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<mods:namePart>Hájek, Jiří</mods:namePart>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[981,1191,669,693]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Platynectes makira</emphasis>
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(
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,
<figureCitation box="[1153,1175,700,719]" captionStart="Figs 811" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1314,1333]" captionTargetBox="[190,1373,190,1280]" captionTargetId="figure-336@7.[151,1434,186,1288]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 811. 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="6" pageNumber="63">10</figureCitation>
)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,956,742,761]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<typeStatus box="[828,874,742,761]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Type</typeStatus>
locality.
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,
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, Bweinaniawariki-apu, ca.
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,
<geoCoordinate box="[922,1020,769,788]" degrees="161" direction="east" minutes="51.8" orientation="longitude" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" precision="92" value="161.86333">161°51.8E</geoCoordinate>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[828,1437,742,974]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,960,795,814]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Type material.</emphasis>
<typeStatus box="[964,1055,795,814]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">HOLOTYPE</typeStatus>
: J (
<collectionCode box="[1091,1154,795,814]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" name="Bishop Museum" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" type="Museum">BPBM</collectionCode>
), labelled: SOLOMON IS. / San Cristoval / Bweinaniawariki- / apu,
<date box="[1136,1247,822,841]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" value="1960-08-11">11.VIII.1960</date>
[p] // C. W. OBrian / Collector [p] //
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J /
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<emphasis box="[1115,1253,849,868]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">PLATYNECTES</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[1271,1331,849,868]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="makira" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1271,1331,849,868]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">makira</emphasis>
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/ J. Hájek et al. det. 2021 [p, red label].
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: 7 JJ
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, same label data as
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(
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,
<collectionCode box="[1044,1107,902,921]" country="Czech Republic" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">NMPC</collectionCode>
,
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); 2JJ
<specimenCount box="[1240,1284,895,921]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" type="female">3♀♀</specimenCount>
, SOLOMON IS. / San Cristoval / Wugiroga /
<date box="[1068,1169,929,948]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" value="1960-08-09">9.VIII.1960</date>
[p] // C. W. OBrian / Collector [p] (
<collectionCode box="[870,934,955,974]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" name="Bishop Museum" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" type="Museum">BPBM</collectionCode>
).All
<typeStatus box="[979,1061,955,974]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">paratypes</typeStatus>
with the respective red printed label.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,1125,998,1022]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
Description.
<emphasis box="[967,1125,998,1022]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
Male
<typeStatus box="[1027,1121,998,1022]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
</emphasis>
Habitus. Broadest in one third of elytral length; body outline continuous.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[828,1437,998,2078]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis box="[858,988,1063,1086]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Colouration</emphasis>
(
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). Head with orange-brown clypeus and two small spots on vertex; appendages orange-brown. Pronotum with broadly orange-brown sides and anterior corners; basal margin somewhat orangish translucent. Elytron black with brownish lateral margin and epipleura, disc with fairly distinct yellow-orange pattern consisting of two subbasal spots, one postmedial spot in two thirds of elytral length, two narrow subapical spots and band along lateral margin; first subapical spot small, indistinct, placed very close to base near scutellum; second subbasal spot larger and more distinct, placed sublaterally and more posteriorly than first spot; postmedial spot transverse, medially narrowed with posterior margin distinctly concave; preapical spots in form of two longitudinal, short, narrow bands; lateral longitudinal band continuous, starting as fairly distinct humeral spot, rather indistinct subbasally and apically. Fore and middle legs orange-brown, hind legs darker, brown. Ventral surface with brown head, prosternum and mesoventrite; metaventrite, metacoxal plates and abdominal ventrites darker, brown-blackish; apical ventrite orange-brown medio-posteriorly.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[828,1437,998,2078]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis box="[858,916,1735,1758]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Head</emphasis>
ca. 0.64× width of pronotum. Meshes of reticulation mostly incomplete (not closed).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[828,1437,998,2078]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis box="[858,964,1799,1822]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Pronotum</emphasis>
. Reticulation similar to that of head; meshes larger, incomplete and less impressed on disc, becoming smaller, closed and deeply impressed near sides. Traces of microreticulation badly perceptible close to lateral sides.
<collectingRegion box="[828,899,1927,1950]" country="France" name="Centre" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Centre</collectingRegion>
of pronotal disc with small longitudinal furrow.
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<paragraph blockId="6.[828,1437,998,2078]" lastBlockId="7.[151,760,1447,2078]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis box="[858,932,1959,1982]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Elytra.</emphasis>
Punctation double; coarse punctures present in two discal and two lateral 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 often incomplete. Traces of microreticulation hardly perceptible in apical third of elytra.
</paragraph>
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Figs 811. Male genitalia of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Regimbart" authorityYear="1879" box="[397,495,1314,1333]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[397,495,1314,1333]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Platynectes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 8
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[539,622,1314,1333]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[539,622,1314,1333]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. barana</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[627,696,1314,1333]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; 9
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[736,806,1314,1333]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunga" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[736,806,1314,1333]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. lunga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[811,881,1314,1333]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; 10
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[931,1012,1314,1333]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="makira" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[931,1012,1314,1333]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. makira</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1018,1088,1314,1333]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; 11
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[1137,1223,1314,1333]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malaita" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1137,1223,1314,1333]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. malaita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1229,1296,1314,1333]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
a median lobe in lateral view; b parameres. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis box="[181,348,1543,1566]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Ventral surface.</emphasis>
Medial part of metaventrite with sparse fine punctation. Ratio WC/WS = 4.55. Metacoxal lines incomplete anteriorly, almost parallel-sided. Metacoxal plates reticulated with polygonal meshes; surface with short longitudinal strioles; punctation consisting of sparse fine punctures. Abdominal ventrites with bunch of coarse setigerous punctures present in centre of ventrites IIIV, additional setigerous punctures arranged sparsely in transverse line in medial part of ventrites.
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<emphasis box="[181,344,1831,1854]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
Median lobe (
<figureCitation box="[494,582,1831,1854]" captionStart="Figs 811" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1314,1333]" captionTargetBox="[190,1373,190,1280]" captionTargetId="figure-336@7.[151,1434,186,1288]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 811. 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="7" pageNumber="64">Fig. 10a</figureCitation>
) in lateral aspect almost equally broad throughout its length; apex broadly rounded, distinctly setose on ventral side. Parameres (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figs 811" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1314,1333]" captionTargetBox="[190,1373,190,1280]" captionTargetId="figure-336@7.[151,1434,186,1288]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 811. 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="7" pageNumber="64">Fig. 10b</figureCitation>
) narrowly triangular, slender, incised basally; dorsal surface densely setated; apical lobe long.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,273,1990,2014]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,266,1990,2014]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Female</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
With elytral reticulation slightly more impressed, traces of microreticulation perceptible also laterally on pronotum and elytra.
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<paragraph blockId="7.[828,1437,1446,2078]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[858,1029,1446,1469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Measurements.</emphasis>
TL: 6.0
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(mean value: 6.05 ±
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);
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:
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. TL-h:
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(mean value: 5.40 ±
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);
<typeStatus box="[1084,1182,1511,1534]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">holotype</typeStatus>
:
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. MW:
<quantity metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.4" metricValueMax="3.5" metricValueMin="3.3" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="3.4" valueMax="3.5" valueMin="3.3">3.33.5 mm</quantity>
(mean value: 3.40 ±
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);
<typeStatus box="[1222,1322,1543,1566]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">holotype</typeStatus>
:
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.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,963,1575,1598]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Variability.</emphasis>
Minor variability can be seen in elytral colouration of the type specimens: lateral band distinct throughout its length, postmedian lateral spot connected with lateral band in some specimens; and in extent of area on elytra with the traces of microreticulation perceptible.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="64" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="7.[828,1437,1446,2078]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,1081,1767,1790]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
Larger (6.0
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) and more ovoid of two
<taxonomicName box="[979,1188,1799,1822]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis box="[979,1102,1799,1822]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Platynectes</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
currently known from
<collectingRegion box="[828,905,1831,1854]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Makira" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Makira</collectingRegion>
Island. In addition,
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[1116,1218,1831,1854]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="makira" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1116,1218,1831,1854]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. makira</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1223,1305,1831,1854]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from the similar
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[943,1061,1863,1886]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="owaraha" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[943,1061,1863,1886]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">P. owaraha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1066,1147,1863,1886]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in the reticulation of pronotum reduced on centre of disc to punctures connected with short lines; in different elytral colouration which comprising two subbasal spots and long lateral longitudinal band extending to base of elytra (cf.
<figureCitation box="[1159,1224,1991,2014]" captionStart="Figs 13" captionStartId="2.[151,188,2055,2074]" captionTargetBox="[158,1425,203,1993]" captionTargetId="figure-17@2.[150,886,761,1336]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 13. Habitus of Platynectes in dorsal (a) and frontolateral (b) view. 1 P. barana sp. nov.; 2 P. lunga sp. nov.; 3 P. makira sp. nov. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887313" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887313/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Figs 3</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation box="[1276,1292,1991,2014]" captionStart="Figs 46" captionStartId="3.[151,188,2049,2068]" captionTargetBox="[166,1429,201,1940]" captionTargetId="figure-15@3.[151,1437,187,1963]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figs 46. 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="7" pageNumber="64">6</figureCitation>
); and in male median lobe, which is almost equally broad throughout its length in lateral view (
<figureCitation box="[1068,1148,2055,2078]" captionStart="Figs 811" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1314,1333]" captionTargetBox="[190,1373,190,1280]" captionTargetId="figure-336@7.[151,1434,186,1288]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 811. 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="7" pageNumber="64">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887322" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7887322" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887322/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" startId="8.[151,188,1384,1403]" targetBox="[177,1366,210,1348]" targetPageId="8" targetType="figure">
<paragraph blockId="8.[151,1437,1384,1430]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">
Figs 1215. Male genitalia of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Regimbart" authorityYear="1879" box="[411,509,1384,1403]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[411,509,1384,1403]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Platynectes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 12
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[565,650,1384,1403]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mbaole" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[565,650,1384,1403]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. mbaole</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[655,723,1384,1403]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(holotype); 13
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[872,957,1384,1403]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mbaole" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[872,957,1384,1403]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. mbaole</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[963,1030,1384,1403]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(paratype, Sutakiki); 14
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[1261,1358,1384,1403]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="owaraha" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1261,1358,1384,1403]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. owaraha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1364,1434,1384,1403]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; 15
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[194,334,1411,1430]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="popomanaseu" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[194,334,1411,1430]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">P. popomanaseu</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[339,406,1411,1430]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
a median lobe in lateral view; b parameres. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="65" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="8.[151,761,1533,1780]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,280,1533,1556]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Etymology.</emphasis>
The new species is named after its area of occurrence Makira Island, also known as
<collectingCountry box="[609,756,1565,1588]" name="Saint Kitts and Nevis" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">San Cristobal</collectingCountry>
. The specific epithet is a noun in the nominative singular, standing in apposition.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="8.[151,761,1533,1780]" box="[151,560,1661,1684]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,441,1661,1684]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Collecting circumstances.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="65" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="8.[151,761,1533,1780]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,298,1693,1716]" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Distribution.</emphasis>
The new species is so far known only from two close localities in the mountainous central part of
<collectingRegion box="[151,228,1757,1780]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Makira" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Makira</collectingRegion>
Island (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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