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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FDD342162556FCCB" bold="true" box="[585,851,818,845]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">Melitonoma vinculata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6F7B4B2CF22EFFF7FCC0421625EEFCCB" author="Weise J." box="[858,1003,818,845]" pageId="15" pageNumber="223" pagination="25 - 53" refId="ref17080" refString="Weise J. 1910. Chrysomeliden und Coccinelliden. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brunn 48 [1909]: 25-53. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47966444 [accessed 28 Jan. 2025]." type="journal article" year="1910">Weise, 1910</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FF2742B127BAFC29" box="[189,447,917,943]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">Melitonoma vinculata</emphasis>
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locality: “Dahome” [= todayʼs
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FF2742F127C7FC69" box="[189,450,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">Melitonoma vinculata</emphasis>
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(faunistics). —
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<bibRefCitation id="6F7B4B2CF22EFFF7FCF642F12211FC76" author="Pic M." box="[876,1044,981,1008]" pageId="15" pageNumber="223" pagination="495 - 512" refId="ref16507" refString="Pic M. 1952. Mission A. Villiers au Togo et au Dahomey (1950). XIV. - Coleopteres Chrysomelides. Bulletin de l'Institut francais d'Afrique noire 14: 495-512." type="journal article" year="1952">Pic 1952: 502</bibRefCitation>
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(faunistics). —
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(faunistics).
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FF27451C27CCFBD4" bold="true" box="[189,457,1080,1106]" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FF27454127C7FBF9" box="[189,450,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">Melitonoma vinculata</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from other species by the short protarsomere I of males, 1.10 times as long as wide, while at least 1.75 times as long as wide in
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,
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FB5345AC2344FB27" box="[1225,1345,1160,1185]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">M. simoni</emphasis>
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and
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The pronotum of
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is covered with very fine punctures, visible under higher magnification, while the pronotum of
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and
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FCE145E825F7FB60" box="[891,1010,1228,1254]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">M. dalaba</emphasis>
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are covered with distinct and well-visible punctation. The pronotum of
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is almost impunctate. The penis of
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is similar to that of
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, but it has rounded lateral sides and an apex widely triangular, with the tip slightly pointed in
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(
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), while it is subhexagonal in
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FF27445627C4FA0A" box="[189,449,1394,1420]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">Melitonoma vinculata</emphasis>
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is also very similar to the darkest aberrations of
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FB8E44572313FA0A" box="[1044,1302,1394,1420]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">M. duodecimpunctata</emphasis>
Jacoby, 1898
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, from
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,
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and
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. Almost all specimens of
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FB2944B12342FA28" box="[1203,1351,1428,1454]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">M. vinculata</emphasis>
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can be distinguished by the completely black legs, but very rare aberrations with pale tibiae and tarsi are problematic. Such specimens can be distinguished from the darkest aberrations of
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FBE244FE2372FA75" box="[1144,1399,1497,1523]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">M. duodecimpunctata</emphasis>
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only by the structures of male and female genitalia.
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FF2747192769F9D0" bold="true" box="[189,364,1596,1623]" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">Type material</emphasis>
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(here designated)
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(
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); “
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[w, h] // Dahomey / Dr. Schultz [b, h] //
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. /
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FBEF47AA22E7F92E" box="[1141,1250,1678,1704]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">vinculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ m [w, h] // Cotypus [r, p] //
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/
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FDBB479524AAF94D" box="[545,687,1713,1739]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">Melitonoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FD5347952533F94D" box="[713,822,1713,1739]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">vinculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
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/ labelled by
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2023 [r, p] //
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/
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FEE147F02478F968" box="[379,637,1748,1774]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">Melitonoma vinculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
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/ J. Bezděk des. 2024 [r, p]”;
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF22EFFF7FF27463227FCF8B6" bold="true" box="[189,505,1814,1840]" pageId="15" pageNumber="223">Other material examined</emphasis>
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; E shore of
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near
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;
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;
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leg.;
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;
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leg.;
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.
