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Ci)
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFF0BF99EFE634A56" bold="true" box="[195,405,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Hycleus africanus</emphasis>
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species group
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We group tentatively in this assemblage some southern African species of the
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lineage with ten antennomeres as
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFE97F90BFE194AC3" box="[351,495,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">H. africanus</emphasis>
(Olivier, 1811)
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,
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFD7DF90BFCB84AC3" box="[693,846,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">H. namaquus</emphasis>
(
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)
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and
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFBABF90BFAD84AC3" box="[1123,1326,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">H. quadriguttatus</emphasis>
(Wulfen, 1786)
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. The taxonomy of this group needs a deep revision.
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFF5FF895FED44B53" bold="true" box="[151,290,1879,1904]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">
<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FFC6FF9CFF5FF895FF024B53" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1817" box="[151,244,1879,1904]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Hycleus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFF5FF895FF024B53" bold="true" box="[151,244,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Hycleus</emphasis>
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cfr.
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<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FFC6FF9CFEE1F895FDB34B53" authority="(Olivier, 1795)" baseAuthorityName="Olivier" baseAuthorityYear="1795" box="[297,581,1879,1904]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Hycleus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
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(Olivier, 1795
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[? =
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFDB7F895FCB04B53" bold="true" box="[639,838,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Hycleus insolitus</emphasis>
(
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)
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] (
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)
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFF5FF862FEB94B95" box="[151,335,1952,1974]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Mylabris africana</emphasis>
Olivier, 1795
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<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FFC6FF9CFF5FF802FDF14BF7" authority=", Peringuey 1909" authorityName="Peringuey" authorityYear="1909" box="[151,519,1982,2005]" class="Insecta" family="Agaonidae" genus="Decatoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africana">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFF5FF802FEAD4BF7" box="[151,347,1982,2005]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Decatoma africana</emphasis>
,
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?
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFF60F81CFE9B4BD0" box="[168,365,2013,2035]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Decatoma africana</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC6FF9CFE56F81FFE1C4BD0" box="[414,490,2013,2035]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">insolita</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E4B03FFC6FF9CFE39F81FFD634BD0" author="Peringuey" box="[497,661,2013,2035]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Peringuey, L. (1909) Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa Family Meloidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 1, 165 - 297, 4 pls." type="journal article" year="1909">Péringuey, 1909</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC5FF9FFF5FFF55FEDF4C93" bold="true" box="[151,297,151,176]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Distribution</emphasis>
.
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(new species record for this country) and
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<collectingRegion id="BD4BF810FFC5FF9FFCB8FF55FC444C93" box="[880,946,151,176]" country="Tanzania" name="Kusini Unguja" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">South</collectingRegion>
Africa
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.
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<collectingCounty id="96514E7EFFC5FF9FFF0FFF7EFED94CF6" box="[199,303,188,213]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Material</collectingCounty>
examined.
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[
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<collectingMunicipality id="9F54AC88FFC5FF9FFDE6FF7EFD1D4CF6" box="[558,747,188,213]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Windhoek Rural</collectingMunicipality>
:
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286,
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).
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC5FF9FFF0FFF1DFECD4CDB" bold="true" box="[199,315,223,248]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Remarks.</emphasis>
The single specimen we examined is similar to
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC5FF9FFCA9FF23FC184CDB" box="[865,1006,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">H. africanus</emphasis>
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from
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and
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Cape
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but the pronotum is more depressed anteriorly, the head and pronotum punctures are more subrugose and confluent, the head, pronotum and ventral setae are longer and distinctly golden. The mesosternum is illustrated in
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. The elytral pattern and setation correspond to that of the
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var.
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, which was considered as a possible distinct species by the
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African entomologist. The deeply examination of
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of both
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC5FF9FFACBFEB2FA9A4DAB" box="[1283,1388,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">africanus</emphasis>
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and
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var.
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is basic to the resolution of this taxonomic problem.
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC5FF9FFF5FF8CEFEE94B01" bold="true" box="[151,287,1804,1826]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">FIGURE 16.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC5FF9FFEEDF8CEFE484B01" box="[293,446,1804,1826]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Hycleus aridus</emphasis>
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: tegmen in ventral view (A); tegmen and aedeagus in lateral view (B); antenna (C); mesosternum (D).
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC5FF9FFF0EF8E8FEE14B63" box="[198,279,1834,1856]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Hycleus</emphasis>
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cfr.
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC5FF9FFE8EF8E8FE504B63" box="[326,422,1834,1856]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">africanus</emphasis>
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: mesosternum (E). Bar = 1 mm.
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<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FFC4FF9EFF5FFF55FDB24C93" authority="(Peringuey, 1909)" authorityName="Bologna &amp; Amore &amp; Pitzalis" authorityYear="2018" baseAuthorityName="Peringuey" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[151,580,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Hycleus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="83" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="namaquus" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFF5FFF55FE824C8C" bold="true" box="[151,372,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Hycleus namaquus</emphasis>
(
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)
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</emphasis>
(
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)
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<taxonomicName id="B88F4D71FFC4FF9EFF5FFF23FDF84CD5" authority="Peringuey, 1909" authorityName="Peringuey" authorityYear="1909" box="[151,526,224,246]" class="Insecta" family="Agaonidae" genus="Decatoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="83" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="namaqua">
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFF5FFF23FE954CD5" box="[151,355,225,246]" italics="true" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Decatoma namaqua</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFF5FFEE0FF154D18" bold="true" box="[151,227,290,315]" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Types.</emphasis>
Types of this species were examined at SAMC.
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFF0FFE84FE964D7C" bold="true" box="[199,352,326,351]" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Distribution.</emphasis>
Southwestern
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(new species record for this country) and northwestern
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<collectingRegion id="BD4BF810FFC4FF9EFB11FE84FAEC4D7C" box="[1241,1306,326,351]" country="Tanzania" name="Kusini Unguja" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">South</collectingRegion>
Africa
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.
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<collectingCounty id="96514E7EFFC4FF9EFF0FFEA8FED94DA0" box="[199,303,362,387]" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Material</collectingCounty>
examined.
</emphasis>
[
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,
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(CP).
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFF0FFE4CFECD4D84" bold="true" box="[199,315,398,423]" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Remarks.</emphasis>
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used in its monograph of southern African
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the same name
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFAC4FE4DFA824D85" box="[1292,1396,399,422]" italics="true" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">namaqua</emphasis>
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for two distinct blister beetles. The first name corresponds to a chromatic variation of
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFB8DFE71FB174DE8" box="[1093,1249,435,459]" italics="true" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">H. haemactus</emphasis>
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(see above) and consequentlythe, representing only an intraspecific phenetic variation, is taxonomically unvalid. Therefore, the name
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFF14FE39FEB94E31" box="[220,335,507,530]" italics="true" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">namaquus</emphasis>
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is useful for the second taxon, which was described as distinct species in the genus
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFAC3FE39FA894E31" box="[1291,1407,507,530]" italics="true" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Decatoma</emphasis>
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(a synonym of
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFEEBFDDCFE8B4E15" box="[291,381,542,566]" italics="true" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Hycleus</emphasis>
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) and which is referred to
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<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFD56FDDCFD0E4E15" box="[670,760,542,566]" italics="true" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Hycleus</emphasis>
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for the first time in the present paper (
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.
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The mesosternal “scutum” is very narrow, intermediate between the
<emphasis id="4DFBEAE0FFC4FF9EFC20FD81FB764E79" box="[1000,1152,579,602]" italics="true" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Mesoscutatus</emphasis>
and
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-
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lineages. Antennae have ten black antennomeres, but IVVI reddish.
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