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<emphasis id="F789C547FFB01A690694F8EAEFC1F8B1" bold="true" box="[151,385,1861,1887]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Acylophorus nitens</emphasis>
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(
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,
<figureCitation id="5DC605D0FFB01A6906FBF8C7EF58F86C" box="[248,280,1896,1922]" captionStart="FIGURES 33 41" captionStartId="34.[151,270,1501,1525]" captionTargetBox="[173,1411,192,1467]" captionTargetId="figure@34.[155,1440,183,1495]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIGURES 33 41. Mandibles of Acylophorus species. 33, A. orientalis Fauvel; 34, A. nitens new species; 35, A. rossii Bordoni, 36, A. capensis Cameron; 37, A. dankalensis Bordoni; 38, A. makhoreae new species; 39, A. antennalis Cameron (RD Congo); 40, A. antennalis Cameron (R Congo); 41, A. collarti Cameron." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/275912/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">34</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="5DC605D0FFB01A690720F8C7EF03F86C" box="[291,323,1896,1922]" captionStart="FIGURES 51 76" captionStartId="36.[151,271,1818,1842]" captionTargetBox="[176,1425,305,1773]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[155,1440,293,1797]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURES 51 76. Terminal segments of the maxilliary palpi of Acylophorus species. 51, A. orientalis Fauvel; 52, A. nitens new species; 53, A. rossii Bordoni, 54, A. bumbunae Bordoni; 55, A. capensis Cameron; 56, A. dankalensis Bordoni; 57, A. tshuapensis new species; 58, A. makhoreae new species; 59, A. densipennis Bernhauer; 60, A. antennalis Cameron; 61, A. collarti Cameron; 62. A. micans new species; 63, A. allardi Levasseur; 64, A. congoensis Cameron; 65, A. ziloensis Levasseur; 66, A. mareei Bernhauer; 67, A. salifi new species; 68, A. lomaensis Levasseur; 69. A. minor new species; 70, A. trigonocephalus Cameron; 71, A. setiger new species; 72, A. usambarae Bernhauer; 73, A. grandis Bernhauer; 74, A. bafutensis Levasseur; 75, A. kambuiensis Bordoni, 76. A. lualabaensis Levasseur." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/275914/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">52</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="5DC605D0FFB01A690753F8C7EF30F86C" box="[336,368,1896,1922]" captionStart="FIGURES 77 96" captionStartId="37.[151,271,1853,1877]" captionTargetBox="[209,1389,189,1828]" captionTargetId="figure@37.[168,1428,165,1848]" captionTargetPageId="37" captionText="FIGURES 77 96. Antennae of Acylophorus species. 77, A. orientalis Fauvel; 78, A. nitens new species; 79, A. rossii Bordoni, 80, A. bumbunae Bordoni; 81, A. capensis Cameron; 82, A. dankalensis Bordoni; 83, A. tshuapensis new species; 84, A. makhoreae new species; 85, A. densipennis Bernhauer; 86, A. antennalis Cameron; 87, A. collarti Cameron; 88. A. micans new species; 89, A. allardi Levasseur; 90, A. congoensis Cameron; 91, A. ziloensis Levasseur; 92, A. mareei Bernhauer; 93, A. methneri Bernhauer; 94, A. salifi new species; 95, A. lomaensis Levasseur; 96. A. minor new species." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/275915/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">78</figureCitation>
,
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)
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Length
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. Variable in colour. Head black. Pronotum orange-brown with disc sometimes diffusely infuscated, rarely all black. Elytra dark brown to black. In all the Zambian specimens seen, the pronotum is bright orange contrasting strongly with the black head and elytra. Abdomen strongly iridescent. Legs pale. Antennae dark with base of segment I and sometimes segment XI pale. The terminal segment of the maxillary palpi is darker than the penultimate segment.
