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Pinto
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84362FF9C338AFD9AA830FDEB" bold="true" box="[197,322,540,562]" pageId="5" pageNumber="49">Description.</emphasis>
Black except with a large orange frontal macula at center of head capsule; macula occupying
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84362FF9C3259FDD4A846FDBE" box="[278,308,594,615]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="49">ca.</emphasis>
0.4 greatest head width. Surface dull to slightly lustrous; head smooth (
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) to slightly corrugate (
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); pronotum slightly corrugate with subtle, largely transverse wrinkles at central area of disc; elytra rugulose. Head distinctly to obsolescently punctate; pronotum sparsely, obsolescently punctate. Venter, legs, underside of head, and mouthparts with moderately long black pubescence; pronotum subglabrous; elytra with short, black pubescence confined to lateral and apical margins. Fully winged; elytra complete. Length 9 (
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)
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(both
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).
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Subquadrate, 0.72 as long as wide in
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, 0.69 and 0.75 as long as wide in
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, slightly wider at tempora than below; eyes small, suboval.Antennae relatively short, subclavate, length
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84362FF9C376DFD82AD4DFDC0" box="[1058,1087,516,537]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="49">ca.</emphasis>
1.5× (
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) 2.0× (
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) pronotal width; more robust in female; length/width of antennomeres in male (
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): 16/10, 7/9, 19/10, 13/10, 14/11, 18/12, 19/13, 17/13, 14/14, 14/13, 24/13; length/width of antennomeres in female (
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): 17/11, 7/8, 20/10, 10/10, 10/11, 10/11, 11/12, 13/13, 14/14, 14/14, 28/15.
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Pronotum widest at apical third, 0.90 as long as wide in
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, 0.84 and 0.89 as long as wide in
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,
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0.8 0.9× width of head, with sides broadly, evenly arcuate, disc surface slightly convex.Legs unmodified; not noticeably different in male and female except male with poorly developed pad at apex of protarsomeres IIV, pads absent in female; all legs with two apical tibial spurs, those on pro- and mesotibia spiniform; hind tibia with outer spur enlarged apically,
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F339CFB78A982FACA" box="[211,240,1278,1299]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">ca.</emphasis>
3.0× as wide as inner spur; tarsal claws moderately curved, cleft to base, blades subequal in length.
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F33A8FAB5A821FA91" bold="true" box="[231,339,1331,1352]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Abdomen:</emphasis>
Male ventrite 6 triangularly emarginate apically, emargination extending
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F3171FAC8AB2EFABA" box="[574,604,1358,1379]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">ca.</emphasis>
0.4 into ventrite; female ventrite 6 not emarginate, truncate apically. Male genitalia with gonostyli glabrous, each gonostylus bearing a mesal hook apically; aedeagus with two dorsal hooks, basal hook slightly larger, ventral hook large, robust.
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84362FF9C338AF911A830F973" bold="true" box="[197,322,1687,1706]" pageId="5" pageNumber="49">Figs. 14. 1)</emphasis>
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, holotype ♂ habitus (body length = 9 mm; pin near base of right elytron removed with Adobe Photoshop®).
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species
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, head:
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<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394362FF9C31D1F929AB85F91B" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Clark" authorityYear="2022" box="[670,759,1711,1730]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cochimi" status="new species">
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(♀);
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<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394362FF9C30E2F929AD60F91B" baseAuthorityName="Horn" baseAuthorityYear="1868" box="[941,1042,1711,1730]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sublaevis">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84362FF9C30E2F929AD60F91B" box="[941,1042,1711,1730]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="49">L. sublaevis</emphasis>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394362FF9C377CF929ADF4F918" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[1075,1158,1711,1729]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stygica">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84362FF9C377CF929ADF4F918" box="[1075,1158,1711,1729]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="49">L. stygica</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F33FFFCDAA860FCB6" bold="true" box="[176,274,860,879]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Figs. 512.</emphasis>
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Antenna ♂;
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Antenna ♀;
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♂ genitalia (length =
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. 1.5 mm):
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Gonoforceps, dorsal;
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F3225FCF2A80EFC5E" bold="true" box="[362,380,884,903]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">8)</emphasis>
Gonoforceps, lateral;
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F3171FCF2AB22FC5E" bold="true" box="[574,592,884,903]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">9)</emphasis>
Aedeagus, lateral (dorsal on left);
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F3032FCF2AAEBFC5E" bold="true" box="[893,921,884,903]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">10)</emphasis>
♂ ventrite 6;
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F375BFCF2AD5DFC5E" bold="true" box="[1044,1071,884,903]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">11)</emphasis>
Hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left).
