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<document ID-DOI="10.37520/aemnp.2023.002" ID-ISSN="1804-6487" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7887309" ID-ZooBank="B70AC6B5-C590-483E-ACF8-16FA5985C9A3" IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe" IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1683048253181" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="Hájek, Jiří, Šťastný, Jaroslav, Hendrich, Lars &amp; Balke, Michael" docDate="2023" docId="86483714FF8FFFDCFC03FF02FB90FD91" docLanguage="en" docName="ActaEntMusNatPra.63.1.57-74.pdf" docOrigin="Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 63 (1)" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2023.002" docStyle="DocumentStyle:BA2C5C8540539042E893A65A182CEA85.8:ActaEntMusNatPra.2018-.journal_article" docStyleId="BA2C5C8540539042E893A65A182CEA85" docStyleName="ActaEntMusNatPra.2018-.journal_article" docStyleVersion="8" docTitle="Platynectes lunga Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke 2023, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="2" lastPageNumber="63" masterDocId="7A714F6CFF8AFFDAFFDEFFBEFFEAFFE4" masterDocTitle="A review of the genus Platynectes from the Solomon Islands (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae)" masterLastPageNumber="74" masterPageNumber="57" pageNumber="62" updateTime="1683048684025" updateUser="ExternalLinkService" zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0">
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<mods:title>A review of the genus Platynectes from the Solomon Islands (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Hájek, Jiří</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Šťastný, Jaroslav</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Kosmonautů 359, CZ- 460 05 Liberec, Czech Republic; e-mail: jaroslav. stastny @ jergym. cz; ORCID: https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6745 - 5200</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Hendrich, Lars</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstrasse 21, D- 81247 Munich, Germany;</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Balke, Michael</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstrasse 21, D- 81247 Munich, Germany; &amp; GeoBioCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; e-mail: balke @ snsb. de; ORCID: https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3773 - 6586</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:date>2023</mods:date>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[989,1276,188,212]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[989,1184,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunga" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[989,1184,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Platynectes lunga</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation box="[1094,1149,220,239]" captionStart="Figs 13" captionStartId="2.[151,188,2055,2074]" captionTargetBox="[158,1425,203,1993]" captionTargetId="figure-17@2.[150,886,761,1336]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 13. Habitus of Platynectes in dorsal (a) and frontolateral (b) view. 1 P. barana sp. nov.; 2 P. lunga sp. nov.; 3 P. makira sp. nov. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887313" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887313/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Figs 2</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation box="[1158,1169,220,239]" captionStart="Figs 811" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1314,1333]" captionTargetBox="[190,1373,190,1280]" captionTargetId="figure-336@7.[151,1434,186,1288]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 811. Male genitalia of Platynectes. 8 P. barana sp. nov.; 9 P. lunga sp. nov.; 10 P. makira sp. nov.; 11 P. malaita sp. nov. a median lobe in lateral view; b parameres. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887319" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887319/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">9</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="5.[828,1438,261,1614]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,944,261,280]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Type locality.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry box="[947,1088,261,280]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Solomon Islands</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion box="[1094,1200,261,280]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Guadalcanal</collectingRegion>
,
<quantity box="[1207,1264,261,280]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="km" value="3.5">3.5 km</quantity>
SE of Barana village
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,962,288,307]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Type material.</emphasis>
<typeStatus box="[969,1060,288,307]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">HOLOTYPE</typeStatus>
: J (
<collectionCode box="[1101,1166,288,307]" country="Czech Republic" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">NMPC</collectionCode>
), labelled:
<collectingCountry box="[1268,1431,288,307]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">SOLOMON ISLANDS</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion box="[828,998,315,334]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">GUADALCANAL</collectingRegion>
/ ca.