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; 1909;
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leg.;
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;
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leg.;
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;
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leg.;
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. Body length:
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. Body elongate, subparallel, convex. Head black. Pronotum yellowish brown with large black spot covering basal half of pronotum except margins, anteriorly spot produced to two branches not touching anterior pronotal margin. Very rarely branches shortened or touching anterior pronotal margin (
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). Scutellum black. Elytra yellowish brown with large humeral spot, two transverse bands and apex of elytra black; humeral spot usually connected with anterior transverse band, anterior transverse band not touching lateral and sutural elytral margins, posterior transverse band touching lateral and sutural elytral margins, often connected also with apical black spot by narrowly black lateral margin, rarely also both transverse bands connected (
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). Ventral side of body black, pronotal hypomeron yellowish brown, often with darkened or black interior part, abdominal ventrite I sometimes with yellow basal margin. Antennomeres IIV orange (often with darkened dorsal side), V black with orange base, VIXI black. Legs black, very rarely tibiae and tarsi pale.
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(
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). Mandibles very slightly enlarged, dorsal sides flat, glabrous, lateral margins rounded, apices hook-like, lateral sides of mandibles covered with pale setae. Labrum transverse with rounded anterior angles and shallowly emarginated anterior margin, surface covered with small punctures bearing pale setae. Anterior margin of clypeus with wide shallow triangular emargination. Anterior part of head lustrous, very slightly convex, covered with small punctures and along anterolateral margins of clypeus also with short setae. Eyes moderately large. Frons wide, 1.801.85 times as wide as diameter of eye, surface uneven, almost glabrous, except setae cumulated along internal margins of eyes. Frons separated from vertex by shallowly impressed rounded line. Vertex convex, glabrous, lustrous. Antennae short, 0.20 times as long as body, antennomere I club-shaped, I and II dorsally covered with long setae, III very small, antennae shortly serrated from antennomere IV.
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. Convex, transverse, 1.501.55 times as wide as long, widest before base. Surface lustrous (
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), sparsely covered with very fine punctures visible only in high magnification. Anterior margin straight, lateral margins slightly rounded, posterior margin widely rounded and moderately expanded in scutellar area. Anterior margin thinly bordered only in lateral parts, middle part unbordered, lateral margins widely bordered and posterior margin thinly bordered. Anterior and posterior angles rounded, with setigerous pore bearing long seta. Posterior angles not elevated above elytral base. Scutellum subtriangular, with rounded tip, glabrous, impunctate, along basal margin impressed.
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. Subparallel, 1.351.40 times as long as wide (measured in middle) and 0.70 times as long as body. Surface glabrous, subopaque to lustrous, densely covered with very fine, confused punctures and fine microsculpture. Humeral calli developed. Basal margin forming sharp keel. In lateral view, lateral margin of each elytron sinuate. Epipleura lustrous, glabrous, slightly concave, wide at base, narrowed in middle part, disappearing in ⅔ of elytral length. Macropterous.
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. Densely covered with short setae. Abdomen more or less concave in lateral view. Pygidium moderately convex.
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF230FFE9FF274642270EF807" bold="true" box="[189,267,1894,1921]" pageId="17" pageNumber="225">Fig. 7.</emphasis>
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. Lectotype, ♂ (MFNB, 6.3 mm).
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. Ditto, labels.
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. Male (NHMUK, Uganda, 6.4 mm).
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. Female (RBCN, Uganda, 7.3 mm).
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. Head of male.
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. Pronotum, lateral view.
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. Pronotum, variability.
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. Elytra, variability.
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. Male protarsus. Scale bars: A, CD = 3.0 mm; EN = 1.0 mm.
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. Protibiae and protarsi not enlarged. Protarsomere I (
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) short, 1.20 times as long as wide, as wide as II, lateral sides slightly convergent basally, protarsomere II as long as wide, triangular, length ratio of protarsomeres IIII and V equals 100-71-71-114 (100 =
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). Mesotarsomere I subtriangular, as wide as II, length ratio of mesotarsomeres IIII and V equals 100-71-71-114 (100 =
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF233FFEAFF274640270CF8F9" bold="true" box="[189,265,1892,1919]" pageId="18" pageNumber="226">Fig. 8.</emphasis>
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. Male (NHMUK).
<emphasis id="399EEACFF233FFEAFC52464125FCF8F9" bold="true" box="[968,1017,1893,1919]" pageId="18" pageNumber="226">IK</emphasis>
. Female (NHMUK).
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. Penis in dorsal, lateral and ventral views.
