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<mods:titleid="0F5788C381234ED4FDB603CA81B62348">Revision of the subgenus Mesopraocis Flores & Pizarro-Araya of the Neotropical genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae)</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="C1145D2256ACC174851802288446CF12">Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas (IADIZA), Laboratorio de Entomologia, Centro Cientifico Tecnologico CONICET, Av. Ruiz Leal s / n, Parque General San Martin, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="CD6BCE590567C01704BA423FADD4134C">Laboratorio de Entomologia Ecologica (LEULS), Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Serena, Casilla 554, La Serena, Chile & Grupo de Artropodos, Sistema Integrado de Monitoreo y Evaluacion de Ecosistemas Forestales Nativos (SIMEF), Chile & Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad (IEB), Santiago, Chile</mods:affiliation>
<figureCitationid="5B26663C6C226F06606D48C9B8E3843B"captionStart="Figure 3"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figure 3. Male and female genitalia of Praocis (Mesopraocis) species A-D male A, B Praocis (Mesopraocis) calderana, dorsal and ventral views C, D Praocis (Mesopraocis) nitens, dorsal and ventral views. Abbreviations: bl, basal lamina of tegmen, ls, lateral styles of tegmen, ml, median lobe E ovipositor (ventral view), spiculum ventrale and internal female reproductive tract of Praocis (Mesopraocis) pilula. Abbreviations: bc, baculi of coxite, bp, baculi of paraproct, c, coxite, g, gonostyli, m, midventral sclerite, o, oviduct, p, paraproct, r, rectum, s, spermatheca, sag, spermathecal accessory gland, sp, spiculum ventrale, v, vagina, 1, 2, 3, 4, coxite lobes. Scale bars: 1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1100.78769.figure3"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/683155"pageId="0"pageNumber="29">Figs 3C, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="E155B433DF16AE69EB4F03192CB77DBD"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Habitus in dorsal view A Praocis (Mesopraocis) pilula B Praocis (Mesopraocis) calderana C Praocis (Mesopraocis) nitens D Praocis (Mesopraocis) arenicola sp. nov. Scale bars: 1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1100.78769.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/683156"pageId="0"pageNumber="29">, 4C</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="4328DDB151EC89ECED2FD4327E7592BD"captionStart="Figure 5"captionStartId="F5"captionText="Figure 5. Geographical distribution of Praocis (Mesopraocis) calderana and Praocis (Mesopraocis) nitens."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1100.78769.figure5"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/683157"pageId="0"pageNumber="29">, 5</figureCitation>
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<paragraphid="838A2EC1F2090B6822A6BFEA0E8090D9"pageId="0"pageNumber="29">Length 7.87-10.62 mm. Body, antennae, legs black to dark brown, body widest at prothorax. Head. Clypeus with punctures bearing short setae on all surface, width of anterior margin equal to half the interocular width; frons with punctures bearing short setae on all surface, border of punctures on frons and epicanthus elevated; frontoclypeal suture with short or long setae; eyes with supraocular groove; antennae reaching anterior third of lateral margin of pronotum; antennomere 9 longer than wide, 11 wider than long, antennomere 9 longer than 10 and 11, antennomere 9 narrower than 10 and wider than 11, antennomere 10 wider than 11.</paragraph>
), posterior angles right with apex rounded, produced. Hypomeron with a fringe of long golden setae below lateral margin of pronotum. Metaventrite with punctures on lateral thirds separated by two to four puncture diameters, transverse grooves parallel to metacoxae formed by the fusion of a row of punctures.
Pseudopleuron with sparse punctures of which emerge long, erect setae, becoming long, dense on anterior half of upper surface, punctures separated by three to six puncture diameters on lower surface, separated by one to two puncture diameters on anterior half of upper surface; epipleuron with a fringe of long golden setae on anterior half of edge, shiny, almost smooth, with sparse punctures and setae on anterior quarter, and with a row of punctures with same diameter and depth as on pseudopleuron located on posterior three fourths.
Ventral surface of protrochanters with hair brush. Apical process of distal margin of protibiae equal to length of protarsomeres 1-2 combined; protibial length 2.5 times the width of distal margin. First metatarsomere 1.4-1.6 times longer than metatarsomeres 2-3 combined (Fig.
Ventrites 1-2 with sparse punctures separated by two to four puncture diameters; ventrites 3-4 smooth on central area, with punctures on lateral thirds separated by two to four puncture diameters; ventrite 5 with punctures on central area separated by two to four puncture diameters, on lateral thirds separated by one to two puncture diameters.
Basal lamina of tegmen equal width throughout, with base concave. Lateral styles of tegmen with proximal margin bisinuate, with setae on distal 1/6 of ventral surface. Median lobe distally widened, half the width of tegmen, with apical aperture large.
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