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Type species
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<emphasis id="B94841207443FFCDFEA4FBEAFE54DD78" box="[287,475,1085,1107]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="352">Ditomus solitarius</emphasis>
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. Most similar in combination of characters to
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<emphasis id="B94841207443FFCDFCACFBABFCFEDDB3" box="[791,881,1151,1176]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="352">Penthus</emphasis>
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differing as follows: dorsum with violet metallic tinge; labrum rather deeply emarginate anteriorly; pronotum not bordered along apical and basal margins, its apical angles markedly protruding anteriad, very narrowly rounded at apex, basal angles almost rectangular, with sharp apex; and protibia with about 1012 lateral spines situated in apical half of outer edge (versus 68 spines in
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<emphasis id="B94841207443FFCDFF2CFADBFF7EDC03" box="[151,241,1295,1320]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="352">Penthus</emphasis>
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).
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The new genus differs from
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<emphasis id="B94841207443FFCDFDB3FAE0FD27DC66" box="[520,680,1332,1357]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="352">Penthophonus</emphasis>
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in having the following distinctive features: head relatively larger; paraglossae narrow, separated from ligular sclerite by wide notch; apical angles of pronotum markedly protruding anteriad, very narrowly rounded at apex; three penultimate abdominal sternites, in addition to short general pubescence, also with several long setae along hind margin; metatrochanter large, more than a half as long as metafemur, slightly acute at apex; and protibia with about 1012 lateral spines situated in apical half of outer edge (versus 34 spines in
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), with outer angle not dentiform and without additional short spur on inner apical angle.
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<emphasis id="B94841207443FFCDFF7CF9FBFEDEDF63" bold="true" box="[199,337,1583,1608]" pageId="2" pageNumber="352">Description</emphasis>
. Body (
<figureCitation id="130781B77443FFCDFE09F9FBFE79DF63" box="[434,502,1583,1608]" captionStart="FIGURES 14" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1592,1615]" captionTargetBox="[286,1307,608,1559]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[274,1313,569,1568]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 14. Parapenthus solitarius (Peyron, 1858), female (Ceyhan, Turkey). 1, habitus; 2, left protibia; 3, head; 4, labium. 13, dorsal view, 4, ventral view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (A: Fig. 1; B: Figs 2, 3; C: Fig. 4)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1458711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="352">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
) robust, dorsum with violet metallic tinge, rather densely and roughly punctate, covered with erect setae.
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Labrum (
<figureCitation id="130781B77443FFCDFE94F9A3FEFEDFBB" box="[303,369,1655,1680]" captionStart="FIGURES 14" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1592,1615]" captionTargetBox="[286,1307,608,1559]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[274,1313,569,1568]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 14. Parapenthus solitarius (Peyron, 1858), female (Ceyhan, Turkey). 1, habitus; 2, left protibia; 3, head; 4, labium. 13, dorsal view, 4, ventral view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (A: Fig. 1; B: Figs 2, 3; C: Fig. 4)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1458711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="352">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
) rather deeply emarginate anteriorly. Аpical margin of clypeus shallowly emarginate. Tempora setose. Genae wide. One very long supraorbital seta on each side. Lateral margin of frons above insertion of antennae simple, not widened. Mentum (
<figureCitation id="130781B77443FFCDFDC1F96BFD4DDFF3" box="[634,706,1727,1752]" captionStart="FIGURES 14" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1592,1615]" captionTargetBox="[286,1307,608,1559]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[274,1313,569,1568]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 14. Parapenthus solitarius (Peyron, 1858), female (Ceyhan, Turkey). 1, habitus; 2, left protibia; 3, head; 4, labium. 13, dorsal view, 4, ventral view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (A: Fig. 1; B: Figs 2, 3; C: Fig. 4)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1458711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="352">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
) with wide and very short median tooth. Epilobes noticeably widened apically. Ligular sclerite very slightly narrowed before truncate apex, with two long ventro-apical setae and a few very short setae on dorsal side. Paraglossae glabrous, narrow, longer than ligular sclerite and separated from it by wide notch. Terminal maxillary and labial palpomeres more or less cylindrical, usually narrowed apically. Basal labial palpomere carinate. Penultimate labial palpomere markedly longer than apical one.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B839D327443FFCDFF7CF8A1FD40DEFE" blockId="2.[151,1437,1151,2005]" pageId="2" pageNumber="352">Pronotum cordate, with two or several setigerous pores at sides before middle. Аpical angles markedly protruding anteriad, very narrowly rounded at apex. Basal angles almost rectangular. Аpical and basal margins not bordered, basal pronotal edge glabrous, not ciliate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B839D327442FFCCFF7CFF43FB28D99B" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1293]" box="[199,1191,151,176]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Elytra not serrate at sides, basal border complete, not bent and not raised near scutellum.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B839D327442FFCCFF7CFF68FBF0D9D3" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1293]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Hindwings fully developed, folded at apex (obviously the species is capable of flight; one of the examined specimens was covered with Lepidopteran scales and might have been collected at light).</paragraph>
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Prosternum with rather long setae medially. Metepisternum markedly longer than wide. Three penultimate abdominal sternites, in addition to short general pubescence, also with several long setae along hind margin (similar to those of
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,
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<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFE5DFE98FDE5D84E" box="[486,618,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Pachycarus</emphasis>
,
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, and
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<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFC85FE98FC4FD84E" box="[830,960,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Bronislavia</emphasis>
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, but such setae absent in
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<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFB50FE98FA04D84E" box="[1259,1419,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Penthophonus</emphasis>
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). Аnal (last visible) abdominal sternite in female with distal margin medially somewhat enlarged and plate-like.