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F3239FC0AA8E0FC46" bold="true" box="[374,402,908,927]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">12)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F32D8FC0BA898FC46" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[407,490,909,927]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stygica">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F32D8FC0BA898FC46" box="[407,490,909,927]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. stygica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="62A765314361FF9F33FFFA68AD73FBFA" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="2A0236BA4361FF9F33FFFA68AD73FBFA" blockId="6.[151,638,984,1726]" lastBlockId="6.[685,1172,984,1726]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F33FFFA68A812F9DA" bold="true" box="[176,352,1517,1539]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Type Specimens.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="F50688184361FF9F3223FA68A8B7F9DD" box="[364,453,1518,1540]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
<specimenCount id="3CBBFD334361FF9F329DFA6DA890F9DA" box="[466,482,1515,1539]" count="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" type="male"></specimenCount>
:
<collectingCountry id="52AA762A4361FF9F32BBFA68AB33F9DD" box="[500,577,1518,1540]" name="Mexico" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Mexico</collectingCountry>
:
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F311FFA68A98EF9C4" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">
<collectingRegion id="E879F8584361FF9F311FFA68A98EF9C4" country="Mexico" name="Baja California" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Baja California</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: “km 115, S El Rosario”;
<date id="5E03107A4361FF9F3157F98EAB08F9C7" box="[536,634,1544,1566]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" value="1979-04-07">iv-7-1979</date>
; A.
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. Evans. Richard L. Westcott has collected at the km 115 site and reported (
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F32E4F9B8A891F98A" box="[427,483,1598,1619]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">in litt.</emphasis>
) the coordinates as 29.98732°, 115.21011° (
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NW El Progresso).
<typeStatus id="F50688184361FF9F3243F9F5A812F950" box="[268,352,1651,1673]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" type="allotype">Allotype</typeStatus>
<specimenCount id="3CBBFD334361FF9F3227F9F6A804F951" box="[360,374,1648,1672]" count="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" type="female"></specimenCount>
and
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, same data as
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.
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and
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deposited in the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA (
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);
<typeStatus id="F50688184361FF9F30DAFC5FAA9AFC37" box="[917,1000,985,1006]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
deposited in the Entomological Research Museum, University of California, Riverside, CA (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="62A765314361FF9F318AFBAEAAC2FBAD" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="2A0236BA4361FF9F318AFBAEAAC2FBAD" blockId="6.[685,1172,984,1726]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F318AFBAEAA4BFBE4" bold="true" box="[709,825,1064,1085]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Etymology.</emphasis>
After Cochimí, the name of the indigenous people inhabiting the region where the new species was collected.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="62A765314361FF9E318AFBFEAB7EFBCB" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="51" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="2A0236BA4361FF9F318AFBFEADE1FA6A" blockId="6.[685,1172,984,1726]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F318AFBFEAA57FB54" bold="true" box="[709,805,1144,1165]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Remarks.</emphasis>
A combination of characters in the male places
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F31A2FB12AA22FB71" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Clark" authorityYear="2022" box="[749,848,1171,1193]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cochimi">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F31A2FB12AA22FB71" box="[749,848,1171,1193]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. cochimi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Stygica Group of the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F319DFB28AA0BFB1A" authority="Horn" authorityName="Horn" box="[722,889,1198,1219]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Poreospasta">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F319DFB28AA37FB1A" box="[722,837,1198,1219]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Poreospasta</emphasis>
Horn
</taxonomicName>
as defined by
<bibRefCitation id="4E2C4B4B4361FF9F30B5FB28ADE2FB1D" author="Selander, R. B." box="[1018,1168,1198,1220]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" refId="ref6620" refString="Selander, R. B. 1960. Bionomics, Systematics and Phylogeny of Lytta, a Genus of Blister Beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Illinois Biological Monographs, No. 28. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, 295 pp." type="book" year="1960">Selander (1960)</bibRefCitation>
. This includes the presence of mesal hooks on the gonostyli (the apical section of the gonoforceps,
<figureCitation id="B2862A3F4361FF9F31E2FB78AB97FACA" box="[685,741,1278,1300]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="6.[176,215,860,879]" captionTargetBox="[188,1149,208,830]" captionTargetId="figure-474@6.[151,1171,193,833]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figs. 512. Lytta cochimi, new species: 5) Antenna ♂; 6) Antenna ♀; 79) ♂ genitalia (length = ca. 1.5 mm): 7) Gonoforceps, dorsal; 8) Gonoforceps, lateral; 9) Aedeagus, lateral (dorsal on left); 10) ♂ ventrite 6; 11) Hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left). 12) L. stygica, hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13252150" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13252150/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
), unmodified legs, and subclavate, not incrassate, antennae (
<figureCitation id="B2862A3F4361FF9F3071FA9EAAEBFAF7" box="[830,921,1304,1326]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="6.[176,215,860,879]" captionTargetBox="[188,1149,208,830]" captionTargetId="figure-474@6.[151,1171,193,833]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figs. 512. Lytta cochimi, new species: 5) Antenna ♂; 6) Antenna ♀; 79) ♂ genitalia (length = ca. 1.5 mm): 7) Gonoforceps, dorsal; 8) Gonoforceps, lateral; 9) Aedeagus, lateral (dorsal on left); 10) ♂ ventrite 6; 11) Hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left). 12) L. stygica, hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13252150" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13252150/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Figs. 5, 6</figureCitation>
). The Stygica Group, with 12 previously described species, is primarily distributed in cismontane
<collectingRegion id="E879F8584361FF9F3024FAC8AAB9FABD" box="[875,971,1358,1380]" country="United States of America" name="California" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">California</collectingRegion>
with only
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F377AFAC8ADE1FABA" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[1077,1171,1358,1379]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stygica">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F377AFAC8ADE1FABA" box="[1077,1171,1358,1379]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. stygica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F31AFFAEFAA14FAA4" box="[736,870,1384,1406]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auriculata">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F31AFFAEFAA14FAA4" box="[736,870,1384,1406]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. auriculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurring more broadly. In
<bibRefCitation id="4E2C4B4B4361FF9F31E2FA05AA29FA40" author="Selander, R. B." box="[685,859,1411,1433]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" refId="ref6620" refString="Selander, R. B. 1960. Bionomics, Systematics and Phylogeny of Lytta, a Genus of Blister Beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Illinois Biological Monographs, No. 28. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, 295 pp." type="book" year="1960">Selanders (1960)</bibRefCitation>
keys (general key and key to Stygica Group species),
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F30C3FA18AA9FFA6A" box="[908,1005,1438,1459]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. cochimi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
runs to
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F377BFA18ADFFFA6A" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[1076,1165,1438,1459]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stygica">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F377BFA18ADFFFA6A" box="[1076,1165,1438,1459]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. stygica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2A0236BA4361FF9E318AFA3FA803FDC1" blockId="6.[685,1172,984,1726]" lastBlockId="7.[173,660,194,1042]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="51" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F318AFA3FAA37FA14" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Clark" authorityYear="2022" box="[709,837,1464,1486]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cochimi">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F318AFA3FAA37FA14" box="[709,837,1464,1486]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Lytta cochimi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is separated from
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F30A0FA3FAD38FA17" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[1007,1098,1465,1486]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stygica">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F30A0FA3FAD38FA17" box="[1007,1098,1465,1486]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. stygica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by several characters. The orange macula on the head capsule is considerably larger in
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F30A4FA68AD23F9DA" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Clark" authorityYear="2022" box="[1003,1105,1518,1539]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cochimi">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F30A4FA68AD23F9DA" box="[1003,1105,1518,1539]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. cochimi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, occupying almost half the head width (