<quantity box="[1044,1102,315,334]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="km" value="3.5">3.5 km</quantity>
SE of BARANA vill. / (drying up stream in shaded gorge) /
<geoCoordinate box="[983,1068,341,360]" degrees="09" direction="south" minutes="29.8" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" precision="92" value="-9.496667">09°29.8S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate box="[1077,1175,341,360]" degrees="159" direction="east" minutes="59.5" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" precision="92" value="159.99167">159°59.5E</geoCoordinate>
;
<quantity box="[1183,1237,341,360]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="m" value="190.0">190 m</quantity>
/ Jiří Hájek leg.,
<date pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="2013-11-24" valueMax="2013-12-14" valueMin="2013-11-24">24.xi.- 14.xii.2013</date>
[p] //
<typeStatus box="[979,1092,368,387]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">HOLOTYPE</typeStatus>
J /
<taxonomicName authorityName="Regimbart" authorityYear="1879" box="[1130,1268,368,387]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1130,1268,368,387]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">PLATYNECTES</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[1285,1334,368,387]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunga" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1285,1334,368,387]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">lunga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1339,1407,368,387]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
/ J. Hájek et al. det. 2021 [p, red label].
<typeStatus box="[1154,1243,395,414]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">PARATYPES</typeStatus>
: 25 JJ
<specimenCount box="[1321,1381,388,414]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">16 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, same label data as
<typeStatus box="[939,1016,421,440]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">holotype</typeStatus>
;
<specimenCount box="[1025,1151,421,440]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
with additional label: DNA / M. Balke / 6322 [6323 respectively] [p, white label] (
<collectionCode box="[1245,1307,448,467]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" name="Bishop Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="Museum">BPBM</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[1314,1363,448,467]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">JSCL</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[1371,1433,448,467]" country="Czech Republic" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">NMPC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[828,891,475,494]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">ZSMG</collectionCode>
); 1 J
<specimenCount box="[946,995,468,494]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, labelled:
<collectingCountry box="[1091,1254,475,494]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">SOLOMON ISLANDS</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion box="[1266,1436,475,494]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">GUADALCANAL</collectingRegion>
/ Mt. Austine - BARANA vill. env. / (secondary forest, gardens, stream) /
<geoCoordinate box="[840,925,528,547]" degrees="09" direction="south" minutes="28.0" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" precision="92" value="-9.466666">09°28.0S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate box="[935,1033,528,547]" degrees="159" direction="east" minutes="58.4" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" precision="92" value="159.97333">159°58.4E</geoCoordinate>
;
<quantity box="[1043,1098,528,547]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="m" value="280.0">280 m</quantity>
/ Jiří Hájek leg.,
<date box="[1250,1392,528,547]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="2013-11-23" valueMax="2013-12-08" valueMin="2013-11-23">23.xi.-8.xii.2013</date>
[p]; 4 JJ
<specimenCount box="[877,906,548,574]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
, labelled:
<collectingCountry box="[998,1157,555,574]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">SOLOMON ISLANDS</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion box="[1167,1336,555,574]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">GUADALCANAL</collectingRegion>
/ ca.
<quantity box="[1379,1436,555,574]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="km" value="4.5">4.5 km</quantity>
S of BARANA vill., forest / nr. „Japanese camp“ &amp; Moka river /
<geoCoordinate box="[1347,1432,581,600]" degrees="09" direction="south" minutes="30.3" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" precision="92" value="-9.505">09°30.3S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate box="[828,925,608,627]" degrees="159" direction="east" minutes="58.9" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" precision="92" value="159.98167">159°58.9E</geoCoordinate>
;
<quantity box="[936,992,608,627]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.75" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="m" value="275.0">275 m</quantity>
/ Jiří Hájek leg.,
<date box="[1146,1256,608,627]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="2013-12-05" valueMax="2013-12-06" valueMin="2013-12-05">5.-6.xii.2013</date>
[p] (
<collectionCode box="[1306,1371,608,627]" country="Czech Republic" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">NMPC</collectionCode>
); 8 JJ
<specimenCount box="[828,873,628,654]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">5 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, labelled:
<collectingCountry box="[965,1125,635,654]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">SOLOMON ISLANDS</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion box="[1134,1304,635,654]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">GUADALCANAL</collectingRegion>
/ LUNGA river env.,
<collectingRegion box="[870,937,661,680]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Honiara" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Honiara</collectingRegion>
reg. /
<quantity box="[986,1051,661,680]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="0.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="km" value="10.0" valueMax="15.0" valueMin="5.0">5-15km</quantity>
S of Barana vill./
<quantity box="[1200,1280,661,680]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" metricValueMax="10.0" metricValueMin="5.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="m" value="75.0" valueMax="100.0" valueMin="50.0">50-100 m</quantity>
,
<date box="[1288,1437,661,680]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="2016-11-22" valueMax="2016-12-18" valueMin="2016-11-22">22.xi.-18.xii.2016</date>
/ St. Jákl leg. (
<collectionCode box="[962,1027,688,707]" country="Czech Republic" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">NMPC</collectionCode>
); 31 Jm
<specimenCount box="[1111,1171,682,707]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">47 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, labelled:
<collectingCountry box="[1268,1431,688,707]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">SOLOMON ISLANDS</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion box="[828,996,715,734]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">GUADALCANAL</collectingRegion>
/ Koso vill. env./
<quantity box="[1143,1219,715,734]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.65" metricValueMax="1.8" metricValueMin="1.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="km" value="16.5" valueMax="18.0" valueMin="15.0">15-18km</quantity>
SSE of
<collectingRegion box="[1285,1353,715,734]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Honiara" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Honiara</collectingRegion>
/
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.75" metricValueMax="6.5" metricValueMin="5.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="m" value="575.0" valueMax="650.0" valueMin="500.0">500-650 m</quantity>
,
<date box="[854,974,741,760]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="2016-12-01" valueMax="2016-12-18" valueMin="2016-12-01">1.-18.xii.2016</date>
/ St. Jákl leg. (
<collectionCode box="[1101,1165,741,760]" country="Czech Republic" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">NMPC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[1172,1222,741,760]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">SJCP</collectionCode>
); 26 JJ
<specimenCount box="[1297,1352,735,760]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">14 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, labelled:
<collectingCountry box="[831,976,768,787]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Solomon Islands</collectingCountry>
/
<collectingRegion box="[991,1154,768,787]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">GUADALCANAL</collectingRegion>
I.,
<collectingRegion box="[1179,1248,768,787]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Honiara" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Honiara</collectingRegion>
reg. / Barana vill.env. 100-300 / XI-XII.2018 / St. Jakl leg. / Coll. Hendrich (
<collectionCode box="[1297,1362,795,814]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">LHCM</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[1370,1433,795,814]" country="Czech Republic" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">NMPC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[828,891,821,840]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">ZSMG</collectionCode>
); 3 JJ
<specimenCount box="[962,995,815,840]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
, labelled: Solomon Is. GUDALCANAL [sic!] I. /
<quantity box="[828,907,848,867]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.65" metricValueMax="2.5" metricValueMin="0.8" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="m" value="165.0" valueMax="250.0" valueMin="80.0">80-250m</quantity>
, Lunga River env.,
<quantity box="[1077,1149,848,867]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="0.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="km" value="10.0" valueMax="15.0" valueMin="5.0">5-15 km</quantity>
/ S of Barana vill.,
<collectingRegion box="[1322,1391,848,867]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Honiara" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Honiara</collectingRegion>
Reg. / 20.XI/
<date box="[900,1006,875,894]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="2013-12-15">15.XII.2013</date>
[sic!] / St. Jakl leg./ Coll. Hendrich (
<collectionCode box="[1359,1427,875,894]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">LHCM</collectionCode>
); 2 JJ, labelled: South Pacific, Solomon Isl., /
<collectingRegion box="[1222,1329,901,920]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Guadalcanal</collectingRegion>
<quantity box="[1333,1426,901,920]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.25" metricValueMax="9.0" metricValueMin="7.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="m" value="825.0" valueMax="900.0" valueMin="750.0">750-900 m</quantity>
/ Karukiki env.