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. Penis in dorsal, lateral and ventral views (drawings).
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. Penis with everted internal sclerites in dorsal and lateral views.
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. Spermatheca.
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. Tergite VIII and ovipositor.
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. Dorsal rectal sclerites.
<emphasis id="399EEACFF233FFEAFE7546EA2406F86E" bold="true" box="[495,515,1998,2024]" pageId="18" pageNumber="226">L</emphasis>
. Ventral rectal sclerites. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
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). Metatarsomere I subtriangular, as wide as II, length ratio of metatarsomeres IIII and V equals 100-71-71-128 (100 =
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). Claws simple.
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(
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). Widest in apical fifth, apical part widely triangular with rounded lateral sides, tip slightly pointed and rounded. In lateral view, apex sharp, dorsal margin slightly bulged at anterior third. In ventral view, penis regularly convex, without keel or impressions. Internal sac (
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) with three pairs of hook-like sclerites and one long needle-like sclerite, 0.85 times as long as width of penis in widest place.
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFF7043182740FDD0" bold="true" box="[234,325,572,598]" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">Female</emphasis>
(
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)
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Body length:
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. Head, mandibles, tarsi and protibiae not enlarged. Abdomen convex in lateral view, last abdominal ventrite with medial hollow. Apex of pygidium slightly emarginated. Spermatheca (
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) C-shaped, with gradually narrowing apical part and wider basal part, spermathecal duct forming large tangled-up ball in middle part. Tergite VIII and ovipositor as in
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. Dorsal rectal sclerites: two oblique, suboval, posteriorly pointed lateral sclerites and one large, median, longitudinally suboval sclerite (
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). Ventral rectal sclerites relatively wide, slightly oblique, basal part significantly extended and posteriorly pointed, middle part slightly converging distally, distal part fan-shaped, wider than middle part but narrower than basal part (
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).
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFF2742B32753FC37" bold="true" box="[189,342,919,945]" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">Distribution</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="73FD764DF232FFEBFF2742E12706FC59" box="[189,259,965,991]" name="Benin" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">Benin</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6F7B4B2CF232FFEBFE8842E127A5FC66" author="Weise J." box="[274,416,965,992]" pageId="19" pageNumber="227" pagination="25 - 53" refId="ref17080" refString="Weise J. 1910. Chrysomeliden und Coccinelliden. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brunn 48 [1909]: 25-53. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47966444 [accessed 28 Jan. 2025]." type="journal article" year="1910">Weise 1910</bibRefCitation>
;
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),
<collectingCountry id="73FD764DF232FFEBFDB642E2247FFC66" box="[556,634,966,992]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">Congo</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6F7B4B2CF232FFEBFD1342E1251BFC66" author="Jolivet P." box="[649,798,965,992]" pageId="19" pageNumber="227" pagination="33 - 43" refId="ref14495" refString="Jolivet P. 1951. Clytridae (Coleoptera Chrysomeloidea). Exploration du Parc national Albert, Mission G. F. de Witte (1933 - 1935) 77: 33-43." type="journal article" year="1951">Jolivet 1951</bibRefCitation>
),
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(present paper) and
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(
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; present paper). Voucher specimens from
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were not examined; therefore, the occurrence in
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requires verification.
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The number of type specimens was not specified in the original description (
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available. Only
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFF27448A27CCFA4E" bold="true" box="[189,457,1454,1480]" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
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The males of
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFEFB44F9244DFA71" box="[353,584,1501,1527]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">Melitonoma dalaba</emphasis>
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are characterised by elongate protarsomeres I, 2.45 times as long as wide which are longer than in males of
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(1.75 times as long as wide) and of
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFA9847252373F99C" box="[1282,1398,1537,1562]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">M. simoni</emphasis>
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(2.20 times as long as wide) (
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,
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). The pronotum of
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFC4C47002255F9BB" box="[982,1104,1571,1597]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">M. dalaba</emphasis>
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is covered with distinct and well-visible punctation, which is, however, less intensive than in
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFBE9476C22FDF9E7" box="[1139,1272,1608,1633]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">M. juvenca</emphasis>
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(
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,
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). The pronotum of the other two species,
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFD71474F2561F902" box="[747,868,1643,1668]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">M. simoni</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFC3C474F223AF902" box="[934,1087,1642,1668]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">M. vinculata</emphasis>
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, is completely, or almost completely impunctate, or covered with very fine punctures visible under higher magnification. The penis of
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFEBA4795279DF94C" box="[288,408,1712,1738]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">M. dalaba</emphasis>
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is relatively wide with a distinct triangular apical process, while the penis of
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFF2747F0273BF96B" box="[189,318,1748,1773]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">M. juvenca</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFEEF47F0240CF96B" box="[373,521,1747,1773]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">M. vinculata</emphasis>
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are without a triangular apical process, and that of
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFBC647F022D5F96B" box="[1116,1232,1748,1773]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">M. simoni</emphasis>
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is remarkably and regularly tapered along its apical third (
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,
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF232FFEBFF27461C2741F8D4" bold="true" box="[189,324,1848,1874]" pageId="19" pageNumber="227">Etymology</emphasis>
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The name
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” refers to the
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locality. Noun in apposition.
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(
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);
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,
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Forêt
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</collectingMunicipality>
;
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,
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;
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a.s.l.
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;
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</date>
;
<collectorName id="A61F530BF235FFECFDA9405A24ADFE11" box="[563,680,381,408]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">M. Geiser</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="A61F530BF235FFECFD29405A251FFE1E" box="[691,794,382,408]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">M. Leno</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="A61F530BF235FFECFCBF405A25B6FE11" box="[805,947,381,408]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">S. Koivagui</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="A61F530BF235FFECFC27405A222FFE11" box="[957,1066,381,408]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">W. Miles</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="A61F530BF235FFECFBAF405A22CEFE11" box="[1077,1227,381,408]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">L. Mulvaney</collectorName>
and
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leg.; upland forest and savannah;
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,
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_014527975.
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF235FFECFF7040C62762FE7A" bold="true" box="[234,359,482,508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">
<typeStatus id="D451887FF235FFECFF7040C62762FE7A" box="[234,359,482,508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
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; same data as for holotype;
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,
<collectionCode id="6DFBAE18F235FFECFBF4432122DBFDA6" box="[1134,1246,517,544]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" pageId="20" pageNumber="228" type="Museum">NHMUK</collectionCode>
_014527959,
<collectionCode id="6DFBAE18F235FFECFF27430C272BFDC5" box="[189,302,552,579]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" pageId="20" pageNumber="228" type="Museum">NHMUK</collectionCode>
_014527969
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.
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF235FFECFF27434E2758FD02" bold="true" box="[189,349,618,644]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">Type locality</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="0B5536DDF235FFECFF2743BC2225FD35" blockId="20.[189,1056,663,691]" box="[189,1056,663,691]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">
<collectingCountry id="73FD764DF235FFECFF2743BC27A3FD34" box="[189,422,664,690]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">Republic of Guinea</collectingCountry>
, Dalaba, Forêt de Goubel,
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF235FFECFF2743FE274BFD72" bold="true" box="[189,334,730,756]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">Description</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF235FFECFF70422D272FFCA5" bold="true" box="[234,298,777,803]" pageId="20" pageNumber="228">Male</emphasis>
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. Body length:
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). Body elongate, subparallel, convex, almost glabrous. Head black, with dark brownish apices of mandibles. Pronotum with large black spot touching posterior margin, anterior margin of spot nearly straight, anterior, lateral and lateral parts of posterior pronotal margins orange (
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). Scutellum black. Elytra orange with humeral black spot, two transverse black bands not touching lateral and sutural margins and black apex of elytra (
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and
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); black pattern, reduced with humeral spot smaller, anterior transverse band fragmented to two small spots, posterior black band missing, and apical black margin narrower (
<specimenCount id="1DECFD54F235FFECFF5F45062764FBBB" box="[197,353,1058,1085]" count="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="228" type="generic" typeStatus="paratype">one paratype</specimenCount>
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). Ventral side of body black, except pronotal hypomeron orange. Antennomeres IIII orange (I with darkened dorsal side), IVV black with orange bases, VIXI black. Legs black.
