules at apex.
<emphasis id="B91A702B7035FFCEFFABE382FDB7F929" bold="true" box="[445,629,1734,1759]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
In dorsal view, parameres simple, straight, without bends or setae, narrowing towards rounded apex (
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); in lateral view, phallobase-tectum-parameres length ratio 1.0:1.66:1.40 (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7035FFCEFED1E276FEE7F8BD" bold="true" box="[199,293,1842,1867]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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Variation in
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</emphasis>
(
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, DJCC). The
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is similar to the
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but with the following differences: green reflections on frons more intense, punctures on pronotal disc shallower, metasternum and abdomen lighter, sternites with yellow area along apical margins, and apical teeth on external edge of protibia longer.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7036FFCDFE81E23EFE8BF866" bold="true" box="[151,329,1914,1937]" pageId="2" pageNumber="89">FIGURES 112.</emphasis>
Habitus and diagnostic structures of the new species. 17)
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7036FFCDFDA0E238FB06F867" box="[950,1220,1916,1937]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="89">Epectinaspis costaricensis</emphasis>
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. 1) habitus; 2) head, dorsal view; 3) head, lateral view; 4) male genitalia, dorsal view; 5) parameres, caudal view, 6) male genitalia, lateral view; 7) Protibia and tarsus. 812)
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7036FFCDFFA6E2FCFDB7F838" box="[432,629,1976,1998]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="89">Strigoderma ngabe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 8) habitus; 9) head, dorsal view; 10) male genitalia, dorsal view; 11) male genitalia, lateral view; 12) Protibia and tarsus.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFED1E5D3FE83FF46" bold="true" box="[199,321,151,176]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This species is distinguished from all other species of the genus
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFA54E5DCFB13FF59" box="[1090,1233,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Epectinaspis</emphasis>
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by the following combination of characters: males with frons mostly flat and with a central bulge, pronotum glabrous, apex of mesotibia and metatibia with
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spinules respectively, epipleuron not reaching metepisternum; male genitalia with apex of parameres simple, widely rounded, without setae (lateral view), bends or folds.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD1AC397037FFCCFED1E46CFCD5FD96" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1328]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFED1E46CFE2DFEC9" box="[199,495,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Epectinaspis costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFC7DE46DFD2CFEB6" box="[619,750,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. chelifera</emphasis>
Bates
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFD71E46DFBE4FEB6" box="[871,1062,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. guatemalensis</emphasis>
Ohaus
</taxonomicName>
, sharing with both species (to a large extent) the brown or orange-brown dorsal coloration with green or red reflections and an anteromedial blotch on the pronotum. Additionally, it shares with
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFCE0E435FC7AFE7E" box="[758,952,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. guatemalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the same number of elytral striae on disc (nine), but differs in interocular width (6.5 eye diameters in
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFD20E4D1FC36FE5A" box="[822,1012,404,428]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFD20E4D1FC36FE5A" box="[822,1012,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. guatemalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFA5FE4D1FB38FE5A" box="[1097,1274,405,428]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFA5FE4D1FB38FE5A" box="[1097,1274,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
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); the quadrate pronotal basal angles (basal angles acute in
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFC6AE4FDFCEFFE39" box="[636,813,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
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); the rugopunctate pronotal surface (surface punctate in
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFE81E499FE8FFE02" box="[151,333,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
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); the absence of a weak pronotal furrow (furrow present in
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFA34E499FB1AFE02" box="[1058,1240,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the number of metatibial apical spinules (
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<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFC2CE745FD3EFDEE" box="[570,764,512,536]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFC2CE745FD3EFDEE" box="[570,764,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. guatemalensis</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFD6DE745FBECFDE1" box="[891,1070,512,536]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFD6DE745FBECFDE1" box="[891,1070,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
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) and their areas of distribution, which appear very disjunct:
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFFFDE761FD72FDCA" box="[491,688,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. guatemalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFD23E760FC6CFDCB" box="[821,942,548,573]" name="Guatemala" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Guatemala</collectingCountry>
with one doubtful record for
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFB0AE760FA5EFDCB" box="[1308,1436,548,573]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
whereas
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFEECE70DFE69FDA9" box="[250,427,584,608]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFEECE70DFE69FDA9" box="[250,427,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFC83E70CFCD1FD96" box="[661,787,583,608]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD1AC397037FFCCFED1E728FB99FD06" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1328]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">
The only species (apart from
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFC01E729FD08FD72" box="[535,714,621,644]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFC01E729FD08FD72" box="[535,714,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) that have the expanded epipleura not reaching posterior to the apical margin of the metacoxa are
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFC0CE7D5FD67FD5E" box="[538,677,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ambigens">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFC0CE7D5FD67FD5E" box="[538,677,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. ambigens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFCCDE7D5FBB7FD5E" box="[731,1141,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFCCDE7D5FCA0FD5E" box="[731,866,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chelifera">E. chelifera</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFD7AE7D4FBB3FD5E" box="[876,1137,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ambigens">Epectinaspis ambigens</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
however, is very different in conspicuous characters such as the dark coloration, the abundant pilosity on the frons and pronotum and its distribution in
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFF2AE793FE77FD06" box="[316,437,727,752]" name="Guatemala" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Guatemala</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFFFAE793FDF1FD06" box="[492,563,727,752]" name="Belize" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Belize</collectingCountry>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFC55E79DFD36FD19" box="[579,756,728,752]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFC55E79DFD36FD19" box="[579,756,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
distributed in
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only).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD1AC397037FFCCFED1E7B9FA5EFC1A" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1328]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFED1E7B9FE30FCE2" box="[199,498,765,788]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFED1E7B9FE30FCE2" box="[199,498,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Epectinaspis costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares more characters with
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFD51E7B9FC0FFCE2" box="[839,973,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. chelifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as well as a nearer area of distribution. While most
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFF35E664FE70FCC1" box="[291,434,800,823]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Epectinaspis</emphasis>
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species occur from
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFC8DE65BFD32FCCE" box="[667,752,799,824]" name="Mexico" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Mexico</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFD0EE65BFC5CFCCE" box="[792,926,799,824]" name="El Salvador" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">El Salvador</collectingCountry>
, only
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFDF0E665FBA9FCCE" box="[998,1131,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. chelifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(and
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFAB8E665FA97FCCE" box="[1198,1365,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. moreletiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) have been recorded in
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFF48E601FE78FCAA" box="[350,442,837,860]" name="Panama" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Panama</collectingCountry>
. The most conspicuous characters that
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFD6DE601FBECFCAA" box="[891,1070,837,860]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFD6DE601FBECFCAA" box="[891,1070,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares with
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFAD7E601FA84FCAA" box="[1217,1350,836,860]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chelifera">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFAD7E601FA84FCAA" box="[1217,1350,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. chelifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are the expanded epipleura not reaching the metacoxa, the pronotum with a weak medial furrow and punctate (not rugopunctate) surface. The two species however, can be easily separated by their different interocular widths (4.6 eye diameters in
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFF43E6F5FDC4FC31" box="[341,518,944,968]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFF43E6F5FDC4FC31" box="[341,518,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 7.0 in
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFC4CE6F5FD1FFC3E" box="[602,733,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. chelifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the pronotal basal angles (acute in
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFA61E6F5FAEAFC31" box="[1143,1320,944,968]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFA61E6F5FAEAFC31" box="[1143,1320,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, obtuse in
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<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFE81E691FED8FC1A" box="[151,282,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. chelifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the number of spinules on the metatibial apices (
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<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFDF7E691FB50FC1A" box="[993,1170,981,1004]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFDF7E691FB50FC1A" box="[993,1170,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFB1FE691FA4EFC1A" box="[1289,1420,980,1004]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chelifera">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFB1FE691FA4EFC1A" box="[1289,1420,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. chelifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C374FFB27037FFCCFED1E6B3FEC6FBC3" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BD1AC397037FFCCFED1E6B3FEC6FBC3" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1328]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFED1E6B3FE84FBE6" bold="true" box="[199,326,1015,1040]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Etymology</emphasis>
. This species is named after
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFC84E6BCFCD2FBE6" box="[658,784,1015,1040]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
, the megadiverse Central American country where it was collected.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C374FFB27037FFCCFED1E17BFC2DFB57" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BD1AC397037FFCCFED1E17BFCFDFB8B" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1328]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFED1E17BFE9BFBAE" bold="true" box="[199,345,1087,1112]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Distribution</emphasis>
. The two specimens were collected near Varablanca, Heredia province (
<geoCoordinate id="EE5ACAFE7037FFCCFAB5E104FAC1FBAE" box="[1187,1283,1088,1112]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" precision="925" value="10.166667">10°10'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE5ACAFE7037FFCCFB04E104FAB7FBAE" box="[1298,1397,1088,1112]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" precision="925" value="-84.15">84°09'W</geoCoordinate>
) at
<quantity id="4C9601DC7037FFCCFE81E120FF2EFB8A" box="[151,236,1124,1148]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" unit="m" value="1800.0">1800 m</quantity>
of elevation on shrub flowers in cloud forest habitat.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD1AC397037FFCCFED1E1C3FC2DFB57" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1328]" box="[199,1007,1159,1185]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFED1E1C3FEB4FB56" bold="true" box="[199,374,1159,1184]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Temporal data</emphasis>
. The only two specimens known were collected in May.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C374FFB27037FFCCFED1E1E8FBB3FAC6" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BD1AC397037FFCCFED1E1E8FBB3FAC6" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1328]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFED1E1E8FEF9FB33" bold="true" box="[199,315,1196,1221]" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFF54E1E9FDA9FB32" box="[322,619,1197,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costaricensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFF54E1E9FDA9FB32" box="[322,619,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Epectinaspis costaricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFCFDE1E9FC75FB32" authority="Bates" authorityName="Bates" box="[747,951,1196,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chelifera">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFCFDE1E9FCADFB32" box="[747,879,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. chelifera</emphasis>
Bates
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFDD5E1E9FB17FB33" authority="Ohaus" authorityName="Ohaus" box="[963,1237,1196,1221]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFDD5E1E9FB41FB32" box="[963,1155,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. guatemalensis</emphasis>
Ohaus
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFB07E1E9FF1AFB11" authority="Bates" authorityName="Bates" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ambigens">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFB07E1E9FA5EFB32" box="[1297,1436,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. ambigens</emphasis>
Bates
</taxonomicName>
, but its diagnostic combination of characters, including coloration, will easily distinguish this new species. Most of the species in this genus are distributed from
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFD3CE1B0FCBDFAFB" box="[810,895,1268,1293]" name="Mexico" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Mexico</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFDB9E1B0FBF8FAFB" box="[943,1082,1268,1293]" name="El Salvador" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">El Salvador</collectingCountry>
, but only
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFAACE1B1FA80FAFA" box="[1210,1346,1268,1292]" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chelifera">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFAACE1B1FA80FAFA" box="[1210,1346,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. chelifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6ED7BA7037FFCCFB92E1B1FE68FAC6" authority="Blanchard" authorityName="Blanchard" class="Insecta" family="Rutelidae" genus="Epectinaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="moreletiana">
<emphasis id="B91A702B7037FFCCFB92E1B1FEDFFAC6" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">E. moreletiana</emphasis>
(Blanchard)
</taxonomicName>
have been recorded in
<collectingCountry id="F379ECA97037FFCCFCB8E05CFCC5FAD9" box="[686,775,1304,1327]" name="Panama" pageId="3" pageNumber="90">Panama</collectingCountry>
(the southernmost distribution).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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