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<mods:title>Review of the New World Notomicrus Sharp (Coleoptera, Noteridae) I: Circumscription of species groups and review of the josiahi group with description of a new species from Brazil</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Baca, Stephen M.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="5BDD9BCE-E76C-5083-8A53-01EFA158544B" authority="Sharp, 1882" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="brevicornis">N. brevicornis Sharp, 1882</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Notomicrus species groups. Dorsal habitus of representative Notomicrus species a N. nanulus b N. sharpi c N. sp. d N. cf. traili e N. cf. gracilipes f N. petrareptans g N. sp. h N. sp nr. malkini i N. sp. nr. meizon j N. tenellus k N. brevicornis male syntype." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523043" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Figs 1k</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Material examined.</paragraph>
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: Male specimen on small rectangular card, 
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&quot; 
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is drawn around genitalia and other parts, prosternal process flanks the specimen. &quot;Boa Sorta Nov./ Sahlberg 1850&quot; [small rectangular label, handwritten], &quot;Sharp Coll/ 1905-313&quot; [small rectangular label, typed], &quot; 
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/ 
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Ind. typ./ D.S.&quot; [small rectangular label, handwritten] &quot;SYN/ TYPE&quot; [small circular label with blue border, printed] (ex. NHM); female specimen on rectangular card, &quot; 
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/ 
<collectingCountry name="Brazil">Brazil</collectingCountry>
.&quot; [small rectangular label with blue line across, typed], &quot;Sharp Coll/ 1905-313.&quot; Small rectangular label, typed], &quot;Boa Sorta Nov./ Sahlberg 1850&quot; [small rectangular label, handwritten], &quot;Type 470/ 
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/ Boa Sorta&quot; [rectangular label, handwritten], &quot;SYN/ TYPE&quot; [small circular label with blue border, printed], 
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[small circular label with red border, printed], (ex. NHM); female specimen disarticulated on large card, &quot; 
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/ 
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.&quot; [small rectangular label with blue line across, typed], &quot;Boa Sorta Nov./ Sahlberg 1850&quot; [small rectangular label, handwritten], &quot; 
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/ 
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, Sharp./ Co-type.&quot; [rectangular label, handwritten], &quot;SYN/ TYPE&quot; [small circular label with blue border, printed], (ex. NHM); female specimen on small rectangular card, &quot;Co-/ type&quot; [small circular label with yellow border, printed], &quot; 
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.&quot; [small rectangular label with blue line across, typed], &quot;Sharp Coll/ 1905-313.&quot; Small rectangular label, typed], &quot; 
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/ 
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, Sharp./ Co-type.&quot; [rectangular label, handwritten] &quot;SYN/ TYPE&quot; [small circular label with blue border, printed] (ex. NHM). Note: this latter specimen also with small label &quot;Not 
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/ maybe 
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?/ 
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det. 2016&quot;. See notes below
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Remarks.</paragraph>
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would otherwise appear to be a member of the 
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group by the aforementioned characters. However, it differs by the more acute posterior angles of the noterid platform, a character shared with members of the 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus tenellus</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
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and 
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groups. The male syntype presents a bifurcate anterior protarsal claw (as in fig. 8A), a character shared by the 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus tenellus</emphasis>
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species groups. With the Old World and New World taxa being reciprocally monophyletic (
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) and the plesiomorphic appearance of these characters, we would speculate that this species is likely to be sister to one of the New World species groups.
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Based on observation of the single male of the syntype series, it is suspected that 
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based his description, key and illustration of the aedeagus of 
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on the male of a different species. First, the illustration in 
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of the aedeagus of 
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does not match that observed in the syntype. Second, 
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: 288-289) describes 
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as being sexually dimorphic in elytral punctation, with males being more punctate than females. However, as noted by 
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: 261), there is very little dimorphism observed between males and females of the syntype series beyond characters of the tarsi. The punctation and sculpture are very weakly dimorphic, both sexes being almost entirely impunctate, except for the weak discal rows and a few scattered punctures near the elytral apex. The punctation is slightly less impressed in females, with discal rows slightly less prominent. The relative difference of punctation between the male and female syntypes of this species is so slight that splitting them up in the key as did 
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: 288, couplet 7) seems largely unnecessary, wherein the couplet describing females of 
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also closely describes the male syntype (
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: 288). The specimens of the UMMZ, observed by Young, were not observed for this study, but the stated differences by 
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and the grouping of males of 
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with 
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in 
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: 288) key call the identity of the depicted male in 
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into question. Further adding to this suspicion is the fact that some male specimens attributable to 
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or other undescribed species of the 
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group in the FSCA were identified as 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Young (date of determination not recorded). For aiding in identification, we have included images of the male syntype, labels and aedeagus (Figs 
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, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 12. Card mount, aedeagus and labels of male syntype of N. brevicornis a Notomicrus brevicornis card mount, dorsal b median lobe lateral aspect c left lateral lobe, medial aspect d right lateral lobe e syntype labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523052" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">12</figureCitation>
). One specimen of the syntype series appears to be of a different species than the others; likely it is a member of the 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus traili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group. See last listed specimen and note in the examined syntype material above.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Figure 12.</emphasis>
Card mount, aedeagus and labels of male syntype of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">a</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
card mount, dorsal 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">b</emphasis>
median lobe lateral aspect 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">c</emphasis>
left lateral lobe, medial aspect 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">d</emphasis>
right lateral lobe 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">e</emphasis>
syntype labels.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
Personal observations show that many members of the 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. nanulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group are misidentified as 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in collections. This is no doubt due to the superficial similarities of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to members of the 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus nanulus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nanulus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus nanulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group and scarcity of males in the 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus nanulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group. With that, there are likely inaccuracies in literature with respect to records and distributions.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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