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, Ospina, Balke &amp; Megna (COL_MB_2018_08)&quot; (ICN-UNAL, ZSM); 119 exx, &quot;Colombia, Cundinamarca, Humedal La Florida, 2,400m, 22.xi.2018,
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, Ospina, Balke &amp; Megna (COL_MB_2018_12)&quot; (ICN-UNAL, ZSM). All specimens bear our red printed paratype labels.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
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<paragraph id="39AA809EB1E8FAAC1EA7654BB03DCF78" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="848D0BD2FEFBBC85C555FAB3D182E32B" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
Holotype. A medium sized
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Rhantus</emphasis>
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species, total length of holotype 11.3 mm, length without head 10.2 mm, greatest width 5.9 mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Colour</emphasis>
<paragraph id="0101D9ABC322642F09C0FE6617B2F20F" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
<emphasis id="633FDEA5C7FDAF55DDFD0CC9F5138F52" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Colour</emphasis>
: Head black with contrasting orange marks as in
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Dorsal habitus of Rhantus andinus (A), R. bogotensis sp. nov. (B), R. vicinus (C), R. franzi (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349401" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure1">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
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. Pronotum yellow orange, base as well discal patch somewhat black. Elytron orange with black irrorations. Body appendages, prothorax, prosternal process, epipleuron, coxae, postcoxal process and hind margins of abdominal sternites orange to dark ferruginous, rest of venter black.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Surface sculpture</emphasis>
<paragraph id="B805DBD798AE8A53C7EEA25BA16F54A8" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
<emphasis id="EAA96AC220724AD62BA595E862EED088" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Surface sculpture</emphasis>
: Head with irregular meshes and dense, distinct punctation, no microreticulation (MR) visible (
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); clypeus with double punctation only. Pronotum with irregular meshes and dense, distinct double punctation, disc with double punctation only; no MR visible on pronotum (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Rhantus spp.: Pronotal margin of R. bogotensis sp. nov. female (A), male (B); R. vicinus female (C); R. bogotensis: surface sculpture on head, frons (D), middle part of pronotum with base and disc (E) elytron, basal area (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349402" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2">Fig. 2E</figureCitation>
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). Elytron with distinct, irregular polygonal meshes and fine punctation; with distinct though sometimes faint MR within the meshes (
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Structures</emphasis>
<paragraph id="E5DA9D0E5F74694140A656E403E0960B" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
<emphasis id="80B7E77256A48F45894CE11EEC5AAD0F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Structures</emphasis>
: Pronotum with broad and conspicuous lateral bead which does however not reach the anterior angle (
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<figureCitation id="BBACAD34189A90C932011B55E2F2E8A0" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Rhantus spp.: Pronotal margin of R. bogotensis sp. nov. female (A), male (B); R. vicinus female (C); R. bogotensis: surface sculpture on head, frons (D), middle part of pronotum with base and disc (E) elytron, basal area (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349402" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
). Lateral wings of metaventrite triangular; hind wings fully developed. Last ventrite rounded apically.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Tarsal characters</emphasis>
<paragraph id="9BA3545611D38D1F10B4AFD797E4FAD9" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
<emphasis id="ACC5C733D8BF7421ED718F78D34FE7F3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Tarsal characters</emphasis>
: Protarsal claws (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3F, G</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="E22A54352564C86146E68027928AED7F" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3F, G</figureCitation>
) with anterior and posterior claw of almost equal length, posterior claw slightly longer and about the same length as tarsomere V. Claws slender and with no particular modification (e.g. not dentate). Mesotarsal claws sinuate, with posterior claw shorter and more strongly curved than anterior claw, shorter than fifth protarsomere (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3D, E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="E25D4EF6A76702DE7C9FD40545EF16AE" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3D, E</figureCitation>
). Pro- and mesotarsomeres 1-3 not dilated laterally (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3D, F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="00F0EBE4C9EED41802AE837F8E0A7A88" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3D, F</figureCitation>
), with four transverse rows of stalked suction discs ventrally. Number of discs per row (tarsomere on which row occurs given in parentheses): 5(I)/6(I)/6(II)/5(III).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Genital structure</emphasis>
<paragraph id="B30FBD1113206FF568F7C1E2C8E6A989" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
<emphasis id="393AFB3FEEFE812C9824725FDDF4CB9C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Genital structure</emphasis>
: Median lobe of aedeagus as in
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3B, C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="36BD6AC0E76B19C80FB4186746CD3D0F" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3B, C</figureCitation>
, in lateral view appearing of longish curvature; parameres with a fringe of yellow hairs which are apically acute, not trumpet shaped (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="4A3A52D0373664BEB2E334BD9DBFC300" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Female</emphasis>
<paragraph id="9E70855B3EC4DDE8A4A6E137BEFED4FE" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
<emphasis id="2E921B171D066F7211BBA836193775A4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Female</emphasis>
: Color and surface sculpture as in male. Tarsomere without stalked suction discs ventrally. The anterior margin of the anterior corner of pronotum (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Rhantus spp.: Pronotal margin of R. bogotensis sp. nov. female (A), male (B); R. vicinus female (C); R. bogotensis: surface sculpture on head, frons (D), middle part of pronotum with base and disc (E) elytron, basal area (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349402" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="5DB8FF5AAE454BF21378641A06B50908" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Rhantus spp.: Pronotal margin of R. bogotensis sp. nov. female (A), male (B); R. vicinus female (C); R. bogotensis: surface sculpture on head, frons (D), middle part of pronotum with base and disc (E) elytron, basal area (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349402" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
, white asterisk) thicker than in male specimens (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Rhantus spp.: Pronotal margin of R. bogotensis sp. nov. female (A), male (B); R. vicinus female (C); R. bogotensis: surface sculpture on head, frons (D), middle part of pronotum with base and disc (E) elytron, basal area (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349402" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="CF7A7B60B7D1EA79CB4B6CB113C07016" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Rhantus spp.: Pronotal margin of R. bogotensis sp. nov. female (A), male (B); R. vicinus female (C); R. bogotensis: surface sculpture on head, frons (D), middle part of pronotum with base and disc (E) elytron, basal area (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349402" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Variation.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="144840278D6101B619A4CF13E36DFD75" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" type="variation">
<paragraph id="4F4894D700DE1CD7AE0D27676CEC76CB" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1B0D1B11D95F35D428E20E164AC2374B" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
Body size varies from 11.0-12.1 mm. The discal dark spot on pronotum can be obsolete, or slightly more extended than in
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Dorsal habitus of Rhantus andinus (A), R. bogotensis sp. nov. (B), R. vicinus (C), R. franzi (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349401" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure1">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
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, the same is true for the basal dark spot. Both can be approaching but do not connect.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="169" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Named after the type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A55FC4E5D2C479D62D4C0C2D0A5A95D6" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FDE2DFBD3321EE0DB372A02E62FB427A" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Named after the type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Comparative notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
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<paragraph id="57CD4AEE7E1398EF8D11FE996FB739A1" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Comparative notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E2E851F4B5E6B11F936DE0C3FF8E2FE2" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
A species well delineated from the other Colombian
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Rhantus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6EE9F2F147232E5EF71B1944DC0A0334" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Rhantus</emphasis>
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of similar size by the following set of features:
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Rhantus franzi</emphasis>
<paragraph id="67D986E2A2CA32BA719F82571E6893AC" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
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<emphasis id="7FA1CBCA207C6DBF855DF915A8D4769E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Rhantus franzi</emphasis>
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, described from the Cauca Valley and Ecuador (holotype male studied here) is similar in size but with pronotal coloration more similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. andinus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="024B0EB5CF697D9214D36FE49024CF31" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. andinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). The protarsal claws are similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1D5BEECF45460451E835C860AE34301E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (
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), but the anterior mesotarsal claw is simply curved in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. franzi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="475532FAE22F0E0590800B7B6F941B05" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. franzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<figureCitation id="8A5C74C4FC1D1495CDFD8E3E1D74FA10" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3M, N</figureCitation>
) and not more broadly triangular as in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B6CD2B03114A98F00D8BD934474EF9E1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (
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<figureCitation id="E148C514F8744DF96AFD7C1168DCE3C0" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3D, E</figureCitation>
). The posterior mesotarsal claw is missing in the holotype of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. franzi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7E85C93C285DC2A180E0BFF6F9928238" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. franzi</emphasis>
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studied here (and tarsus missing on other side of body). The median lobe of aedeagus only slightly more elongate in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. franzi</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="970E1893EEE04BF1144F256FC915FCEE" lsidName="R. franzi" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" rank="species" species="franzi">
<emphasis id="56ABCED0D9F8A9533222C4AA436D50F8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">R. franzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<figureCitation id="0DADC2115980DDF950F70B0BFB6404D7" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3K</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="170">
<pageBreakToken pageId="1" pageNumber="170" start="start">Males</pageBreakToken>
<paragraph id="2A93B7C0236559138EB2B12F96FD92C6" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">
<pageBreakToken id="717ED0100F84C9D856D184A2E56DF655" pageId="1" pageNumber="170" start="start">Males</pageBreakToken>
of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. vicinus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D62F05FAF2755071B71D8FF76C249030" lsidName="R. vicinus" pageId="1" pageNumber="170" rank="species" species="vicinus">
<emphasis id="1EB141F5323AB395D23BFEC730B115A3" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. vicinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. crypticus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D3F838AC1A362E9C2DCA8EF0B64EC88E" lsidName="R. crypticus" pageId="1" pageNumber="170" rank="species" species="crypticus">
<emphasis id="4FCBFA0300051E534387F00642762B6F" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. crypticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have the pro- and mesotarsomeres 1-3 distinctly dilated laterally, see
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<figureCitation id="373951D1AEF5285770936F93DFE337A2" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="1" pageNumber="170" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3J</figureCitation>
(not so in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B0957D2F7E6D06D40BB4E2B687FE9F63" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov.,
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<figureCitation id="5C04459BFA6C04BC687646DE4A2C0E84" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="1" pageNumber="170" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B58416AE1E33E7FDA9F5EFF99839828C" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="171" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">
Males of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. vicinus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="269FBD8F5B350F26B6DE57501832B2F4" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. vicinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. crypticus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A2F8F64B61502BB68F6657E0E37866C5" lsidName="R. crypticus" pageId="1" pageNumber="170" rank="species" species="crypticus">
<emphasis id="8C72FB6F82C580953A12CCB842C2FABC" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. crypticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have the protarsal claws of unequal length and shape (
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), anterior one much shorter and broader than posterior, with dent like shape in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. crypticus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8D0CE884D077D7FC0E3782A11927EA86" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. crypticus</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="8CBAFC5D247C98882A4131C8642E5759" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="1" pageNumber="170" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3J</figureCitation>
) (subequal in
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sp. nov.,
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). The protarsal and mesotarsal claws of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. andinus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AB753D3CBB23B0CD849723AD10FD0F11" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="170">R. andinus</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="5299C0D0B9D4C439D6756871D0DD47DF" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). &quot; a &quot; denotes anterior claw." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="1" pageNumber="170" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3">Fig. 3I</figureCitation>
) are similar to
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. bogotensis
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sp. nov., but the beetles are easily separable by body size and coloration alone (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<paragraph id="9290B65CEFDF8F4B06BBEF0A404D17DB" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
Females of
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. crypticus</emphasis>
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have the anterior angle of the pronotum distinctly extended (
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<figureCitation id="6F3144350D0F4483E67B30892D486FAE" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Rhantus spp.: Pronotal margin of R. bogotensis sp. nov. female (A), male (B); R. vicinus female (C); R. bogotensis: surface sculpture on head, frons (D), middle part of pronotum with base and disc (E) elytron, basal area (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349402" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
, arrow). This is not the case in
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<emphasis id="5F436348E5687FBD9868717F9F7F8AE0" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (
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<figureCitation id="D7F4F385670C85C819CAD15F317CC4E7" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Rhantus spp.: Pronotal margin of R. bogotensis sp. nov. female (A), male (B); R. vicinus female (C); R. bogotensis: surface sculpture on head, frons (D), middle part of pronotum with base and disc (E) elytron, basal area (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349402" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<paragraph id="55BD3AB542CDD3C29C2DD954304A0F59" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
Specimens of
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<emphasis id="3630BB9B5BEE3A1F3E39B57E2F18980C" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. vicinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. crypticus</emphasis>
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are generally of darker appearance than
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (
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).
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Altiplano of the Bogota region.</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="4C0A6921F287988962F48A071E3B6AEF" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="77F61A0FA78F9D757B7DF7F316E36A52" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="85E6A8F25B5DD9EA80ECA14306242BB3" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Altiplano of the Bogota region.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<subSubSection id="0A90CD5330A6133DBEF08251F8FBD82D" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="6166735E9699EC809B196563CCE9B623" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8628362EC45D8AA62693C071DCF18AFE" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
Collected from richly vegetated ponds in full sun or slightly shaded, in abundance from flooded mats of grasses (
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<figureCitation id="23E54DCD8C6025A633102A99E3E69E4A" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Habitat of Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. in the Altiplano of Bogota, Colombia. Florida wetland, deeper water bodies where we did encounter only very few specimens (A), shallow ponds, most likely ephemeral (B, C)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349404" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure4">Fig. 4B, C</figureCitation>
). Bottom of these habitats was usually black, foul smelling mud. In the La Florida wetland, the beetles seemed to avoid larger, deeper water bodies, possibly to avoid predation by fish (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Habitat of Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. in the Altiplano of Bogota, Colombia. Florida wetland, deeper water bodies where we did encounter only very few specimens (A), shallow ponds, most likely ephemeral (B, C)." figureDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349404" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" tableDoi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure4">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
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<paragraph id="124583DAD266A01DAAC2921E6EFA442E" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E29B02F37BDD84042CCD421F9633EA00" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
Collected with aquatic nets as well as bottle traps. In association with the following other
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:
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(abundant),
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(only few, this species is abundant on higher elevations as well as in the
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above the altiplano of Bogota), two species of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Copelatus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="94AB0F354BDEA0F61152FCBA19AE3F05" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="37571F1FDF3B8035A8D5AECD5F19BE79" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Copelatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Erichson, 1832 and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Liodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Liodessus bogotensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Liodessus bogotensis</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C6816031C5364E48A9AD9481F9B080B5" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Liodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Liodessus bogotensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis id="1952A3C8FB1E5CCCE6D09CB06FDD471E" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Liodessus bogotensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Guignot, 1953, as well as different
<taxonomicName family="Hydrophilidae" lsidName="" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="family">Hydrophilidae</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4BA677A401E12D312C2511FCF3591D5B" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Hydrophilidae</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349401" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Figure 1.</emphasis>
<caption id="D1EDE438B4608372BA6A196D76D55C13" doi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349401" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
<paragraph id="CF9C10AFA793135CDA9C7C9C1C36D479" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis id="D705AAE0B67E7506C73A3917C3EC3655" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Dorsal habitus of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Rhantus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhantus andinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andinus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Rhantus andinus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="34714DFA1F9E137F5BA315289941C225" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Rhantus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhantus andinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andinus">
<emphasis id="A21B4C0B2BD46F7DE88B603F759A9CF7" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Rhantus andinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">A</emphasis>
<emphasis id="6303861A904020337F6A409091049D23" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">A</emphasis>
),
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. bogotensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4DA68D1E58D5374A01C37CFC95213146" lsidName="R. bogotensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis id="3D10085E86CB73B07BD0B22A5C557A8B" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">B</emphasis>
<emphasis id="51BA72C81BD6F8A1899DF1D6A3C00BC4" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">B</emphasis>
),
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. vicinus" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="vicinus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. vicinus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="22FD63849A52AA67D0EB824FB57652D0" lsidName="R. vicinus" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="vicinus">
<emphasis id="019E7F7CFE78BE48770280BB101D57BF" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. vicinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">C</emphasis>
<emphasis id="9284DF32E63CBEECEBE203B2E8AECAB4" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">C</emphasis>
),
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. franzi" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="franzi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. franzi</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="3E6DE4179F7D985BE713F1198711E45B" lsidName="R. franzi" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="franzi">
<emphasis id="012B0D120D372595CDE45AA793F66227" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. franzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">D</emphasis>
<emphasis id="D2DC9E082677AE6BC9CA893213E2F5C2" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349402" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Rhantus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhantus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Rhantus</emphasis>
<caption id="7E5E55ED6B5BA185D2B24D3472286C0A" doi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349402" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="AF8E87D6A6C3241FF2D65083121780C5" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis id="33441548B4B6EA875EBEDF9E93481A61" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A80859384BEF0DF5092551F4FF6617AA" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Rhantus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhantus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4EF58411E9E2C3B1E57A22E2DB158FBE" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Rhantus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.: Pronotal margin of
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. bogotensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="0AAF9D79695FC65B66F53A2BAC314885" lsidName="R. bogotensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis id="A3D828356E67BD5D47841F4F7604A538" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. female (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">A</emphasis>
<emphasis id="AC802B378300B5DF66782B9423CC354F" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">A</emphasis>
), male (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">B</emphasis>
<emphasis id="E2341EBAB014D66BD1994BB59A6557CD" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">B</emphasis>
);
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. vicinus" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="vicinus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. vicinus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="0EB120C05F31C1A83D8E452C16A422A1" lsidName="R. vicinus" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="vicinus">
<emphasis id="41772B7AF76D75E52DD7054F7CC313C1" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. vicinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
female (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">C</emphasis>
<emphasis id="5FEEE411F2D24A1F9D7208B559AAEE09" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">C</emphasis>
);
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. bogotensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="FFE67814A3B10C9644A1E96957671BBE" lsidName="R. bogotensis" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis id="7AC9CC32BE3923E73E22597D29D5921F" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. bogotensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: surface sculpture on head, frons (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">D</emphasis>
<emphasis id="896166F93CC40913311C86B4ADF692E7" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">D</emphasis>
), middle part of pronotum with base and disc (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">E</emphasis>
<emphasis id="3ABBC0ACEDFF99A85329C2C86B6285E5" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">E</emphasis>
) elytron, basal area (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">F</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B1E55C34B039A37C4B5C7C2EB770486C" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">F</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Rhantus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhantus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Rhantus</emphasis>
<caption id="C8D831884FF46541249A5A9D58B5FC18" doi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349403" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="79E3D354EC7C0E0FCA2406ED7014CA6F" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis id="8F8388756A7ACE65BF77403B1AD2C16C" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="8FE0F3722A7912F904CF8DA23A3F2D3E" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Rhantus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhantus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="021060697B12C141AF85B5D211BC0412" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Rhantus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp., males:
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Rhantus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhantus bogotensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Rhantus bogotensis</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6DF9A8AC7464C733941234720417F386" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Rhantus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhantus bogotensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis id="720657AE1A31DC1B9E8D092C4B7052B3" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Rhantus bogotensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. parameres (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">A</emphasis>
<emphasis id="38F938B2D96B1363B123FAA7CB9855D7" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">A</emphasis>
), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">B</emphasis>
<emphasis id="A80EFB95214AE633015314909CA13F73" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">B</emphasis>
), same in ventral view (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">C</emphasis>
<emphasis id="5D08909ADACA0D5EF36802FAE21E8D43" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">C</emphasis>
), mesotarsus (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">D</emphasis>
<emphasis id="A09F1C4159274428728D2245836D21A1" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">D</emphasis>
), mesotarsomere V and claws (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">E</emphasis>
<emphasis id="2859FC5222961DBE799B1EC119CF7077" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">E</emphasis>
), foretarsus (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">F</emphasis>
<emphasis id="D1E018EC9A44D460F28AF1BD908E6ADD" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">F</emphasis>
), protarsomere V and claws (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">G</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B203B29697F00087B8D999EA6800B269" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">G</emphasis>
);
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. vicinus" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="vicinus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. vicinus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B0C40F208E2CB03DD6FE4512B952CC79" lsidName="R. vicinus" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="vicinus">
<emphasis id="A53A0F163F7D8B1FB052FC086A75378F" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. vicinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: protarsomere V and claws (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">H</emphasis>
<emphasis id="966574CFCFE09C43B2984805228EAAD5" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">H</emphasis>
);
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. andinus" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="andinus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. andinus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="5F63524F036D872B33078A19F68BBF0A" lsidName="R. andinus" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="andinus">
<emphasis id="63D55FC78F9F3723A4F8BC24939A9BC4" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. andinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: protarsomere V and claws (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">I</emphasis>
<emphasis id="1D7BD658EF42FA7FE0CDABE4E6E9A50B" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">I</emphasis>
);
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. crypticus" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="crypticus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. crypticus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="1C46BFB25DE81A1BC22A1895E66BD66F" lsidName="R. crypticus" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="crypticus">
<emphasis id="F0621AF443161B23329ED70C7189D7AD" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. crypticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: protarsomere V and claws (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">J</emphasis>
<emphasis id="95F0D75AE518E3BED04172FDF25A9E90" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">J</emphasis>
);
<taxonomicName genus="R." lsidName="R. franzi" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="franzi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. franzi</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F32FCE8579898226FDEC26CAE7F45379" lsidName="R. franzi" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" rank="species" species="franzi">
<emphasis id="3CE5FD5E22A5413BE916698F48140FD4" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">R. franzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">K</emphasis>
<emphasis id="E643773626BCFC72B25727F258940B4A" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">K</emphasis>
), protarsomere
<normalizedToken originalValue="IIIV">III-V</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken id="1A9EBFFFD8F58272C294ABBDA81906EA" originalValue="IIIV">III-V</normalizedToken>
and claws (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">L</emphasis>
<emphasis id="BB8E4F8FB8B6766E7BB32653D7463C30" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">L</emphasis>
), mesotarsus (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">M</emphasis>
<emphasis id="94AE7103BBFC9EA998BDA2C21ABF1F55" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">M</emphasis>
), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">N</emphasis>
<emphasis id="95D309F73D5FA2878AA5A78EEC204614" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">N</emphasis>
).
<normalizedToken originalValue="“a”">&quot;a&quot;</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken id="1EBD372BA3075282480FC30458C876F1" originalValue="“a”">&quot;a&quot;</normalizedToken>
denotes anterior claw.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349404" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<caption id="46E0CF28137669F9E243CAC83B68ECDE" doi="10.3897/alpento.3.37308.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/349404" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="1A500A4D0B5A639CC331D43E701BC9A6" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis id="0E02143D0C44CB2036FD95F3D55EA99E" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Habitat of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Rhantus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhantus bogotensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Rhantus bogotensis</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D7467070560AD09F9EC7EFB725F1D14D" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Rhantus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhantus bogotensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bogotensis">
<emphasis id="BCB88B0B1ADFBB3F6661DC591C3E57B9" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">Rhantus bogotensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. in the Altiplano of Bogota, Colombia. Florida wetland, deeper water bodies where we did encounter only very few specimens (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">A</emphasis>
<emphasis id="037C6DBC8881DC743F95CEDBC117B0A5" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">A</emphasis>
), shallow ponds, most likely ephemeral (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">B, C</emphasis>
<emphasis id="1485C4F6AA1F8D8D5699BC58767D5C79" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="171">B, C</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>