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Protibia (
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) with outer angle not dentiform, without additional short spur on inner apical angle, with about 1012 lateral spines situated in apical half of outer edge and with two ventroapical spines. Аpical spur of protibia slender. Profemur not denticulate along inner margin. Metafemur with many setigerous punctures along posterior margin. Metacoxa with a posteromedial setigerous pore and with numerous additional long setae. Metatrochanter large, more than a half as long as metafemur, slightly acute at apex. Tarsi setose dorsally. Metatarsomere 1 short, slightly longer than 2, noticeably shorter than 2+3. Protarsus and mesotarsus of male not dilated.
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<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFF7CFDB8FEC9DBAE" bold="true" box="[199,326,620,645]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Etymology</emphasis>
. The genus name is a combination of the Greek
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFCC8FDB9FC27DBAF" box="[883,936,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">para</emphasis>
, meaning near, and the name of the carabid genus
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<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFF64FD5BFEB6DB83" box="[223,313,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Penthus</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFF7CFD60FDA4DBE6" bold="true" box="[199,555,692,717]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Composition and distribution</emphasis>
. The genus includes only one species,
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<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFC50FD61FBFDDBE6" box="[1003,1138,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">P. solitarius</emphasis>
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, distributed in the Middle East (
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,
<collectingCountry id="F32BDDA27442FFCCFE8FFD03FEFDDBDB" box="[308,370,727,752]" name="Syria" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Syria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F32BDDA27442FFCCFEC7FD03FE35DBDB" box="[380,442,727,752]" name="Israel" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Israel</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F32BDDA27442FFCCFE4AFD0CFDB6DBDB" box="[497,569,728,752]" name="Egypt" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Egypt</collectingCountry>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C326CEB97442FFCCFF7CFD28FB0DDC26" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B839D327442FFCCFF7CFD28FB0DDC26" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1293]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFF7CFD28FEBBDA3E" bold="true" box="[199,308,764,789]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Remarks</emphasis>
. This new genus is erected for the single species
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFCE6FD29FC6DDA3E" authorityName="Peyron" authorityYear="1858" box="[861,994,764,789]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Ditomus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="solitarius">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFCE6FD29FC6DDA3E" box="[861,994,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">P. solitarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was originally described within
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<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFF2CFCF5FF79DA13" box="[151,246,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Ditomus</emphasis>
Bonelli, 1810
</taxonomicName>
, but later was treated as a member of the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFC6AFCCBFB6BDA13" authority="Chaudoir, 1843" authorityName="Chaudoir" authorityYear="1843" box="[977,1252,799,824]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Penthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFC6AFCCBFBA3DA13" box="[977,1068,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Penthus</emphasis>
Chaudoir, 1843
</taxonomicName>
(Piochard de la
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFADE0C37442FFCCFE85FC90FE43DA77" box="[318,460,836,861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" refId="ref13653" refString="Reitter, E. (1900) Bestimmungs-Tabelle der europaischen Coleopteren. XLI. Heft. Enthaltend: Carabidae. Abtheilung: Harpalini und Licinini. Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines in Brunn, 38, 33 - 155. [1899]" type="journal article">Reitter 1900</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFADE0C37442FFCCFE6DFC90FD37DA77" box="[470,696,836,861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" refId="ref14280" refString="Tschitscherine, T. (1901) Genera des Harpalini des regions Palearctique et Paleanarctique. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 35, 217 - 251." type="journal article">Tschitschérine 1901</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFADE0C37442FFCCFD7FFC90FCE2DA77" box="[708,877,836,861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" refId="ref12605" refString="Jakobson, G. G. (1907) Fasc. 5. In: Zhuki Rossii i Zapadnoi Evropy. A. F. Devrien, Sankt-Petersburg, pp. 321 - 400." type="book chapter">Jakobson 1907</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFADE0C37442FFCCFCC3FC90FB89DA77" box="[888,1030,836,861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" refId="ref14177" refString="Stichel, W. (1923) Zur Phylogenesis eines geologisch jungen Formenkreises der Kafer, der Ditominen (Carab. Harpal.). Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie, 18, 41 - 50 + 81 - 100 + 145 - 162 + 209 - 242." type="journal article">Stichel 1923</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFADE0C37442FFCCFBAAFC90FB01DA77" box="[1041,1166,836,861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" refId="ref12345" refString="Csiki, E. (1932) Carabidae: Harpalinae. Vol. VI. Pars 121. In: Junk, W. &amp; Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. III. Carabidae III. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1023 - 1278." type="book chapter">Csiki 1932</bibRefCitation>
). Based on the available descriptions of this species, without examination of the specimens,
<bibRefCitation id="EFADE0C37442FFCCFC11FCB3FBC3DAAB" box="[938,1100,871,896]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" refId="ref13767" refString="Sciaky, R. (1987) Revisione delle specie paleartiche occidentali del genere Ophonus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera, Carabidae). (XVIII contributo alla conoscenza dei Coleoptera Carabidae). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 65, 29 - 120. [1986]" type="journal article">Sciaky (1987)</bibRefCitation>
