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Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov. A) right mandible, ventrolateral view teeth numbered as in text; B) left mandible, ventral view pt = prostheca, Lf = lateral flange. Scale bar = 100 μm." captionText-5="FIG. 6. Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov. A) prothorax, dorsal view; B) close-up of sculpture of pronotal disc; C) Meso and metanotum, with scutellum; D) right elytron, dorsolateral view; E) detail of right elytral apex; F) prothorax, ventral view." captionText-6="FIG. 7. Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov. A) meso and metaventrites, ventral view; B) male abdomen, ventral view; C) female abdomen, ventral view; D) close-up of plastron vestiture at junction of abdominal ventrites 23; E) male abdominal apex; F) female abdominal apex." captionText-7="FIG. 8. Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov. 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<emphasis id="7D929117303FFF9FFF6755C8DD83F82E" bold="true" box="[152,231,1943,1967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="542">FIG. 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7D929117303FFF9FFF1255C7DCC9F82E" box="[237,429,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="542">Rhithrops capensis</emphasis>
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, Holotype habitus. Scale bar = 1 mm.
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<emphasis id="7D9291173038FF98FF6855C8DD80F82E" bold="true" box="[151,228,1943,1968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="543">FIG. 2.</emphasis>
South African endemic dryopid genera, dorsolateral view of pronotal margins. A)
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, paratype female; C)
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sp.
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<emphasis id="7D9291173039FF99FF685434DD80F902" bold="true" box="[151,228,1643,1667]" pageId="5" pageNumber="544">FIG. 3.</emphasis>
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A) head, posterolateral view; B) compound eye arrow indicates inter-ommatidial seta; C) detail of dorsolateral sculpture of head, inside compound eye; D) antennae; E) antennomeres 12; F) antennomeres 310.
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With all the above characters of the genus.
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Size:
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<paragraph id="4F594D053039FF99FF3855D6DDBFF86A" blockId="5.[151,1437,1785,2027]" pageId="5" pageNumber="544">Head: Epicranium densely and shallowly punctate, with short decumbent setae, epicranial suture absent; frontal area twice as wide as one compound eye, antennal ridges absent, frontoclypeal suture straight between antennal bases.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="7D929117303AFF9AFF685411DD86F9E7" bold="true" box="[151,226,1614,1638]" pageId="6" pageNumber="545">FIG. 4.</emphasis>
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A) labrum, dorsal view; B) right mandible, ventral view; C) right maxilla, dorsal view; D) close-up of maxillary palp apex; E) female labrum and mentum, ventral view; F) male labrum and mentum, anteroventral view.
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Elytra: Conjointly twice as long as wide, parallel-sided, apices moderately protruding (
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&amp;
<figureCitation id="D7DD5180303AFF9AFB005483D821F977" box="[1279,1349,1756,1782]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[151,196,1842,1866]" captionTargetBox="[154,1434,381,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-126@8.[154,1434,381,1819]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 6. Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov. A) prothorax, dorsal view; B) close-up of sculpture of pronotal disc; C) Meso and metanotum, with scutellum; D) right elytron, dorsolateral view; E) detail of right elytral apex; F) prothorax, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7223905" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7223905/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="545">6DE</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4F594D05303AFF9AFF38555ED9AAF89A" blockId="6.[151,1436,1756,2035]" box="[199,1230,1792,1819]" pageId="6" pageNumber="545">
Legs: Relatively long, elongate, with large, strongly-developed tarsi and claws (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4F594D05303AFF9AFF38557BD9D8F806" blockId="6.[151,1436,1756,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="545">
Male: Last abdominal ventrite with broad, shallow apicomedial emargination (
<figureCitation id="D7DD5180303AFF9AFBCE557BD9ECF8BE" box="[1073,1160,1828,1855]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="9.[151,196,1643,1667]" captionTargetBox="[154,1434,181,1619]" captionTargetId="figure-19@9.[154,1434,181,1619]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIG. 7. Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov. A) meso and metaventrites, ventral view; B) male abdomen, ventral view; C) female abdomen, ventral view; D) close-up of plastron vestiture at junction of abdominal ventrites 23; E) male abdominal apex; F) female abdominal apex." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7223907" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7223907/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="545">Fig. 7E</figureCitation>
). Labium with modified, spathulate setae on anteroventral margin (
<figureCitation id="D7DD5180303AFF9AFD895517DFAAF8E2" box="[630,718,1864,1891]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="6.[151,196,1614,1638]" captionTargetBox="[167,1421,181,1590]" captionTargetId="figure-25@6.[167,1421,181,1590]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIG. 4. Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov. A) labrum, dorsal view; B) right mandible, ventral view; C) right maxilla, dorsal view; D) close-up of maxillary palp apex; E) female labrum and mentum, ventral view; F) male labrum and mentum, anteroventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7223899" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7223899/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="545">Fig. 4F</figureCitation>
). Anterior edge of sternite 8 with short median strut (
<figureCitation id="D7DD5180303AFF9AFAC85517D8EAF8E2" box="[1335,1422,1864,1891]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="11.[151,196,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[211,1375,201,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-19@11.[164,1423,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIG. 9. Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov. A) aedeagus, ventrolateral view; B) aedeagus, lateral view; C) male sternite 9; D) aedeagal apex, ventral view (not to scale); E) male tergite 8; F) male sternite 8. Scale bars = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7223912" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7223912/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="545">Fig. 9F</figureCitation>
); sternite 9 as in
<figureCitation id="D7DD5180303AFF9AFEBE5533DCFCF806" box="[321,408,1900,1927]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="11.[151,196,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[211,1375,201,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-19@11.[164,1423,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIG. 9. Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov. A) aedeagus, ventrolateral view; B) aedeagus, lateral view; C) male sternite 9; D) aedeagal apex, ventral view (not to scale); E) male tergite 8; F) male sternite 8. Scale bars = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7223912" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7223912/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="545">Fig. 9C</figureCitation>
. Tergite 8 with numerous long setae close to posterior margin (
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).
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<paragraph id="4F594D05303AFF9AFF3855CFD9D9F872" blockId="6.[151,1436,1756,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="545">
Aedeagus: Long and tubular (
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&amp;
<figureCitation id="D7DD5180303AFF9AFD4B55CEDE57F82A" box="[692,819,1937,1963]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="11.[151,196,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[211,1375,201,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-19@11.[164,1423,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIG. 9. Rhithrops capensis gen. et sp. nov. A) aedeagus, ventrolateral view; B) aedeagus, lateral view; C) male sternite 9; D) aedeagal apex, ventral view (not to scale); E) male tergite 8; F) male sternite 8. Scale bars = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7223912" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7223912/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="545">9A, B &amp; D</figureCitation>
); basal piece:paramere ratio 0.6:0.4. Basal piece hookshaped basally, open on left side. Median lobe long, narrow, acute apically. Parameres parallel-sided, apically a little longer than median lobe, apices rounded on outer side, clasping apex of median lobe (
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).
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<emphasis id="7D929117303BFF9BFF6851F9DD80FC3F" bold="true" box="[151,228,934,958]" pageId="7" pageNumber="546">FIG. 5.</emphasis>
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A) right mandible, ventrolateral view teeth numbered as in text; B) left mandible, ventral view pt = prostheca, Lf = lateral flange. Scale bar = 100 μm.
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Female: Few external differences to males. The sublateral furrows of the pronotum are deeper and more evident (
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). The last abdominal ventrite has a conical apex, somewhat raised centrally and lacks an apicomedian emargination (
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). The labium has fewer, shorter modified setae on the anteroventral margin (
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). Sternite 8 as in
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.
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Ovipositor: Elongate (
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) and strongly sclerotized;
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1 (sensu
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); apically sharp-tipped. Valvifers ventral, asymmetrical, long, thin, forming a V-shaped sclerite. Coxites asymmetrical, laterally compressed, blade-shaped, apex very acute, dorsal side serrate, with basally directed long narrow dorsal extension.
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<emphasis id="7D929117303BFF9BFF38576FDC8AFACB" bold="true" box="[199,494,1328,1354]" pageId="7" pageNumber="546">Distribution and habitat.</emphasis>
Known only from
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locality, the Matjies River (
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), a tributary of the Olifants River in the Cederberg,
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="7D929117303BFF9BFF385727DC2AFA13" bold="true" box="[199,334,1400,1426]" pageId="7" pageNumber="546">Etymology.</emphasis>
The trivial name,
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<emphasis id="7D929117303BFF9BFDE65726DF1DFA13" box="[537,633,1401,1426]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="546">capensis</emphasis>
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, refers to location of this species in the
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of
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.
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