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Small to medium sized beetles, body length 2.4-4.9 mm. Body shape elongated oval in dorsal view; moderate to strongly convex in lateral view; dorsal outline uniformly convex or nearly straight and anteriorly inclined along anterior half (Fig.
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). Color brown, dark brown, reddish brown, or rather orange, usually uniform along body regions, but sometimes with slightly paler margins, pronotum or ventral surfaces and appendages; ground punctation shallow to moderately marked (Fig.
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). Shape of head trapezoid. Eyes small to moderate, seldom very small, not emarginated anteriorly, usually projected from outline of head. Clypeus trapezoid, with anterior margin broadly and roundly emarginate. Labrum fully exposed. Mentum rather flat and smooth, sometimes with lateral oblique ridges, and few crenulations; median anterior depression sometimes marked by a transverse carina (Fig.
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). Antennae with eight antennomeres; cupule slightly asymmetric, with rounded outline. Maxillary palps moderately stout, shorter to nearly as long as width of head; inner margin of maxillary palpomere 2 nearly straight, outer margin curved along apical 2/3; maxillary palpomeres 3 and 4 similar in length (Fig.
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). Prosternum flat to mesally only slightly produced (Fig.
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). Elytra with sutural striae; elytral punctures from shallow to sharply marked; ground punctures rather uniformly distributed; some species with serial punctures; outer margins of elytra slightly flared (Fig.
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). Posterior elevation of mesoventrite usually with curved transverse ridge, rather sharp and low, or bearing sharp, pyramidal (triangular) projection; anapleural sutures concave to forming obtuse angle, separated at anterior margin by distance 0.3-0.4
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width of anterior margin of mesepisternum (Fig.
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). Metaventrite with posteromesal glabrous patch nearly as wide as long (Fig.
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). Protibiae with spines of anterior row as thick, long semi-erect setae; apical spurs of protibiae moderately stout, reaching midlength of protarsomere 3. Metafemora with tibial grooves moderately developed; hydrofuge pubescence coverage ranging from sparse (nearly glabrous metafemora) to dense along basal 3/4 (Fig.
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). Tarsomeres 1-4 with long spiniform setae on ventral face; metatarsomere 2 nearly as long as 5 and as 3 and 4 combined. Fifth abdominal ventrite apically rounded, truncate, or slightly emarginate, usually with fringe of stout setae. Aedeagus trilobed (Fig.
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); basal piece as long or longer than parameres; median lobe triangular, nearly as wide at base as basal width of each paramere, with apical projection; gonopore absent.
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<emphasis id="30EC1DA63A666DAF1A135DA6CDB57FBB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 46.</emphasis>
Habitus of
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dorsal habitus
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lateral habitus
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ventral habitus
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dorsal habitus
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lateral habitus
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ventral habitus. Scale bars: 1 mm.
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Aedeagi of
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. Scale bars: 0.25 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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At first sight, the smoother members of
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(e.g., Fig.
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) can be mistaken for
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chasmogenus</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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), given that both genera exhibit sutural striae. The presence of a transverse curved ridge (sometimes very low) on the posterior elevation of the mesoventrite distinguishes
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from
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, in which the mesoventrite is either flat, broadly elevated or with a longitudinal elevation; maxillary palps of most
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chasmogenus</emphasis>
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longer than the maximum width of the head, whereas in
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the maxillary palps are shorter, nearly as long as the width of the head.
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Punctate members of
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(e.g., Fig.
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) may resemble some species of
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,
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) may resemble
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;
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). In those cases,
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may also superficially resemble certain New World cylomine genera, such as
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), from which it may be distinguished by the fully exposed labrum of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Primocerus</emphasis>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Neotropical</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="C12523B2F8DD146A2BA4B5AD29DCDCDB" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="172A12AD7F27B8E3BB3DE6F6A4F988C9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Neotropical</emphasis>
: Brazil (
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), Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela; Fig.
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. We have seen additional specimens that slightly expand the range of the genus, but all still fall within the Guiana Shield region of South America.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Natural history.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3B0843361EFB7B138E4E63147750E930" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Natural history.</paragraph>
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The habitats occupied by members of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Primocerus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F71797ABE67B3D02E690EA4D0955C586" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Primocerus</emphasis>
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range from forested pools to seepages. One specimen was collected with a flight intercept trap. Specimens of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Primocerus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="959B1209A06A1411D79CC3402E5F9F3C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Primocerus</emphasis>
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are relatively rare, given that so far have only been found in low numbers of specimens per collecting event (
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Larvae.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CE4FA320EFF77A2B337E5E4462B39628" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Larvae.</paragraph>
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Immature stages are not known for
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Primocerus</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Taxonomic history.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Primocerus</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="E67B16A25ADD9E7F6A7B556F7313940B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Taxonomic history.</paragraph>
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was only recently described.
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With only nine known species in the genus,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Primocerus</emphasis>
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is one of the most variable genera of New World acidocerines in terms of their external morphology. Additional recent study and collections have revealed that the species described as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. neutrum</emphasis>
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likely represents a species complex (Short pers. obs.).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Species examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotypes and paratypes of all known species were examined for this study.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="26CD9BFBA457AC2FCFE5F21A78F732E9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Species examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D18760BEF30716F7B605646811AAE667" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotypes and paratypes of all known species were examined for this study.</paragraph>
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: original description of the genus and all its known species;
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: phylogenetic placement.
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