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) dorsal body surface; pronotal and elytral sides strongly narrowed and flat, yellowish and frequently paler than pronotal disk. Lateral margin of pronotum and elytra with series of long, erect setae (
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F660FF8EBBBEFD42FEEDFD76" box="[181,344,694,717]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Dorsal habitus</emphasis>
: body moderately convex, variably shaped, moderately short and wide, oval, or more narrow and parallel-sided (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EB968FD20FD68FD57" box="[611,733,724,749]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Figs. 2a, b</figureCitation>
); dorsal punctures on pronotal disc larger than eye facets, usually deeply impressed and densely distributed; anterior margin of clypeus moderately arcuately emarginate, simple, i.e. without small distinct bulge at middle, and not bordered (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EBA51FCC0FE53FCF6" box="[346,486,820,845]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Figs. 2a, b, c</figureCitation>
), with circum-ocular furrows (occipital sulci) on dorsal side of head absent (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EBA4CFCA0FE22FCD6" box="[327,407,852,877]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Fig. 2c</figureCitation>
); eyes large and usually moderately projecting laterally (
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); pronotum with faintly distinct posterior angles, rounded to obtuse and never directed posteriorly (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EBA12FC60FE3EFC17" box="[281,395,916,941]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Figs. 2a, b</figureCitation>
); scutellum regularly punctate in most of exposed region; elytra with simple punctation, never transversely strigose; elytral humeral angle faintly distinct, not protruding laterally (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EBA7FFC20FE53FC57" box="[372,486,980,1005]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Figs. 2a, b</figureCitation>
); elytral humeral striae not distinct; elytral pre-sutural striae visible, originating at scutellar vertex, terminating at elytral apex, and delimiting a faintly distinct, flat, not raised sutural border on each elytron, border widest at posterior third, slightly narrower than proximal width of 3
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antennomere; elytral apices truncately rounded in both sexes (
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); pygidium partially exposed, moderately convex, apically rounded in both sexes (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EBBEBFB80FEE7FB37" box="[224,338,1140,1165]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Figs. 2a, b</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F660FF8EBBBEFB62FEEEFB16" box="[181,347,1174,1197]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Ventral habitus</emphasis>
: antennal furrows distinctly delimited, nearly parallel-sided, or slightly diverging posteriorly; mentum subpentagonal (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EB971FB40FD73FB77" box="[634,710,1204,1228]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Fig. 2d</figureCitation>
); antennal prosternal furrows on anterior margin of prosternum nearly obliterated (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EB958FB20FD16FB57" box="[595,675,1236,1260]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Fig. 2d</figureCitation>
); prosternal process relatively narrow, but subapical portion strongly dilated, 2.42.6× as wide as maximum width of 1
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antennomere, with arcuately convex apex (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EBACDFAE0FDA1FA96" box="[454,532,1300,1325]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Fig. 2n</figureCitation>
); posterior margin of mesoventrite simple, never incised at middle (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EBA02FAC0FEEDFAF6" box="[265,344,1332,1357]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Fig. 2n</figureCitation>
); lateral borders of prosternal process not delimiting furrows, terminating at base of prosternal process (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EBAEAFAA0FD81FAD6" box="[481,564,1364,1389]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Fig. 2n</figureCitation>
); sexual dimorphism variable but usually distinctly manifested, frequently with more or less distinct impressions on metaventrite in males; first two visible abdominal ventrites simple in both sexes, without tufts of setae; caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities always simple, parallel and contiguous to posterior margin of metacoxal cavities, without deep arched impression of outer axillary line (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EB8A1FA20FC40FA57" box="[938,1013,1492,1516]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Fig. 2f</figureCitation>
); axillary space on first abdominal ventrite moderately developed, axillary angle widely obtuse (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF660FF8EBF30FA00FF04F997" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="351">Fig. 2f</figureCitation>
); small, short, and shallowly impressed arched impressions on basal portion of last visible abdominal ventrite, frequently covered by distal portion of penultimate visible abdominal ventrite (
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Fig.
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).
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBB9BFEE9FEA7FE8F" box="[144,274,285,308]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Appendages</emphasis>
: male 1
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antennomere 0.70.9× as long as width of protibiae, excluding distal teeth (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF661FF8FBBBEFECFFEF0FEE8" box="[181,325,315,340]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Figs. 2a, b, d</figureCitation>
); 3
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antennomere in both sexes usually only 1.92.0× as long as wide, 0.70.8× as long but distinctly thinner than 2
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antennomere (
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); 4
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and 5
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antennomeres in both sexes subequal, short, nearly as long as wide; antennal club compact, small, simple, no sexual dimorphism present, comprising last 3 antennomeres in both sexes (8
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antennomere moderately widened, 0.60.7× as wide as 9
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antennomere) (
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), much narrower than width of protibiae; labial palpi moderately long in both sexes (
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), terminal segment 1.81.9× as long as wide; maxillary palpi moderately long and slender in both sexes (
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), terminal segment 2.22.3× as long as wide; mandible usually small (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF661FF8FB9D2FDEFFCFDFD88" box="[729,840,539,564]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Figs. 2a, b</figureCitation>
), ~1.21.3× longer than wide, comprising moderately acuminate apex, no sexual dimorphism present; tarsal claws simple, never toothed at base (as in
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); tarsi of variable size and shape, 0.60.8× as long as corresponding tibiae (
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); protibiae with a series of usually large, basally widened, uneven, more or less sharp teeth on lateral margin (
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; Figs. 126
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in
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); meso- and metatibiae with lateral margin bearing a nearly double and usually uneven row of large and robust spurs (
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), without U-shaped sinuosity at distal third; meso- and metatibiae moderately slender, flat (
<figureCitation id="132C2A5FF661FF8FB967FD0FFD57FCA8" box="[620,738,763,788]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="12.[151,182,1409,1429]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,223,1351]" captionTargetId="figure-10@12.[151,1127,217,1351]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Fig. 2. Asterogethes Audisio &amp; Cline, gen. nov.: a A. endroedyi (Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995); bd, fn A. arcuatus (Reitter, 1872); e A. rufiventris (Reitter, 1872). a, b male habitus (a length 3.2 mm; b length 2.4 mm); c dorso-lateral view of head; d ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum; e outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm); f caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities; g exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite; h middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia; k antenna; m pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum; n prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs. c, h, m, n = 20μm; Figs. d, f, g = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319338" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5319338/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Figs. 2a, b</figureCitation>
), never distinctly subtrapezoidal or axe-shaped; sexual dimorphism variably expressed in metatibiae, i.e. simple or distinctly sinuate in males (
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; Figs.
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), and with tarsal plates of prolegs slightly wider in males; posterior margin of male metafemora with 23 minute tubercles (
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; Figs.
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: processes along inner side of parameres absent (
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and
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), distal margin nearly transversely truncate, and without deep median longitudinal desclerotization from proximal portion of tegmen to medial distal Vshaped excision; median lobe of aedeagus without lateral emargination, bluntly acuminate anteriorly, without distal minute emargination.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBB9BFBC9FEF5FBEF" box="[144,320,1085,1108]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Female genitalia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBA46FBC9FE02FBEF" box="[333,439,1085,1108]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">ovipositor</emphasis>
): variably shaped, usually small; styli usually short but distinct, simple, cylindrical, subtruncate, not distinctly pigmented, inserted at apex of nearly contiguous gonostyloids; lateral portion of basicoxites simple, never indentate (Figs.
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), and faintly distinct arcuate area along lateral subdistal portion of gonostyloids. Central point of ovipositor centrally located, proximally directed spicule absent.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBB7AFB28FF47FB4F" bold="true" box="[113,242,1244,1268]" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Etymology.</emphasis>
The generic name is derived from the host-plant family of all inclusive species, i.e.
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, and from -
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, emphasizing the association with this botanical family as well as its phylogenetic relationship with
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FB925FAE9FD16FA8F" box="[558,675,1309,1332]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Meligethes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Gender masculine.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30D6551F661FF89BB7AFACFFCDBFECA" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="354" pageId="11" pageNumber="352" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BA836DAF661FF8FBB7AFACFFE82FA08" blockId="11.[113,1090,219,1620]" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBB7AFACFFF78FAE8" bold="true" box="[113,205,1339,1363]" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Biology.</emphasis>
The three inclusive species are strictly associated for larval development with inflorescences (capitula) of
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, in particular
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FB971FAA9FD78FACF" box="[634,717,1373,1396]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Arctotis</emphasis>
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L.,
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FB9F7FAA9FC29FACF" box="[764,924,1373,1396]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Osteospermum</emphasis>
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L.,
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FB8C1FAA9FF28FA2F" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Dimorphoteca</emphasis>
Vaill. ex Moench,
