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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCDFF9E0036FE33FF7DDEB6" box="[79,205,465,488]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="1119">Description</emphasis>
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. 
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. Mid-brown, but elytra usually dark brown except for mid-brown humeral umbone and elytral margin.
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. Dorsal surface asetose. 
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(®gures 27a, 33a) distinctly sinuate and anteriorly strongly curved inward. 
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(®gure 27a) asetose; declivous in anterior third and posterior two-thirds, transverse carina obsolete; anterior margin distinctly sinuate. 
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(®gure 27a) sloping upward posteriorly to apex of mostly obsolete transverse anterior carina; anterior carina medially often with feeble tubercle; lateral carina obsolete anteriorly but raised and distinct above antennal insertion, continuing from there posteriorly in a slightly arcuate line, and feebly developed near eye-canthus, to almost posterior end of frons; antero-lateral angle of genae sharply raised; with posterior transverse bituberculate carina, carina U-shaped between tubercles; carina laterally terminating with tubercles, not joining lateral clypeal margin. 
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slightly depressed in the middle, depression bordered by a slight swelling on each side in the posterior part. 
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with glabrous area of basal segment two-thirds of exposed surface.
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(®gures 29d, e, 33a). With large concavity occupying anterior median two-thirds of pronotum; concavity slightly narrowed to posterior U- or V-shaped end (®gure 33a), sides steepest at posterior end; posteriorly with distinctly impressed midline opening up into concavity but not reaching posterior pronotal margin; each endpoint of the`U’ or`V’ feebly tuberculate; concavity with very ®ne punctures, interspersed with larger punctures, the latter becoming largerÐbut not deeperÐ and often conūent towards sides; concavity at its widest point narrower than frons between eyes; lateral margin entire.
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(®gure 27b). Basal width about 1.6Ölength; with large, often conūent but shallow punctures.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCDFF9E0001FACFFF7BDA1B" box="[120,203,1325,1349]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="1119">Elytron</emphasis>
. Striae moderately impressed, their punctures separated by two to four puncture diameters (®gure 27b); intervals with double punctation (about four ®ne and 12±15 minute punctures between two striae).
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCDFF9E0001FA6CFEBADAFB" box="[120,266,1422,1445]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="1119">Metasternum</emphasis>
. As in generic description but longitudinal suture reaching mesometasternal suture (®gure 24a).
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCDFF9E0001FA2CFF1DDABB" box="[120,173,1486,1509]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="1119">Legs</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCDFF9E00B7FA2FFE99DABB" box="[206,297,1485,1509]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="1119">Protibia</emphasis>
®ve-dentate. 
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCDFF9E01ADFA2FFDF1DABB" box="[468,577,1485,1509]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="1119">Metatibia</emphasis>
in lateral view distinctly broadening towards apex; with subapical carina unlobed; with knoblike projections spread over surface above subapical carina. 
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCDFF9E01CAF9ECFD9FD97B" box="[435,559,1550,1573]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="1119">Metatarsus</emphasis>
with one subapical seta each on tarsomere 2 and 3, but lacking subapical setae on tarsomere 4.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCDFF9E0001F9AFFEAAD93B" box="[120,282,1613,1637]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="1119">Male genitalia</emphasis>
. Aedeagus as in ®gure 29a±c.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCDFF9E0001F98FFF4CD9DB" box="[120,252,1645,1669]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="1119">Distribution</emphasis>
(®gure 35). The species is known from two localities in southwestern 
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and from Brandvlei in the 
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same data as holotype; 1x,`
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/`’l /`
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’ [handwriting 
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, curator ex 
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1, l` 
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, 
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, E-Y: 1809, night, rocky hill, leg. 
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(
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.
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFCCFF9F0001FE93FD91DE96" blockId="77.[79,1035,144,935]" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCCFF9F0001FE93FF5FDED7" box="[120,239,369,393]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">Etymology</emphasis>
. The species is named after Mr Andre Joubert, an enthusiastic biology teacher in 
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West who enjoys collecting and studying beetles and often collects valuable research material.
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFCCFF9F0001FE32FDFCDDD9" blockId="77.[79,1035,144,935]" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCCFF9F0001FE32FF5CDEB6" box="[120,236,464,488]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">Comments</emphasis>
. A separate description of a female specimen is not necessary as no external sexual dimorphism was found in this new species. The only variations observed among the limited number of specimens are: body size; clypeus: the anterior and lateral carinae vary from completely obsolete to feebly developed; pronotal concavity: at posterior end either more V- or U-shaped; and the colour: elytra sometimes not darker than rest of the body.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3764126FFCCFF9F0001FD72FBBBDDB9" blockId="77.[79,1035,144,935]" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">
The new species is without any doubt placed in the genus 
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCCFF9F0370FD72FC2ADDF6" box="[777,922,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">Bolboceratex</emphasis>
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. It agrees with the general external generic characters as well as with the distinct aedeagal 
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. Sexual dimorphism is absent and intraspeci®c variability appears to be minimal.
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFCCFF9F0001FD12FE28DCF9" blockId="77.[79,1035,144,935]" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">
The aedeagus of 
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCCFF9F013DFD12FD86DC56" box="[324,566,752,776]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">Bolboceratex jouberti</emphasis>
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is most similar to that of 
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCCFF9F0301FD12FF0BDC79" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">Bolboceratex posticatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCCFF9F0083FCEDFDA6DC79" box="[250,534,783,807]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">Bolboceratex rhodesianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It is, however, more elongate and the pair of sclerotized projections on the median apparatus is not angularly extended (compare ®gures 29a±c and 28j±l). In external morphology 
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCCFF9F029DFCADFC67DC39" box="[740,983,847,871]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">Bolboceratex jouberti</emphasis>
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can only be confused with 
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCCFF9F0135FC8DFDE3DCD9" box="[332,595,879,903]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">Bolboceratex posticatus</emphasis>
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(see under the latter) and 
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFCCFF9F0301FC8DFF3CDCF9" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="1120">Bolboceratex holmi</emphasis>
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(see below).
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