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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFB8D47E4CBEFBC83ADA8D43" bold="true" box="[151,403,1031,1057]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Serraphula bulirschi</emphasis>
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(
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,
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<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFB8D47E4E58FBC839D98D43" box="[625,656,1031,1057]" captionStart="FIGURES 31 36" captionStartId="38.[151,269,1504,1528]" captionTargetBox="[166,1430,182,1477]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="FIGURES 31 36. Head and pronotum of Serraphula Jacoby: S. aenea Jacoby (31); S. audisiana sp. n. (32); S. bulirschi sp. n. (33); S. colonnellii sp. n. (34); S. debiasei sp. n. (frontal dimple pointed) (35); S. drakensbergensis sp. n. (36)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195016/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">33</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFB8D47E4EB4FBC839F58D43" box="[669,700,1031,1057]" captionStart="FIGURES 43 60" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1700,1724]" captionTargetBox="[295,1283,186,1684]" captionTargetId="figure@40.[295,1284,186,1684]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 43 60. Median lobe of aedeagus of Serraphula Jacoby; lateral, ventral and dorsal view: S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, Southwell area (43 a); S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, nr Thornhill (43 b); S. colonnelii, Kwazulu- Natal, Ifafa Mouth (44); S. debiasei, Eastern Cape Province, 4 km S Barkly Pass (45); S. uysi, Transvaal, Palala (46); S. puncticollis, Eastern Cape Province, Port St. John (47); S. natalensis, KwaZulu-Natal, Blesberg (48); S. oberprieleri, Zimbabwe, Bunga Forest (49); S. mpumalangaensis, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Macabelel Lodge (50); S. alticola, Mpumalanga, Mount Sheba area (51); S. audisiana, Kwazulu-Natal, Ngele Forest (52); S. aenea, Mashonaland (53); S. drakensbergensis, Kwazulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak (54); S. grobbelaariae, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Boskrans Dam (55); S. duplessisi, Limpopo, Entabeni Forest Reserve, Soutpansberg (56); S. bulirschi, Kwazulu-Natal, Ntendeka Wilderness Area, Ngomi Forest (57); S. transvaalensis, Eastern Transvaal, Nelshoogte Pass (58); S. osellai, Kwazulu- Natal, Ngele Forest (59); S. wittmeri, Limpopo, Branddraai (60)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195018/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">57</figureCitation>
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MATERIAL.
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3,
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, Kwazulu-Natal, Ntendeka Wilderness Area, Ngomi Forest,
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, P. Bulirsch leg. (
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DIAGNOSIS. For the apical spur of hind tibiae, straight, slightly shorter than hind tibial length, with narrow dorsal furrow and regular and dense denture formed by small teeth, this new species is close to
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFB8D47E491AFB043B9A8C6E" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">S. colonnellii</emphasis>
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In addition, these two species are the only known
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFB8D47E4F47FB3C38BB8C6E" box="[878,1010,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Serraphula</emphasis>
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species with evident humeral callus and well developed metathoracic wings. However,
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFB8D47E4EC5FAD438398C56" box="[748,880,1307,1332]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">S. bulirschi</emphasis>
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is clearly distinguishable from
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFB8D47E48C8FAD43E3A8C56" box="[1249,1395,1307,1332]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">S. colonnelli</emphasis>
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for having: humeral callus more prominent; pronotal surface smooth (in
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is clearly microreticulate); longer elytra and darker dorsal integument. The median lobe of aedeagus is indeed in
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFB8D47E48B2FAA43E6B8CE6" box="[1179,1314,1387,1412]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">S. bulirschi</emphasis>
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similar to those of
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFB8D47E4CD6FA5C3AC98CCE" box="[255,384,1427,1452]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">S. debiasei</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFB8D47E4DF0FA5C398D8CCE" box="[473,708,1427,1452]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">S. drakensbergensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFB8D47E4F63FA5C38A98CCE" box="[842,992,1427,1452]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">S. natalensis</emphasis>
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, but it is easily distinguishable because more thickset and with clearly impressed and V-shaped ventral sulcus.
