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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFF4CFB18FE00FB7F" box="[189,390,1250,1276]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Dyscolus palatus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFDABFB18FD40FB7F" bold="true" box="[602,710,1250,1276]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">syn. nov.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFF4CFAD9FEAFFABE" box="[189,297,1315,1341]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Dyscolus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFF4CFABCFEAFFAE3" box="[189,297,1350,1376]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Dyscolus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFF4CFA72FE2AFA21" box="[189,428,1416,1442]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Dyscolus denigratus</emphasis>
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is a highly variable species, with a broad range of variation within each population regarding body size, form of the pronotum, length of the legs, and form of the apex of the male aedeagus (
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). The tree based on the COI sequences separates two clades (Fig. 2): one in the south-west part of the area of
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFDD0FA08FD45F988" box="[545,707,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">D. denigratus</emphasis>
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, represented in our dataset by the
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and
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populations, vs a north and north-east zone represented by the Cotacachi, Cayambe and Guamaní populations. Additionally, three species-level units are recognized through BIN analysis: the first one embraces the populations of the south-western clade, including specimens identified as
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFB31F9A6FABCF9F6" box="[1216,1338,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">D. palatus</emphasis>
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. The northern clade is split into two BIN units: one for the Guamaní population, and another for the Cotacachi and Cayambe populations. However, we were unable to find any morphological character that reliably reflects these divisions. According to the form of the apex of the median lobe, the Cotacachi population (
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) seems to be closer to the
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population (
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) than to the Guamaní one (
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), in contradiction with the molecular results. Obviously, the phylogeny of the
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFBE7F8F1FB15F8A6" box="[1046,1171,1803,1829]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">denigratus</emphasis>
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complex cannot be resolved from the COI sequences alone.
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We thus take a conservative approach, with no taxonomic decision regarding the specific or subspecific status of the components of the
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFDC2F869FD28F82E" box="[563,686,1939,1965]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">denigratus</emphasis>
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complex, except for the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFB85F869FABDF82E" box="[1140,1339,1939,1965]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Dyscolus palatus</emphasis>
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with
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFF4CF84CFE2CF853" box="[189,426,1974,2000]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Dyscolus denigratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E1362531FFE4AF84CFD04F853" box="[443,642,1974,2000]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Dyscolus palatus</emphasis>
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was described from specimens from the
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, Atacazo and Corazón volcanoes in the Western Cordillera (
<figureCitation id="1325DFF913645319FD2AFB93FCB5FB00" box="[731,819,1129,1155]" captionStart="Figs 4550" captionStartId="43.[189,241,1887,1913]" captionTargetBox="[271,1311,274,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@43.[264,1324,265,1845]" captionTargetPageId="43" captionText="Figs 4550. Dyscolus spp., habitus (4547) and aedeagus, median lobe in lateral view (4850). 45. D. denigratus (Bates, 1891), male specimen from Guamaní. 46. D. denigratus, male specimen from Guagua Pichincha (type locality). 47. D. palatus Moret, 1998, male paratype from Atacazo. 48 50. D. denigratus. 48. From Guamaní. 49. From Cotacachi. 50. From Guagua Pichincha." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3829708" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3829708/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
). This taxon was then thought to be more closely related to
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E13645319FEDEFB77FE44FB25" box="[303,450,1164,1190]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. altarensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8FBE8D13645319FE23FB76FDDAFB25" author="Bates H. W." box="[466,604,1164,1190]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" pagination="7 - 39" refId="ref25700" refString="Bates H. W. 1891. Coleoptera. In: Whymper E. (ed.) Supplementary Appendix to Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator: 7 - 39. John Murray, London." type="book chapter" year="1891">Bates, 1891</bibRefCitation>
)
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than to
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E13645319FD33FB77FCE6FB25" box="[706,864,1164,1190]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. denigratus</emphasis>
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, due to its relatively broader and shorter body. The specimen of
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E13645319FE70FB4AFE7EFB4A" box="[385,504,1199,1225]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. palatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
included in our analysis (COI voucher PM359-01, BOLD sequence SUM168- 18) instead suggests that
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E13645319FE2DFB2EFDD5FB6E" box="[476,595,1235,1261]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. palatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E13645319FD7BFB2EFCAEFB6E" box="[650,808,1235,1261]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. denigratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are conspecific. A re-examination of the
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series of
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E13645319FF2FFB0DFEDFFA93" box="[222,345,1270,1296]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. palatus</emphasis>
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and of large series of specimens recently collected on the
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shows that the body dimensions of the two taxa partly overlap (
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). Owing to the existence of these transition forms,
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E13645319FF4CFAC7FEB2FAD5" box="[189,308,1340,1366]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. palatus</emphasis>
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cannot be maintained as a good species and we therefore treat it as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B96A1F6E13645319FB23FAC7FAE9FAD5" box="[1234,1391,1340,1366]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. denigratus</emphasis>
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.
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