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Figs 17
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18E, GMap 6
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<taxonomicName id="E3A420673F53B0C99F9A2316887E676D" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Phelister" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phelister crenatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crenatus">Phelister crenatus</taxonomicName>
Lewis, 1888: 192;
<bibRefCitation id="CE13E9D7A759FF7F97CC306219840F90" author="Wenzel, RL" journalOrPublisher="Resultats Scientifiques" pageId="377" pageNumber="378" pagination="235 - 266" title="XXVII - Histeridae from Ecuador. Mission zoologique Belge aux Iles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup 1964 - 1965)." volume="3" year="1976">Wenzel (1976</bibRefCitation>
: 257);
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:
<bibRefCitation id="67A83E16DD01AA5E603152EEF2B8BA25" author="Wenzel, RL" journalOrPublisher="Resultats Scientifiques" pageId="377" pageNumber="378" pagination="235 - 266" title="XXVII - Histeridae from Ecuador. Mission zoologique Belge aux Iles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup 1964 - 1965)." volume="3" year="1976">Wenzel (1976</bibRefCitation>
: 257).
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<paragraph id="2E6FADC8F5BC6C8068D4106E37EC1189" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
<taxonomicName id="19E3A6540EF1BEE6FF3A16CF406C8378" genus="Phelisteroides" lsidName="Phelisteroides miladae" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" rank="species" species="miladae">Phelisteroides miladae</taxonomicName>
Wenzel &amp; Dybas, 1941: 450;
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:
<bibRefCitation id="7D535EA0128FE7DC594098F3D2B15A4A" author="Wenzel, RL" journalOrPublisher="Resultats Scientifiques" pageId="377" pageNumber="378" pagination="235 - 266" title="XXVII - Histeridae from Ecuador. Mission zoologique Belge aux Iles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup 1964 - 1965)." volume="3" year="1976">Wenzel (1976</bibRefCitation>
: 257). syn. n.
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<taxonomicName id="ECB39899CF6810DFF8A5E97DC2BB173F" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Pseudister" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudister propygidialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="propygidialis">Pseudister propygidialis</taxonomicName>
Hinton, 1935e: 12;
<taxonomicName id="557A70B3C0AD3A0E0D32FA9D8CB309BB" genus="Phelisteroides" lsidName="Phelisteroides propygidialis" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" rank="species" species="propygidialis">Phelisteroides propygidialis</taxonomicName>
:
<bibRefCitation id="A138F9D3960F3065A95C3B61FD0ECC16" author="Wenzel, RL" journalOrPublisher="Fieldiana, Zoology" pageId="377" pageNumber="378" pagination="433 - 472" title="New and little known neotropical Histeridae (Coleoptera)." volume="22" year="1941">Wenzel and Dybas (1941</bibRefCitation>
: 454).
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:
<bibRefCitation id="BBDA4F28341196B2A178E8F628A537E4" author="Wenzel, RL" journalOrPublisher="Resultats Scientifiques" pageId="377" pageNumber="378" pagination="235 - 266" title="XXVII - Histeridae from Ecuador. Mission zoologique Belge aux Iles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup 1964 - 1965)." volume="3" year="1976">Wenzel (1976</bibRefCitation>
: 257). syn. n.
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<paragraph id="BB9DF51844D941D0B6B1CD996B1EE04C" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Type locality.</paragraph>
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PANAMA:
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:
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Volcano [
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,
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].
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<paragraph id="FD8BD80FC243DE7F49D99B1FE855F8A1" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Type material.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="32972D7099536ADD29558C2EE2F23DAC" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Phelister" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phelister crenatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crenatus">Phelister crenatus</taxonomicName>
: Lectotype, here designated, probably male: &quot;Sp. figured
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V. de
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, 3-4000 ft. Champion&quot; / &quot;LECTOTYPE
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Lewis 1864, M.S.Caterino &amp; A.K.Tishechkin des. 2010&quot; (BMNH). This species was described from an unspecified number of specimens, and the lectotype designation
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primary type status on the only known original specimen.
<taxonomicName id="721E6CC65831C9E443C2A67EE01489CB" genus="Phelisteroides" lsidName="Phelisteroides miladae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species" species="miladae">Phelisteroides miladae</taxonomicName>
: Holotype female (FMNH): &quot;Villavicencio, Meta, Colomb. VII:25:38
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under rotten bark
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Coll. by H. Dybas
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Type
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Wenz. &amp; Dybas&quot;; examined 2006.
<taxonomicName id="71613E83F0D8EA23AF5566BA52A1A71F" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Pseudister" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudister propygidialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="propygidialis">Pseudister propygidialis</taxonomicName>
: Type repository unknown; published type locality: Morelos, Cuernevaca, Mexico.
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<paragraph id="9B30ADCBEDBB93C3BC114E067B855F2D" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Other material.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="82701BBE5AF5FAA31CE26156A5C1E9EC" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">
ARGENTINA: Jujuy: 1: Parque Nac. Calilegua, Aguas Negras, 440m, 18-28.xii.1987, malaise/FIT, S. &amp; J. Peck (CHSM); 2: Parque Nac. Calilegua, El Cortaderal, km6, 800m, 18-28.xii.1987, malaise/FIT, forest, S. &amp; J. Peck (CHSM). COSTA RICA: Puntarenas: 1: Parque Nac. Corcovado, Sirena Stn. Corcovado Trail,
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,
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, 150m, 28.
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1.vii.2000, FIT, Z. Falin (SEMC); 1: Rancho Quemado, Peninsula de Osa, 200m, v.1992, F. Quesada y G. Varela, (INBIO), 1: xii.1991, F. Quesada, (INBIO); 1: Est. Agujas, Sendero Ajo, 300m, 24-26.ix.1996, in fruit, A. Azofeifa, (INBIO). Cartago: 1: Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapanti, Quebrada Segunda, 1250m, iii.1992, G. Mora, (INBIO); same data except as noted: 1: ix.1992, (INBIO); 5: v.1992 (INBIO), 1: v.1993, (INBIO), 1: 1250m, vi.1992, (INBIO), 20: 1250m, vii.1992, (INBIO), 2: 1250m, x.1992, (INBIO), 5: 1300m, vi.1992, (INBIO), 1: Grano de Oro, Chirripo, Turrialba, 1120m, iii.1993, P. Campos, (INBIO). FRENCH GUIANA: 1: Montagne des Chevaux,
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,
<geoCoordinate id="20CFEB00696C50B2598511FD6C903EED" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-52.4">52°24'W</geoCoordinate>
, 11.x.2009, FIT, SEAG (CHND). PERU: Cusco: 1: Consuelo, Manu rd. km 165, 11.x.1982, palm litter, L. Watrous &amp; G. Mazurek (FMNH); same data except as noted: 5: 3.x.1982 (FMNH), 1: 5.x.1982 (FMNH), 2: 8.x.1982 (FMNH). Huanuco: 1:Tingo Maria region, 6-14.vi.1987, F. Woytkowski (SEMC).
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: 3: La Merced, 9.5km NE La Merced-Villa Rica Rd.,
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,
<geoCoordinate id="7503944026CC0344B7DB4F5A6F23DAE8" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-75.305">75°18'18&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
, 880m, 15-21.x.1999, FIT, R. Brooks (SEMC); 1: 7.5km NE Puerto Ocopa, Cananeden,
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,
<geoCoordinate id="A7A76E3E5FF04D51194E08BB7D29BAB2" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="92" value="-74.26833">74°16.1'W</geoCoordinate>
, 1180m, 5-9.i.2007, A.V. Petrov (AKTC). Madre de Dios: 1:Manu National Park, Rio Alto Madre de Dios, Pantiacolla Lodge,
<geoCoordinate id="CD7E1AE5BE7772A1F605B28A8BB41422" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="92" value="-12.655">12°39.3'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="B849EDD868CF4CE152BD2D6C6215C5AF" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="92" value="-71.23167">71°13.9'W</geoCoordinate>
, 14-19.xi.2007, FIT, D. Brzoska (SEMC). VENEZUELA: Monagas: 3: Caripe, Cueva
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, 700m, 20-30.vii.1987, malaise/FIT, forest over coffee, S. &amp; J. Peck (FMNH).
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<paragraph id="B5FAF1A55EB6654B0D1F3BFB60BCD36D" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Length: 2.25-2.62 mm, width: 1.93-2.28 mm; body piceous; median portion of frontal stria weaker, occasionally absent across middle; supraorbital stria complete across vertex; anterior submarginal pronotal stria generally attached to lateral submarginal stria (angulate behind median pronotal gland opening); anterior emargination of pronotum barely or not outwardly angulate, with a complete marginal stria; elytra with a few fragments of inner subhumeral stria generally present, sutural stria from two-thirds to three-quarters complete; pygidium with fine, dense ground punctation and with coarser secondary punctures uniformly interspersed, apical sulcus complete, crenulate, shallower than in
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. Male genitalia (Figs 18E, G): T8 lacking unique secondary sclerotization along edge of apical emargination; S9 slightly broader, abruptly expanded near apex, with midline sclerotization vague; tegmen evenly rounded, narrowing toward apex, narrowed but more or less straight to near apex in lateral aspect.
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.
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See above for characters distinguishing
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from
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. While their distributions overlap, and
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is very widespread, it is curious that, in Panama,
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is only known from the type locality.
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<bibRefCitation id="6599DA8E8EAE0C2F4D3457D534EAA250" author="Wenzel, RL" journalOrPublisher="Fieldiana, Zoology" pageId="377" pageNumber="378" pagination="433 - 472" title="New and little known neotropical Histeridae (Coleoptera)." volume="22" year="1941">Wenzel and Dybas's (1941)</bibRefCitation>
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was not compared with other species in the original description, and at the time
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was still included in the genus
<taxonomicName id="88A784247F6D83867EC42C51F06AE756" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Phelister" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phelister" order="Coleoptera" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Phelister</taxonomicName>
. However, in
<bibRefCitation id="C0A5FC4E4A97615D2B3DF6681F18447D" author="Wenzel, RL" journalOrPublisher="Resultats Scientifiques" pageId="377" pageNumber="378" pagination="235 - 266" title="XXVII - Histeridae from Ecuador. Mission zoologique Belge aux Iles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup 1964 - 1965)." volume="3" year="1976">Wenzel's (1976)</bibRefCitation>
key, the characters presented do not allow their consistent separation, and the variation seen in
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fully encompasses the states found in
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. The proposed synonymy of
<taxonomicName id="68A0C355AFFA3CA1C6032BB76089B4A8" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Pseudister" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudister propygidialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="propygidialis">Pseudister propygidialis</taxonomicName>
here is admittedly more tentative, in the absence of a type specimen. However, Hinton's description and figure suggest a close match, and specimens identified as
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in various collections are clearly
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. Hopefully the type specimen will eventually surface and this can be confirmed.
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