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). Mandibles moderately enlarged, dorsally even and glabrous, lateral sides covered with long pale setae; left mandible somewhat larger, with lateral margin straight and oblique, and apex hook-like. Labrum transverse with rounded anterior angles and shallowly emarginated anterior margin, surface semiopaque, with several punctures, pale setae cumulated on anterior angles and anterior margin, several setae also on disc. Anterior margin of clypeus with wide shallow triangular emargination. Anterior part of head slightly impressed along anterior margin, surface slightly convex and uneven, covered with small punctures and short setae. Eyes moderately large. Frons wide, 2.10 times as wide as diameter of eye, surface uneven, almost glabrous, except setae cumulated along internal margins of eyes. Frons separated from vertex by shallowly impressed rounded line. Vertex convex, glabrous, lustrous, impunctate. Antennae short, 0.23 times as long as body, antennomere I club-shaped, III very small, antennae shortly serrated from antennomere IV.
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). Moderately convex, transverse, 1.87 times as wide as long, widest in basal quarter. Surface (
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) lustrous, covered with fine punctures disappearing in middle line and along lateral and anterior margins, punctures with very short microscopic setae almost invisible at a cursory glance, surface with two shallow vertical impressions along basal margin. Anterior margin almost straight, lateral margins slightly rounded, convergent anteriorly, posterior margin slightly rounded and moderately expanded in scutellar area. Anterior margin unbordered in middle part, thinly bordered laterally, lateral margin widely bordered and posterior margins thinly bordered.Anterior angles rounded, posterior angles widely rounded. Anterior setigerous pores placed on anterior margin close to anterior angle, posterior pores placed in middle of rounding. Posterior angles slightly elevated above elytral base. Scutellum subtriangular, with rounded tip, glabrous, impunctate, shallowly impressed in middle basal margin.
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. Subparallel, widest at posterior third, 1.40 times as long as wide and 0.64 times as long as body. Surface glabrous, dull, densely covered with very fine, confused punctures and fine microslupture. Humeral calli developed. Basal margin forming sharp keel. In lateral view, lateral margin of each elytron sinuate. Epipleura lustrous, glabrous, slightly concave, very wide at base, gradually narrowed posteriorly, disappearing in ⅔ of elytral length. Macropterous.
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<emphasis id="399EEACFF234FFEDFF2746652709F8DD" bold="true" box="[189,268,1857,1883]" pageId="21" pageNumber="229">Fig. 9.</emphasis>
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. Holotype, ♂ (NHMUK, 7.0 mm).
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. Ditto, labels.
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. Paratype, ♂ (NHMUK, 6.8 mm).
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. Head of male.
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. Pronotum, lateral view.
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. Penis in dorsal, lateral and ventral views.
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. Penis in dorsal, lateral and ventral views (drawings).
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. Penis with everted internal sclerites in dorsal and lateral views.
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. Pronotum, dorsal view.
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. Male protarsus. 3.0 mm; DE, NO 1.0 mm; FM = 0.5 mm.
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. Densely covered with setae. Abdomen more or less concave in lateral view.
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. Protibiae and protarsi moderately enlarged. Protarsomere I (
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) elongate, 2.45 times as long as wide, slightly narrower than protarsomere II, parallel in apical half, slightly convergent basally, protarsomere II 1.35 times as long as wide, length ratio of protarsomeres IIII and V equals 100-66-60- 64 (100 =
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). Mesotarsomere I elongate, parallel, as wide as II, length ratio of mesotarsomeres IIII and V equals 100-58-50-66 (100 =
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). Metatarsomere I elongate, parallel, with narrowed base, as wide as II, length ratio of metatarsomeres IIII and V equals 100-60-60-80 (100 =
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). Claws simple.
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). Penis 2.95 times as long as wide, widest at anterior quarter, middle part convergent, narrowest at basal quarter, basal part slightly wider. Apical part forming large subtriangular process. Dorsal surface in apical part with finger-shaped elevation, laterally surrounded by distinct concavities. In lateral view, penis bent in middle, apical half wider with sharp apex, basal half narrow, almost straight. In ventral view, apical part with finger-shaped elevation, in middle part narrowed to sharp keel. Internal sac (
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) with three pairs of hook-like sclerites and one long and thin internal sclerite, 0.25 times as long as penis.
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<collectingCountry id="73FD764DF237FFEEFF2745AB27A2FB2F" box="[189,423,1167,1193]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="22" pageNumber="230">Republic of Guinea</collectingCountry>
.
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