<documentid="DD78EA1442725C5C7A2852C46E61B73E"ID-CLB-Dataset="35103"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.415.6656"ID-GBIF-Dataset="e7ba7c74-d5a8-4f20-9d9b-2a44f4ca9a61"ID-PMC="PMC4089820"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-415-53"ID-PubMed="25009424"ID-ZooBank="C620B268307546598C9062866DF93193"ModsDocAuthor=""ModsDocDate="2014"ModsDocID="1313-2970-415-53"ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 415"ModsDocTitle="Towards a revision of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), with estimation of the diversity of each subgenus"checkinTime="1451245793959"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Flores, Gustavo E. & Pizarro-Araya, Jaime"docDate="2014"docId="89A96C351FBDAAA202240BD4A38DF88C"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 415: 53-80"docOrigin="ZooKeys 415"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.415.6656"docTitle="Praocis (Mesopraocis) Flores & Pizarro-Araya, subgen. n."docType="treatment"docUuid="C6C1EBD7-2CD9-4698-8D8A-A0823A43B03A"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="7"lastPageNumber="59"masterDocId="FFAA3835E67BFFE7FFFDFF852C44B821"masterDocTitle="Towards a revision of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), with estimation of the diversity of each subgenus"masterLastPageNumber="80"masterPageNumber="53"pageNumber="59"updateTime="1732670184342"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="D3F85F90A84130B03844DB0B490C31DC">Towards a revision of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), with estimation of the diversity of each subgenus</mods:title>
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<paragraphid="71F98BE1F40C89B07E100ECDBF339750"pageId="6"pageNumber="59">Clypeus with anterior margin extending beyond to lateral expansion of frons, width of anterior margin not exceeding half the interocular width, clypeal suture as a vertical groove, not covered by frons, clypeus and frons at same level; antennomere 10 wider than long, antennomere 9 of equal length to 10, antennomere 11 of equal length to 10; apical tomentose sensory patches on antennomere 10 in two areas subequal in size, on antennomere 11 on distal third; prosternum with a narrow edge on anterior margin; lateral margin of elytron not defined; ventral surface of profemora with a row of setae on anterior edge, protibiae very explanate.</paragraph>
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