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<emphasis bold="true" box="[302,517,1811,1835]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Platynectes malaita</emphasis>
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(
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,
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)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,269,1876,1895]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Type locality.</emphasis>
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Solomon Islands,
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, Hahorarumu Uru tribal area, ca.
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NW of Waisisi village, ca.
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,
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, ca.
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a.s.l.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,280,1929,1948]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Type material.</emphasis>
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: J (
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), labelled: ‘South Pacific, Solomon Is. /
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<collectingRegion box="[189,284,1956,1975]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Malaita" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">MALAITA</collectingRegion>
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I., south coast / Hahorarumu Uru Tribal Area / (conservation area),
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, St. Jákl leg. [p] //
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J /
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Regimbart" authorityYear="1879" box="[184,322,2009,2028]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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/
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/ J. Hájek et al. det. 2021 [p, red label]’.
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: 1J
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, same label data as
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(
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,
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).
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, ‘
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/
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Is., cca
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NW /
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Waisisi vill. env.,
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/
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[sic!] / J.Horák leg.,
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<date pageId="8" pageNumber="65" value="2017-12-05" valueMax="2017-12-11" valueMin="2017-12-05">5.-11. xii.2017</date>
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[p]’ (
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).All
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with the respective red printed label.
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Description.
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Male
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.
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Habitus. Broadest before elytral midlength; body outline continuous.
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<emphasis box="[858,988,1671,1694]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Colouration</emphasis>
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(
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). Head with orange-brown clypeus, round orange spot medially on frons and two spots on vertex; appendages orange-brown. Pronotum with narrowly orange-brown sides and orange anterior corners; basal margin somewhat reddish translucent. Elytron black with brownish lateral margin and epipleura, disc with distinct yellowish pattern consisting of lateral subbasal spot, lateral postmedial spot in two thirds of elytral length, subapical spot, and thin sublateral line in apical half; subbasal spot round, postmedial and subapical spots transverse, connected with sublateral line. Legs orange-brown. Ventral surface brown-blackish, prosternum, median part of metacoxae and metacoxal processes reddish-brown.
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ca. 0.63× width of pronotum, transversely elliptical. Meshes of reticulation often incomplete (not closed).
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. Reticulation similar to that of head; meshes larger, often incomplete and less impressed on disc, becoming smaller, closed and deeply impressed near sides. Microreticulation absent.
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of pronotal disc with small fossa.
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Punctation double; coarse punctures present in two discal and two lateral, badly perceptible longitudinal lines; fine punctures occurring mostly on lines of reticulation. Reticulation similar to that of head and pronotum but slightly less impressed, consisting of heterogeneous polygonal meshes; meshes mostly complete. Traces of microreticulation hardly perceptible in apical half of elytra.
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<emphasis box="[181,351,670,693]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Ventral surface.</emphasis>
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Medial part of metaventrite with sparse fine punctation. Ratio WC/WS = 4.2. Metacoxal lines incomplete anteriorly, slightly diverging anteriorly. Metacoxal plates reticulated with polygonal meshes, punctation consisting of sparse fine punctures. Abdominal ventrites with bunch of coarse setigerous punctures present in centre of ventrites III–V, additional setigerous punctures arranged sparsely in transverse line in medial part of ventrites; fine punctures distributed sparsely and irregularly on ventrite surface.
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<emphasis box="[181,344,990,1013]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
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Median lobe (
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<figureCitation box="[495,581,990,1013]" captionStart="Figs 8–11" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1314,1333]" captionTargetBox="[190,1373,190,1280]" captionTargetId="figure-336@7.[151,1434,186,1288]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 8–11. Male genitalia of Platynectes. 8 – P. barana sp. nov.; 9 – P. lunga sp. nov.; 10 – P. makira sp. nov.; 11 – P. malaita sp. nov. a – median lobe in lateral view; b – parameres. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887319" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887319/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Fig. 11a</figureCitation>
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) in lateral aspect slender in median part, only slightly widened to apex; apex broadly rounded, distinctly setose on ventral side. Parameres (
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<figureCitation box="[276,365,1086,1109]" captionStart="Figs 8–11" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1314,1333]" captionTargetBox="[190,1373,190,1280]" captionTargetId="figure-336@7.[151,1434,186,1288]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 8–11. Male genitalia of Platynectes. 8 – P. barana sp. nov.; 9 – P. lunga sp. nov.; 10 – P. makira sp. nov.; 11 – P. malaita sp. nov. a – median lobe in lateral view; b – parameres. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887319" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887319/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Fig. 11b</figureCitation>
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) narrowly triangular, slender, incised basally; dorsal surface densely setated; apical lobe long.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,264,1149,1173]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Female</emphasis>
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.
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Identical to male in habitus.
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<paragraph blockId="9.[151,761,190,2069]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,349,1182,1205]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Measurements.</emphasis>
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TL:
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<quantity box="[405,534,1182,1205]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.8" metricValueMax="6.1" metricValueMin="5.5" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="5.8" valueMax="6.1" valueMin="5.5">5.5–6.1 mm</quantity>
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(mean value: 5.85 ±
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<quantity box="[151,253,1214,1237]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="0.15">0.15 mm</quantity>
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);
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<typeStatus box="[274,372,1214,1237]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">holotype</typeStatus>
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:
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<quantity box="[383,471,1214,1237]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.9" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="5.9">5.9 mm</quantity>
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. TL-h:
|
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<quantity box="[554,684,1214,1237]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.2" metricValueMax="5.5" metricValueMin="4.9" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="5.2" valueMax="5.5" valueMin="4.9">4.9–5.5 mm</quantity>
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(mean value: 5.25 ±
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<quantity box="[298,397,1246,1269]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="0.15">0.15 mm</quantity>
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);
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<typeStatus box="[416,514,1246,1269]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">holotype</typeStatus>
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:
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<quantity box="[523,608,1246,1269]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.3" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="5.3">5.3 mm</quantity>
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. MW:
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<quantity metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.3" metricValueMax="3.5" metricValueMin="3.1" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="3.3" valueMax="3.5" valueMin="3.1">3.1–3.5 mm</quantity>
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(mean value: 3.30 ±
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<quantity box="[419,518,1278,1301]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="0.1">0.10 mm</quantity>
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);
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<typeStatus box="[537,635,1278,1301]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">holotype</typeStatus>
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:
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<quantity box="[644,743,1278,1301]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.25" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="3.25">3.25 mm</quantity>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="9.[151,761,190,2069]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,278,1310,1333]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Variability.</emphasis>
|
||
The specimens of the
|
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<typeStatus box="[514,560,1310,1333]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">type</typeStatus>
|
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series vary only in shape and size of yellow elytral markings.
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</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="66" type="diagnosis">
|
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<paragraph blockId="9.[151,761,190,2069]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,397,1374,1397]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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||
So far the only
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Regimbart" authorityYear="1879" box="[559,682,1374,1397]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis box="[559,682,1374,1397]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Platynectes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
known from
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[208,289,1406,1429]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Malaita" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Malaita</collectingRegion>
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||
Island. From similar and presumably closely related species from
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[362,495,1438,1461]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Guadalcanal</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[503,607,1438,1461]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malaita" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[503,607,1438,1461]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">P. malaita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[611,690,1438,1461]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
can be recognized by combination of small body size, distinctive dorsal surface pattern (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[393,456,1502,1525]" captionStart="Figs 4–6" captionStartId="3.[151,188,2049,2068]" captionTargetBox="[166,1429,201,1940]" captionTargetId="figure-15@3.[151,1437,187,1963]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figs 4–6. Habitus of Platynectes in dorsal (a) and frontolateral (b) view. 4 – P.malaita sp. nov.; 5 – P.mbaole sp. nov.; 6 – P.owaraha sp. nov. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887315" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887315/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
|
||
) and the shape of male genitalia (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[211,288,1534,1557]" captionStart="Figs 8–11" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1314,1333]" captionTargetBox="[190,1373,190,1280]" captionTargetId="figure-336@7.[151,1434,186,1288]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 8–11. Male genitalia of Platynectes. 8 – P. barana sp. nov.; 9 – P. lunga sp. nov.; 10 – P. makira sp. nov.; 11 – P. malaita sp. nov. a – median lobe in lateral view; b – parameres. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887319" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887319/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
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||
). Actually, we cannot exclude the possibility that
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[199,306,1566,1589]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malaita" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[199,306,1566,1589]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">P. malaita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[314,398,1566,1589]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
represents only an isolated population of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[249,336,1598,1621]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunga" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[249,336,1598,1621]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">P. lunga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[343,427,1598,1621]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
with just slightly smaller body size and more extensive dorsal surface colouration. Indeed, the body size of both species overlaps, dorsal colouration of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[182,290,1694,1717]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malaita" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[182,290,1694,1717]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">P. malaita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[299,384,1694,1717]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
can be interpreted as an extension of that of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[256,344,1726,1749]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunga" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[256,344,1726,1749]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">P. lunga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[351,436,1726,1749]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, and the shape of median lobe of aedeagus is almost identical in both species. However, the difference in mean value of body length is significant (6.25 ±
|
||
<quantity box="[233,327,1822,1845]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="0.2">0.20 mm</quantity>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[360,447,1822,1845]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunga" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[360,447,1822,1845]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">P. lunga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[452,537,1822,1845]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, but only 5.85 ±
|
||
<quantity metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="0.15">0.15 mm</quantity>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[226,333,1854,1877]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malaita" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[226,333,1854,1877]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">P. malaita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[340,426,1854,1877]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
), and the colour pattern of both species is stable with only minor variability which do not overlap. In addition, based on our experience, lotic
|
||
<taxonomicName pageId="9" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Platynectes</emphasis>
|
||
species
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have only limited spreading abilities, and their distribution is usually limited to small area; therefore, we prefer to keep
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek & Šťastný & Hendrich & Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[348,457,2014,2037]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malaita" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[348,457,2014,2037]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">P. malaita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[465,549,2014,2037]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
as separate distinct species here.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="66" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[828,1437,189,468]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,956,189,212]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The new species is named after its area of occurrence –
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[968,1049,221,244]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Malaita" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Malaita</collectingRegion>
|
||
Island. The specific epithet is a noun in the nominative singular, standing in apposition.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[828,1437,189,468]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,1127,285,308]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Collecting circumstances.</emphasis>
|
||
The specimens of the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[1390,1436,285,308]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series were collected in a small forest stream (S. Jákl, pers. comm.).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="66" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[828,1437,189,468]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,974,381,404]" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
The new species is so far known only from the small area around Waisisi bay in
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[1224,1305,413,436]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Malaita" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Malaita</collectingRegion>
|
||
Island (
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="15.[150,181,859,878]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,190,841]" captionTargetId="figure-639@15.[151,1436,190,841]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Fig. 25. Distribution of Platynectes species in the Solomon Islands (A) and Vanuatu (B)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887328" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887328/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="66">Fig. 25A</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |