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(
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species:
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, by subsequent designation
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.
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C24B91FA2C061DBFF21F285" box="[151,249,1979,2002]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Beralitra</emphasis>
dOrchymont, 1919: 145
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(
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species:
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dOrchymont, 1919
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, by original designation),
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C24B91FA73861DBFF04F2A4" bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">syn. n.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A2C066F7FEC0F5E6" bold="true" box="[151,280,151,177]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Round to elongate oval, slightly convex to nearly hemispherical. Antennae with eight segments. Elytra with systematic punctures, which may or may not be distinct or arranged in rows; often bearing short to long setae; margins not explanate to weakly explanate. Abdomen with five exposed ventrites which are pubescent throughout, although the density of pubescence may vary. Prosternum with or without a pair of spine-like setae or hairs. Process of the mesoventrite usually set with articulated spine-like setae or hairs. Anterolateral corners of pronotum broadly rounded to spinose. Eyes not protruding. Elytral suture raised or not. Males without a modified protarsus (diagnosis modified from
<bibRefCitation id="EFF665F88C23B918A1F36718FB70F4C5" author="Short" box="[932,1192,376,402]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Short, A. E. Z. &amp; Perkins, P. D. (2004) A revision of the Oocyclus Sharp of Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Zootaxa, 783, 1 - 45." type="journal article" year="2004">Short &amp; Perkins 2004</bibRefCitation>
).
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previously mentioned by
<bibRefCitation id="EFF665F88C23B918A06267FDFCABF4E0" author="Short" box="[565,883,413,439]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Short, A. E. Z. &amp; Perkins, P. D. (2004) A revision of the Oocyclus Sharp of Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Zootaxa, 783, 1 - 45." type="journal article" year="2004">Short and Perkins (2004)</bibRefCitation>
, there still remains a substantial number of undescribed taxa in the genus, and the generic concept will continue to be modified to accommodate new character combinations.
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A2C061EEFEC3F2F1" bold="true" box="[151,283,1934,1958]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Dorsal and lateral habitus of
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A03761EEFD1DF2F2" box="[608,709,1934,1957]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Oocyclus</emphasis>
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species found in the Serranía de Perijá. A)
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A6F661EEFB6CF2F2" box="[1185,1204,1934,1957]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">O</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A69461EEFAD3F2F2" box="[1219,1291,1934,1957]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">galbus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A74461EEFA88F2F1" bold="true" box="[1299,1360,1934,1958]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">sp. n.</emphasis>
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; B)
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A7D561EEFA4DF2F2" box="[1410,1429,1934,1957]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">O</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A2C061CEFF28F292" box="[151,240,1966,1989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">zulianus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A2A161CEFEEAF291" bold="true" box="[246,306,1966,1990]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">sp. n.</emphasis>
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; C)
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A33561CEFEADF292" box="[354,373,1966,1989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">O</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A3D561CEFE3FF292" box="[386,487,1966,1989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">substillus</emphasis>
Short &amp; Perkins
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; D) O.
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C23B918A0BC61CEFC81F292" box="[747,857,1966,1989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">maculatus</emphasis>
Sharp. Scale
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bar = 2.0 mm.
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A29166F7FE8AF5E6" bold="true" box="[198,338,151,177]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Discussion.</emphasis>
The genus
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A3B166F8FD89F5E6" box="[486,593,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Beralitra</emphasis>
dOrchymont, 1919
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up to now consists of two southern Neotropical species, one each from
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and
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(
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,
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). Within the
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-group of genera,
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is traditionally distinguished by possessing a raised elytral sutural interval, and explanate elytral margins (
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,
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). When
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A1466768FC5BF476" box="[785,899,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Beralitra</emphasis>
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was first described (and indeed, until very recently), only a handful of
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A3A5674DFDBBF411" box="[498,611,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oocyclus</emphasis>
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species were known and the distinction between genera was fairly distinct.
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dozens of
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A3F56732FDC8F43C" box="[418,528,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oocyclus</emphasis>
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(and other
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A0CD6732FCD0F43C" box="[666,776,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oocyclus</emphasis>
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-group species) were described in the last six years, the morphological differences between the genera have gradually shrunk as new morphological combinations and intermediates were discovered.
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Here, several
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A32767A2FE05F48C" box="[368,477,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oocyclus</emphasis>
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species are described (e.g.
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. meridensis
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,
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A1BB67A2FBBAF48C" box="[1004,1122,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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. galbus
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) that possess the hitherto diagnostic characters for
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A38D6788FD9FF756" box="[474,583,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Beralitra</emphasis>
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, as well as species that have weakly explanate margins, and/or weekly raised intervals. Consequently, as there are no longer any known synapomorphies that would separate
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A2C06452FED2F71C" box="[151,266,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Beralitra</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A3006452FE12F71C" box="[343,458,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oocyclus</emphasis>
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, we place them in synonymy. We examined the
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specimen of
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A75E6452FA46F71C" box="[1289,1438,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B. obscurus</emphasis>
dOrchymont, 1919
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and unidentified
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A00F6438FD1DF726" box="[600,709,600,625]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Beralitra</emphasis>
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specimens from
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. This nomenclatural act results in two new combinations:
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A3F8641DFD56F7C1" box="[431,654,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oocyclus obscurus</emphasis>
(dOrchymont)
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and
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C22B919A128641DFB9AF7C1" box="[895,1090,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oocyclus iguazu</emphasis>
(
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)
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.
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