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<mods:title id="03D94329A0919E2431F5BA0F1328C49C">Systematic revision of endemic southern African genera of Bolboceratinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae)</mods:title>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA7FFF401D3FA9AFD00DACE" blockId="38.[79,824,1400,1513]" box="[426,688,1400,1424]" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">
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<heading id="A83EF64AFFA7FFF401D3FA9AFD00DACE" box="[426,688,1400,1424]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="2" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081" reason="3">
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA7FFF401D3FA9AFD00DACE" authority="Krikken" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[426,688,1400,1424]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA7FFF401D3FA9AFDF8DACE" bold="true" box="[426,584,1400,1424]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">Meridiobolbus</emphasis>
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Krikken
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</taxonomicName>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA7FFF4015BFA75FC88DAF1" blockId="38.[79,824,1400,1513]" box="[290,824,1431,1455]" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">(®gures 9a±e, 15a±f, 16a±i, 18a, b, 19, 20, 24e)</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="BBD312ADFFA7FFF40036FA5BFE17DA90" box="[79,423,1465,1487]" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA7FFF40036FA5BFE17DA90" blockId="38.[79,824,1400,1513]" box="[79,423,1465,1487]" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">
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<treatmentCitationGroup id="D3D96608FFA7FFF40036FA5BFE17DA90" box="[79,423,1465,1487]" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">
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<treatmentCitation id="72686737FFA7FFF40036FA5BFE11DA91" author="KRIKKEN, J." box="[79,417,1465,1487]" page="38" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081" year="1984">
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA7FFF40036FA5BFE11DA91" authority="Krikken, 1984: 38" authorityName="Krikken" authorityPageNumber="38" authorityYear="1984" box="[79,417,1465,1487]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA7FFF40036FA5BFF6DDA91" box="[79,221,1465,1487]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">Meridiobolbus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="97583CD7FFA7FFF4009EFA5BFE11DA91" author="KRIKKEN, J." box="[231,417,1465,1487]" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081" pagination="23" refId="ref44655" refString="KRIKKEN, J., 1984, A generic reclassi ® cation of the Afrotropical Bolboceratini (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae), Zoologische Mededelingen, 58 (3), 23 ± 45." type="journal article" year="1984">Krikken, 1984: 38</bibRefCitation>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="BBD312ADFFA7FFF80036FA36FE6DDAEC" lastPageId="42" lastPageNumber="1085" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA7FFF40036FA36FC85DAB7" blockId="38.[79,824,1400,1513]" box="[79,821,1491,1513]" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">
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species:
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA7FFF400A7FA31FD83DAB7" authority="PeAringuey, 1908" authorityName="PeAringuey" authorityYear="1908" box="[222,563,1491,1513]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceras" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hebes">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA7FFF400A7FA31FE39DAB7" box="[222,393,1491,1513]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">Bolboceras hebes</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="97583CD7FFA7FFF401E8FA31FD83DAB7" author="PEARINGUEY, L." box="[401,563,1491,1513]" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081" pagination="547" refId="ref44826" refString="PEARINGUEY, L., 1908, Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae): Additions and corrections, Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society, 13, 547 ± 752." type="journal article" year="1908">PeÂringuey, 1908</bibRefCitation>
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, by original designation.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA7FFF40036F9F2FF7DD979" blockId="38.[79,1035,1552,1700]" box="[79,205,1552,1575]" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA7FFF40036F9F2FF7DD979" box="[79,205,1552,1575]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">Description</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA7FFF40001F9CCFF4DD918" box="[120,253,1582,1606]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">Body length</emphasis>
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.
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<quantity id="3431ECC3FFA7FFF40166F9CCFE1ED918" box="[287,430,1582,1606]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3599999999999999" metricValueMax="1.77" metricValueMin="0.95" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081" unit="mm" value="13.6" valueMax="17.7" valueMin="9.5">9.5±17.7 mm</quantity>
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.
