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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04AA768FE82FB90FDAFFBEC" bold="true" box="[351,546,1066,1088]" italics="true" pageId="6">Cyclocephala chera</emphasis>
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Ratcliffe
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,
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(
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)
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04AA768FF77FBCDFECAFB21" bold="true" box="[170,327,1143,1165]" pageId="6">Type Material.</emphasis>
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<typeStatus id="5309E189B04AA768FE8EFBCDFE3EFB21" box="[339,435,1143,1165]" pageId="6" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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female, labeled ‘‘
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: White Water Cmp.,
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(sic)
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. Iwokrama Res.,
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, 16.II.02, 4
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04AA768FCB1FB28FCF8FB0B" bold="true" box="[876,885,1170,1191]" italics="true" pageId="6">°</emphasis>
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40
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04AA768FC50FB2BFC18FB0B" bold="true" box="[909,917,1169,1191]" pageId="6">9</emphasis>
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31
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N
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/ 58
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04AA768FF77FB16FF3EFB6D" bold="true" box="[170,179,1196,1217]" italics="true" pageId="6">°</emphasis>
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40
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04AA768FF16FB16FF5EFB6E" bold="true" box="[203,211,1196,1218]" pageId="6">9</emphasis>
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59
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W
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,
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&
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<collectorName id="21473AFDB04AA768FE03FB16FD94FB6E" box="[478,537,1196,1218]" pageId="6">Solis.</collectorName>
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’’
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with same data but with date of 14.II.02.
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<typeStatus id="5309E189B04AA768FF77FB44FE87FAB8" box="[170,266,1278,1300]" pageId="6" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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and
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deposited at the
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National Museum,
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<collectingRegion id="4E7691C9B04AA768FF4FFAA3FE9CFA83" box="[146,273,1305,1327]" country="United States of America" name="Washington" pageId="6">Washington</collectingRegion>
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, D. C.;
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deposited at the University of
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Museum,
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<collectorName id="21473AFDB04AA768FF24FA8EFEF6FAE6" box="[249,379,1332,1354]" pageId="6">Lincoln, NE</collectorName>
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;
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placed in the
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(
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<collectorName id="21473AFDB04AA768FF44FAF5FE93FAC9" box="[153,286,1359,1381]" pageId="6">Lincoln, NE</collectorName>
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).
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<typeStatus id="5309E189B04AA768FF77FAD1FE84FA2D" box="[170,265,1387,1409]" pageId="6" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Female. Length
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<quantity id="4B4AF2CEB04AA768FE15FAD1FDA9FA2D" box="[456,548,1387,1409]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.52" pageId="6" unit="mm" value="15.2">15.2 mm</quantity>
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; width across humeri
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<quantity id="4B4AF2CEB04AA768FCC8FAD1FCEBFA2D" box="[789,870,1387,1409]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.1" pageId="6" unit="mm" value="9.1">9.1 mm</quantity>
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. Color of clypeus, tibiae, pygidium, and venter dark brown; pronotum, scutellum, and femora light orange; frons black with small, orangish subtriangular spot at center apex; elytra black and weakly suffused with dark orange on disc behind humeri.
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04AA768FF4FFA6DFF45FA40" box="[146,200,1495,1516]" italics="true" pageId="6">Head</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FE87FF67FE30FF5E" box="[346,445,221,242]" italics="true" pageId="7">Pronotum</emphasis>
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: Surface weakly shagreened, punctate; punctures moderate in density and size. Base without marginal bead. Posterior angles broadly rounded.
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FEB1FEA9FE26FE84" box="[364,427,275,296]" italics="true" pageId="7">Elytra</emphasis>
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: Surface weakly shagreened, punctate; punctures large, dense, double rows of punctate striae distinct. Apical angles with sparse, minute setae.
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FF30FEF3FEC1FEF2" box="[237,332,329,350]" italics="true" pageId="7">Pygidium</emphasis>
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: Surface
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vaguely shagreened, punctate; punctures small, moderate in density, setigerous; setae minute, tawny. In lateral view, surface weakly convex.
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FF72FEC5FF53FE38" box="[175,222,383,404]" italics="true" pageId="7">Legs</emphasis>
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: Protibia tridentate, basal tooth small and strongly removed from apical teeth. Protarsus simple. Metatarsus subequal in length to metatibia.
