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<mods:title id="642AD482A8A98416C06A278F363EC78A">Taxonomic revision of Afrotropical Laccophilus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)</mods:title>
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<treatment id="860304967DE5B0ED108F02CEA29CE120" ID-GBIF-Taxon="127862739" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:860304967DE5B0ED108F02CEA29CE120" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/860304967DE5B0ED108F02CEA29CE120" lastPageId="201" lastPageNumber="202" pageId="199" pageNumber="200">
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<paragraph id="90F10DEC06648C906BD883270298A9E6" pageId="199" pageNumber="200">Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C9D15904770561BBDD63BE513B13FEEA" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName id="CEEF6BF7CB09B2B323DC42573CC9E5EE" ID-CoL="3RM5Q" authority="Gschwendtner, 1930" authorityName="Gschwendtner" authorityYear="1930" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni Gschwendtner, 1930</taxonomicName>
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Figs 166-167, 348-349, 495-496, 565
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<subSubSection id="D6021CD1C985972DB9AA3154AA069220" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph id="A02CAC3F79D1470DD06FF3AA6745FBD1" pageId="199" pageNumber="200">
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<taxonomicName id="C42CF1605AC77EA3419AB79DFA996EA9" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="4B47D019857DB9B86E0317D1BD79B6A3" author="Gschwendtner, L" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines" pageId="256" pageNumber="257" pagination="79 - 90" title="Schwimmkaefer aus Belgisch Kongo." volume="19" year="1930">Gschwendtner 1930</bibRefCitation>
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: 89 (original description, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="3914B2C58370B688CAA1F6226463E976" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris" pageId="256" pageNumber="257" pagination="215 - 322" title="Mission scientifique de l'Omo 6 (58). ColeopteraDytiscidae (2 e partie)." volume="19" year="1946 c">Guignot 1946c</bibRefCitation>
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: 282 (description, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="49AB0734A84912E2A0173CE20379EC7D" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique" pageId="257" pageNumber="258" pagination="1 - 4" title="Nouveaux dytiscides de Parc National de l'Upemba. Diagnoses provisoires (suite) (1)." volume="29" year="1953 e">Guignot 1953e</bibRefCitation>
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: 4 (discussion);
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<bibRefCitation id="353D8F443208EA1A7E2ECE232BF09A27" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte (1946 - 1949)" pageId="257" pageNumber="258" pagination="3 - 59" title="Dytiscidae. (Coleoptera, Adephaga)." volume="33" year="1954">Guignot 1954</bibRefCitation>
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: 25 (discussion);
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<bibRefCitation id="E61FE664E21D2147A6CEB5B49DBABB0A" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge (Serie 8 vo) Sciences Zoologiques" pageId="258" pageNumber="259" pagination="323 - 648" title="Revision des hydrocanthares d'Afrique (ColeopteraDytiscoidea). 2." volume="78" year="1959 a">Guignot 1959a</bibRefCitation>
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: 557, 563 (description, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="A5C0CAF72C53BCE550A2F943FCB453D7" author="Nilsson, AN" journalOrPublisher="World catalogue of Insects" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" pagination="1 - 395" title="Dytiscidae." volume="3" year="2001">Nilsson 2001</bibRefCitation>
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: 241 (catalogue, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="C040D276318A18641ED1F5B078329FCA" author="Pederzani, F" journalOrPublisher="Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romana" pageId="261" pageNumber="262" pagination="35 - 41" title="Laccophiluscomoensis sp. n. from Ivory Coast (InsectaColeopteraDytiscidae)." volume="16" year="2002">Pederzani and Reintjes 2002</bibRefCitation>
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: 38 (faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="6B8E9D3A234A64AC3ACEFE9EA1D6BC84" author="Nilsson, AN" journalOrPublisher="Apollo books, Stenstrup" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" title="A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga). Version 1. I. 2015" url="http://www2.emg.umu.se/projects/biginst/andersn/" year="2015">Nilsson 2015</bibRefCitation>
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: 210 (catalogue, faunistics).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FF23DF07ED26129ABD35352AF0BF4C63" pageId="199" pageNumber="200">
