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<paragraph id="8BA6D459DB11D112FF06FE0CFCFCAD9D" blockId="7.[151,1058,450,500]" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet is the superlative of the Latin adjective magnus (large) and alludes to the enormous body size of this species.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA6D459DB11D112FF06FDCDFCEDAE07" blockId="7.[151,1059,515,622]" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 21.0 mm; length of forebody 10.0 mm. Coloration: body black, with the posterior margin of segment VII, the posterior portion of segment VIII, and the anterior portions of segments IX and X reddish; legs dark-brown; antennae dark-brown with the apical antennomeres partly slightly paler.</paragraph>
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Head (
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) 1.12 times as broad as long; lateral margins behind eyes subparallel in dorsal view; dorsal surface with moderately dense and more or less evenly spaced micropunctation; interstices with minute punctation visible only at high magnification (100 x); dorso-laterally, antero-laterally, and posteriorly with few coarse setiferous punctures; laterally with dense and moderately coarse setiferous punctures. Eyes slightly shorter than postocular region in dorsal view.
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Pronotum (
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) 1.15 times as broad as long and 1.13 times as broad as head, broadest near anterior angles; anterior margin concave; dorsal series of punctures absent; setiferous punctures present only at margins and in antero-lateral portions; disc with fine, moderately dense, and more or less evenly spaced micropunctation, this micropunctation finer than that of head.
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<figureCitation id="1322C8DCDB11D112FF74FC09FED2AFB4" box="[229,303,967,989]" captionStart="Figs 11-17" captionStartId="5.[151,191,1459,1481]" captionTargetBox="[155,1032,189,1440]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[155,1043,189,1446]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figs 11-17: Platyprosopus maximus: (11) forebody; (12) median dorsal portion of head; (13) median portion of pronotum; (14) male tergites IX-X; (15) male sternite IX; (16-17) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view. Scale bars: 11, 14-17: 1.0 mm; 12-13: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3738408" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3738408/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
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) 0.75 times as long as pronotum; punctation very dense, rather fine, and defined; pubescence short and depressed. Hind wings present. Metatarsomere I longer than the combined length of metatarsomeres II and III.
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Ƌ: sternite VIII with distinctly concave posterior margin; segments IX-X (
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) very slender; apices of hemitergites IX with spine-shaped extension curved upwards; sternite IX (
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<figureCitation id="1322C8DCDB11D112FF50FB75FEF6A8B8" box="[193,267,1211,1233]" captionStart="Figs 11-17" captionStartId="5.[151,191,1459,1481]" captionTargetBox="[155,1032,189,1440]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[155,1043,189,1446]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figs 11-17: Platyprosopus maximus: (11) forebody; (12) median dorsal portion of head; (13) median portion of pronotum; (14) male tergites IX-X; (15) male sternite IX; (16-17) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view. Scale bars: 11, 14-17: 1.0 mm; 12-13: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3738408" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3738408/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
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) slender, posterior margin concave and laterally with a long and acute extension on either side; aedeagus (
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<figureCitation id="1322C8DCDB11D112FE58FB19FDC5A884" box="[457,568,1239,1261]" captionStart="Figs 11-17" captionStartId="5.[151,191,1459,1481]" captionTargetBox="[155,1032,189,1440]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[155,1043,189,1446]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figs 11-17: Platyprosopus maximus: (11) forebody; (12) median dorsal portion of head; (13) median portion of pronotum; (14) male tergites IX-X; (15) male sternite IX; (16-17) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view. Scale bars: 11, 14-17: 1.0 mm; 12-13: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3738408" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3738408/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">Figs 16-17</figureCitation>
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) 2.0 mm long; median lobe slender and apically acute both in lateral and in ventral view; parameres not reaching apex of median lobe, each with two long apical setae.
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<emphasis id="B96D084BDB11D112FE67FAFBFD11A922" box="[502,748,1333,1355]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">Platyprosopus maximus</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="F30E94C9DB11D112FF43FA45FED7A9C8" box="[210,298,1419,1441]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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, which is additionally distinguished from
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<taxonomicName id="4C19AFDADB11D112FD79FA45FC9FA9C9" authorityName="Assing" authorityYear="2019" box="[744,866,1419,1440]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Platyprosopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="714" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maximus">
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<emphasis id="B96D084BDB11D112FD79FA45FC9FA9C9" box="[744,866,1419,1440]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">P. maximus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by reddish-brown coloration of the body. There is a female of similar size as
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<taxonomicName id="4C19AFDADB11D112FD7DFA66FC9FA9D4" authorityName="Assing" authorityYear="2019" box="[748,866,1448,1469]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Platyprosopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="714" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maximus">
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<emphasis id="B96D084BDB11D112FD7DFA66FC9FA9D4" box="[748,866,1448,1469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">P. maximus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from
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<collectingCountry id="F30E94C9DB11D112FC31FA69FBDFA9D4" box="[928,1058,1447,1469]" name="South Africa" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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in my collection, but this specimen evidently belongs to an undescribed species. In habitus, coloration, punctation, and the general structure of the male primary and secondary sexual characters,
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<taxonomicName id="4C19AFDADB11D112FE44FA33FDAEAA7B" authorityName="Assing" authorityYear="2019" box="[469,595,1533,1554]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Platyprosopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="714" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maximus">
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<emphasis id="B96D084BDB11D112FE44FA33FDAEAA7B" box="[469,595,1533,1554]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">P. maximus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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somewhat resembles
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<taxonomicName id="4C19AFDADB11D112FCD8FA33FC4BAA7B" authorityName="Motschulsky" authorityYear="1858" box="[841,950,1533,1554]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Platyprosopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="714" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indicus">
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<emphasis id="B96D084BDB11D112FCD8FA33FC4BAA7B" box="[841,950,1533,1554]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="714">P. indicus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from the Oriental region, suggesting that both species belong to the same species group. It is distinguished from this species by significantly larger body size, a more robust body, a more transverse pronotum, darker legs, and a much larger aedeagus with an apically more acute median lobe and with relatively shorter parameres.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA6D459DB1ED11DFF06FEFFFC7DAD0A" blockId="8.[151,1058,304,355]" pageId="8" pageNumber="715">
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D i s t r i b u t i o n: Gola Rainforest National Park is situated in the south of
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<collectingCountry id="F30E94C9DB1ED11DFC77FEFEFF24AD0B" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="8" pageNumber="715">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
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, close to the border with
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<collectingCountry id="F30E94C9DB1ED11DFE48FE83FDD8AD0A" box="[473,549,333,355]" name="Liberia" pageId="8" pageNumber="715">Liberia</collectingCountry>
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. Additional data are not available.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document>
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