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<figureCitation id="01D7CD6A566F8B087FDD405A79B51FA7" captionStart="Figures 9–17" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 9 - 17. Miradessus species 9, 10 M. beni, male aedeagus 9 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 10 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 11, 12 M. plaumanni, male aedeagus 11 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 12 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 13, 14 M. pulchellus, male aedeagus 13 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 14 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 15, 16 M. rikae, male aedeagus 15 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 16 median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 17 M. pulchellus, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures9-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895235" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">, 9-17</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="CA58DFF461449C98E1F778AAD585D739" captionStart="Figures 18–29" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 18 - 29. Miradessus species, primary type specimens and labels 18 - 20 M. beni, holotype specimen 18 dorsal habitus 19 ventral habitus 20 specimen labels 21 - 23 M. plaumanni, lectotype specimen 21 dorsal habitus 22 ventral habitus 23 specimen labels 24 - 26 M. pulchellus, holotype specimen 24 dorsal habitus 25 ventral habitus 26 specimen labels 27 - 29 M. rikae, holotype specimen 27 dorsal habitus 28 ventral habitus 29 specimen labels. 21 - 23 courtesy of M. Schwarz (OLML) 24 - 26 courtesy of M. A. Balke (ZSMG)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures18-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895236" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">, 18-29</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="3D20352B5B38EC576329B1BFC081EDEF" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Type species.</paragraph>
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Guignot, 1955 by current designation.
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<paragraph id="9433454FFFE29056A215DB8BEB4B3D6D" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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based on the presence of bisegmented lateral lobes (Figs 
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, 
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, 
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) and a spermathecal spine (Fig. 
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). Within 
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, the genus differs from most other genera in the following character combination: 1) occipital line absent (Figs 
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), 2) basal pronotal striae present (Figs 
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), 3) basal elytral stria absent (Figs 
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), 4) sutural elytral stria absent (Figs 
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), 5) transverse carina on elytral epipleuron at humeral angle absent, and 6) distinct marginal bead on anterior clypeal margin absent (Figs 
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). Other genera share these features including 
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Miller, 2016, 
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, 1900, 
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Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2009, the 
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group, and 
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<emphasis id="D9ECE7FB146F51BF8A11D688B6F43F54" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Amarodytes segrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Guignot, 1950. But 
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<emphasis id="F66AD4D2CEFDA7B111A53F3AAF358780" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Miradessus</emphasis>
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differs from all of these in the distinctive shape of the male genitalia (Figs 
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). The male median lobe is very characteristically apically multilobed with a single, dorsal elongate and slender portion and a ventral section that is broad and bilobed (Figs 
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, 
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, 
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) or flattened and elongate (Fig. 
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). The lateral lobes are robust, and the bases are large and, in at least some species, covered with conspicuous tubercles (Figs 
<figureCitation id="E47B2AF8D950CCCFEBDECD936BFE4D79" captionStart="Figures 9–17" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 9 - 17. Miradessus species 9, 10 M. beni, male aedeagus 9 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 10 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 11, 12 M. plaumanni, male aedeagus 11 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 12 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 13, 14 M. pulchellus, male aedeagus 13 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 14 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 15, 16 M. rikae, male aedeagus 15 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 16 median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 17 M. pulchellus, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures9-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895235" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">9</figureCitation>
, 
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). Members of the genus are also superficially quite distinctive from other 
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(see more below under Discussion).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="4DEFE1C9A1A6852CA04EB56725499C96" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Figures 1-8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E6C8ADAA6BB168C3F46C739847E853EF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Miradessus</emphasis>
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species 
<emphasis id="8924AF4336306BE24BEF83F84129CF70" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">1-4</emphasis>
dorsal habitus 
<emphasis id="A63DDF426CAD698390DE82DFD0FF5858" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">1</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="BE56FCDA672EF7A615522808436F0662" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. beni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="494B4838EC654EA07C66E72AF449935B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">2</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B391BCAF42024220D970C0F1C7141FF2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. plaumanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="05FD9CA7146F7671B28C88681B55C13D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">3</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D51D4F2D1ABE029AD48D2F6967F5BF22" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. pulchellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="BDF73AD3F4D59D91153398EB35BE9128" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">4</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="61F8C4DD833C70D5542FC340CF4171C0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. rikae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="5D69C6262593AB4B12BB127CF0392550" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">5-8</emphasis>
prosternal process left surfaces of metaventrite metacoxa metatrochanter and metafemur 
<emphasis id="6F74560627194B97AB1D9333B11E0237" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">5</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A715753D15BA817174F1EEBEB86D195C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Miradessus beni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="23C63242745C4C36A61C2A0E05CB08A2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">6</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="CBFFDEC49FB5FB86D4D4381D65C39EE5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. plaumanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="834F339A830F9473AFA484F7A25A340B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">7</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0856B34719A492CC3E094723376D5E41" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. pulchellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6CEEE35DE09E8A2E6A852446FA7417B3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">8</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D44960D62D7BC8EC996364C5BCAAC42F" lsidName="M. rikae" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="rikae">
<emphasis id="56854E7BB50F0F1B7DE69258AFDF0770" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. rikae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (
<emphasis id="A805A861342D3FE9F5B0ADB4E905674E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">1-4</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="836A0E7345E2F35F3C8DD0D44C13D338" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">5-8</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="5A5BBA6FF1221F2C2D13C4ECAEA2C6CD" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="DFB4CC082EA5A4D108FACBC707C12D27" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Figures 9-17.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4F7E764E950FC369DAF63B7D9D5F47F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Miradessus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species 
<emphasis id="3BBD7F85CC15BD57C0B134E8233945F0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">9, 10</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2EC3552567EF505D6443A849617074ED" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. beni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male aedeagus 
<emphasis id="256BF346C4DF3A2C8BFABF381069CBF6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">9</emphasis>
median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 
<emphasis id="EB30B01F535D4F09D5008D76B913A9DB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">10</emphasis>
right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 
<emphasis id="0EB5CF7E9F741A5A5A686ED123FDE0EF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">11, 12</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E444F3DD234A7A2FAAE262802E1566EF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. plaumanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male aedeagus 
<emphasis id="DAD853F9DABA6BA8666168E747B71CFB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">11</emphasis>
median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 
<emphasis id="585F76F1D8493843E1F8DF5B12D0F128" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">12</emphasis>
right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 
<emphasis id="D465EA722F9CF52C9216C8A52AE9ADF5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">13, 14</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="40F44722A91960E0BB9B1A2C917440B9" lsidName="M. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
<emphasis id="C6BC4D605CE69EB9A1DD23412A6004BF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. pulchellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male aedeagus 
<emphasis id="686A3185841A5FF59AF4B5FED7572B54" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">13</emphasis>
median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 
<emphasis id="678FF4A0CE6348F4D47303C6BB0ED049" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">14</emphasis>
right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 
<emphasis id="4D9E016A6506900085107899121154AF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">15, 16</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="2EB92B01AE7955DAA52100ABEDDB118A" lsidName="M. rikae" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="rikae">
<emphasis id="73F74AF820CBC2729127827CC7593BA6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. rikae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male aedeagus 
<emphasis id="CD85CD6857BFD017A171AAA7EA9B0B89" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">15</emphasis>
median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 
<emphasis id="DD1D0E398E04A8C88BADBEA5E6A0D134" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">16</emphasis>
median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 
<emphasis id="E1FFBB97A01A0D65E0A0838CF19E862F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">17</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="2C0D644B7DA6A3EF16362D81B024B2AF" lsidName="M. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
<emphasis id="8A3ED1888826243F5E9B9310540FAA6D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">M. pulchellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="31C59E58588A6A9A202F512194092544" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="97FE9B492323561C20A9D5541D0BC089" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DB6F64A1E00C67FE66C93B53B93B0184" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">
This genus is named 
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<emphasis id="AA9BDB66DE1C7F9DA93126884C992C73" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Miradessus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Latin 
<emphasis id="6B091C9ADFB29046E95663C6BF15D77D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">miror</emphasis>
, meaning to admire, for the impressive color pattern of these beetles, and 
<emphasis id="7AAFFD83C6FF4FEDCDBBAE368A73F4BC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">dessus</emphasis>
, a common root for genera in the tribe 
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(gender masculine).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0A98A015F4F8C2E79102FA7903980825" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="ED1830FF34F767E7DDDA8AC8F84959FB" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FA0AE0A63D4D1BC8D7A8F9D6659B63FB" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">
The species in this new genus are characterized by lateral lobes that are distinctly two-segmented like the majority of 
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taxa (
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1988
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; 
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; 
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; 
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; 
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;). Members of typical 
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<emphasis id="0C2D39A917AEC2A75BD6B9DBF17EC333" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Amarodytes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(including the type species, 
<taxonomicName id="F226555BA97A8118A929D46EC232C856" authorityName="Regimbart" authorityYear="1900" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Amarodytes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Amarodytes percosioides" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="percosioides">
<emphasis id="BF67C1B4AEF92EFCBB795FAA7C8950D4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Amarodytes percosioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, 1900) have single-segmented lateral lobes and belong within a clade sister to a clade characterized by two- or three-segmented lateral lobes (Benetti &amp; Miller unpublished). Within the bisegmented lateral-lobe clade, these specimens do not fit well into any other genera (see Diagnosis above). They share some character combinations with 
<taxonomicName id="9420F2DA3DA7B7B0D852B1032545BDF2" authorityName="K.B.Miller" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Novadessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Novadessus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A87388E5348773C0DAD3E97EFFCE1B8D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Novadessus</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis id="2DC645025DE416C14690D584ED35F405" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Bidessodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A4D8EAECAAFCC8C4F1ADA263A7BFE8ED" authorityName="Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2009" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Neobidessodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neobidessodes" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6B8FD2B8F1E9E24F3745277419AF0A8E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Neobidessodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the 
<taxonomicName id="296FDE62F292BB5FFBDBD58927F2705A" baseAuthorityName="Aube" baseAuthorityYear="1838" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Amarodytes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Amarodytes duponti" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="duponti">
<emphasis id="3D419AE54802FB1E31EEB6663CE1B33E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Amarodytes duponti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, and 
<taxonomicName id="EF82A218B08146AB2AA2ADFF810A81D0" authorityName="Guignot" authorityYear="1950" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Amarodytes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Amarodytes segrix" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="segrix">
<emphasis id="5494DAA32CE001A13382F5A7F9A46C7D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Amarodytes segrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In some ways they are most superficially similar to members of 
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<emphasis id="A9BF23C818A175FD3AF160414E9FDCE5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Bidessodes</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken id="78A29514A16A433280EE086F17C0C2E6" originalValue="Régimbart">Regimbart</normalizedToken>
, but specimens in that genus have series of very fine denticles along the posterior margins of the abdominal ventrites (
<bibRefCitation id="9BBC5158AC5118F809D086C3D0424D13" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.658.10928" author="Miller, KB" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" pagination="9 - 38" refId="B10" refString="Miller, KB, 2017. A review of the Neotropical genus Bidessodes Regimbart, 1895 including description of four new species (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini). ZooKeys 658: 9 - 38, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.658.10928" title="A review of the Neotropical genus Bidessodes Regimbart, 1895 including description of four new species (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.658.10928" volume="658" year="2017">Miller 2017</bibRefCitation>
), which are lacking in 
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<emphasis id="179278C041ABEFD0A4C00D8CE4E1B944" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Miradessus</emphasis>
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, and also have distinctly different male genitalia (
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). 
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<emphasis id="8AD4B6144CBE1F6E0F53CB36A16788BC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Miradessus</emphasis>
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are similar to 
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, but that genus has simple male median lobes unlike the multilobed condition in 
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<emphasis id="7BBC7E0229BCB9F13956638019AC4585" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Miradessus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Figs 
<figureCitation id="F90AC429EF2D61E7B100A18E42FE91DE" captionStart="Figures 9–17" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 9 - 17. Miradessus species 9, 10 M. beni, male aedeagus 9 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 10 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 11, 12 M. plaumanni, male aedeagus 11 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 12 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 13, 14 M. pulchellus, male aedeagus 13 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 14 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 15, 16 M. rikae, male aedeagus 15 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 16 median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 17 M. pulchellus, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures9-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895235" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">9</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="CB2DE1848EFE554C46C9CB5BA188E856" captionStart="Figures 9–17" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 9 - 17. Miradessus species 9, 10 M. beni, male aedeagus 9 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 10 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 11, 12 M. plaumanni, male aedeagus 11 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 12 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 13, 14 M. pulchellus, male aedeagus 13 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 14 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 15, 16 M. rikae, male aedeagus 15 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 16 median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 17 M. pulchellus, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures9-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895235" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">11</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6E4AED081B8A937C6FA9E45BD2EA44FF" captionStart="Figures 9–17" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 9 - 17. Miradessus species 9, 10 M. beni, male aedeagus 9 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 10 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 11, 12 M. plaumanni, male aedeagus 11 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 12 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 13, 14 M. pulchellus, male aedeagus 13 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 14 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 15, 16 M. rikae, male aedeagus 15 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 16 median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 17 M. pulchellus, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures9-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895235" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">13</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="C536D540A50288BAEE0430DCD3DDC7EA" captionStart="Figures 9–17" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 9 - 17. Miradessus species 9, 10 M. beni, male aedeagus 9 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 10 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 11, 12 M. plaumanni, male aedeagus 11 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 12 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 13, 14 M. pulchellus, male aedeagus 13 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 14 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 15, 16 M. rikae, male aedeagus 15 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 16 median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 17 M. pulchellus, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures9-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895235" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">15</figureCitation>
). Otherwise, they are not similar to other genera in the tribe and are unique because of the prominently apically multilobed male median lobe (Figs 
<figureCitation id="C6A41279846ABDED70B05BE89270F80C" captionStart="Figures 9–17" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 9 - 17. Miradessus species 9, 10 M. beni, male aedeagus 9 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 10 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 11, 12 M. plaumanni, male aedeagus 11 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 12 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 13, 14 M. pulchellus, male aedeagus 13 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 14 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 15, 16 M. rikae, male aedeagus 15 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 16 median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 17 M. pulchellus, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures9-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895235" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">9</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="3FC34426986A680557696E22EA46E2BE" captionStart="Figures 9–17" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 9 - 17. Miradessus species 9, 10 M. beni, male aedeagus 9 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 10 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 11, 12 M. plaumanni, male aedeagus 11 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 12 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 13, 14 M. pulchellus, male aedeagus 13 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 14 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 15, 16 M. rikae, male aedeagus 15 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 16 median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 17 M. pulchellus, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures9-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895235" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">11</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="2D3D238E0A2F615CC7329618429B025A" captionStart="Figures 9–17" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 9 - 17. Miradessus species 9, 10 M. beni, male aedeagus 9 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 10 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 11, 12 M. plaumanni, male aedeagus 11 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 12 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 13, 14 M. pulchellus, male aedeagus 13 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 14 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 15, 16 M. rikae, male aedeagus 15 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 16 median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 17 M. pulchellus, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures9-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895235" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">13</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="7E65417108E1CD251C9EB74C53CBC4C9" captionStart="Figures 9–17" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 9 - 17. Miradessus species 9, 10 M. beni, male aedeagus 9 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 10 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 11, 12 M. plaumanni, male aedeagus 11 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 12 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 13, 14 M. pulchellus, male aedeagus 13 median lobe and left lateral lobe, dorsal aspect 14 right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 15, 16 M. rikae, male aedeagus 15 median lobe and lateral lobes, dorsal aspect 16 median lobe and right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect 17 M. pulchellus, female genitalia, ventral aspect. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1176.104980.figures9-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/895235" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">15</figureCitation>
) which is not found in other genera of 
<taxonomicName id="0C7A5D796A97C06DE4156274DE4719EF" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" rank="tribe" tribe="Bidessini">Bidessini</taxonomicName>
.
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</treatment>
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