<quantity box="[947,1028,928,947]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.25" metricValueMax="2.5" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" unit="km" value="22.5" valueMax="25.0" valueMin="20.0">20-25 km</quantity>
SSE / Of
<collectingRegion box="[1112,1183,928,947]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Honiara" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Honiara</collectingRegion>
,
<date box="[1190,1318,928,947]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="2016-12-01" valueMax="2016-12-18" valueMin="2016-12-01">1.-18.XII.2016</date>
/ St. Jakl leg./ Coll. Hendrich (
<collectionCode box="[969,1036,955,974]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">LHCM</collectionCode>
); 5JJ
<specimenCount box="[1098,1142,948,974]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">4♀♀</specimenCount>
, labelled: South Pacific, Solomon Isl. /
<collectingRegion box="[872,979,981,1000]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Guadalcanal</collectingRegion>
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/ LUNGA river env.
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S of / Barana vill.,
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reg. /
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/ St. Jakl leg./ Coll. Hendrich (
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). 9 JJ
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, labelled: ʻSalomonen: C-Guadalcanal, /
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N Mbaole,
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/ S
<geoCoordinate box="[1014,1109,1061,1080]" degrees="09" direction="east" minutes="37.69" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" precision="9" value="9.628166">09°37.69 E</geoCoordinate>
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/ 2007 K. Mailautoka leg. [p];
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with additional label:DNA / M. Balke / 2909 [3336 respectively] [p, green label] (
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);5JJ
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, labelled:ʻSOLOMON IS.: [red underlined] /
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I. / Tapenanje. c.
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/
<date pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="1953-12-21" valueMax="1953-12-23" valueMin="1953-12-21">21-23. xii.1953</date>
. / J.D.Bradley [p] // RENNEL I. / Expedition. / B.M.1954-222 [p] (
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); 1 J
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, same label data, but with additional label: ʻfrom / small stream [hw] (
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); 4JJ
<specimenCount box="[1124,1167,1215,1240]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">2♀♀</specimenCount>
, same label data, but first locality label handwritten (
<collectionCode box="[1011,1080,1248,1267]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">BMNH</collectionCode>
); 4 JJ
<specimenCount box="[1149,1197,1242,1267]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">6 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, labelled: ʻSOLOMON IS.: [orange underlined] /
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Is. / Suta /
<date box="[1204,1294,1275,1294]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="1956-06-27">27.vi.1956</date>
[p] // E.S.Brown / B.M.1957-201 [p] (
<collectionCode box="[1015,1084,1301,1320]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">BMNH</collectionCode>
); 3 JJ
<specimenCount box="[1153,1202,1295,1320]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">3 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, labelled: ʻSOLOMON IS. /
<collectingRegion box="[839,948,1328,1347]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Guadalcanal</collectingRegion>
, Suta /
<date box="[1010,1110,1328,1347]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="1956-06-27">VI-27-1956</date>
// J.L. Gressitt collector [p] (
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); 1 J
<specimenCount box="[870,920,1348,1374]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, labelled: ʻSOLOMON IS. /
<collectingRegion box="[1183,1290,1355,1374]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Guadalcanal</collectingRegion>
/ Betikama R. /
<date box="[828,912,1381,1400]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="1960-08">VIII.1960</date>
// W.W. Brandt collector / Bishop [p.] (
<collectionCode box="[1264,1328,1381,1400]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" name="Bishop Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="Museum">BPBM</collectionCode>
); 1 J
<specimenCount box="[1383,1431,1375,1400]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="female">3 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, labelled: ʻSOLOMON ISLANDS [orange underlined] /
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, / Nuhu.26.x.65 / Roy. Soc.Exped./ B.M.1966-1. [p] // slow flowing pool. [p] (
<collectionCode box="[869,938,1461,1480]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">BMNH</collectionCode>
); 2 JJ, labelled: ʻ [on side:] 5316 [hw] / SOLOMON IS. /
<collectingRegion box="[828,935,1488,1507]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Guadalcanal</collectingRegion>
[p] / Sorrohio R. / 26.vi. [hw] 195 [p] 6 [hw] / E.S.Brown [p] // Pres. by / Com.Inst.Ent./ B.M.1958-79 [p] (
<collectionCode box="[1244,1313,1515,1534]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">BMNH</collectionCode>
).All
<typeStatus box="[1355,1436,1515,1534]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">paratypes</typeStatus>
with the respective red printed label.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[828,1438,261,1614]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,1348,1568,1587]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
Additional material studied.
<collectingCountry box="[1081,1290,1568,1587]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">SOLOMON ISLANDS</collectingCountry>
: SAVO:
</emphasis>
<date box="[1352,1429,1568,1587]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" value="1956-10-07">7.x.1956</date>
., E.S.Brown,
<specimenCount box="[932,1047,1595,1614]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="generic">11 specimens</specimenCount>
(
<collectionCode box="[1058,1125,1595,1614]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">BMNH</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[1134,1197,1595,1614]" country="Czech Republic" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">NMPC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[1205,1268,1595,1614]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">ZSMG</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="5.[828,1437,1637,2077]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,1125,1637,1661]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
Description.
<emphasis box="[967,1125,1637,1661]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
Male
<typeStatus box="[1027,1121,1637,1661]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
</emphasis>
Habitus. Broadest in one third of elytral length; body outline continuous.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[828,1437,1637,2077]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis box="[858,988,1702,1725]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Colouration</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1002,1065,1702,1725]" captionStart="Figs 13" captionStartId="2.[151,188,2055,2074]" captionTargetBox="[158,1425,203,1993]" captionTargetId="figure-17@2.[150,886,761,1336]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 13. Habitus of Platynectes in dorsal (a) and frontolateral (b) view. 1 P. barana sp. nov.; 2 P. lunga sp. nov.; 3 P. makira sp. nov. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887313" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887313/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Head with orange-brown clypeus and two small spots on vertex; appendages orange-brown. Pronotum with narrowly orange-brown sides and orange anterior corners; basal margin somewhat reddish translucent. Elytron black, disc with more or less distinct yellowish pattern consisting of postmedial spot in two thirds of elytral length, and three subapical spots; postmedial spot transverse, in centre narrowed; subapical spots consisting of two narrow longitudinal spots and oblique spot posterolaterally from them. Legs brown, basal part of metafemora brown-blackish. Prosternum and metacoxal processes brown.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[181,242,190,213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Head</emphasis>
ca. 0.62× width of pronotum, transversely elliptical. Meshes of reticulation mostly complete (closed).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,764,190,2069]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis box="[181,287,254,277]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Pronotum</emphasis>
. Reticulation similar to that of head; meshes larger, incomplete and less impressed on disc, becoming smaller, closed and deeply impressed near sides. Traces of microreticulation perceptible laterally close to sides.
<collectingRegion box="[151,222,382,405]" country="France" name="Centre" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Centre</collectingRegion>
of pronotal disc with small fossa.
