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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FF5FFF55FEED4C92" bold="true" box="[151,283,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Dilatilydus</emphasis>
Bologna
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FF5FFF1CFEEA4CD7" bold="true" box="[151,284,222,244]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Type species</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FEE1FF1CFE204CD6" box="[297,470,222,245]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Cantharis optata</emphasis>
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fixed by monotypy and present designation.
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FF5FFEE3FEFC4D19" bold="true" box="[151,266,289,314]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
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monotypic lyttine genus (
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Fig.
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), endemic to desert and semidesert regions of northen and western
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and northwestern
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, similar in shape to
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Fairmaire, 1882
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because of the slender body and pronotum, and eyes extended ventro-medially under the head, but greatly distinct because of male antennomeres IIIV and VIII broadened out externally (see
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), the male last ventrite lacking apical laminar expansions, and male gonostyli well sclerotized. Differs from the new genus
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FBA1FE73FB004DEA" box="[1129,1270,433,457]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Desertilydus</emphasis>
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because of its head sligthlyy convex dorsally, antennae longer, which reach the middle of elytra with male antennomeres modified, and male gonoforceps slender in the apical half, sligtly curved posteriad.
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FF0FFDDFFEA74E15" bold="true" box="[199,337,541,566]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Description</emphasis>
. Characters of the
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species. Body black subopaque, but pronotum sligthly shiny orange, and elytra pale yellow-brown with base, apex and one middle rectangular spot black (
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Fig.
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). Body setation whiteyellow, very dense and longer ventrally and on elytra, Body slender, length
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<paragraph id="7F3036F2FF8BFFD1FF0FFD4BFC7A482A" blockId="28.[151,1437,289,1754]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Head shortly suboval, with temples curved and converging posteriorly, particularly in male, as long as longitudinal diameter of eye. Mandibles longer than labrum, at apex wide and not pointed; maxillary and labial palpomeres not modified; clypeus greatly shorter than labrum, labrum at apex widely emarginated. Male antennomere I about as long than III and more than three times II; II very short and subglobose; III straigth on inner side, but dilated on external side, in middle and more at apex; IV subtrapezoidal, about 2/3 as long as III, greatly widened externally at apex; V about as long as IV but transversally dilated on external side, about twice as wide than long; VI cylindrical and shorter of both V and VII; VII slender and cylindrical; VIII about as long as VI but subtrapeizoidal and widely dilated apically; IXX slender and cylindrical, about twice as long as VIII; XI cylindrical and slender, progressively narrowed in apical third, longer than X. Female antennomeres all cylindrical and slender, but II very short and subglobose; I and III longer, IVVIII sligthly shorter than III, VI and VIII slightly shorter than IVV; IXX 1.5 as long than VIII, XI 1.5 as long as X.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7F3036F2FF8BFFD1FF0FFBD4FCF7489E" blockId="28.[151,1437,289,1754]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Pronotum very narrow and slender, subparallel from base to middle, sligthly converging in front; one fore depresion on each side, base depressed also on laterally; thoracic ventrites not modified. Elytral margin, in lateral view, slightly emarginate in posterior half. Legs non modified in both sexes, male protarsomere I widener than in female; tarsomeres with ventral pad of dense yellow setae; pro- and metatibial spurs elongate and pointed, metatibial external spur spoon-like but pointed at apex.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7F3036F2FF8BFFD1FF0FFB0BFADC496D" blockId="28.[151,1437,289,1754]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Ventrites not modified; last male sterinte widely V-emarginated without laminar expansions, not evidently depressed medially, that of female not emarginated. Male genitalia with gonoforceps longer than gonocoxal base, slender and progressively narrower from middle to apex, slightly curved posteriad, dispersely setate, particularly on dorsal side of apical third; aedeagus with two pointed hooks both far from apex, proximal one longer.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FF0FFA9BFEB84951" bold="true" box="[199,334,1369,1394]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name of the new genus refers to the dilated shape of male antennomeres III and V, unique in
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, and to
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FEF4FABFFE8849B6" box="[316,382,1405,1429]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Lydus</emphasis>
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, the name of another lyttine genus. Masculine genus.
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FF0FFA63FECD4999" bold="true" box="[199,315,1441,1466]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Remarks.</emphasis>
Affinities of this genus are completely unkwnon. Other new lineages of Old World
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, which are similar in shape to
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FE60FA07FDB749FE" box="[424,577,1477,1501]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Lydomorphus</emphasis>
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(namely a new Saharo-Sahelian genus and
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FB8DFA07FB2449FE" box="[1093,1234,1477,1501]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Desertilydus</emphasis>
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), but lacking the shared condition of modified last ventrite (see above), are under molecular study to define relationships among
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(Bologna et al. in preparation). The general shape of both pronotum and male genitalia seems more similar to that of
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FECBF9F3FE6A4A6A" box="[259,412,1585,1609]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Lydomorphus</emphasis>
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than other genera of
<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FF8BFFD1FD42F9F3FD2F4A69" authorityName="Bologna &amp; Amore &amp; Pitzalis" authorityYear="2018" box="[650,729,1585,1610]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Lyttini">Lyttini</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7F3036F2FF8BFFD1FF0FF997FC8A4A95" blockId="28.[151,1437,289,1754]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8BFFD1FF0FF997FE8C4A4D" author="Kaszab" box="[199,378,1621,1646]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refString="Kaszab, Z. (1955 a) Die Arten der Meloiden-Gattung Cylindrothorax Escher. (Coleoptera). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici, New Series, 6, 225 - 258." type="journal article" year="1955" yearSuffix="a">Kaszab (1955a)</bibRefCitation>
examined only females of the
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species, but
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8BFFD1FC78F994FB9B4A4D" box="[944,1133,1622,1646]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refString="De Moor, F. C. (1977) Lectotype designation and a redescription of Cylindrothorax optatus (Peringuey, 1892) (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Arnoldia, 8 (11), 1 - 4." type="journal article">De Moor (1977)</bibRefCitation>
described and figured the greatly modified male antennomeres IIIV. This male antennal autapomorphic condition, unkwnon to
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8BFFD1FA82F9BBFF184A95" author="Kaszab" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refString="Kaszab, Z. (1955 a) Die Arten der Meloiden-Gattung Cylindrothorax Escher. (Coleoptera). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici, New Series, 6, 225 - 258." type="journal article" year="1955" yearSuffix="a">Kaszab (1955a)</bibRefCitation>
is one of the most diagnostic characters of the new genus.
</paragraph>
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As most
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FEE2F903FE354AFA" box="[298,451,1729,1753]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Lydomorphus</emphasis>
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also
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FE36F903FD234AFA" box="[510,725,1729,1753]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Dilatilydus optatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is nocturnal and attracted by ligth.
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<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FF8BFFD1FF5FF8EFFDC94B65" authority="(Peringuey, 1892)" baseAuthorityName="Peringuey" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[151,575,1837,1862]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Dilatilydus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="optatus">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FF5FF8EFFE864B66" bold="true" box="[151,368,1837,1862]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Dilatilydus optatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8BFFD1FEB6F8EFFDC04B65" author="Peringuey" box="[382,566,1837,1862]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refString="Peringuey, L. (1892) Third and fourth contributions to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. Transactions of South African Philosophical Society, 6, 1 - 94. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 21560382.1889.9526255" type="journal article" year="1892">Péringuey, 1892</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
(
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Fig.
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)
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FF8BFFD1FF5FF8B7FE1B4BA8" authority="Peringuey, 1892" authorityName="Peringuey" authorityYear="1892" box="[151,493,1909,1931]" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Cantharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="optata">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FF5FF8B7FEB54BA8" box="[151,323,1909,1931]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Cantharis optata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8BFFD1FE81F8B7FE1B4BA8" author="Peringuey" box="[329,493,1909,1931]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refString="Peringuey, L. (1892) Third and fourth contributions to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. Transactions of South African Philosophical Society, 6, 1 - 94. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 21560382.1889.9526255" type="journal article" year="1892">Péringuey, 1892</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FF8BFFD1FF5FF856FDE54B89" authority=", Kaszab 1955" authorityName="Kaszab" authorityYear="1955" box="[151,531,1940,1962]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Cylindrothorax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="optatus">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FF5FF856FE754B89" box="[151,387,1940,1962]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Cylindrothorax optatus</emphasis>
, Kaszab 1955
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FF8BFFD1FF5FF870FDF84BEB" authority=", Bologna 2000" authorityName="Bologna" authorityYear="2000" box="[151,526,1970,1992]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lydomorphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="optatus">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8BFFD1FF5FF870FE8E4BEB" box="[151,376,1970,1992]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Lydomorphus optatus,</emphasis>
Bologna 2000
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8AFFD0FF5FFF55FEC64C93" bold="true" box="[151,304,151,176]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Distribution.</emphasis>
Botswana and
<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FF8AFFD0FE14FF55FDB64C93" ID-CoL="5X7H" baseAuthorityName="Bologna" baseAuthorityYear="2000" box="[476,576,151,176]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Namibia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="29" pageNumber="129" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Namibia</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="37956579FF8AFFD0FF0FFF7EFD544E43" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="7F3036F2FF8AFFD0FF0FFF7EFB8A4E3B" blockId="29.[151,1437,151,645]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8AFFD0FF0FFF7EFD2F4CF6" bold="true" box="[199,729,188,213]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Material examined and literature records.</emphasis>
[Ohangwena] Ongenga: Elakalapwe, 17.4000°S 15.7333°E (SMWN). Ondobe: Mafa, 17.5000°S 16.0833°E (
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8AFFD0FD01FF22FC834CDB" author="De" box="[713,885,224,248]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="De Moor, F. C. (1977) Lectotype designation and a redescription of Cylindrothorax optatus (Peringuey, 1892) (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Arnoldia, 8 (11), 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1977">De Moor 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8AFFD0FC4AFF1DFBC04CDB" author="Selander" box="[898,1078,223,248]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Selander, R. B. (1988 a) An annotated catalog and summary of bionomics of blister beetles of the genus Cylindrothorax (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 114, 15 - 70." type="journal article" year="1988" yearSuffix="a">Selander 1988a</bibRefCitation>
). [Omusati] Outapi: Mahanene, 17.4333°S 14.7833°E (SMWN). Tsandi: Okakundu, 17.8167°S 14.9500°E (CB; SMWN). Ogongo: Iikango, 17.8500°S 15.2333°E (SMWN). [Oshikoto] Olukonda: Ondangwa, 17.9548°S 16.0322°E (CB). Omuthiyagwiipundi: Momtele, 18.3330°S 16.5000°E (
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8AFFD0FD36FE8EFC5E4D47" author="De" box="[766,936,332,356]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="De Moor, F. C. (1977) Lectotype designation and a redescription of Cylindrothorax optatus (Peringuey, 1892) (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Arnoldia, 8 (11), 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1977">De Moor 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8AFFD0FC7BFE8EFB934D47" author="Selander" box="[947,1125,332,357]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Selander, R. B. (1988 a) An annotated catalog and summary of bionomics of blister beetles of the genus Cylindrothorax (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 114, 15 - 70." type="journal article" year="1988" yearSuffix="a">Selander 1988a</bibRefCitation>
); Andoni Plains, 18.4833°S 16.8000°E (CB; SMWN); Andoni South, Etosha Nat. Park, 18.5167°S 16.7667°E (SMWN). [Kavango] Ndiyona: Kaudom-Cwiba Junctio, Kaudom Game Reserve, 18.4667°S 20.8167°E (SMWN). [Otjozondjupa] Tsumkwe: Bushmanland: Klein Dobe, 19.4167°S 20.3500°E (MNB). [Kunene] Khorixas: Khorixas, 20.3667°S 14.9167°E (PPRI). [Erongo] Dâures: Spitskoppe, 21.8518°S 15.1484°E (SMWN). [Khomas] Windhoek Rural: Nauchas 14, 23.6000°S 16.3500°E (SMWN). [Karas] Lüderitz: near Aus, 26.6667°S 16.2667°E (CP).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7F3036F2FF8AFFD0FF0FFDE6FD544E43" blockId="29.[151,1437,151,645]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8AFFD0FF0FFDE6FE9D4E1F" box="[199,363,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Other records:</emphasis>
Ovamboland (
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8AFFD0FDD8FDE6FD454E1E" author="Kaszab" box="[528,691,548,573]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Kaszab, Z. (1955 a) Die Arten der Meloiden-Gattung Cylindrothorax Escher. (Coleoptera). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici, New Series, 6, 225 - 258." type="journal article" year="1955" yearSuffix="a">Kaszab 1955a</bibRefCitation>
); N Ovampoland (
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8AFFD0FC48FDE6FBC54E1F" author="Selander" box="[896,1075,548,573]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Selander, R. B. (1988 a) An annotated catalog and summary of bionomics of blister beetles of the genus Cylindrothorax (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 114, 15 - 70." type="journal article" year="1988" yearSuffix="a">Selander 1988a</bibRefCitation>
); Ovampoland (
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8AFFD0FB2DFDE6FA794E1F" author="De" box="[1253,1423,548,572]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="De Moor, F. C. (1977) Lectotype designation and a redescription of Cylindrothorax optatus (Peringuey, 1892) (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Arnoldia, 8 (11), 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1977">De Moor 1977</bibRefCitation>
);
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<collectingCountry id="07987662FF8AFFD0FF5FFD85FF0E4E43" box="[151,248,583,608]" name="Namibia" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Namibia</collectingCountry>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8AFFD0FECEFD85FE434E43" author="Bologna" box="[262,437,583,608]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Bologna, M. A. (2000 a) Biodiversity of the Meloidae (Coleoptera) of the Brandberg Massif (Namibia). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. &amp; Marais, E. (Eds.), Daures-Biodiversity of the Brandberg Massif, Namibia. Cimbebasia, Memoir 9, 201 - 208." type="journal article" year="2000" yearSuffix="a">Bologna 2000a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8AFFD0FE09FD85FD604E43" author="Pitzalis" box="[449,662,583,608]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Pitzalis, M., Amore, V., Montalto, F., Luiselli, L. &amp; Bologna, M. A. (2014) Rarity of blister beetles in Southern Africa correlates with their phylogeny and trophic habits, but not body size. European Journal of Entomology, 111, 529 - 535. https: // doi. org / 10.14411 / eje. 2014.058" type="journal article" year="2014">
Pitzalis
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8AFFD0FDD2FD8BFDA54E43" box="[538,595,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="37956579FF8AFFD0FF0FFDAEFB264EA7" box="[199,1232,620,645]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="7F3036F2FF8AFFD0FF0FFDAEFB264EA7" blockId="29.[151,1437,151,645]" box="[199,1232,620,645]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FF8AFFD0FF0FFDAEFEC24EA6" bold="true" box="[199,308,620,645]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Remarks</emphasis>
.
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FF8AFFD0FE8AFDAFFE0F4EA7" box="[322,505,620,644]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="De Moor, F. C. (1977) Lectotype designation and a redescription of Cylindrothorax optatus (Peringuey, 1892) (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Arnoldia, 8 (11), 1 - 4." type="journal article">De Moor (1977)</bibRefCitation>
designated the
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of this species, we examined at SAMC.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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