included it in
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFB47FCB3FEA8DA8F" authority="Reitter, 1900" authorityName="Reitter" authorityYear="1900" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Penthophonus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFB47FCB3FA13DAAB" box="[1276,1436,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Penthophonus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFADE0C37442FFCCFF2CFC58FEA8DA8F" box="[151,295,908,933]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" refId="ref13653" refString="Reitter, E. (1900) Bestimmungs-Tabelle der europaischen Coleopteren. XLI. Heft. Enthaltend: Carabidae. Abtheilung: Harpalini und Licinini. Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines in Brunn, 38, 33 - 155. [1899]" type="journal article">Reitter, 1900</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(a taxon very close to the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFD28FC58FC19DA8F" authority="Dejean, 1921" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1921" box="[659,918,908,933]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Ophonus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFD28FC58FD77DA8E" box="[659,760,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Ophonus</emphasis>
Dejean, 1921
</taxonomicName>
), and this treatment was tacitly accepted in the subsequent literature (
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,
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;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFADE0C37442FFCCFCB5FC64FB80DAE3" box="[782,1039,944,968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" refId="ref14504" refString="Wrase, D. W. &amp; Kataev, B. M. (2017) Subtribe Ditomina Bonelli, 1810. In: Lobl, I. &amp; Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Revised and Updated Edition. Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga. Brill, Leiden / Boston, pp. 509 - 514." type="book chapter">Wrase &amp; Kataev 2017</bibRefCitation>
). Re-examination of the specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFF0CFC01FEB0DAC6" authorityName="Peyron" authorityYear="1858" box="[183,319,980,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Ditomus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="solitarius">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFF0CFC01FEB0DAC6" box="[183,319,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">P. solitarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
revealed that this species is distinguished from the members of
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFB98FC00FB4CDAC6" authorityName="Reitter" authorityYear="1900" box="[1059,1219,980,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Penthophonus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFB98FC00FB4CDAC6" box="[1059,1219,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Penthophonus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in many sufficient characters (see diagnosis above) and actually most similar and apparently most related to
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFB7AFC23FA94DD3B" authorityName="Chaudoir" authorityYear="1843" box="[1217,1307,1015,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Penthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFB7AFC23FA94DD3B" box="[1217,1307,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Penthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The most important characters in common for
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFDEDFBC8FCD1DD1E" baseAuthorityName="Peyron" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[598,862,1052,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Parapenthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="solitarius">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFDEDFBC8FCD1DD1E" box="[598,862,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Parapenthus solitarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFC18FBC8FC72DD1E" authorityName="Chaudoir" authorityYear="1843" box="[931,1021,1052,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Penthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFC18FBC8FC72DD1E" box="[931,1021,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Penthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFB78FBC8FAECDD1E" authorityName="Reitter" authorityYear="1900" box="[1219,1379,1052,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Penthophonus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFB78FBC8FAECDD1E" box="[1219,1379,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Penthophonus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are: paraglossae narrow, separated from ligular sclerite by wide notch; abdominal sternites with transverse row of long setae along posterior margin; protibia without additional short spur on inner apical angle, with more than one ventroapical and more than four outer preapical spines; metafemur with many setigerous punctures along posterior margin; and metatrochanter long, about half as long as metafemur, acute at apex.
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFB88FB78FABBDDEE" baseAuthorityName="Peyron" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[1075,1332,1196,1221]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Parapenthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="solitarius">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFB88FB78FABBDDEE" box="[1075,1332,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">Parapenthus solitarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
warrants separate generic status due to the peculiar combination of the sufficient characters distinguishing it from the single representative of the genus
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFE70FB20FDCEDC27" box="[459,577,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFE70FB20FDAADC26" authorityName="Chaudoir" authorityYear="1843" box="[459,549,1268,1293]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Penthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Penthus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C3CE6B17442FFCCFDFAFB21FC0DDC27" authority="(Waltl, 1838)" baseAuthorityName="Waltl" baseAuthorityYear="1838" box="[577,898,1268,1293]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Penthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenebrioides">
<emphasis id="B94841207442FFCCFDFAFB21FD69DC26" box="[577,742,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="353">P. tenebrioides</emphasis>
(Waltl, 1838)
</taxonomicName>
(see diagnosis above).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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