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA7FFF40001F9ACFE6AD938" blockId="38.[79,1035,1552,1700]" box="[120,474,1614,1638]" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA7FFF40001F9ACFF73D938" box="[120,195,1614,1638]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">Colour</emphasis>
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. Light to dark brown.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA7FFF50001F98FFEBBD9FA" blockId="38.[79,1035,1552,1700]" lastBlockId="39.[79,1035,1325,1700]" lastPageId="39" lastPageNumber="1082" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA7FFF40001F98FFF03D9DB" box="[120,179,1645,1669]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">Head</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA7FFF400ACF98FFECCD9DB" box="[213,380,1645,1669]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">Dorsal surface</emphasis>
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asetose.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA7FFF40196F98FFCAFD9DB" box="[495,799,1645,1669]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">Outer margin of mandible</emphasis>
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rounded and often anteriorly more strongly curved inward.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA7FFF40254F96EFD34D9FA" box="[557,644,1676,1700]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="1081">Labrum</emphasis>
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declivous anteriad and posteriad from feebly developed, slightly arcuate, to obsolete transverse carina; anterior margin distinctly sinuate.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA6FFF50164FAAFFEC5DA3B" box="[285,373,1357,1381]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082">Clypeus</emphasis>
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with feebly to strongly elevated transverse anterior carina; with well-de®ned, short diagonal, posteriorly steeply inclined carina, the latter connecting the antero-latera l marginal angle and the respective endpoint of the transverse anterior carina (e.g. ®gure 15c); with distinct lateral carina from endpoint of anterior carina extending to above antennal insertion, from there extending posteriorly in a slightly curved line past eye-canthus on frons, sometimes reaching posterior end of frons (e.g. ®gure 15c).
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA6FFF50123F9ECFE29D97B" box="[346,409,1550,1573]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082">Frons</emphasis>
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with strongly elevated bituberculate or trituberculate transverse carina positioned between eye-canthi or slightly posteriad to eye-canthus; antero-lateral angle of eye-canthus distinctly raised.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA6FFF502C5F9AFFCE9D93B" box="[700,857,1613,1637]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082">Antennal club</emphasis>
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ovoid, slightly shorter than diameter of eye; glabrous area of basal segment more or less half of exposed surface.
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="A7B611AEFFA6FFF50036FB68FEECDBB1" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4748024" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4748024" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4748024/files/figure.png" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082" startId="39.[79,95,1162,1183]" targetBox="[176,939,146,1132]" targetPageId="39">
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA6FFF50036FB68FEECDBB1" blockId="39.[79,1035,1161,1263]" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082">
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FIG. 15.
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA6FFF500CEFB6BFE27DBC1" box="[183,407,1161,1183]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="faustus">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA6FFF500CEFB6BFE27DBC1" box="[183,407,1161,1183]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082">Meridiobolbus faustus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: head dorsal view, male or female (a); scutellum and strial punctures (b).
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA6FFF50156FB47FE60DBE4" baseAuthorityName="Kolbe" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[303,464,1188,1210]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quinquedens">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA6FFF50156FB47FE60DBE4" box="[303,464,1188,1210]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082">M. quinquedens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: head dorsal view, male or female (c); scutellum and strial punctures (d).
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA6FFF5011CFB5DFE5DDB8A" authorityName="Gussmann S. M. & Scholtz" authorityYear="2000" box="[357,493,1214,1236]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="natalensis">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA6FFF5011CFB5DFE5DDB8A" box="[357,493,1214,1236]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="1082">M. natalensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: head male holotype, dorsal view (e); scutellum and strial punctures (f).
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="A7B611AEFFA9FFFA0036FABFFE7DDAF9" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4748026" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4748026" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4748026/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083" startId="40.[79,95,1373,1394]" targetBox="[271,842,145,1345]" targetPageId="40">
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA9FFFA0036FABFFE7DDAF9" blockId="40.[79,1035,1372,1448]" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083">
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FIG. 16.