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FC7FFE20FC68FE03" box="[930,997,410,431]" italics="true" pageId="7">Venter</emphasis>
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: Prosternal process long, columnar, apex transversely oval and flat with a raised, transverse ‘‘button’’ on anterior half.
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<subSubSection id="C4A80CA0B04BA769FF1AFE51FC31FD9B" pageId="7" type="description">
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FF1AFE51FEA0FDAD" bold="true" box="[199,301,491,513]" pageId="7">Variation.</emphasis>
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Females (
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<specimenCount id="9AB494A2B04BA769FE47FE51FD9BFDAD" box="[410,534,491,513]" pageId="7" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">9 paratypes</specimenCount>
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). Length
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; width across humeri
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<quantity id="4B4AF2CEB04BA769FF72FDBCFEA6FDB0" box="[175,299,518,540]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.05" metricValueMax="8.5" metricValueMin="7.6" pageId="7" unit="mm" value="8.05" valueMax="8.5" valueMin="7.6">7.6–8.5 mm</quantity>
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. The
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<typeStatus id="5309E189B04BA769FEBAFDBCFE47FDB0" box="[359,458,518,540]" pageId="7" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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do not differ significantly from the
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<typeStatus id="5309E189B04BA769FC94FDBCFC2EFDB0" box="[841,931,518,540]" pageId="7" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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except that the pronotal punctures become denser on the sides in some specimens.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C4A80CA0B04BA769FF1AFD87FC60FDC2" pageId="7" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FF1AFD87FEB7FDFF" bold="true" box="[199,314,573,595]" pageId="7">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The specific epithet is the Greek word
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FD14FD87FD72FDFE" box="[713,767,573,594]" italics="true" pageId="7">chera</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, meaning a widow and is used here as a noun in apposition in reference to the
|
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<typeStatus id="5309E189B04BA769FD01FDE2FC85FDC2" box="[732,776,600,622]" pageId="7">type</typeStatus>
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series of females only.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C4A80CA0B04BA769FF1AFDC9FC01FD13" pageId="7" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8C0D5F2BB04BA769FF1AFDC9FC01FD13" blockId="7.[175,1005,194,1163]" pageId="7">
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<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FF1AFDC9FECBFD25" bold="true" box="[199,326,627,649]" pageId="7">Distribution.</emphasis>
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||
<taxonomicName id="4BB224A8B04BA769FE92FDCEFD9EFD25" authorityName="Ratcliffe" authorityYear="2008" box="[335,531,628,649]" class="Insecta" family="Dynastidae" genus="Cyclocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chera">
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||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FE92FDCEFD9EFD25" box="[335,531,628,649]" italics="true" pageId="7">Cyclocephala chera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known only from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F4A51FBBB04BA769FD29FDC9FCC4FD25" box="[756,841,627,649]" name="Guyana" pageId="7">Guyana</collectingCountry>
|
||
. The specimens were taken in lowland rainforest at the Iwokrama Field Station along the Burroburro River nearly in the middle of the country at its narrowest point.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C4A80CA0B04BA769FF1AFD7FFCEEFB27" pageId="7" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="8C0D5F2BB04BA769FF1AFD7FFC27FCD1" blockId="7.[175,1005,194,1163]" pageId="7">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FF1AFD7FFEA2FD77" bold="true" box="[199,303,709,731]" pageId="7">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
Normally, I am hesitant to describe a new species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BB224A8B04BA769FCBAFD7FFC61FD76" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1821" box="[871,1004,709,730]" class="Insecta" family="Dynastidae" genus="Cyclocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FCBAFD7FFC61FD76" box="[871,1004,709,730]" italics="true" pageId="7">Cyclocephala</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
based upon females only, because it is usually the male characters of enlarged protarsi, protibial teeth, pygidium, and parameres that provide the most reliable features for distinguishing species. I make an exception in this case because (1) the body form and coloration are so distinctive, (2) it will not key out in
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="E82322DAB04BA769FC45FC8BFF62FCCE" author="Endrodi" pageId="7" refId="ref10514" refString="Endrodi, S. 1985. The Dynastinae of the World. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht. 800 pp." type="book" year="1985">Endrödi (1985)</bibRefCitation>
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||
nor is it described in any new species descriptions that have appeared since
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="E82322DAB04BA769FF72FCDDFEC3FCD1" author="Endrodi" box="[175,334,871,893]" pageId="7" refId="ref10514" refString="Endrodi, S. 1985. The Dynastinae of the World. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht. 800 pp." type="book" year="1985">Endrödi (1985)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, and (3) I have not seen anything like it in any collection.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8C0D5F2BB04BA769FF1AFC38FCEEFB27" blockId="7.[175,1005,194,1163]" pageId="7">
|
||
The broadly oval and vaulted body form most closely resembles
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BB224A8B04BA769FCB1FC39FF61FC18" authority="Sharp" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1877" class="Insecta" family="Dynastidae" genus="Cyclocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conspicua">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FCB1FC39FC61FC34" box="[876,1004,899,920]" italics="true" pageId="7">C. conspicua</emphasis>
|
||
Sharp
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BB224A8B04BA769FEFBFC24FD4AFC18" authority="Heyne and Taschenberg. In" authorityName="Heyne and Taschenberg. In" box="[294,711,926,948]" class="Insecta" family="Dynastidae" genus="Cyclocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gregaria">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FEFBFC24FE17FC1F" box="[294,410,926,947]" italics="true" pageId="7">C. gregaria</emphasis>
|
||
Heyne and Taschenberg. In
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
those species, however, the elytral margin is thickened into a distinct swelling or flange, whereas the margin in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BB224A8B04BA769FF14FC6EFE91FC45" authorityName="Ratcliffe" authorityYear="2008" box="[201,284,980,1001]" class="Insecta" family="Dynastidae" genus="Cyclocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chera">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FF14FC6EFE91FC45" box="[201,284,980,1001]" italics="true" pageId="7">C. chera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is imperceptibly thickened. Moreover, those species have characteristic black patterns on the pronotum and/or elytra, whereas
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BB224A8B04BA769FD26FC55FCDFFBA8" authorityName="Ratcliffe" authorityYear="2008" box="[763,850,1007,1028]" class="Insecta" family="Dynastidae" genus="Cyclocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chera">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FD26FC55FCDFFBA8" box="[763,850,1007,1028]" italics="true" pageId="7">C. chera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
does not. The darkest and relatively uncommon forms of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BB224A8B04BA769FDA1FBB0FC07FBB3" authority="Burmeister" authorityName="Burmeister" authorityYear="1847" box="[636,906,1033,1055]" class="Insecta" family="Dynastidae" genus="Cyclocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FDA1FBB0FC9DFBB3" box="[636,784,1034,1055]" italics="true" pageId="7">C. complanata</emphasis>
|
||
Burmeister
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
resemble the color in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BB224A8B04BA769FEE9FB9FFE06FB96" authorityName="Ratcliffe" authorityYear="2008" box="[308,395,1061,1082]" class="Insecta" family="Dynastidae" genus="Cyclocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chera">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FEE9FB9FFE06FB96" box="[308,395,1061,1082]" italics="true" pageId="7">C. chera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BB224A8B04BA769FE1AFB9FFDD1FB96" authorityName="Burmeister" authorityYear="1847" box="[455,604,1061,1082]" class="Insecta" family="Dynastidae" genus="Cyclocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FE1AFB9FFDD1FB96" box="[455,604,1061,1082]" italics="true" pageId="7">C. complanata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has the base of the pronotum with a marginal bead, has a more slender body form, and occurs only in Mesoamerica. In short, I know of nothing else like
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BB224A8B04BA769FDF8FBE1FDF4FBDC" authorityName="Ratcliffe" authorityYear="2008" box="[549,633,1115,1136]" class="Insecta" family="Dynastidae" genus="Cyclocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chera">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEC68339B04BA769FDF8FBE1FDF4FBDC" box="[549,633,1115,1136]" italics="true" pageId="7">C. chera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. In
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="E82322DAB04BA769FD7EFBE0FCCDFBDC" author="Endrodi" box="[675,832,1114,1136]" pageId="7" refId="ref10514" refString="Endrodi, S. 1985. The Dynastinae of the World. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht. 800 pp." type="book" year="1985">Endrödi (1985)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, it will key on so far as couplet
|
||
<quantity id="4B4AF2CEB04BA769FE99FBCFFE09FB27" box="[324,388,1141,1163]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.7028" pageId="7" unit="in" value="382.0">382 in</quantity>
|
||
the female key, and then no other choices fit.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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