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DESCRIPTION.
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3. Dorsal integument dark brown, with metallic reflection. Body shape elongate-oval (LB =
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), little convex. Maximum pronotal width at middle (WP=
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); maximum elytral width at middle (WE =
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Frons and vertex with microreticulate and very finely punctulate surface; a large setigerous pore with some small setigerous punctures gathered near each upper ocular margin; frontal dimples clearly impressed; frontal grooves distally finely impressed around upper ocular margin; frontal tubercles moderately delimited; frontal carina narrowed, slightly raised, apically rounded; labrum sub-trapezoidal, dark-brown; palpi darkbrown; eyes sub-elliptical, comparatively slightly larger than in other
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species; antennae clearly shorter than body length (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.82), with segments 16 yellowish, segment 7 partially darkened, segments 811 entirely blackened; length of each antennomere proportional to numerical sequence 16:10:11:12:16:16:17:16:16:15:20 (right antenna).
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Pronotum sub-rectangular, clearly transverse (LP =
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; WP/LP = 1.49) laterally weakly rounded; basal and lateral margin finely bordered; punctation moderately dense, with small but clearly impressed punctures; surface sub-smooth, very finely and sparsely punctulate. Scutellum sub-triangular, apically rounded, with microreticulate surface.
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Elytra clearly elongate (LE =
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; LE/LP = 3.60), covering entirely pygidium, laterally sub-parallel, apically moderately obtuse, jointly-rounded; punctation arranged in 9 regular rows (+ 1 scutellar interrupted at basal fourth); punctures little-sized but clearly impressed; surface punctulate and very finely and irregularly wrinkled; elytral interstriae almost flat; humeral calli clearly evident; macropterous metathoracic wings.
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Anterior and middle legs clearly darkened; hind femora dark-brown; hind tibiae and tarsi yellowish; hind tibiae slightly externally curved. Apical spur of hind tibiae slightly shorter than hind tibial length (LHT/LHTS = 1.09), straight, distally externally rounded; dorsal furrow narrowed, gradually and weakly open in distal half; denture regularly and very densely formed by very small teeth. First anterior and middle tarsomeres weakly dilated, with adhesive structures on ventral side (cf.
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).
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFB9D47F4CEFFD9F3BAB8BF0" blockId="9.[151,1437,152,1138]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Ventral surface blackish, apically paler; apical part of last abdominal sternite medially without pubescence.</paragraph>
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Median lobe of aedeagus (LAED =
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; LE/LAED = 1.85) in ventral view narrowed at middle part; apical part acute, with an evident median small tooth; ventral sulcus visible in distal half; in lateral view, median lobe weakly curved, with ventrally bent apical fifth; dorsal sulcus visible about in apical half; dorsal ligula apically strongly narrowed.
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VARIATION. 3 (n = 1): LE =
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; WE =
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; LP =
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; WP =
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; LAN =
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; LAED =
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; LB =
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; LE/LP = 3.60; WE/WP = 1.50; WP/LP = 1.49; LE/LAED = 1.85; LAN/(LE+LP) = 0.81; LHT/LHTS = 1.09.
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ETYMOLOGY. This new species is named after its collector P. Bulirsch (
<collectingCountry id="9DA4FF91FFB9D47F480FFC773FA18AB0" box="[1062,1256,952,978]" name="Czech Republic" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Czech Republic</collectingCountry>
).
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DISTRIBUTION.
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(Kwazulu-Natal). Southern-Eastern African chorotype (SEA) (cf. Biondi &amp; DAlessandro, 2006).
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ECOLOGICAL NOTES. No information about its host plant is available for this species. Biome: Grassland (cf.
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). Veld
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: North-Eastern Mountain Sourveld (cf.
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).
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