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<paragraph blockId="6.[151,764,190,2069]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis box="[181,248,414,437]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Elytra</emphasis>
. Punctation double; coarse punctures present in two discal and two lateral, relatively distinct longitudinal lines; fine punctures occurring mostly on lines of reticulation. Reticulation similar to that of head and pronotum but slightly less impressed, consisting of heterogeneous polygonal meshes; meshes mostly complete. Traces of microreticulation perceptible in apical half and laterally on elytra.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,764,190,2069]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis box="[181,349,670,693]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Ventral surface.</emphasis>
Medial part of metaventrite with rather dense fine punctation. Ratio WC/WS = 4.3. Metacoxal lines incomplete anteriorly, almost parallel-sided. Metacoxal plates reticulated with polygonal meshes, punctation consisting of sparse fine punctures; plates with short longitudinal strioles, and long, weakly impressed transverse striae.Abdominal ventrites with bunch of coarse setigerous punctures present in centre of ventrites IIIV, additional setigerous punctures arranged sparsely in transverse line in medial part of ventrites.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,764,190,2069]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis box="[181,345,990,1013]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
Median lobe (
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) in lateral aspect only very slightly broadened to rounded apex; apex distinctly setose apico-ventrally. Parameres (
<figureCitation box="[632,710,1054,1077]" captionStart="Figs 811" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1314,1333]" captionTargetBox="[190,1373,190,1280]" captionTargetId="figure-336@7.[151,1434,186,1288]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 811. Male genitalia of Platynectes. 8 P. barana sp. nov.; 9 P. lunga sp. nov.; 10 P. makira sp. nov.; 11 P. malaita sp. nov. a median lobe in lateral view; b parameres. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887319" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887319/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Fig. 9b</figureCitation>
) narrowly triangular, slender, incised basally; dorsal surface densely setated; apical lobe long.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,764,190,2069]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,271,1149,1173]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,264,1149,1173]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Female</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Identical to male in habitus. Reticulation of dorsal surface more impressed, traces of microreticulation perceptible over major part of elytra; pro- and mesotarsomeres 13 not dilated and without adhesive setae; abdominal ventrite VI with sublateral grooves less developed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,764,190,2069]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,349,1310,1333]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Measurements.</emphasis>
TL:
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(mean value: 6.25 ±
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);
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:
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. TL-h: 5.06.0 mm (mean value: 5.55 ±
<quantity box="[298,397,1374,1397]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="0.15">0.15 mm</quantity>
);
<typeStatus box="[416,514,1374,1397]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">holotype</typeStatus>
:
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. MW:
<quantity metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.55" metricValueMax="3.9" metricValueMin="3.2" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="3.55" valueMax="3.9" valueMin="3.2">3.23.9 mm</quantity>
(mean value: 3.60 ±
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);
<typeStatus box="[537,635,1406,1429]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">holotype</typeStatus>
:
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,764,190,2069]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,278,1438,1461]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Variability.</emphasis>
The specimens of the
<typeStatus box="[531,577,1438,1461]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">type</typeStatus>
series vary only in shape and size of yellow markings on dorsal surface, especially in the presence of an additional spot medially on frons, and the presence of subbasal spots on elytra; postmedian orange spot on elytra can be split into two spots.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="63" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,764,190,2069]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,394,1598,1621]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
The new species can be recognized from all other
<taxonomicName authorityName="Regimbart" authorityYear="1879" box="[310,433,1630,1653]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[310,433,1630,1653]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Platynectes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the
<collectingCountry box="[544,725,1630,1653]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Solomon Islands</collectingCountry>
by combination of reduced yellow dorsal surface pattern (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figs 13" captionStartId="2.[151,188,2055,2074]" captionTargetBox="[158,1425,203,1993]" captionTargetId="figure-17@2.[150,886,761,1336]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 13. Habitus of Platynectes in dorsal (a) and frontolateral (b) view. 1 P. barana sp. nov.; 2 P. lunga sp. nov.; 3 P. makira sp. nov. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887313" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887313/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
), closed meshes of dorsal surface reticulation, and the shape of male genitalia with median lobe slender in lateral view (
<figureCitation box="[219,286,1758,1781]" captionStart="Figs 811" captionStartId="7.[151,188,1314,1333]" captionTargetBox="[190,1373,190,1280]" captionTargetId="figure-336@7.[151,1434,186,1288]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 811. Male genitalia of Platynectes. 8 P. barana sp. nov.; 9 P. lunga sp. nov.; 10 P. makira sp. nov.; 11 P. malaita sp. nov. a median lobe in lateral view; b parameres. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887319" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887319/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
