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, here designated.
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): Eye canthus absent (
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<figureCitation id="1CC9CEC26F33FF9DFC11FD31FBDF1F8F" box="[970,1096,679,705]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 – 11" captionStartId="5.[264,382,1734,1758]" captionTargetBox="[279,1311,320,1706]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[265,1321,292,1730]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 – 11. Puelchesia gracilis; 3) head and pronotum, dorsal view; 4) head, ventral view; 5) antenna, dorsal view; 6) left hind wing; 7) left mesotibia and tarsus; 8) left metatibia and tarsus; 9) metatibial apex; 10, 11) male genitalia, lateral and dorsal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/174495/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Figs. 3, 4</figureCitation>
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). Clypeus broadly rounded, margin reflexed. Labrum reduced, conical, not visible beyond clypeal margin. Labium reduced, labial palpus absent. Antennae with 8 antennomeres, antennal club 3- segmented.
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): Convex, wider than long. Marginal bead present in all margins; anterior margin concave, with membrane; lateral margins slightly angular; posterior margin slightly sinuous. Anterior angles acute; posterior angles broadly rounded.
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): Convex, elongate, subparallel, completely covering dorsal surface of abdomen. Elytra with 9 striae.
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<emphasis id="B6860E556F33FF9DFDA0FC29FD541E96" box="[635,707,959,984]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Ve n te r</emphasis>
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: 3 ventrites exposed medially, penultimate ventrite broadly membranous on apical margin. Pygidium oblique with respect to body, not recumbent toward metacoxae.
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<figureCitation id="1CC9CEC26F33FF9DFCE2FB99FCFD1967" box="[825,874,1039,1065]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 – 11" captionStartId="5.[264,382,1734,1758]" captionTargetBox="[279,1311,320,1706]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[265,1321,292,1730]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 – 11. Puelchesia gracilis; 3) head and pronotum, dorsal view; 4) head, ventral view; 5) antenna, dorsal view; 6) left hind wing; 7) left mesotibia and tarsus; 8) left metatibia and tarsus; 9) metatibial apex; 10, 11) male genitalia, lateral and dorsal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/174495/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">7–9</figureCitation>
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): Protibiae with 3 teeth, protibial spur slightly curved. Meso- and metatibiae with medial transverse carinae. Meso- and metatibial spurs subcontiguous, metatibial spurs both set below tarsal articulation. Metatibial tarsal insertion simple, without notch. Metatarsus 1.7 times longer than metatibia. Pro-, meso-, and metatarsomeres 1–4 subequal in length, tarsomere 5 longer than 1–4 individually; all tarsi with long, apical setae (
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). Tarsal claws simple (without teeth, lobes, or bifurcations), symmetrical (
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<figureCitation id="1CC9CEC26F33FF9DFC33FB69FB821857" box="[1000,1045,1279,1305]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 – 11" captionStartId="5.[264,382,1734,1758]" captionTargetBox="[279,1311,320,1706]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[265,1321,292,1730]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 – 11. Puelchesia gracilis; 3) head and pronotum, dorsal view; 4) head, ventral view; 5) antenna, dorsal view; 6) left hind wing; 7) left mesotibia and tarsus; 8) left metatibia and tarsus; 9) metatibial apex; 10, 11) male genitalia, lateral and dorsal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/174495/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">7, 8</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis id="B6860E556F33FF9DFBF6FB69FB481856" box="[1069,1247,1279,1304]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Male Genitalia</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="1CC9CEC26F33FF9DFB34FB69FEC4180F" captionStart="FIGURES 3 – 11" captionStartId="5.[264,382,1734,1758]" captionTargetBox="[279,1311,320,1706]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[265,1321,292,1730]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 – 11. Puelchesia gracilis; 3) head and pronotum, dorsal view; 4) head, ventral view; 5) antenna, dorsal view; 6) left hind wing; 7) left mesotibia and tarsus; 8) left metatibia and tarsus; 9) metatibial apex; 10, 11) male genitalia, lateral and dorsal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/174495/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Figs. 10, 11</figureCitation>
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): parameres simple, symmetrical, elongate, gracile,
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This genus is placed in the tribe Pachydemini based on the characters listed below in the Diagnosis section. The tribe Pachydemini includes 116 genera and approximately 530 species worldwide (
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="E063AFB66F33FF9DFCAFFA09FBF818F7" author="Smith" box="[884,1135,1439,1465]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Smith, A. B. T. & Evans A. V. (2005) A supplement to the checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) with notes on their tribal classification. Zootaxa, 1032, 29 - 60." type="journal article" year="2005">Smith & Evans 2005</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitation id="E063AFB66F33FF9DFBA0FA09FA8818F7" author="Lacroix" box="[1147,1311,1439,1465]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Lacroix, M. (2006) Melolonthidae. Available from: http: // hannetons. free. fr. (Date of access: July 2006)." type="book chapter" year="2006">Lacroix 2006</bibRefCitation>
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). They are distributed in all major biogeographic regions except
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<collectingCountry id="FCE592D76F33FF9DFBE9FA51FBF918AF" box="[1074,1134,1479,1505]" name="India" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">India</collectingCountry>
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and
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<collectingCountry id="FCE592D76F33FF9DFB6CFA51FAB018AF" box="[1207,1319,1479,1505]" name="Australia" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Australia</collectingCountry>
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. Neotropical Pachydemini are mainly distributed in the Monte, Chacoan, Central
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<collectingCountry id="FCE592D76F33FF9DFB68FA79FB621B47" box="[1203,1269,1519,1545]" name="Chile" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Chile</collectingCountry>
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, and Patagonian biogeographical provinces. In the Neotropics, the group is represented by 18 genera and approximately 30 species, although several new taxa are in the process of being described by the senior author and Eider Ruiz Manzanos. The classification of this tribe is tenuous (
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<bibRefCitation id="E063AFB66F33FF9DFEAFF919FD941BE7" author="Evans" box="[372,515,1679,1705]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Evans, A. V. (1988) Systematics of the Subsaharan Pachydemini (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Melolonthinae). Dorctoral Dissertation. University of Pretoria. South Africa." type="book" year="1988">Evans 1988</bibRefCitation>
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, San Martin & Martín Piera 2000) and is currently under review by Ocampo and Eider Ruiz-Manzanos. Under the current
|
||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F33FF9DFC08F921FBE91B9F" box="[979,1150,1719,1745]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Melolonthinae">Melolonthinae</taxonomicName>
|
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classification system, the placement of this genus in Pachydemini is warranted.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="CCE881CC6F33FF9DFEE3F890FB971A07" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="844DD2476F33FF9DFEE3F890FB971A07" blockId="2.[264,1323,638,1905]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">
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<emphasis id="B6860E556F33FF9DFEE3F890FE531A6E" bold="true" box="[312,452,1798,1824]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Etymology.</emphasis>
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||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F33FF9DFE0AF891FDC51A6E" box="[465,594,1799,1824]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Puelchesia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F33FF9DFE0AF891FDC51A6E" box="[465,594,1799,1824]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Puelchesia</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a Latinization of the name for the Puelches indigenous people from southern Mendoza. The name is feminine in gender.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="CCE881CC6F33FF9CFEE3F8C0FD061EC0" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="56" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="844DD2476F33FF9CFEE3F8C0FB1D1F68" blockId="2.[264,1323,638,1905]" lastBlockId="3.[264,1323,284,910]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="56" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">
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||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F33FF9DFEE3F8C0FE201A3E" bold="true" box="[312,439,1878,1904]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
The genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F33FF9DFD8AF8C1FD451A3E" box="[593,722,1879,1904]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Puelchesia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F33FF9DFD8AF8C1FD451A3E" box="[593,722,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Puelchesia</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be distinguished from all other Neotropical
|
||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F32FF9CFED3FE8AFE241C78" box="[264,435,284,310]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Melolonthinae">Melolonthinae</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the following combination of characters: size
|
||
<quantity id="430A7FA26F32FF9CFBC1FE8AFBF51C78" box="[1050,1122,284,310]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" unit="mm" value="5.0">5 mm</quantity>
|
||
or less; clypeus broadly rounded; labrum reduced, conical, not visible beyond clypeal margin; antennae with 8 antennomeres, antennal club 3-segmented; venter with 3 ventrites exposed medially; pygidium oblique with respect to body, not recumbent toward metacoxae; metatibial spurs subcontiguous, both set below tarsal articulation; metatarsus longer than metatibia; pro-, meso-, and metatarsomeres 1–4 subequal in length, tarsomere 5 1.3 times longer than 1–4 individually; tarsal claws simple (not toothed), symmetrical.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="844DD2476F32FF9CFEE3FDA2FD061EC0" blockId="3.[264,1323,284,910]" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">
|
||
Neotropical Pachydemini were briefly reviewed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="E063AFB66F32FF9CFC0EFDA2FB361F00" author="Martinez" box="[981,1185,564,590]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" refString="Martinez, A. (1975) Contribucion al conocimiento de los Pachydemini neotropicales (Col. Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 26, 227 - 251." type="journal article" year="1975">Martínez (1975)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, who also provided a genus-level key to the tribe.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F32FF9CFCC5FDCAFC081F3B" box="[798,927,604,629]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Puelchesia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F32FF9CFCC5FDCAFC081F3B" box="[798,927,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Puelchesia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
will key out to the subgenus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F32FF9CFED3FD12FD471FD0" authority="Martinez" authorityName="Martinez" box="[264,720,644,670]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Acylochilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Acylochiloides">
|
||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F32FF9CFED3FD12FE061FD3" box="[264,401,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Acylochilus</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F32FF9CFE7EFD12FDC61FD3" box="[421,593,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Acylochiloides</emphasis>
|
||
) Martínez
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in Martínez’s key but can be separated from this genus by having the metatibia longer than the metafemur (shorter in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F32FF9CFBBBFD3AFB7E1F8B" box="[1120,1257,684,709]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Acylochilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F32FF9CFBBBFD3AFB7E1F8B" box="[1120,1257,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Acylochilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); the pygidial apex not recumbent toward the metacoxae; three ventrites exposed (one ventrite is exposed in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F32FF9CFE0BFD6AFDCE1E5B" box="[464,601,764,789]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Acylochilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F32FF9CFE0BFD6AFDCE1E5B" box="[464,601,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Acylochilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); and elongate, gracile parameres (short and thick in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F32FF9CFED3FCB2FE061E73" box="[264,401,804,829]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Acylochilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F32FF9CFED3FCB2FE061E73" box="[264,401,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Acylochilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Due to the small size of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F32FF9CFD1DFCB2FCD01E73" box="[710,839,804,829]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Puelchesia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F32FF9CFD1DFCB2FCD01E73" box="[710,839,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Puelchesia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, it could also be confused with the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="43F2A9C46F32FF9CFED3FCDAFDF71E28" authority="Frey. However" authorityName="Frey. However" box="[264,608,844,870]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Longicrura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B6860E556F32FF9CFED3FCDAFE1A1E2B" box="[264,397,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Longicrura</emphasis>
|
||
Frey. However
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the later genus is known only from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="FCE592D76F32FF9CFBA0FCDAFB511E28" box="[1147,1222,844,870]" name="Brazil" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Brazil</collectingCountry>
|
||
, has 9 antennomeres, and dentate claws.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |