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Genus
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Fairmaire, 1897: 116.
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: 275;
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: 2; 1956: 27;
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: 245.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type species.</paragraph>
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Fairmaire; by monotypy.
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Within
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,
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largely resembles
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and
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Koch. All three have relatively sharp basal pronotal angles, rather than broadly rounded as is the case in the rest of
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(
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: fig. 2). The only other exception is
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Solier which, while some representatives have basal angles of the pronotum similarly shaped, is separable by prosternal process shape (rounded rather than angular in lateral view (
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), body shape (much rounder/transverse than
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), tibial morphology (foretibia greatly expanded apically and with a sharp lateral projection;
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), and coloration (species may be bicolored and/or very pale or testaceous in color).
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can be easily separated from all other subtribal representatives by the presence of (at most) weak tubercles on the apical declivity of the elytra (Figs
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,
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), the form of the prosternal process which is angular rather than rounded in lateral view (
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: fig. 2D), and the pronotum with basal angles present rather than absent/rounded) (
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: fig. 2J).
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Dorsal habitus of
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species
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sp. nov. holotype
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
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lectotype. Scale bars: 1 mm.
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lateral aspect photographs and close-up of apical elytral tubercles and striae
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lateral angle
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close-up of elytra apical declivity
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lateral angle
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close-up of elytra apical declivity
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lateral angle
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close-up of elytra apical declivity.
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, the most closely affiliated genus according to
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, can be separated from
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by body size (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Eurynotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
~9-20 mm long and ~5-12 mm wide, versus
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
4-8 mm long and ~2.75-4 mm wide (
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;
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); pronotal hind angles (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Eurynotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
prominently produced often rearward projecting; less prominent and not rearwardly projected in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
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), tibial morphology (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Eurynotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with slender/narrow tibiae lacking coarse spines on ventral surface of foretibia; dorsoventrally flattened and apically expanded tibiae with coarse spines on the underside of the foretibia in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), elytral sculpturing (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Eurynotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with coarse or well-defined tubercles in most species; while most species of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lack well-defined tubercles (
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). Finally,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Eurynotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lacks a subapical sulcus on abdominal ventrite V, which is present in all
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Diagnostic features of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
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species
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A-C</emphasis>
mentum (Median keel red, middle portion and lateral wings blue and green respectively)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D-E</emphasis>
prosternal process
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F-G</emphasis>
abdominal ventrite V
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A, D, F</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus crypticoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. makskacymirowi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. rhodesianus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rhodesianus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. rhodesianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. ancoralium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. striolatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striolatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. striolatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Scale bars: 0.1 mm
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Capidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be separated from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1897" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Phylacastus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phylacastus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
most reliably via the structure of the prosternal process and abdominal ventrite V (prosternal process rounded and not produced in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Capidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, angular and produced in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), and subapical sulcus absent in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Capidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(present in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); additionally, although
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Capidium</emphasis>
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also is defined by angular basal angles of the pronotum (
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), the angles are usually more produced. Finally, the elytral sculpturing and tuberculation of representatives of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Capidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(when present) are stronger than in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Genus redescription.</paragraph>
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Length 4-8 mm. Shining to dull; colored tenebrous; reddish to dark brown/black.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
: epistoma with well-defined median notch. Transition between clypeus and frons gradual and smooth along lateral edge, or with slight depression. Coarsely punctate, punctures large and closely spaced, separated by ≤ 1 feature diameter. Mentum with enlarged, ventrally projecting middle portion parallel-sided to slightly narrowing apically with reduced/slightly hidden lateral wings. Gula with stridulatory file. Eye constricted in middle and reniform, with strong to weakly impressed sulcus situated around posterior perimeter of dorsal lobe. Antennae with 11 antennomeres, terminal members forming weak club.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Prothorax</emphasis>
: pronotum base straight, with basal angles roundly produced. Without lateral depression or flattening along margins. Hypomeron at most only finely sculptured and finely punctured, dull to shining. Prosternal process angulate in lateral view, weakly produced or rounded at apex, with clear sulcus running perimeter, projecting at most only weakly toward midcoxae.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pterothorax</emphasis>
: scutellar shield small and transversely triangular. Elytra not costate, with or without shallow or weakly defined punctate striae. Intervals punctate, without microtubercles; weak to well-defined tubercles (when present) only on apical declivity. Interval X terminating before reaching elytra base. Epipleura without microtubercules, broad basally, narrowing apically. Apterous.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Abdomen</emphasis>