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBA61FA89FE72FA2F" box="[362,455,1405,1428]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Othonna</emphasis>
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L., and allied genera (
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; AUDISIO unpublished data).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBB7AFA4FFED0FA68" bold="true" box="[113,357,1467,1491]" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Phylogenetic position.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBA62FA49FE45FA6F" box="[361,496,1469,1492]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Asterogethes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is closely related to
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FB82BFA49FC6DFA6F" box="[800,984,1469,1492]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Odontholariopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25057B3F661FF8FB8D6FA48FB88FA68" box="[989,1085,1468,1492]" pageId="11" pageNumber="352" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBB7AFA29FF4DFA4F" box="[113,248,1501,1524]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Neolariopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBA9AFA29FE40FA4F" box="[401,501,1501,1524]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Lariopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with which it forms the newly circumscribed
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FB8DFFA29FB8DFA4F" box="[980,1080,1501,1524]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Lariopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- complex of genera. This complex is supported by evidence from both adult morphology and molecular data (
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). But phylogenetic relationships of
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FB85DF9E9FC68F98F" box="[854,989,1565,1588]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">Asterogethes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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with
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F661FF8FBBACF9C9FE5DF9EF" box="[167,488,1597,1620]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="352">
<taxonomicName id="4C174D59F661FF8FBBACF9C9FEF2F9EF" authorityName="Reitter" authorityYear="1871" box="[167,327,1597,1620]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Acanthogethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="352" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Acanthogethes</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C174D59F661FF8FBA5AF9C9FE56F9EF" authorityName="Scholz" authorityYear="1932" box="[337,483,1597,1620]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Clypeogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="352" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Clypeogethes</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and other ancestral
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remain unclear.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BB9CFA75FF65FA2E" bold="true" box="[151,208,1409,1429]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">Fig. 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BBDDFA77FEF6FA2E" box="[214,323,1411,1429]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">Asterogethes</emphasis>
Audisio &amp; Cline
</taxonomicName>
,
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:
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88B950FA77FD7DFA2E" box="[603,712,1411,1429]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">A. endroedyi</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88B8DEFA76FC4DFA2E" bold="true" box="[981,1016,1410,1429]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">bd</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BF08FA75FB95FA2E" bold="true" box="[1027,1056,1409,1429]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">fn</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BF3DFA77FF7AFA0B" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">A. arcuatus</emphasis>
(Reitter, 1872)
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BA51FA69FED6FA0B" bold="true" box="[346,355,1437,1456]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">e</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BA7CFA6AFE53FA0B" box="[375,486,1438,1456]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">A. rufiventris</emphasis>
(Reitter, 1872)
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.
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,
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88B98EFA69FD24FA0B" bold="true" box="[645,657,1437,1456]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">b</emphasis>
male habitus (
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88B816FA69FC9DFA0B" bold="true" box="[797,808,1437,1456]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">a</emphasis>
length 3.2 mm;
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88B8CBFA69FC79FA0B" bold="true" box="[960,972,1437,1456]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">b</emphasis>
length 2.4 mm);
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BB9CFA43FF15FA71" bold="true" box="[151,160,1463,1482]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">c</emphasis>
dorso-lateral view of head;
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BAA1FA43FE03FA71" bold="true" box="[426,438,1463,1482]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">d</emphasis>
ventral view of head and anterior portion of prosternum;
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88B8C9FA43FC7EFA71" bold="true" box="[962,971,1463,1482]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">e</emphasis>
outline of male metafemur (length 0.5 mm);
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BA9EFA25FE29FA5E" bold="true" box="[405,412,1489,1509]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">f</emphasis>
caudal marginal lines of metacoxal cavities;
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88B837FA26FCF2FA5E" bold="true" box="[828,839,1490,1509]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">g</emphasis>
exposed portion of last visible abdominal ventrite;
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BA48FA19FEFAF9BB" bold="true" box="[323,335,1517,1536]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">h</emphasis>
middle leg with illustrating outer margin of mesotibia;
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88B833FA19FCF1F9BB" bold="true" box="[824,836,1517,1536]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">k</emphasis>
antenna;
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88B8ADFA19FC0DF9BB" bold="true" box="[934,952,1517,1536]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">m</emphasis>
pronotal setae and microsetae on posterior margin of pronotum;
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88B914F9F3FD9EF9A1" bold="true" box="[543,555,1543,1562]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">n</emphasis>
prosternal process and mesoventrite. Scale bars: Figs.
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BF1FF9F3FBA8F9A1" bold="true" box="[1044,1053,1543,1562]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">c</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BF23F9F3FB81F9A1" bold="true" box="[1064,1076,1543,1562]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">h</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BF34F9F3FBE4F9A1" bold="true" box="[1087,1105,1543,1562]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">m</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BF57F9F3FBDDF9A1" bold="true" box="[1116,1128,1543,1562]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">n</emphasis>
= 20μm; Figs.
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BA1EF9D6FE94F98E" bold="true" box="[277,289,1570,1589]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">d</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BA27F9D5FE86F98E" bold="true" box="[300,307,1569,1589]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">f</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F666FF88BA35F9D6FEFCF98E" bold="true" box="[318,329,1570,1589]" pageId="12" pageNumber="353">g</emphasis>
= 100 μm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BA836DAF667FF89BB7AFF2FFBB2FEA8" blockId="13.[113,1088,219,275]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F667FF89BB7AFF2FFD9AFF48" bold="true" box="[113,559,219,243]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">Taxonomy and geographic distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B963EAC8F667FF89B93FFF28FD08FF48" box="[564,701,220,243]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">Asterogethes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25057B3F667FF89B9C9FF28FC97FF48" box="[706,802,220,244]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
includes three species with the following restricted distributions in Southern Africa (
<bibRefCitation id="EF864B2BF667FF89B9DBFF0FFC4EFEA8" author="KIREJTSHUK A. G. &amp; AUDISIO P." box="[720,1019,251,275]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354" pagination="191 - 254" refId="ref90005" refString="KIREJTSHUK A. G. &amp; AUDISIO P. 1995: Preliminary revision of South African Meligethes subgenus Lariopsis (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Meligethinae). Fragmenta Entomologica 27: 191 - 254." type="journal article" year="1995">KIREJTSHUK &amp; AUDISIO 1995</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA836DAF667FF89BB7AFEDDFCDBFECA" blockId="13.[113,978,296,369]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">
<taxonomicName id="4C174D59F667FF89BB7AFEDDFE05FE87" authority="(Reitter, 1872)" authorityName="Audisio &amp; Cline &amp; Biase &amp; Antonini &amp; Mancini &amp; Trizzino &amp; Costantini &amp; Strika &amp; Lamanna &amp; Cerretti" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Reitter" baseAuthorityYear="1872" box="[113,432,296,316]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Asterogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="354" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arcuatus" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F667FF89BB7AFEDDFE9BFE80" box="[113,302,297,315]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">Asterogethes arcuatus</emphasis>
(Reitter, 1872)
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F667FF89BABEFEDDFDA2FE87" bold="true" box="[437,535,297,316]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25057B3F667FF89BABEFEDDFDA2FE87" box="[437,535,297,316]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F300764AF667FF89B9BAFEDCFC94FE80" box="[689,801,296,315]" name="South Africa" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">South Africa</collectingCountry>
: W
<collectingRegion id="49D3F838F667FF89B849FEDDFCDBFE87" box="[834,878,297,316]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">Cape</collectingRegion>
<taxonomicName id="4C174D59F667FF89BB7AFEB0FD8CFEED" authority="(Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio, 1995)" authorityName="Audisio &amp; Cline &amp; Biase &amp; Antonini &amp; Mancini &amp; Trizzino &amp; Costantini &amp; Strika &amp; Lamanna &amp; Cerretti" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Kirejtshuk &amp; Audisio" baseAuthorityYear="1995" box="[113,569,323,342]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Asterogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="354" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="endroedyi" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F667FF89BB7AFEB0FE8CFEED" box="[113,313,324,342]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">Asterogethes endroedyi</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F667FF89B935FEB7FD14FEED" bold="true" box="[574,673,323,342]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25057B3F667FF89B935FEB7FD14FEED" box="[574,673,323,342]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F300764AF667FF89B9BAFEB7FC94FEED" box="[689,801,323,342]" name="South Africa" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">South Africa</collectingCountry>
: W
<collectingRegion id="49D3F838F667FF89B849FEB7FCC5FEED" box="[834,880,323,342]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">Cape</collectingRegion>
, S
<taxonomicName id="4C174D59F667FF89B882FEB7FC67FEED" authority="Cline, 2008" authorityName="Cline" authorityYear="2008" box="[905,978,323,342]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Namibia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="13" pageNumber="445" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Namibia</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C174D59F667FF89BB7AFEABFE0BFECA" authority="(Reitter, 1872)" authorityName="Audisio &amp; Cline &amp; Biase &amp; Antonini &amp; Mancini &amp; Trizzino &amp; Costantini &amp; Strika &amp; Lamanna &amp; Cerretti" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Reitter" baseAuthorityYear="1872" box="[113,446,350,369]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Asterogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="354" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufiventris" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F667FF89BB7AFEABFE89FECA" box="[113,316,351,369]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">Asterogethes rufiventris</emphasis>
(Reitter, 1872)
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B963EAC8F667FF89BAC8FEAAFD90FECA" bold="true" box="[451,549,350,369]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25057B3F667FF89BAC8FEAAFD90FECA" box="[451,549,350,369]" pageId="13" pageNumber="354" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F300764AF667FF89B9BAFEAAFC94FECA" box="[689,801,350,369]" name="South Africa" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">South Africa</collectingCountry>
: W
<collectingRegion id="49D3F838F667FF89B849FEAAFCDBFECA" box="[834,878,350,369]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="13" pageNumber="354">Cape</collectingRegion>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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