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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF89FFA4C8DBCDC6FE63F893" bold="true" box="[151,417,1791,1817]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Lathrobium hujiayaoi</emphasis>
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and Li, new species
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B, 4CG)
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).
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: Guangxi Prov., Xingan County Mt. Maoershan,
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Measurements (in mm) and ratios: BL 10.84, FL 5.06, HL 1.38, HW 1.50, PL 1.80, PW 1.53, EL 0.80, AL 1.72, HL/HW 0.92, HW/PW 0.98, HL/PL 0.77, PL/PW 1.18, EL/PL 0.44.
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3C8DBCCA8FED1F82C" bold="true" box="[151,275,1937,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3C956CCA8FDD7F82C" box="[282,533,1937,1958]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">Lathrobium zhujianqingi</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3CA08CCA8FD97F82C" bold="true" box="[580,597,1937,1958]" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">B</emphasis>
) and
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3CAC3CCA8FCAFF82C" box="[655,877,1937,1958]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">Lathrobium hujiayaoi</emphasis>
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(
<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3CB30CCA8FC4CF82D" bold="true" box="[892,910,1937,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">C</emphasis>
<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3CBD7CCA8FC6DF82D" bold="true" box="[923,943,1937,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">G</emphasis>
):
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—aedeagus in ventral view;
<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3CCB6CCA8FAC9F82C" bold="true" box="[1274,1291,1937,1958]" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">B</emphasis>
—aedeagus in lateral view.
<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3C956CC96FEEEF84F" bold="true" box="[282,300,1967,1989]" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">C</emphasis>
—male sternite VII;
<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3CA4CCC89FDD0F84F" bold="true" box="[512,530,1968,1989]" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">D</emphasis>
—male sternite VIII;
<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3CAA3CC89FCC2F84F" bold="true" box="[751,768,1968,1989]" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">E</emphasis>
—male sternite IX;
<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3CB87CC89FC18F84F" bold="true" box="[971,986,1968,1989]" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">F</emphasis>
—aedeagus in lateral view;
<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8EFFA3CCBBCC96FAC9F84F" bold="true" box="[1271,1291,1967,1989]" pageId="4" pageNumber="217">G</emphasis>
—aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
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Habitus as in
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B. Body blackish brown with paler apex, legs dark brown to light brown, antennae dark brown to brown.
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Head weakly transverse, weakly dilated posteriad; punctation rather fine and dense, somewhat sparser in median dorsal portion; interstices with distinct microreticulation, eyes of moderate size, 1/4 times as long as postocular region in dorsal view and composed of about 60 ommatidia. Antenna
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long.
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<paragraph id="FA3636BFFF8FFFA2C88BCA74FBD1FE02" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">Pronotum moderately oblong, lateral margins convex in dorsal view; punctation slightly sparser than that of head; interstices without microsculpture; impunctate midline moderately broad.</paragraph>
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Elytra short, 0.44 times as long as pronotum; punctation fine and dense.
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wings completely reduced.
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<paragraph id="FA3636BFFF8FFFA2C88BCA8EFE0CFE7F" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">Abdomen with fine and dense punctation; interstices with distinct microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe.</paragraph>
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Male. Sternites IIIVI unmodified; sternite VII (
<figureCitation id="62B22A3AFF8FFFA2CAABCAC6FCE9FD92" box="[743,811,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1937,1959]" captionTargetBox="[325,1281,211,1897]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[309,1289,193,1905]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 4. Lathrobium zhujianqingi (A B) and Lathrobium hujiayaoi (C G): A — aedeagus in ventral view; B — aedeagus in lateral view. C — male sternite VII; D — male sternite VIII; E — male sternite IX; F — aedeagus in lateral view; G — aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217969/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
C) strongly transverse, with shallow median impression of triangular shape posteriorly, this impression with several short and stout dark setae, posterior margin broadly and weakly concave; sternite VIII (
<figureCitation id="62B22A3AFF8FFFA2CA4CC97EFD87FDEA" box="[512,581,583,608]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1937,1959]" captionTargetBox="[325,1281,211,1897]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[309,1289,193,1905]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 4. Lathrobium zhujianqingi (A B) and Lathrobium hujiayaoi (C G): A — aedeagus in ventral view; B — aedeagus in lateral view. C — male sternite VII; D — male sternite VIII; E — male sternite IX; F — aedeagus in lateral view; G — aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217969/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
D) symmetric and with pair of posteriorly diverging, shallow impressions posteriorly, these impressions with modified short black setae; posterior margin strongly bisinuate, i.e., the deep median excision with projection in the middle; sternite IX (
<figureCitation id="62B22A3AFF8FFFA2CB1FC9B6FC58FD22" box="[851,922,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1937,1959]" captionTargetBox="[325,1281,211,1897]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[309,1289,193,1905]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 4. Lathrobium zhujianqingi (A B) and Lathrobium hujiayaoi (C G): A — aedeagus in ventral view; B — aedeagus in lateral view. C — male sternite VII; D — male sternite VIII; E — male sternite IX; F — aedeagus in lateral view; G — aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217969/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
E) asymmetric; aedeagus as in
<figureCitation id="62B22A3AFF8FFFA2CD45C9B6FA91FD22" box="[1289,1363,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1937,1959]" captionTargetBox="[325,1281,211,1897]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[309,1289,193,1905]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 4. Lathrobium zhujianqingi (A B) and Lathrobium hujiayaoi (C G): A — aedeagus in ventral view; B — aedeagus in lateral view. C — male sternite VII; D — male sternite VIII; E — male sternite IX; F — aedeagus in lateral view; G — aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217969/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">Figs 4</figureCitation>
F, 4G; ventral process long and asymmetric; dorsal plate moderately sclerotized and thin; internal sac with long and thin moderately sclerotized spine.
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2C88BC826FE70FCB2" bold="true" box="[199,434,799,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2C9F6C819FD72FCB2" box="[442,688,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">Lathrobium hujiayaoi</emphasis>
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is characterized particularly by the distinctive shape of the aedeagus and additionally by the shape and chaetotaxy of the male sternite VIII. Based on the sexual characters, closer affiliations with other
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species are not evident. Aside from the sexual characters, it differs from the syntopic
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2C965C8B4FE11FC2E" box="[297,467,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">L. zhujianqingi</emphasis>
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and sympatric
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2CACFC8B4FC8AFC2E" box="[643,840,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">L. miaoershanum</emphasis>
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by the denser punctation of the head and pronotum, and from the syntopic
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2C9DAC888FDA0FC42" box="[406,610,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">L. maoershanense</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2CAD7C888FCE0FC4D" box="[667,802,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">L. proprium</emphasis>
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by the much larger body size, the darker coloration and larger eyes.
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2C88BC8CEFD94FB9A" bold="true" box="[199,598,1015,1040]" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">Distribution and biological notes.</emphasis>
This species is currently known only from the
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locality. The
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was collected by sifting litter from the floor of a broad-leaved forest with beech and rhododendron at an altitude of
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, in one locality together with
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2CAF4CF78FC87FBDD" box="[696,837,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">L. proprium</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2CB14CF78FBC5FBD2" box="[856,1031,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">L. zhujianqingi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2CC05CF78FAD8FBD2" box="[1097,1306,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">L. maoershanense</emphasis>
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(Hu, pers. comm.).
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<emphasis id="C8FDEAADFF8FFFA2C88BCFBEFE8CFB2A" bold="true" box="[199,334,1159,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="218">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after Jia-Yao Hu, who collected the
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.
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