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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FF465EC9A8CDDED6" bold="true" box="[151,414,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Perumicrus peruanus</emphasis>
(Franz)
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(
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,
<figureCitation id="13782A16FFC2FFD9FED15EE5A81ADEB4" box="[256,329,187,211]" captionStart="FIGURES 21 24" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1754,1777]" captionTargetBox="[151,1434,375,1729]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,373,1733]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 21 24. Morphological structures of Perumicrus peruanus (Franz), paratype male. Head in dorsal (21) and ventral (22) views; prothorax in ventral view (23); pterothorax in ventral view (24). Abbreviations: ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bst, basisternal part of prosternum; bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; h, hypomeron; hy, hypostomal ridge; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lac, lacinia; lb, labrum; lp, labial palp; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; md, mandible; mn, mentum; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; mst, mediostipes; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; mxp, maxillary palp; nr, ' neck' region; occ, occipital constriction; pf, profurca; pre, prepectus; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; ptp, posterior tentorial pits; smn, submentum; v 3, metaventrite; vlf, ventrolateral fovea; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/243794/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">2124</figureCitation>
,
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FF465F5CA8DCDF7F" box="[151,399,258,280]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Scydmoraphes peruanus</emphasis>
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: 210
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, fig. 198.
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FF465F1BA80EDF39" bold="true" box="[151,349,325,350]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Material studied</emphasis>
.
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Remnants of
<typeStatus id="54F88831FFC2FFD9FDD85F1BAB23DF39" box="[521,624,325,350]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(
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)
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♂: three labels (
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): &quot;Umg. Tarapoto /
<collectingCountry id="F3547603FFC2FFD9FB105F1BADAADF39" box="[1217,1273,325,350]" name="Peru" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Peru</collectingCountry>
,lg.Franz&quot; with &quot;SA 133&quot; on the reverse side [white, printed; reverse handwritten], &quot;
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FC795F37AD1FDFE6" box="[936,1100,361,385]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Scydmoraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="4C434D10FFC2FFD9FBB45F34AD9EDFE6" box="[1125,1229,362,385]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Scydmoraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peruanus">
<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FBB45F34AD9EDFE6" box="[1125,1229,362,385]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">peruanus</emphasis>
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m. / det.H.Franz&quot; [white, handwritten and printed], &quot;
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&quot; [red, handwritten] (
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). A white printed label was added during the present study: &quot;
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FE855FEFAB51DFAF" box="[340,514,433,456]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">PERUMICRUS</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="4C434D10FFC2FFD9FDF75FECABDDDFAE" box="[550,654,434,457]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Scydmoraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peruanus">
<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FDF75FECABDDDFAE" box="[550,654,434,457]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">peruanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ (Franz, 1980) / det. P. JAŁOSZYŃSKI, '2015&quot;.
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Remnants of
<typeStatus id="54F88831FFC2FFD9FF465F8BA85EDF89" box="[151,269,469,494]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
: 2 ♂♂, same data as
<typeStatus id="54F88831FFC2FFD9FDF25F8BABDBDF89" box="[547,648,469,494]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, except yellow identification &quot;
<typeStatus id="54F88831FFC2FFD9FC255F88ADCBDF89" box="[1012,1176,470,494]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268" type="paratype">PARATYPUS</typeStatus>
&quot; label (
<collectionCode id="ED52AE56FFC2FFD9FB285F88AC08DF89" box="[1273,1371,470,494]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/91g3-0mnw" name="Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">NHMW</collectionCode>
). See Remarks below for details on the state of preservation.
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FF165C43A812DC51" bold="true" box="[199,321,541,566]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This is the only known species of
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FD0F5C40AA32DC52" box="[734,865,542,565]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Perumicrus</emphasis>
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and can be identified on the basis of the generic characters and the aedeagus.
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FF165C3BA80ADC19" bold="true" box="[199,345,613,638]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Description.</emphasis>
Body of male (not shown due to incomplete and disarticulated specimens) slightly flattened, elongate and slender, with moderately long appendages, BL
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; moderately glossy, uniformly brown with slightly lighter appendages; vestiture slightly lighter than cuticle.
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Head (
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) short and subtrapezoidal in shape, broadest at eyes, HL
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, HW
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; occipital constriction slightly broader than frons between eyes; 'neck' region much broader than long; tempora much shorter than eyes, lacking lateral bristles; vertex short and broad, anteriorly confluent with frons, convex; frons subtrapezoidal, weakly convex, with anterior margin slightly projecting anteriorly at middle; supraantennal tubercles feebly marked; eyes very large and strongly projecting laterally. Vertex and frons with distinct punctures separated by spaces subequal to their diameters; setae short, sparse and suberect. Antennae (
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) short in relation to body length, AnL
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; antennomeres III strongly elongate, IIIV nearly as broad as long, VIX each transverse, XI narrower than X, about as long as broad, with rounded apex.
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Pronotum in dorsal view subquadrate with rounded sides, broadest near anterior third, PL
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, PW
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; anterior margin nearly straight; sides strongly rounded in anterior half and distinctly convergent caudad, posterior margin shallowly bisinuate; base with distinct transverse groove and lateral pair of elongate impressions close to each lateral pronotal margin. Pronotal disc with fine and inconspicuous punctures; setae short, sparse and suberect, bristles absent.
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Elytra studied only in transparent mount and disarticulated; oval, broadest presumably near or slightly anterior to middle, EL
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, covered with short, sparse and presumably weakly suberect setae.
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wings welldeveloped, about twice as long as elytra.
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Aedeagus (
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,
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) elongate, AeL
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, median lobe symmetrical, drop-shaped with subtriangular apical part; endophallic structures symmetrical, with several paired elongate sclerites; parameres slender, each with one apical seta.
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FF165BFFA876DBDD" bold="true" box="[199,293,1441,1466]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FF165B9BA833DBB9" bold="true" box="[199,352,1477,1502]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Distribution.</emphasis>
Northern
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, east to the Andes.
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<subSubSection id="C3596518FFC2FFD9FF165BB7ACCBD8BD" pageId="15" pageNumber="268" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC2FFD9FF165BB7A868D865" bold="true" box="[199,315,1513,1538]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268">Remarks.</emphasis>
In the original description
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gives further collecting data: Juan Guerra, south of Tarapoto, relatively dry forest, leaf litter,
<date id="FFFD1053FFC2FFD9FDB75853ABBBD841" box="[614,744,1549,1574]" pageId="15" pageNumber="268" value="1968-09-28">28.09.1968</date>
.
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Specimens in the
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series are poorly preserved and none is complete. Only disarticulated elytra, one leg and aedeagus of the
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have survived (elytra and leg mounted in
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balsam, aedeagus in original Franz's preparation in euparal). One
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male was originally disarticulated and embedded in euparal; during the present study it was remounted in
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balsam. This specimen is almost complete, lacking only the elytra. The other
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male was also disarticulated and dry-mounted, with the aedeagus in euparal; it also lacks the elytra.
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