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<taxonomicName id="C94BD13F40F70E6B52C8CAE2AE0E9445" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="C425FEF02C8378CCA26AB4B7659ED86E" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin Institut royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique" pageId="257" pageNumber="258" pagination="1 - 6" title="Nouveaux dytiscides du Parc National de l'Upemba." volume="28" year="1952 b">Guignot 1952b</bibRefCitation>
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: 3 (original description, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="A603023FE62783544CDA35E284201AEB" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte (1946 - 1949)" pageId="257" pageNumber="258" pagination="3 - 59" title="Dytiscidae. (Coleoptera, Adephaga)." volume="33" year="1954">Guignot 1954</bibRefCitation>
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: 28 (description, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="6247042FB8C22C38394E57E27593BD65" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge Serie 8 vo (Sciences Zoologiques)" pageId="257" pageNumber="258" pagination="27 - 37" title="Contributions a l'etude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953). IV. ColeopteraHaliplidae, Dytiscidae et Gyrinidae." volume="36" year="1955 a">Guignot 1955a</bibRefCitation>
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: 29, 37 (faunistics, biology);
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<bibRefCitation id="EDD233E3E0D48F4CDFDEEE22E636BC82" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge (Serie 8 vo) Sciences Zoologiques" pageId="258" pageNumber="259" pagination="323 - 648" title="Revision des hydrocanthares d'Afrique (ColeopteraDytiscoidea). 2." volume="78" year="1959 a">Guignot 1959a</bibRefCitation>
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: 544, 550 (description, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="099F595389DD6273A5AD6ACFD5112C90" author="Medler, JT" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute" pageId="259" pageNumber="260" pagination="1 - 919" title="Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography." volume="30" year="1980">Medler 1980</bibRefCitation>
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: 155 (faunistics, list);
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<bibRefCitation id="D8AC892F053CECA9B67EF7665F0EE6E7" author="Nilsson, AN" journalOrPublisher="World catalogue of Insects" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" pagination="1 - 395" title="Dytiscidae." volume="3" year="2001">Nilsson 2001</bibRefCitation>
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: 253 (catalogue, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="0879BF62A8D61B08AF60167ED8799FCA" author="Nilsson, AN" journalOrPublisher="Apollo books, Stenstrup" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" title="A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga). Version 1. I. 2015" url="http://www2.emg.umu.se/projects/biginst/andersn/" year="2015">Nilsson 2015</bibRefCitation>
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: 219 (catalogue, faunistics). New synonym.
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<subSubSection id="591D7557F29918B8876983C071C669B1" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" type="type localities">
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<paragraph id="91EE88EDCDD30EE0638B4717E4AFEB10" pageId="199" pageNumber="200">Type localities.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2FBF091F1755F17B4276300FE6ABCB8C" pageId="199" pageNumber="200">
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<taxonomicName id="59A9BD60BD777E30AD942E715DB11DAA" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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: Zaire: de Kindu.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="82AA6637309C2C275DE0153EBDBDF59F" pageId="199" pageNumber="200">
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<taxonomicName id="DEA55B88F0D272F341032F7D8C3E7078" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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: Zaire: PNU, Riv. Difiringi.
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<subSubSection id="C911CEF64B828796EF7CE251F539B098" lastPageId="200" lastPageNumber="201" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" type="type material">
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<paragraph id="B83F85E14830A06E92342DB3482403AC" pageId="199" pageNumber="200">Type material studied</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5FADB4854E8217A9D6386A121C1A9AA0" pageId="199" pageNumber="200">
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(5 exs.).
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<taxonomicName id="1C34458A04730F2F420F3171B2051319" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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: Holotype: female: "Type Gschw. /
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<normalizedToken id="7635451D1BBEFF0C10B68776DA659CB5" originalValue="Musée">Musee</normalizedToken>
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du Congo K. 300 de Kindu 14.V. 1911 L. Burgeon / Col. Gschwendtner /
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Gschw. det. Gschwendtner / Type" (OLML).
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<paragraph id="1037D0031309C2CCB4954EF41C95D2B3" lastPageId="200" lastPageNumber="201" pageId="199" pageNumber="200">
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<taxonomicName id="8F0087E64350BD6D88CE5DFBEA8179C6" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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: Holotype: male: "Holotypus / Congo belge PNU Difirinji affl. g. Lufira (700 m) 27-IV-1949 Mis. G.F. de Witte 2732a / Coll. Mus. Congo (ex. coll. I.P.N.C.B.) /
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<taxonomicName id="E994B45CBDD2CE7069337AED2B6F9EC4" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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Guign. Type, male symbol / Guignot det. 1952
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<taxonomicName id="3B96B8394A550024510960FA314B8363" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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Guign. Type, male symbol" (MRAC). - Paratypes, males: "Congo belge: PNU Ganza pr., r. Kamandula (860 m) saline, 1-VI-1949 Mis. G.F, de Witte, 2648a / Paratype / F. Guignot det., 1953
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<taxonomicName id="1DC36C4E0CF8BD428AB20621DB7B3E10" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. / R.I.Sc.N.B. I.G. 24.054" (1 ex. IRSNB; habitus in Fig. 495); same data but "Loie affl. g. Lufira (1000 m) 6-III-1949" and
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<normalizedToken id="5340F0504EE11456F2D680F84F1CFC79" originalValue="“2666a”">"2666a"</normalizedToken>
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(1 ex. IRSNB); "Congo belge PNU Kabangey 1050 m VI-1949 de Witte / male symbol / paratype" (1 ex. MNHN). [Comments: Some confusion prevailed regarding status and location of the holotype of
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<taxonomicName id="B2C92D4F590FE8B7547B1ED4DF4A9FD6" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="199" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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. One specimen, deposited in MRAC is labelled as holotype of the species and the specimen is provided with label-data which is in accordance with original description. In Linz museum
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OLML), however, there are two specimens labelled as types of
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, both also provided with corresponding label data. Original description states that
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<taxonomicName id="BBDE8C679F67A7F1DCD1B22E5B39B886" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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is described on the basis of a single female specimen. All, three involved specimens are females. Having read the morphological description of the species, it is evident that the specimen in MRAC cannot be the holotype. On the other hand the description fits well with the two specimens in OLML, but how can there be two specimens marked as type when only one is mentioned in the description? This dilemma is interpreted as a case of later mislabelling in OLML. Original description gives as label data "K. 300 de Kindu (L. Burgeon)". The label data of one of the two specimens coincides exactly with this while the other specimen is labelled "Kindu L. Burgeon". Accordingly, the first mentioned specimen is considered to be the holotype.]
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<paragraph id="330F340E29200E95529F8DDDDBA341B4" pageId="200" pageNumber="201">Additional material studied</paragraph>
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(80 exs.). Nigeria: "River 3,5 mi. from Jos on Kaduna rd. 13.IV. 1963 JOC." (2 exs. AMGS); "Trib. R. Gagere en rte Zaria-Katsina 5.10. 1963 JOC." (1 ex. AMGS); "Dam, Vom?, Jos Plateau 11.IV. 1963 JOC." (1 ex. AMGS); "Stream at Assob 36 mi. from Jos 13.IV. 1963 JOC." (1 ex. AMGS); "R. Kaduna 4,5 mi. from Jos 13.IV. 1963 JOC." (2 exs. AMGS); "Stream, escarpment Jos-Wambe rd. 13.IV. 1963 JOC." (17 exs. AMGS); "Plateau Prov. Jos 14-17.3. 1949 Malkin leg. / Muddy running stream, gravel bottom" (38 exs. BMNH, 5 exs. MZH; habitus in Fig. 496); "Zaria 1969 Brancucci" (1 ex. NHMB). - Sudan: "Equatoria Lalyo-Juba 26-27.2. 1963 Linnavuori" (1 ex. MZH). - Zaire: "Type Gschw. /
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<normalizedToken id="7C2A786816AA62B730ACCA0D386113DD" originalValue="Musée">Musee</normalizedToken>
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du Congo Kindu L. Burgeon / Coll. Gschwendtner /
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<taxonomicName id="CE486C71F4666542545CF28CF9D4A483" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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Gschw. det. Gschwendtner / Type" (1 ex. OLML; not type material); "Ituri Mahagi 19.V. 1925 /
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<taxonomicName id="D6476D50321F3B3C2E97DF1AD7F8BB8A" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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Gschw. det. Guignot 1959" (1 ex. NHMB); "Lukonzolwa 9-17.2. 1931 de Witte" (1 ex. NHMB); "Musosa / 10. 1939 Bredo" (1 wx. MNHN); "PNU Mabwe 2.3. 1949 de Witte" (1 ex. MNHN); "Elisabethville 1935 Richard" (1 ex. NHMB). - Uganda: "Arua 24.2. 1931 Hancock" (3 exs. BMNH). - Tanzania: "NW Usagara 1700-1900 m 15.12. 1912 /
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<taxonomicName id="E4D9C4D9512759EA728CCF0EDE3911A2" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus lineatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lineatus">Laccophilus lineatus</taxonomicName>
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<normalizedToken id="5760EF1B3B47A38AFFE333E4B51BA468" originalValue="Aubé">Aube</normalizedToken>
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det. Zimmermann /
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<taxonomicName id="EA41721FD6E2259F6C1B3D3CF47245D1" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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Guign. det. Brancucci 1982" (1 ex. ZMHB); "Iringa 1.10. 1964 ex pond James" (1 ex. CGC).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="F24525C2F3EA648AD3D8AB65354158CD" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" type="comments on synonymy">
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<paragraph id="D24C977C009B59498155E1750E3A2F65" pageId="200" pageNumber="201">Comments on synonymy.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A7CF479DFB87CA2141A292FCBA489604" pageId="200" pageNumber="201">
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Holotypes of
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<taxonomicName id="D5998245043B6E14F25A42915FF16F46" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="B4CB84ED7C10F816C77E9A82198E988E" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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have been examined and compared. Minor difference is present in appearance of dorsal colour pattern but at least for the time being this is considered a case of ordinary variation within one species.
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<taxonomicName id="CB98BE3BC07398D8A4A42F3B5C3C9086" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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, being the older name is the valid name of the species.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="6BC140F8AA8754F6E8D54B97B3B4B3EE" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="E16BA9BD85058F945E4306B279357693" pageId="200" pageNumber="201">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="40D2B6C7B49BEEB56FD5582F8A874E0C" pageId="200" pageNumber="201">
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<taxonomicName id="2E476ED5B47AD009CDE96FFA26029DFD" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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resembles much of
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<taxonomicName id="AA26099D0F3AF72875987C11E76A2653" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus lineatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lineatus">Laccophilus lineatus</taxonomicName>
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. The two species are generally distinguished by differences in appearance of external colour pattern and by study of male genitalia. In
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<taxonomicName id="3F7C30001FD13C45A58322AA388DB640" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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dark markings of pronotum are generally restricted to a narrow basal area and very rarely to a vague anterior marking (in
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<taxonomicName id="C62C2CEC237EB954E1346E9B0DB82C5B" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus lineatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lineatus">Laccophilus lineatus</taxonomicName>
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both anterior and posterior dark markings of pronotum are distinct). Apex of penis in
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<taxonomicName id="2EE94080F97BD24BD1085FC15E6FC571" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus lineatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lineatus">Laccophilus lineatus</taxonomicName>
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is shaped as a distinct knob while corresponding feature in
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<taxonomicName id="65C6C98E517D2CF52519E7153C24C1C0" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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is absent or at most developed to a minor knob.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="052976B2BDE715976314C8CD0F2DBD96" lastPageId="201" lastPageNumber="202" pageId="200" pageNumber="201" type="description">
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<paragraph id="AF294FB8A3CB5A96035E8CA03506E908" pageId="200" pageNumber="201">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FD0E08951D3709472AC8DC4106B85D32" pageId="200" pageNumber="201">Body length 3.6-3.8 mm, width 1.9-2.2 mm. Habitus and dorsal colour pattern; exhibit some variation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A83C65FF68ABA76F4E052B9A98E0F430" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">
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<pageBreakToken id="184784420B9466AA0C58EE8312CEC1AA" pageId="201" pageNumber="202" start="start">Head</pageBreakToken>
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: pale ferrugineous. Rather shiny, although finely reticulated. Double reticulation fine but clearly discernible; large meshes contain two to six small meshes. At eyes with fine punctures.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F2F5E542107564EDB1B99E0B9782442D" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">Pronotum: Pale ferrugineous. Medially, at foremargin with vague, slightly darker area (area sometimes hardly discernible). Medially, at base with distinct but narrow, dark ferrugineous marking. Rather shiny, although finely reticulated. Reticulation partly double. Larger meshes contain two to nine small meshes. At margins with fine and irregular punctures, except basally in middle; impunctate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EBCF5A4269E64FFFD71ADBF399F1E3FD" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">Elytra: Colour pattern variable. Pale ferrugineous, with blackish to dark ferrugineous markings. Rarely, some specimens have slightly broader longitudinal lines, in part touching each other or than dark markings anteriorly on elytra are totally lacking (Figs 495-496). Submat due to dense microsculpture. Extensively with double reticulation; laterally and posteriorly double reticulation becomes indistinct. Almost impunctate; three indistinct, longitudinal rows of scattered, fine punctures may be discerned. Lateral, pre-apical furrow fine, pubescent.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E04E1E58576B10DCCDB4A95919A40456" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">Ventral aspect: Pale ferrugineous to ferrugineous, sometimes with vague, lateral, somewhat darker areas. Rather shiny, with very fine, in part hardly visible microsculpture. Abdomen with very fine, curved striae. Almost impunctate. Transversely on metacoxal plates located, shallow furrows discernible but weakly developed and in part reduced. Prosternal process slender, apex extended and pointed. Metacoxal process not modified. Apical ventrite with sublateral knob (Fig. 166).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8D91B691E91F6419C26DE59E84B02C24" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">Legs: Pale ferrugineous. Pro- and mesotarsus somewhat enlarged, provided with suckers. Claws of pro- and mesotarsus slightly extended, moderately curved.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6CB16CD0FF2C8431C6548A793BF80B2E" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">Male: Genitalia: Penis quite long and somewhat twisted; extreme apex extended to a minor, hardly discernible knob; smetimes knob reduced and absent (Figs 348-349).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="82A17A6262204ACC292E5A45F6C860B6" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">Female: Apical ventrite lacks lateral knob (Fig. 167). Pro- and mesotarsus slender.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="30AA373BD1106DF6D315F57C82C7088C" pageId="201" pageNumber="202" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="5274E2F3228EBE518A328C6B9D36B397" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="36A8DC71D57D8B325187A219E28910CC" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">
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Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Tanzania (Fig. 565).
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<bibRefCitation id="3F215D4DAEAB91B74DC6955D11536BA0" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge Serie 8 vo (Sciences Zoologiques)" pageId="257" pageNumber="258" pagination="27 - 37" title="Contributions a l'etude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953). IV. ColeopteraHaliplidae, Dytiscidae et Gyrinidae." volume="36" year="1955 a">Guignot (1955a)</bibRefCitation>
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gives Rwanda under the name
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<taxonomicName id="35B40DE140491BD3DD4DE5341D8204EF" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="201" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="70C45C530A3331F430E5A0014B76D455" pageId="201" pageNumber="202" type="collecting circumstances">
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<paragraph id="7D7A90CB6E818E03748E889FB7B0B03C" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">Collecting circumstances.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5F00923B29E630BE6793C79883EC0877" pageId="201" pageNumber="202">
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Very little information on ecology is available.
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<bibRefCitation id="29D304A1A7D8F0300B6DC07D90C8E839" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge Serie 8 vo (Sciences Zoologiques)" pageId="257" pageNumber="258" pagination="27 - 37" title="Contributions a l'etude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953). IV. ColeopteraHaliplidae, Dytiscidae et Gyrinidae." volume="36" year="1955 a">Guignot (1955a)</bibRefCitation>
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reports that
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<taxonomicName id="30131EFB6C8EEB231D0A32D6C8274700" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus burgeoni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="201" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Laccophilus burgeoni</taxonomicName>
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(under name
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<taxonomicName id="C2B8ED8E1978D01686F2D82FBCBFE49D" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus wittei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="201" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittei">Laccophilus wittei</taxonomicName>
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) is a rheophil species. Label data from Nigeria indicate that the species has been collected in a muddy running stream with gravel bottom.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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