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Head of average size (pronotum 1.7x wider than head), more or less as long as wide with rounded temples and antennal insertion right on front margin (
<figureCitation id="5DC605D0FFB11A6804BAFE82ED44FEA9" box="[697,772,301,327]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 8" captionStartId="5.[151,272,1933,1957]" captionTargetBox="[171,1408,165,1908]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[156,1441,151,1941]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 1 8. Forebodies of species in the Acylophorus orientalis group. 1, A. orientalis Fauvel; 2, A. nitens new species; 3, A. rossii Bordoni, 4. A. bumbunae Bordoni; 5, A. capensis Cameron; 6, A. dankalensis Bordoni; 7, A. tshuapensis new species; 8, A. makhoreae new species." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/275908/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Micro-punctures very sparse and confined to front of head and inside eyes. Dense short pubescence behind eyes. Two pairs of interocular setae arising from foveate punctures much closer to eyes than each other. A line of five postocular setae plus an additional short seta on hind margin of eye. Underside of head sparsely pubescent, strongly depressed at base with gular sutures separate, but very approximate toward base. Right mandible with three medial teeth; left mandible with two medial teeth (
<figureCitation id="5DC605D0FFB11A680738FE47EFD5FDEC" box="[315,405,488,514]" captionStart="FIGURES 33 41" captionStartId="34.[151,270,1501,1525]" captionTargetBox="[173,1411,192,1467]" captionTargetId="figure@34.[155,1440,183,1495]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIGURES 33 41. Mandibles of Acylophorus species. 33, A. orientalis Fauvel; 34, A. nitens new species; 35, A. rossii Bordoni, 36, A. capensis Cameron; 37, A. dankalensis Bordoni; 38, A. makhoreae new species; 39, A. antennalis Cameron (RD Congo); 40, A. antennalis Cameron (R Congo); 41, A. collarti Cameron." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/275912/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 34</figureCitation>
). Maxillary palpi with terminal segment elongate and densely pubescent, more or less symmetric, longer than glabrous penultimate segment which is not elongate (
<figureCitation id="5DC605D0FFB11A680258FDA2EAFBFDC9" box="[1115,1211,525,551]" captionStart="FIGURES 51 76" captionStartId="36.[151,271,1818,1842]" captionTargetBox="[176,1425,305,1773]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[155,1440,293,1797]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURES 51 76. Terminal segments of the maxilliary palpi of Acylophorus species. 51, A. orientalis Fauvel; 52, A. nitens new species; 53, A. rossii Bordoni, 54, A. bumbunae Bordoni; 55, A. capensis Cameron; 56, A. dankalensis Bordoni; 57, A. tshuapensis new species; 58, A. makhoreae new species; 59, A. densipennis Bernhauer; 60, A. antennalis Cameron; 61, A. collarti Cameron; 62. A. micans new species; 63, A. allardi Levasseur; 64, A. congoensis Cameron; 65, A. ziloensis Levasseur; 66, A. mareei Bernhauer; 67, A. salifi new species; 68, A. lomaensis Levasseur; 69. A. minor new species; 70, A. trigonocephalus Cameron; 71, A. setiger new species; 72, A. usambarae Bernhauer; 73, A. grandis Bernhauer; 74, A. bafutensis Levasseur; 75, A. kambuiensis Bordoni, 76. A. lualabaensis Levasseur." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/275914/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 52</figureCitation>
). First segment of antenna as long as next four. Segments I to VIII elongate, X transverse (
<figureCitation id="5DC605D0FFB11A6805E0FD9DEA7BFDA2" box="[995,1083,562,588]" captionStart="FIGURES 77 96" captionStartId="37.[151,271,1853,1877]" captionTargetBox="[209,1389,189,1828]" captionTargetId="figure@37.[168,1428,165,1848]" captionTargetPageId="37" captionText="FIGURES 77 96. Antennae of Acylophorus species. 77, A. orientalis Fauvel; 78, A. nitens new species; 79, A. rossii Bordoni, 80, A. bumbunae Bordoni; 81, A. capensis Cameron; 82, A. dankalensis Bordoni; 83, A. tshuapensis new species; 84, A. makhoreae new species; 85, A. densipennis Bernhauer; 86, A. antennalis Cameron; 87, A. collarti Cameron; 88. A. micans new species; 89, A. allardi Levasseur; 90, A. congoensis Cameron; 91, A. ziloensis Levasseur; 92, A. mareei Bernhauer; 93, A. methneri Bernhauer; 94, A. salifi new species; 95, A. lomaensis Levasseur; 96. A. minor new species." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/275915/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 78</figureCitation>
).
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Pronotum only slightly transverse (1.1x wider than long) with rounded sides and widest in basal half. Shining with no micro-punctures. One pair of dorsal setae. One pair of lateral setae. Marginal setae shorter than in
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<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A6806F0FD0DEFC8FD55" box="[243,392,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. orientalis</emphasis>
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. Elytra transverse (1.5x wider than long) with pubescence arising from relatively fine asperate punctures. Apical fringe of thick bristles about as long as the hairs on the rest of the elytra. Abdominal tergites with evenly spaced, relatively sparse asperate punctures and a marginal fringe of bristles similar to those on the elytra.
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Paramere bilobed, lobes parallel and proximate, each lobe ridged, though not as strongly as in
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,
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pegs arranged along inner margins at apex (
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). Median lobe longer than paramere with rather narrow, spoon-shaped apex.
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material.
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3: “S.
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: Bahr el Ghazal Prov. 8
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30N-28
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30E / C.E. Tottenham collection. B.B. 1974-587 /
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<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A68047CFC7FED21FC07" box="[639,865,976,1001]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Acylophorus nitens</emphasis>
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det. DA Lott, 2009” (
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);
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<typeStatus id="1A46A7F7FFB11A68031DFC7FEBDBFC04" box="[1310,1435,976,1002]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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76: same data as
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. It is almost certain that the
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series was collected at Wunatong, near Wau, on
<date id="B1433F95FFB11A680694FBB5EF58FBDA" box="[151,280,1050,1076]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" value="1955-03-19">19.iii.1955</date>
, as these data were recorded on a label on a specimen in the same tray in the Tottenham collection.
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<paragraph id="C5421955FFB11A6806C7FBEFEA5DFB91" blockId="9.[151,1437,152,1755]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
This species was given the manuscript names,
<taxonomicName id="02FD62D6FFB11A6804FDFBEFEDCBFBB7" box="[766,907,1088,1113]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Acylophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dollmani">
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A6804FDFBEFEDCBFBB7" box="[766,907,1088,1113]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. dollmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A6805CAFBEFEA18FBB7" box="[969,1112,1088,1113]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<taxonomicName id="02FD62D6FFB11A6805CAFBEFEA13FBB7" box="[969,1107,1088,1113]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Acylophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigeriae">A. nigeriae</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
by Bernhauer.
<typeStatus id="1A46A7F7FFB11A680311FBEFEB1AFBB4" box="[1298,1370,1088,1114]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Types</typeStatus>
were labelled accordingly, but he never published a description under either name.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C5421955FFB11A6806C7FB25EA78FAAE" blockId="9.[151,1437,152,1755]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A6806C7FB25ECB7FB4A" bold="true" box="[196,759,1162,1188]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
Further material examined. R.D.
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A680487FB25ECB7FB4A" box="[644,759,1162,1188]" name="Republic of the Congo" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">CONGO</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
: Nizi, Blukwa, A Collart,
<date id="B1433F95FFB11A68024BFB25EA82FB4A" box="[1096,1218,1162,1188]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" value="1929-01-25">25.i.1929</date>
, 131Ƥ (
<collectionCode id="A3EC8190FFB11A68032EFB25EBD0FB4A" box="[1325,1424,1162,1188]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">ISRNB</collectionCode>
).
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A680694FB1FEF58FB24" bold="true" box="[151,280,1200,1226]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A680694FB1FEF58FB24" box="[151,280,1200,1226]" name="Nigeria" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">NIGERIA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A680724FB1FEFC2FB24" bold="true" box="[295,386,1200,1226]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Gombe</emphasis>
: Matzoro Lakes, L Lloyd,
<date id="B1433F95FFB11A6804BDFB1FED7CFB27" box="[702,828,1199,1226]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" value="1929-01-13">i.1929, 13</date>
(
<collectionCode id="A3EC8190FFB11A680548FB1FEDE9FB24" box="[843,937,1200,1226]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">BMNH</collectionCode>
).
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A6805BEFB1FEAD9FB24" bold="true" box="[957,1177,1200,1226]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A6805BEFB1FEAD9FB24" box="[957,1177,1200,1226]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">SIERRA LEONE</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A6802AAFB1FEBD3FB24" bold="true" box="[1193,1427,1200,1226]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Northern Province</emphasis>
: Kambai / Binkolo, W Rossi, 16.
<date id="B1433F95FFB11A680408FB77ECD2FB1F" box="[523,658,1239,1266]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" value="1993-02-13">ii.1993, 13</date>
(cBord).
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A680501FB77ED27FB1C" bold="true" box="[770,871,1240,1266]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A680501FB77ED27FB1C" box="[770,871,1240,1266]" name="Sudan" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">SUDAN</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A680575FB77EA73FB1C" bold="true" box="[886,1075,1240,1266]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Bahr el Ghazal</emphasis>
: Wunatong, near Wau, 8
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A680357FB7AEB20FB0D" box="[1364,1376,1237,1251]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">O</collectingCountry>
80N 28
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A6806B5FB52EE82FAE5" box="[182,194,1277,1291]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">O</collectingCountry>
30E 19.
<date id="B1433F95FFB11A68072FFAAEEF81FAF5" box="[300,449,1281,1307]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" value="1955-03-10">iii.1955, 10</date>
(
<collectionCode id="A3EC8190FFB11A6807D0FAAEEC77FAF5" box="[467,567,1281,1307]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">BMNH</collectionCode>
).
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A68044FFAAFEC8AFAF4" bold="true" box="[588,714,1280,1306]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A68044FFAAFEC8AFAF4" box="[588,714,1280,1306]" name="Zambia" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">ZAMBIA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
: Namwala, HC Dollman,
<date id="B1433F95FFB11A680215FAAEEAD8FAF5" box="[1046,1176,1281,1307]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" value="1913-03-07">iii.1913, 7</date>
(
<collectionCode id="A3EC8190FFB11A6802A9FAAEEB48FAF5" box="[1194,1288,1281,1307]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">BMNH</collectionCode>
&amp;
<collectionCode id="A3EC8190FFB11A680332FAAEEBD0FAF5" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" box="[1329,1424,1281,1307]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FMNH</collectionCode>
).
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A680694FA8AEF7FFAD1" bold="true" box="[151,319,1317,1343]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A680694FA8AEF7FFAD1" box="[151,319,1317,1343]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">ZIMBABWE</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
: Kutsaga near Harare Airport, W Rossi, 18.
<date id="B1433F95FFB11A68053CFA89EDF8FAAE" box="[831,952,1318,1344]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" value="1997-06-02">vi.1997, 2</date>
Ƥ (cBord).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8DE74ADEFFB11A6806C7FAE4EE9DF9AA" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="C5421955FFB11A6806C7FAE4EA0EFA5E" blockId="9.[151,1437,152,1755]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A6806C7FAE4EC6CFA8B" bold="true" box="[196,556,1355,1381]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Distribution and bionomics.</emphasis>
Widespread in continental Africa ranging from
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A680276FAE4EAB5FA8B" box="[1141,1269,1355,1381]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A68031EFAE4EB28FA8B" box="[1309,1384,1355,1381]" name="Sudan" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Sudan</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A680694FADEEF6DFA65" box="[151,301,1393,1419]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="5DC605D0FFB11A68073EFADEEFE4FA65" box="[317,420,1393,1419]" captionStart="FIGURE 141" captionStartId="44.[151,257,1973,1997]" captionTargetBox="[151,1394,821,1953]" captionTargetId="figure@44.[151,1395,821,1954]" captionTargetPageId="44" captionText="FIGURE 141. Distribution of species in the Acylophorus orientalis group = A. nitens new species, = A. rossii Bordoni, = A. capensis Cameron, = A. dankalensis Bordoni)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/275922/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 141</figureCitation>
). There are long series of specimens taken at two localities in the Sudd wetlands in the floodplain of the Bahr el Ghazal in southern
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A6804A0FA39ECB0FA5E" box="[675,752,1430,1456]" name="Sudan" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Sudan</collectingCountry>
. There are no ecological data.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C5421955FFB11A6806C7FA14EE9DF9AA" blockId="9.[151,1437,152,1755]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A6806C7FA14EFFBFA3B" bold="true" box="[196,443,1467,1493]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
Similar to
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A680441FA14EC9DFA3A" box="[578,733,1467,1492]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<taxonomicName id="02FD62D6FFB11A680441FA14EC97FA3A" box="[578,727,1467,1492]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Acylophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="orientalis">A. orientalis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
but distinguished by the larger size, shorter marginal setae on the pronotum, the form of the mandibles and the distinctive aedeagus. In addition, the last segment of the maxillary palpi is more elongate as well as the medial segments of the antennae. See also notes under
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A680381F9A9EE9DF9AA" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<taxonomicName id="02FD62D6FFB11A680381F9A9EE9AF9AA" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Acylophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rossii">A. rossii</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8DE74ADEFFB11A6806C7F9FFEDD7F935" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="C5421955FFB11A6806C7F9FFEDD7F935" blockId="9.[151,1437,152,1755]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A6806C7F9FFEF0FF984" bold="true" box="[196,335,1616,1642]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Discussion.</emphasis>
It is possible that particular geographic areas might be populated by distinctive colour forms. Specimens from
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A68075CF9D9EFF8F97E" box="[351,440,1654,1680]" name="Zambia" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Zambia</collectingCountry>
were very distinctive by virtue of their contrasting orange pronota. This species and
<taxonomicName id="02FD62D6FFB11A680694F934EEBBF95A" box="[151,251,1691,1716]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Acylophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rossii">
<emphasis id="F789C547FFB11A680694F934EEBBF95A" box="[151,251,1691,1716]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. rossii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appear to be closely related. The co-occurrence of the two species in a series from
<collectingCountry id="BDEA59C5FFB11A6802FAF934EBD8F95B" box="[1273,1432,1691,1717]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
, precludes treating the two taxa as subspecies or geographic races.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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