). Based on the shape of the median lobe,
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunga" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">P. lunga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[219,303,1790,1813]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
seems to be the most similar to
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[651,759,1790,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malaita" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[651,759,1790,1813]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">P. malaita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[151,234,1822,1845]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, from which it differs in slightly larger body length (mean value = 6.25 ±
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in
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[529,618,1854,1877]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunga" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[529,618,1854,1877]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">P. lunga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[627,713,1854,1877]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, but only 5.85 ±
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in
<taxonomicName authority="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke, 2023" authorityName="Hájek &amp; Šťastný &amp; Hendrich &amp; Balke" authorityYear="2023" box="[397,502,1886,1909]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Platynectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malaita" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[397,502,1886,1909]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">P. malaita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[507,591,1886,1909]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
), less impressed dorsal surface reticulation) and much more reduced yellow colouration on elytra (see also under the latter species).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="63" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,764,190,2069]" lastBlockId="6.[828,1437,190,629]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,280,1982,2005]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Etymology.</emphasis>
The new species is named after its area of occurrence Lunga river; majority of specimens was collected in its lower basin. The specific epithet is a noun in the nominative singular, standing in apposition.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[828,1437,190,629]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,1113,222,245]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Collecting circumstances.</emphasis>
At the
<typeStatus box="[1185,1230,222,245]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">type</typeStatus>
locality, the species was collected in shaded pools of temporary forest stream (
<figureCitation box="[836,915,286,309]" captionStart="Figs 2224" captionStartId="14.[151,188,2030,2049]" captionTargetBox="[155,1433,189,1954]" captionTargetId="figure-13@14.[155,1433,189,1954]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Figs 2224. Habitat of Platynectes in Guadalcanal. 2223 type locality of P. barana sp. nov. and P. lunga sp. nov.: 22 large pool on drying-up stream in forested gorge; 23 small spring with wet cliff where Platynectes were observed to crawl at night. 24 forest spring near “Japanese Camp”." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887326" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887326/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
). At night,
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<emphasis box="[1034,1157,286,309]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Platynectes</emphasis>
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specimens were observed to leave pools and crawl in nearby hygropetric habitats, e.g. wet bank of pools, or a small spring (
<figureCitation box="[1264,1344,350,373]" captionStart="Figs 2224" captionStartId="14.[151,188,2030,2049]" captionTargetBox="[155,1433,189,1954]" captionTargetId="figure-13@14.[155,1433,189,1954]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Figs 2224. Habitat of Platynectes in Guadalcanal. 2223 type locality of P. barana sp. nov. and P. lunga sp. nov.: 22 large pool on drying-up stream in forested gorge; 23 small spring with wet cliff where Platynectes were observed to crawl at night. 24 forest spring near “Japanese Camp”." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887326" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887326/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
). At “Japanese camp”, it was found in a forest spring (
<figureCitation box="[1341,1423,382,405]" captionStart="Figs 2224" captionStartId="14.[151,188,2030,2049]" captionTargetBox="[155,1433,189,1954]" captionTargetId="figure-13@14.[155,1433,189,1954]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Figs 2224. Habitat of Platynectes in Guadalcanal. 2223 type locality of P. barana sp. nov. and P. lunga sp. nov.: 22 large pool on drying-up stream in forested gorge; 23 small spring with wet cliff where Platynectes were observed to crawl at night. 24 forest spring near “Japanese Camp”." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887326" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7887326/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
); at the other places, the specimens were collected in pools with muddy bottom made by forest stream, see also under
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<emphasis box="[828,931,478,501]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">P. barana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[938,1020,478,501]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="63" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="6.[828,1437,190,629]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[828,974,510,533]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Distribution.</emphasis>
The new species is known from low and medium altitude area (ca.
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) in north-central
<collectingRegion country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Guadalcanal</collectingRegion>
, and from Savo Island situated north-westwards from
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(
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).
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