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D e s c r i p t i o n: 
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. Habitus as in 
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. Coloration: body black; legs brown to dark brown, with the femora predominantly blackish; antennae blackish brown.
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Head slightly wider than long (
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), somewhat wedge-shaped (i. e. widest near posterior angles); eyes moderately large (
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), weakly protruding from lateral outline of head, postocular region approximately 1.5 times as long as eyes; integument with distinct microreticulation and almost matt; puncturation moderately sparse, fine, and very shallow, barely noticeable in the microsculpture. Antenna distinctly incrassate apically (
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); antennomere III distinctly shorter than II; IV approximately as wide as long; V-X of increasing width and increasingly transverse; X approximately 1.5 times as wide as long.
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Pronotum 1.25-1.30 times as wide as long and about 1.25 times as wide as head (
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); maximal width in anterior half; pubescence directed cephalad along midline; puncturation and microsculpture similar to those of head.
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Elytra about as wide and approximately 0.7 times as long as pronotum (
<figureCitation id="133FCB85005CE10CFB99DC796532ED7C" box="[1077,1140,1639,1661]" captionStart="Figs 1-13" captionStartId="2.[340,380,1652,1672]" captionTargetBox="[340,1250,608,1621]" captionTargetId="figure-63@2.[340,1253,674,1153]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 1-13: Atheta xueica: (1) habitus; (2) forebody; (3) head in lateral view; (4) antenna; (5) Ƌ tergite VIII; (6) Ƌ sternite VIII; (7) posterior margin of ♀ tergite VIII; (8) ♀ sternite VIII; (9-10) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (11) apex of median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; (12) apical lobe of paramere; (13) spermatheca. Scale bars: 1: 1.0 mm; 2-3: 0.5 mm; 4-8: 0.2 mm; 9-13: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13319977" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13319977/files/figure.png" pageId="1">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
); microreticulation pronounced, puncturation denser and slightly more distinct than that of head and pronotum. Hind wings reduced.
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Abdomen slightly wider than elytra, maximal width at segments 
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(
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); puncturation fine, sparser on posterior than on anterior tergites; microreticulation distinct; posterior margin of tergite VII with palisade fringe.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBBD700005FE10FFCAEDB7B6274EA7B" blockId="2.[770,818,357,378]" box="[770,818,357,378]" pageId="2">1145</paragraph>
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Ƌ: head and pronotum unmodified; posterior margin of tergite VIII weakly concave in the middle (
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); sternite VIII much longer than tergite VIII, its posterior margin strongly convex (
<figureCitation id="133FCB85005FE10FFDA5DBF4630CE901" box="[521,586,490,512]" captionStart="Figs 1-13" captionStartId="2.[340,380,1652,1672]" captionTargetBox="[340,1250,608,1621]" captionTargetId="figure-63@2.[340,1253,674,1153]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 1-13: Atheta xueica: (1) habitus; (2) forebody; (3) head in lateral view; (4) antenna; (5) Ƌ tergite VIII; (6) Ƌ sternite VIII; (7) posterior margin of ♀ tergite VIII; (8) ♀ sternite VIII; (9-10) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (11) apex of median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; (12) apical lobe of paramere; (13) spermatheca. Scale bars: 1: 1.0 mm; 2-3: 0.5 mm; 4-8: 0.2 mm; 9-13: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13319977" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13319977/files/figure.png" pageId="2">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
); median lobe of aedeagus rather long and slender (
<figureCitation id="133FCB85005FE10FFBC0DBF46594E901" box="[1132,1234,490,512]" captionStart="Figs 1-13" captionStartId="2.[340,380,1652,1672]" captionTargetBox="[340,1250,608,1621]" captionTargetId="figure-63@2.[340,1253,674,1153]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 1-13: Atheta xueica: (1) habitus; (2) forebody; (3) head in lateral view; (4) antenna; (5) Ƌ tergite VIII; (6) Ƌ sternite VIII; (7) posterior margin of ♀ tergite VIII; (8) ♀ sternite VIII; (9-10) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (11) apex of median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; (12) apical lobe of paramere; (13) spermatheca. Scale bars: 1: 1.0 mm; 2-3: 0.5 mm; 4-8: 0.2 mm; 9-13: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13319977" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13319977/files/figure.png" pageId="2">Figs 9-11</figureCitation>
); apical lobe of paramere shaped as in 
<figureCitation id="133FCB85005FE10FFD75D8196263E91C" box="[729,805,519,541]" captionStart="Figs 1-13" captionStartId="2.[340,380,1652,1672]" captionTargetBox="[340,1250,608,1621]" captionTargetId="figure-63@2.[340,1253,674,1153]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 1-13: Atheta xueica: (1) habitus; (2) forebody; (3) head in lateral view; (4) antenna; (5) Ƌ tergite VIII; (6) Ƌ sternite VIII; (7) posterior margin of ♀ tergite VIII; (8) ♀ sternite VIII; (9-10) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (11) apex of median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; (12) apical lobe of paramere; (13) spermatheca. Scale bars: 1: 1.0 mm; 2-3: 0.5 mm; 4-8: 0.2 mm; 9-13: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13319977" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13319977/files/figure.png" pageId="2">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
, with one moderately long and three short setae.
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<emphasis id="B9700B12005FE10FFEF8DC6A60E9ED89" bold="true" box="[340,431,1652,1672]" pageId="2">Figs 1-13</emphasis>
: 
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: (
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) habitus; (
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) forebody; (
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) head in lateral view; (
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) antenna; (
<emphasis id="B9700B12005FE10FFB1DDC6A65FAED89" bold="true" box="[1201,1212,1652,1672]" pageId="2">5</emphasis>
) Ƌ tergite VIII; (
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) Ƌ sternite VIII; (
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) posterior margin of ♀ tergite VIII; (
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) ♀ sternite VIII; (
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) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (
<emphasis id="B9700B12005FE10FFCC5DCBF62C6EDB4" bold="true" box="[873,896,1697,1717]" pageId="2">11</emphasis>
) apex of median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; (
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) apical lobe of paramere; (
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) spermatheca. Scale bars: 1: 1.0 mm; 2-3: 0.5 mm; 4-8: 0.2 mm; 9-13: 0.1 mm.
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: tergite VIII similar to that of Ƌ (
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); sternite VIII only slightly longer than tergite VIII, with moderately concave posterior margin (
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) and rather weakly modified marginal setae; spermatheca with long and slender duct (
<figureCitation id="133FCB85005EE10EFC3FDBEC6299E909" box="[915,991,498,520]" captionStart="Figs 1-13" captionStartId="2.[340,380,1652,1672]" captionTargetBox="[340,1250,608,1621]" captionTargetId="figure-63@2.[340,1253,674,1153]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 1-13: Atheta xueica: (1) habitus; (2) forebody; (3) head in lateral view; (4) antenna; (5) Ƌ tergite VIII; (6) Ƌ sternite VIII; (7) posterior margin of ♀ tergite VIII; (8) ♀ sternite VIII; (9-10) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (11) apex of median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; (12) apical lobe of paramere; (13) spermatheca. Scale bars: 1: 1.0 mm; 2-3: 0.5 mm; 4-8: 0.2 mm; 9-13: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13319977" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13319977/files/figure.png" pageId="3">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
).
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C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: From the other three micropterous 
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species, 
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is easily separated especially by the distinctive primary and secondary sexual characters, particularly the slender median lobe of the aedeagus and the long duct of the spermatheca. In addition, it is characterised by the dark coloration and the pronounced microreticulation. For illustrations of the genitalia of the other micropterous species see the figures in 
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, 
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) and 
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.
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D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: The 
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localities are situated in Zhongdian and Deqin Counties in northern 
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. The specimens were sifted from debris in mixed forests at altitudes of 3895 and 
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. The locality in the Xue Shan is illustrated in ASSING (2006: 
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).
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