<figureCitation id="B2862A3F4361FF9F30BCF98EAD5FF9C4" box="[1011,1069,1544,1566]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="5.[197,236,1687,1706]" captionTargetBox="[295,975,720,1639]" captionTargetId="figure-231@5.[173,1193,703,1660]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figs. 14. 1) Lytta cochimi, new species, holotype ♂ habitus (body length = 9 mm; pin near base of right elytron removed with Adobe Photoshop®). Lytta species, head: 2) L. cochimi, new species (♀); 3) L. sublaevis; 4) L. stygica." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13252148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13252148/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
); in
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F3718F98FABA4F9E0" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1851" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stygica">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F3718F98FABA4F9E0" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. stygica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it is comprised of a small oval spot (
<figureCitation id="B2862A3F4361FF9F3705F9A5ADF5F9E1" box="[1098,1159,1571,1593]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="5.[197,236,1687,1706]" captionTargetBox="[295,975,720,1639]" captionTargetId="figure-231@5.[173,1193,703,1660]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figs. 14. 1) Lytta cochimi, new species, holotype ♂ habitus (body length = 9 mm; pin near base of right elytron removed with Adobe Photoshop®). Lytta species, head: 2) L. cochimi, new species (♀); 3) L. sublaevis; 4) L. stygica." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13252148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13252148/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). The antennae are subclavate in
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F3096F9B8AD4CF98A" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Clark" authorityYear="2022" box="[985,1086,1598,1619]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cochimi">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F3096F9B8AD4CF98A" box="[985,1086,1598,1619]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. cochimi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="B2862A3F4361FF9F3704F9B8ABC8F9B7" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="6.[176,215,860,879]" captionTargetBox="[188,1149,208,830]" captionTargetId="figure-474@6.[151,1171,193,833]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figs. 512. Lytta cochimi, new species: 5) Antenna ♂; 6) Antenna ♀; 79) ♂ genitalia (length = ca. 1.5 mm): 7) Gonoforceps, dorsal; 8) Gonoforceps, lateral; 9) Aedeagus, lateral (dorsal on left); 10) ♂ ventrite 6; 11) Hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left). 12) L. stygica, hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13252150" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13252150/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Figs. 5, 6</figureCitation>
) and the antennomeres are relatively short with antennomeres IVX about as wide as long in females. The antennae of
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394361FF9F30D5F908AA8BF97A" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[922,1017,1678,1699]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stygica">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84361FF9F30D5F908AA8BF97A" box="[922,1017,1678,1699]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">L. stygica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are subfiliform and antennomeres IVX are clearly longer than wide in both sexes. The hind tibial spurs provide another distinction. In
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394360FF9E32C6FF5BA89DFF28" authorityName="Pinto &amp; Clark" authorityYear="2022" box="[393,495,220,242]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cochimi">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E32C6FF5BA89DFF28" box="[393,495,220,242]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L. cochimi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the outer spur is very broad,
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E3258FF7EA846FED4" box="[279,308,248,269]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">ca.</emphasis>
3× the width of the inner spur (
<figureCitation id="B2862A3F4360FF9E3109FF71ABF5FED5" box="[582,647,247,269]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="6.[176,215,860,879]" captionTargetBox="[188,1149,208,830]" captionTargetId="figure-474@6.[151,1171,193,833]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figs. 512. Lytta cochimi, new species: 5) Antenna ♂; 6) Antenna ♀; 79) ♂ genitalia (length = ca. 1.5 mm): 7) Gonoforceps, dorsal; 8) Gonoforceps, lateral; 9) Aedeagus, lateral (dorsal on left); 10) ♂ ventrite 6; 11) Hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left). 12) L. stygica, hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13252150" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13252150/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
); in
<taxonomicName id="EDBD4D394360FF9E3386FE94A85BFEFE" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[201,297,274,295]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Lytta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stygica">
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E3386FE94A85BFEFE" box="[201,297,274,295]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L. stygica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the outer spur is, at most, twice the width of the inner spur (
<figureCitation id="B2862A3F4360FF9E32DCFEAAA8A8FE98" box="[403,474,300,322]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="6.[176,215,860,879]" captionTargetBox="[188,1149,208,830]" captionTargetId="figure-474@6.[151,1171,193,833]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figs. 512. Lytta cochimi, new species: 5) Antenna ♂; 6) Antenna ♀; 79) ♂ genitalia (length = ca. 1.5 mm): 7) Gonoforceps, dorsal; 8) Gonoforceps, lateral; 9) Aedeagus, lateral (dorsal on left); 10) ♂ ventrite 6; 11) Hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left). 12) L. stygica, hind tibial spurs (outer spur on left)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13252150" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13252150/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
). The rather deeply incised apex of ventrite
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the male of
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E3161FECEABE1FE85" box="[558,659,327,349]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L. cochimi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) contrasts with the considerably shallower emargination in
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E3207FEFBA8D6FE4B" box="[328,420,381,402]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L. stygica</emphasis>
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. The two dorsal hooks of the aedeagus also should separate
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E32B7FE1EAB2CFE75" box="[504,606,407,429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L. cochimi</emphasis>
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(
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) from most
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E327DFE34A8FDFE1E" box="[306,399,434,455]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L. stygica</emphasis>
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males which, according to
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, only rarely bear a weak second hook [in
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the dorsal hooks are referred to as ventral].
</paragraph>
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The similarity of
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E3221FD9BA8A1FDE8" box="[366,467,540,562]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L. cochimi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E314CFD9BAB12FDEB" box="[515,608,541,562]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L. stygica</emphasis>
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does not imply close relationship. Their similarity rests on the fact that both lack distinctive features of other members of the Stygica Group. Distinguishing features of
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E33B4FD0EA87AFD44" box="[251,264,648,669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L</emphasis>
.
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that are shared with other members of the group include the enlarged orange macula on the head and the considerably enlarged outer hind tibial spur, also occurring in
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E317EFD5EA997FCDE" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Lytta sublaevis</emphasis>
(Horn)
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(
<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E320DFD74A821FCDE" box="[322,339,754,775]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">cf</emphasis>
.
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) and the two dorsal hooks on the aedeagus found also in
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E3157FC8BABE1FCF8" box="[536,659,780,802]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Lytta crotchi</emphasis>
(Horn)
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and
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E3263FCAEA8CCFCE5" box="[300,446,807,829]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Lytta hoppingi</emphasis>
(LeConte)
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. Features shared by
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E3258FCC4A8F2FC8E" box="[279,384,834,855]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L. cochimi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E32F9FCC4AB59FC8E" box="[438,555,834,855]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">L. sublaevis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are likely derived but questionably homologous. Phenetically, the two species are quite distinct.
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E32A1FCFEAB0EFC55" box="[494,636,887,909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Lytta sublaevis</emphasis>
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, a central
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species, is unique for
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E310AFC14AB04FC7E" box="[581,630,914,935]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Lytta</emphasis>
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in being wingless with abbreviated elytra, appearing superficially similar to species of the genus
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<emphasis id="18C9EAA84360FF9E3118FC41ABE1FC05" box="[599,659,967,988]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Meloe</emphasis>
Linnaeus. Also
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, the male genitalia and antennal structure further distinguish the two.
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