: punctate. Ventrite V with sulcus running parallel to apical perimeter.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Legs</emphasis>
: femora slightly curved and expanded toward apex. Tibiae dorsoventrally compressed. Meso- and metatibia slightly curved. Foretibia dilated triangularly toward apex with coarse spines underneath.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male terminalia</emphasis>
: tegmen bipartite with or without ancorae (small ancorae present in one species); basal portion membranous ventrally; dorsally with small, triangular membranous field at base of apical portion. Parameres fused dorsally at base, apical opening (in dorsal view) small or broad (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phylacastus species spp. aedeagi A-D aedeagus dorsal view E, F aedeagus Ventral view A, H Phylacastus striolatus B, G P. ancoralium (ancorae highlighted blue) C P. rhodesianus E P. crypticoides D, F P. makskacymirowi (subapical sutures highlighted blue). Median lobes highlighted green. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1138.95968.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/791039" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4</figureCitation>
). In lateral view, parameres flattened toward apex, with or without slight curvature.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female terminalia</emphasis>
: paraprocts nearly as long or slightly longer than coxites I-IV, coxite IV reflected dorsally with gonostyli present (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Phylacastus ovipositor (dorsal). Right Phylacastus ancoralium Left P. crypticoides. Abbreviations: C - Coxae (1 - 4); Prct - Paraprocts. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1138.95968.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/791040" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5</figureCitation>
); bursa copulatrix divided into two sections by median constriction (bilobate) or not (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Phylacastus internal female structures A Phylacastus striolatus B P. crypticoides C P. ancoralium. Abbreviations: Ag - Accessory gland, Ap - Accessory pouch, Bc - Bursa copulatrix, Ov - Oviduct, Sp - Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1138.95968.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/791041" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6</figureCitation>
), with or without additional &quot;accessory pouch&quot; situated near to spermatheca and accessory glands.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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species spp.
</emphasis>
aedeagi
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aedeagus dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E, F</emphasis>
aedeagus Ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A, H</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus striolatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B, G</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
(ancorae highlighted blue)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. rhodesianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. crypticoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D, F</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. makskacymirowi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(subapical sutures highlighted blue). Median lobes highlighted green. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
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ovipositor (dorsal).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Right</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lumen &amp; Kamiński" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Phylacastus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phylacastus ancoralium" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ancoralium">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus ancoralium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Left</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. crypticoides" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crypticoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. crypticoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Abbreviations: C - Coxae (1-4); Prct - Paraprocts. Scale bars: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1138.95968.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/791041" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1897" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Phylacastus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phylacastus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
internal female structures
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Phylacastus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phylacastus striolatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striolatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus striolatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. crypticoides" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crypticoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. crypticoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. ancoralium" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ancoralium">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. ancoralium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Abbreviations: Ag - Accessory gland, Ap - Accessory pouch, Bc - Bursa copulatrix, Ov - Oviduct,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Sp</emphasis>
- Spermatheca.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="species included">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Species included</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">(5).</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lumen &amp; Kamiński" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Phylacastus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phylacastus ancoralium" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ancoralium">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus ancoralium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. crypticoides" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crypticoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. crypticoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. makskacymirowi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="makskacymirowi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. makskacymirowi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. rhodesianus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rhodesianus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. rhodesianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. striolatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striolatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. striolatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Southern Africa (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Phylacastus species distribution map. P. ancoralium (blue star), Phylacastus crypticoides (black circle), P. makskacymirowi (red diamond), P. rhodesianus (pink square), P. striolatus (yellow triangle)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1138.95968.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/791042" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">7</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1138.95968.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/791042" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 7.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1897" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Phylacastus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phylacastus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species distribution map.
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. ancoralium" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ancoralium">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. ancoralium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(blue star),
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Phylacastus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phylacastus crypticoides" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crypticoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phylacastus crypticoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(black circle),
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. makskacymirowi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="makskacymirowi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. makskacymirowi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(red diamond),
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. rhodesianus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rhodesianus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. rhodesianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(pink square),
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. striolatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striolatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. striolatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(yellow triangle).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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