Phylogenetic systematics of the enigmatic genus Horologion Valentine, 1932 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae, Horologionini), with description of a new species from Bath County, Virginia
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Harden, Curt W.
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Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, 277 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA
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Author
Davidson, Robert L.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Author
Malabad, Thomas E.
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Karst Program, 16 th Floor, 600 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Caterino, Michael S.
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Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, 277 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA
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Maddison, David R.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7152-3824
Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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Subterranean Biology
2024
2024-01-08
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.48.114404
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.48.114404
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Horologionini Jeannel, 1949
Horologionidae
Jeannel, 1949: 91. Type genus:
Horologion
Valentine, 1932.
Horologionini
:
Barr (1964
: 1).
Horologionina
:
Bousquet (2012
: 711);
Ortuno
and Arillo (2015
: 584),
Maddison et al. (2019
: 171).
Diagnosis.
The tribe consists of a single genus,
Horologion
, described in detail below. Members of the tribe possess characteristics of the supertribe
Trechitae
and several character states that, in combination, distinguish them from other tribes of
Carabidae
: eyes absent, frontal furrows weakly impressed, penultimate maxillary palpomeres glabrous, apical maxillary palpomeres elongate and narrow, pronotal lateral margins and hind angles absent, elytral humeri with carinate shelf, elytron with a single discal setigerous puncture, apical recurrent stria absent, mesoventrite bell-shaped and extended anteriorly, mesocoxae and metacoxae separated by processes of mesoventrite and metaventrite, all surfaces of external integument except for mouthparts and abdominal tergites generally setose, median lobe of aedeagus open dorsally, spermatheca with attached gland, female genital segment subtriangular, gonocoxites slender and largely glabrous.