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA9FFFA00CEFABEFE22DA2C" box="[183,402,1372,1394]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="faustus">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA9FFFA00CEFABEFE22DA2C" box="[183,402,1372,1394]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083">Meridiobolbus faustus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: aedeagus, ventral (a), dorsal (b), lateral view (c);
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA9FFFA03EAFABFFF1FDAD3" baseAuthorityName="Kolbe" baseAuthorityYear="1894" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quinquedens">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA9FFFA03EAFABFFF1FDAD3" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083">M. quinquedens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: aedeagus, ventral (d), dorsal (e), lateral view (f);
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA9FFFA02BAFA9AFCFADAD3" authorityName="Gussmann S. M. & Scholtz" authorityYear="2000" box="[707,842,1399,1421]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="natalensis">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA9FFFA02BAFA9AFCFADAD3" box="[707,842,1399,1421]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083">M. natalensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: aedeagus, ventral (g), dorsal (h), lateral view (I).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA9FFFA0001FA0CFD4DD97A" blockId="40.[79,1035,1517,1700]" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA9FFFA0001FA0CFF55D95B" box="[120,229,1518,1541]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083">Pronotum</emphasis>
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. With four protuberances, variably positioned (see species descriptions); with large and ®ne punctation; lateral margin entire.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA9FFFA0001F9CFFC47D93A" blockId="40.[79,1035,1517,1700]" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA9FFFA0001F9CFFF54D91B" box="[120,228,1581,1605]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083">Scutellum</emphasis>
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. Deltoid; basal width about 1.25±1.44Ölength; lateral margin medially abruptly curved (e.g. ®gure 15b); variably punctate (see species descriptions).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA9FFFB0001F98FFD8FDA1B" blockId="40.[79,1035,1517,1700]" lastBlockId="41.[79,1035,1262,1701]" lastPageId="41" lastPageNumber="1084" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA9FFFA0001F98FFF7BD9DB" box="[120,203,1645,1669]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="1083">Elytron</emphasis>
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. Anterior margin not upturned; striae moderately to strongly impressed, their punctures small and separated by two to four puncture diameters; intervals ¯at, with single or double punctation (®ne and minute punctures); sutural stria terminating at scutellum in a straight line, second stria obsolete near scutellum, neither reaching scutellum nor elytral base.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA8FFFB00F6FB67FC7CDBC4" blockId="41.[143,972,1156,1178]" box="[143,972,1156,1178]" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">
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FIG. 17.
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA8FFFB008FFB66FDB5DBC4" baseAuthorityName="Kolbe" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[246,517,1156,1178]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quinquedens">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB008FFB66FDB5DBC4" box="[246,517,1156,1178]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Meridiobolbus quinquedens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: major male (a), minor male or female (b).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA8FFFB0001FAACFEBEDAFB" blockId="41.[79,1035,1262,1701]" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB0001FAACFE08DA3B" box="[120,440,1357,1381]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Prosternum behind procoxae</emphasis>
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(®gure 9b, c). As in
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA8FFFB02C6FAAFFCD3DA3B" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[703,867,1357,1381]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB02C6FAAFFCD3DA3B" box="[703,867,1357,1381]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, i.e. with protruding median, longitudinal carina near base, sometimes with additional small tubercle at apex.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA8FFFB0001FA4CFD33D97A" blockId="41.[79,1035,1262,1701]" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB0001FA4CFEBADA9B" box="[120,266,1454,1477]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Metasternum</emphasis>
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(®gure 9a). As in
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA8FFFB0193FA4FFD3EDA9B" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[490,654,1453,1477]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB0193FA4FFD3EDA9B" box="[490,654,1453,1477]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, i.e. disc more or less ¯at, process medially depressed and with upturned, ridged lateral margins; with longitudinal, median suture reaching meso-metasternal suture; meso-metasternal suture present at the top of the steep, sloping anterior declivity.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFA8FFF80001F9CCFD70DBCD" blockId="41.[79,1035,1262,1701]" lastBlockId="42.[79,1035,1115,1459]" lastPageId="42" lastPageNumber="1085" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB0001F9CCFF1DD91B" box="[120,173,1582,1605]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Legs</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB00B7F9CFFE99D91B" box="[206,297,1581,1605]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Protibia</emphasis>
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of normal shape, non-dilated, ®ve- or rarely six-dentate.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB03D1F9CFFFCDD93B" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Protibial spur</emphasis>
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acuminate; elongate, longer than ®fth tarsomere.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB02C3F9ACFC94D93B" box="[698,804,1614,1637]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Protarsus</emphasis>
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with ®rst tarsomere shorter than ®fth tarsomere, about equally long as tarsomere 2, 3 or 4.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB03F7F98FFBB9D9DB" box="[910,1033,1645,1669]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Metafemur</emphasis>
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with punctation and setation of ventral side as in ®gure 9d or 24e.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA8FFFB0302F96EFC58D9FA" box="[891,1000,1676,1700]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="1084">Metatibia</emphasis>
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in lateral view variable regarding shape and armature (see species descriptions).
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFABFFF80036FB9EFF7BDBCD" box="[79,203,1148,1171]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Metatarsus</emphasis>
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lacking subapical setae on tarsomeres 2±4.
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="A7B611AEFFABFFF80008FBEFFC5ADB7C" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4748034" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4748034" box="[113,1002,1036,1058]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4748034/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085" startId="42.[113,129,1037,1058]" targetBox="[264,852,146,1007]" targetPageId="42">
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFABFFF80008FBEFFC5ADB7C" blockId="42.[113,1002,1036,1058]" box="[113,1002,1036,1058]" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">
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FIG. 18.
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFABFFF800A1FBEEFE06DB7C" box="[216,438,1036,1058]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="faustus">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFABFFF800A1FBEEFE06DB7C" box="[216,438,1036,1058]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Meridiobolbus faustus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: male or female (a).
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFABFFF802E8FBEFFCA8DB7C" authorityName="Gussmann S. M. & Scholtz" authorityYear="2000" box="[657,792,1036,1058]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="natalensis">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFABFFF802E8FBEFFCA8DB7C" box="[657,792,1036,1058]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">M. natalensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: male holotype (b).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFABFFF80001FB79FD58DBED" blockId="42.[79,1035,1115,1459]" box="[120,744,1179,1203]" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFABFFF80001FB79FF56DBED" box="[120,230,1179,1203]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Underside</emphasis>
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. With moderately dense and long setation.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFABFFF80001FB59FBBBDB8D" blockId="42.[79,1035,1115,1459]" box="[120,1035,1211,1236]" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFABFFF80001FB59FEA8DB8D" box="[120,280,1211,1235]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Male genitalia</emphasis>
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. Compact aedeagal
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<typeStatus id="2C72FF84FFABFFF8026AFB5EFDF4DB8A" box="[531,580,1212,1236]" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">type</typeStatus>
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with lobelike projections on parameres.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFABFFF80001FB39FDB9DA4D" blockId="42.[79,1035,1115,1459]" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFABFFF80001FB39FF4CDBAD" box="[120,252,1243,1267]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Distribution</emphasis>
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(®gures 19, 20). Eastern
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<collectingCountry id="8BDE01B6FFABFFF80256FB39FD22DBAD" box="[559,658,1243,1267]" name="Namibia" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Namibia</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="8BDE01B6FFABFFF802D8FB3EFCA0DBAD" box="[673,784,1244,1267]" name="Botswana" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Botswana</collectingCountry>
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, northern and central parts of
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<collectingCountry id="8BDE01B6FFABFFF800CBFB19FEF5DA4D" box="[178,325,1275,1299]" name="South Africa" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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, and
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<collectingCountry id="8BDE01B6FFABFFF801F3FB19FDB2DA4D" box="[394,514,1275,1299]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FFABFFF80001FAF9FE6DDAEC" blockId="42.[79,1035,1115,1459]" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFABFFF80001FAF9FF5CDA6D" box="[120,236,1307,1331]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Comments</emphasis>
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. Of the six southern African genera,
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFABFFF802C8FAF9FCFFDA6D" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[689,847,1307,1331]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFABFFF802C8FAF9FCFFDA6D" box="[689,847,1307,1331]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Meridiobolbus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
|
is the least well de®ned. It is closest to
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFABFFF80125FAD9FDB0DA0D" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[348,512,1339,1363]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFABFFF80125FAD9FDB0DA0D" box="[348,512,1339,1363]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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with which it shares a number of characters. The lack of strong sexual dimorphism, the pronotum of males with four versus three protrusions and the aedeagal
|
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<typeStatus id="2C72FF84FFABFFF801D4FA99FE6EDACD" box="[429,478,1403,1427]" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">type</typeStatus>
|
|
are, however, considered su cient to maintain
|
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<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFABFFF80036FA79FF5DDAED" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[79,237,1435,1459]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFABFFF80036FA79FF5DDAED" box="[79,237,1435,1459]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="1085">Meridiobolbus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
|
as a separate genus.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |