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<mods:title id="5AF99A9298D8C0E6AC3F868049AC4D45">A new species of Leptorhyparus Howden, 2003 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Rhyparini) in amber from the Dominican Republic, with comments on extant species</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName id="4C5F4D22FFE2956BFF56FF7AF6FAFF69" ID-CoL="8SSQW" authority="Skelley" authorityName="Skelley" authorityYear="2021" box="[192,641,213,243]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Leptorhyparus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadricornis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFF56FF7AF65AFF68" bold="true" box="[192,545,213,242]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Leptorhyparus quadricornis</emphasis>
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Skelley
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,
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<paragraph id="8BE036A1FFE2956BFF56FF56F52BFE89" blockId="6.[192,802,213,275]" box="[192,336,249,275]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFF56FF56F52BFE89" box="[192,336,249,275]" captionStart-0="Figures 9–11" captionStart-1="Figures 12–17" captionStartId-0="6.[192,279,1866,1892]" captionStartId-1="7.[194,281,1434,1460]" captionTargetBox-0="[192,1440,1150,1836]" captionTargetBox-1="[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetId-0="figure-442@6.[192,1440,1150,1837]" captionTargetId-1="figure-148@7.[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetPageId-0="6" captionTargetPageId-1="7" captionText-0="Figures 9–11. Leptorhyparus quadricornis. 9) Head of holotype. 10–11) Lateral and dorsal view of L. quadricornis, paratype CEMT, line = 1.0 mm. Photos in Figures 10–11 by Vinícius Costa-Silva (CEMT)." captionText-1="Figures 12–17. Leptorhyparus quadricornis, holotype. 12) Dorsal view. 13) Oblique dorso-posterior view, arrows point to setal tuft on apex of dorsomedian costa and bilobed caudal bulb. 14) Oblique dorso-anterior view. 15) Oblique dorso-posterior view. 16) Head, anterior view. 17) Ventral view." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808375" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808377" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/12808375/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/12808377/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Figures 9–17</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFF56FE8CF547FEA7" bold="true" box="[192,316,291,317]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C5F4D22FFE2956BFED3FE8CF60CFEA7" authorityName="Skelley" authorityYear="2021" box="[325,631,291,317]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Leptorhyparus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadricornis">
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFED3FE8CF60CFEA7" box="[325,631,291,317]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Leptorhyparus quadricornis</emphasis>
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is readily distinguished from all other
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<taxonomicName id="4C5F4D22FFE2956BFBA1FE8CF0D3FEA7" authorityName="Howden & Storey" authorityYear="1992" box="[1079,1192,291,317]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Rhyparini">Rhyparini</taxonomicName>
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by the small size and head with four distinct pencil-like tufts of setae. It is a fossil in amber from
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<collectingCountry id="F3487631FFE2956BFB9EFEEBF0CAFEC4" box="[1032,1201,324,350]" name="Dominican Republic" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">the Dominican</collectingCountry>
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Republic.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFF56FEC1F529FE12" bold="true" box="[192,338,366,392]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Description.</emphasis>
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length
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<quantity id="4CA79B44FFE2956BFD8FFEC1F608FE13" box="[537,627,366,393]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" unit="mm" value="2.1">2.1 mm</quantity>
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. Body apparently dark brown or entirely black; shape elongate, parallel-sided (
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFE9CFE3FF521FE30" box="[266,346,400,426]" captionStart="Figures 12–17" captionStartId="7.[194,281,1434,1460]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetId="figure-148@7.[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figures 12–17. Leptorhyparus quadricornis, holotype. 12) Dorsal view. 13) Oblique dorso-posterior view, arrows point to setal tuft on apex of dorsomedian costa and bilobed caudal bulb. 14) Oblique dorso-anterior view. 15) Oblique dorso-posterior view. 16) Head, anterior view. 17) Ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808377" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12808377/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFEFBFE3FF5C9FE30" bold="true" box="[365,434,400,426]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Head.</emphasis>
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Head with distinct punctures (
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFC9AFE3FF735FE30" box="[780,846,400,426]" captionStart="Figures 9–11" captionStartId="6.[192,279,1866,1892]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,1150,1836]" captionTargetId="figure-442@6.[192,1440,1150,1837]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figures 9–11. Leptorhyparus quadricornis. 9) Head of holotype. 10–11) Lateral and dorsal view of L. quadricornis, paratype CEMT, line = 1.0 mm. Photos in Figures 10–11 by Vinícius Costa-Silva (CEMT)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808375" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12808375/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
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). Clypeus with angulate tooth on each side of slightly concave median third of margin (
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFDA1FE1EF6FDFE51" box="[567,646,433,459]" captionStart="Figures 12–17" captionStartId="7.[194,281,1434,1460]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetId="figure-148@7.[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figures 12–17. Leptorhyparus quadricornis, holotype. 12) Dorsal view. 13) Oblique dorso-posterior view, arrows point to setal tuft on apex of dorsomedian costa and bilobed caudal bulb. 14) Oblique dorso-anterior view. 15) Oblique dorso-posterior view. 16) Head, anterior view. 17) Ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808377" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12808377/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
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); edge with narrow elevated bead; centroclypeal disc with 2 low costae. Frons with 4 weak costae, each with a pencil-like tuft of setae.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFC04FE7CF069FE77" bold="true" box="[914,1042,467,493]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Pronotum.</emphasis>
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Pronotum rectangular; costae low, broad, convex (
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFEFFFE5BF5A5FD95" box="[361,478,500,527]" captionStart="Figures 12–17" captionStartId="7.[194,281,1434,1460]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetId="figure-148@7.[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figures 12–17. Leptorhyparus quadricornis, holotype. 12) Dorsal view. 13) Oblique dorso-posterior view, arrows point to setal tuft on apex of dorsomedian costa and bilobed caudal bulb. 14) Oblique dorso-anterior view. 15) Oblique dorso-posterior view. 16) Head, anterior view. 17) Ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808377" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12808377/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 13, 15</figureCitation>
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), weak near anterior margin, almost reaching posterior margin; lateral margin strongly sinuate, anterior and intermediate lobes small.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFD52FDB9F75FFDAA" bold="true" box="[708,804,534,560]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Elytron.</emphasis>
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Elytron almost twice as long as head and pronotum combined; sides almost parallel for 4⁄5 of length; all costae low, broad, convex (
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFB91FD97F0FBFDC8" box="[1031,1152,567,594]" captionStart="Figures 12–17" captionStartId="7.[194,281,1434,1460]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetId="figure-148@7.[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figures 12–17. Leptorhyparus quadricornis, holotype. 12) Dorsal view. 13) Oblique dorso-posterior view, arrows point to setal tuft on apex of dorsomedian costa and bilobed caudal bulb. 14) Oblique dorso-anterior view. 15) Oblique dorso-posterior view. 16) Head, anterior view. 17) Ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808377" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12808377/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 13, 15</figureCitation>
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); discomedian costa with distinct pencil-like erect setal tuft at caudal apex; caudal bulb divided into inner and outer lobes (
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFA8FFDF6F1EDFDEE" box="[1305,1430,601,628]" captionStart="Figures 12–17" captionStartId="7.[194,281,1434,1460]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetId="figure-148@7.[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figures 12–17. Leptorhyparus quadricornis, holotype. 12) Dorsal view. 13) Oblique dorso-posterior view, arrows point to setal tuft on apex of dorsomedian costa and bilobed caudal bulb. 14) Oblique dorso-anterior view. 15) Oblique dorso-posterior view. 16) Head, anterior view. 17) Ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808377" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12808377/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 13–15</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFF54FDD4F56EFD0F" bold="true" box="[194,277,635,661]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Venter.</emphasis>
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Metaventrite appears flattened either side of midline.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFCFCFDD4F79EFD0F" bold="true" box="[874,997,635,661]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Abdomen.</emphasis>
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Abdomen with length of apical ventrite equal to preceding three combined; all ventrites smooth.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFCD4FD32F705FD2D" bold="true" box="[834,894,669,695]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Legs.</emphasis>
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Meso- and metafemur elongate-oval, not clavate (
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFF5FFD11F563FD42" box="[201,280,702,728]" captionStart="Figures 12–17" captionStartId="7.[194,281,1434,1460]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetId="figure-148@7.[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figures 12–17. Leptorhyparus quadricornis, holotype. 12) Dorsal view. 13) Oblique dorso-posterior view, arrows point to setal tuft on apex of dorsomedian costa and bilobed caudal bulb. 14) Oblique dorso-anterior view. 15) Oblique dorso-posterior view. 16) Head, anterior view. 17) Ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808377" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12808377/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
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). Meso- and metatibia gradually triangularly widening to truncate apex, slightly flattened. Metatibia with small but distinct spine on inner margin. Meso- and metatarsi elongate, first tarsomere as long as next 3 combined, claws minute.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFF56FC84F5DFFCDF" bold="true" box="[192,420,811,837]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Material examined.</emphasis>
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(
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<collectionCode id="ED4EAE64FFE2956BFDB4FC84F612FCDF" box="[546,617,811,837]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/jekt-x82m" name="Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" type="Museum">FSCA</collectionCode>
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;
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFDE2FC84F6CFFCDF" box="[628,692,811,837]" captionStart="Figures 9–11" captionStartId="6.[192,279,1866,1892]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,1150,1836]" captionTargetId="figure-442@6.[192,1440,1150,1837]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figures 9–11. Leptorhyparus quadricornis. 9) Head of holotype. 10–11) Lateral and dorsal view of L. quadricornis, paratype CEMT, line = 1.0 mm. Photos in Figures 10–11 by Vinícius Costa-Silva (CEMT)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808375" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12808375/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFD56FC84F77DFCDF" box="[704,774,811,837]" captionStart="Figures 12–17" captionStartId="7.[194,281,1434,1460]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetId="figure-148@7.[192,1440,213,1404]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figures 12–17. Leptorhyparus quadricornis, holotype. 12) Dorsal view. 13) Oblique dorso-posterior view, arrows point to setal tuft on apex of dorsomedian costa and bilobed caudal bulb. 14) Oblique dorso-anterior view. 15) Oblique dorso-posterior view. 16) Head, anterior view. 17) Ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808377" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12808377/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">12–17</figureCitation>
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) is in dark opaque amber with many cracks and irregularities. A
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<collectionCode id="ED4EAE64FFE2956BFEEBFCE2F5B6FCFD" box="[381,461,845,871]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">CEMT</collectionCode>
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;
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<figureCitation id="13642A24FFE2956BFE4EFCE3F636FCFD" box="[472,589,844,871]" captionStart="Figures 9–11" captionStartId="6.[192,279,1866,1892]" captionTargetBox="[192,1440,1150,1836]" captionTargetId="figure-442@6.[192,1440,1150,1837]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figures 9–11. Leptorhyparus quadricornis. 9) Head of holotype. 10–11) Lateral and dorsal view of L. quadricornis, paratype CEMT, line = 1.0 mm. Photos in Figures 10–11 by Vinícius Costa-Silva (CEMT)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808375" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12808375/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 10–11</figureCitation>
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) is in transparent amber, but details are not readily visible due to cracks and irregularities in the amber.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCE4B50FFE2956BFE7BFCC0F61FFC12" author="Wu RJC" box="[493,612,878,905]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" refId="ref4514" refString="Wu RJC. [undated, received 1996]. Secrets of a lost world. Dominican amber and its inclusions. Wu; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 222 p." type="book" year="1996">Wu (1996)</bibRefCitation>
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did not state where the specimen imaged in the book was deposited, it was not available for study. The image in
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCE4B50FFE2956BFDCEFC3FF687FC30" author="Wu RJC" box="[600,764,912,938]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" refId="ref4514" refString="Wu RJC. [undated, received 1996]. Secrets of a lost world. Dominican amber and its inclusions. Wu; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 222 p." type="book" year="1996">Wu (1996: 187</bibRefCitation>
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, fig. F-459) was consulted.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C345652AFFE2956BFF56FC16F12CFC49" box="[192,1367,953,980]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BE036A1FFE2956BFF56FC16F12CFC49" blockId="6.[192,1367,953,980]" box="[192,1367,953,980]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFF56FC16F53FFC49" bold="true" box="[192,324,953,979]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The species epithet is a masculine adjective in the nominative singular meaning four-horned.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C345652AFFE2956AFF56FC4CF6BBF968" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="8BE036A1FFE2956AFF56FC4CF6BBF968" blockId="6.[192,1440,995,1089]" lastBlockId="7.[191,1441,1584,1779]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFF56FC4CF533FC67" bold="true" box="[192,328,995,1021]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Comments.</emphasis>
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The available specimens are poorly visible in the amber, with only some structures visible. Enough are visible to identify them as this species. In all cases, visible setal tufts on the head are unlike any known species of
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<taxonomicName id="4C5F4D22FFE2956BFE87FB89F5FEFBDA" authorityName="Howden & Storey" authorityYear="1992" box="[273,389,1062,1088]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Rhyparini">Rhyparini</taxonomicName>
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. Placement in
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<taxonomicName id="4C5F4D22FFE2956BFDB8FB89F6B6FBDA" authorityName="Howden" authorityYear="2003" box="[558,717,1062,1088]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Leptorhyparus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B92BEAB3FFE2956BFDB8FB89F6B6FBDA" box="[558,717,1062,1088]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Leptorhyparus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is based on the small body size, elytral tuft of setae on apex of discomedian costa, smoothly elongate body shape, small pronotal anterior lateral lobes, low costae, and apparently divided caudal bulb of elytra. The
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<typeStatus id="54E48803FFE3956AFDE5F9FDF6AEF9F6" box="[627,725,1618,1644]" pageId="7" pageNumber="6" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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is in a small piece of dark amber that has many cracks and layers preventing easy visibility. However, there were a couple narrow ‘windows’ of clarity that allowed some photography. With digital enhancement, the images presented here allowed for the description above. A better specimen or use of high-tech Micro CT imaging systems may allow a better description to be made someday. Naming it now documents the species for future studies.
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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