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<mods:title id="9F00C54E690F73D962D17E289909E357">New and interesting Peritelini of the Western Mediterranean fauna. XX. A novel Meira (Jacquelin du Val, 1852) species from the Ligurian Alps</mods:title>
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<mods:affiliation id="D788DA0B39BCD13B8FE1CD2DB2D29BED">Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858, USA. E-mail: finkt @ ecu. edu</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName id="4C7A75C4FFF1FF90FF21FA5D454619A6" authority="Pierotti &amp; Fink, 2013" authorityName="Pierotti &amp; Fink" authorityYear="2013" box="[151,288,1416,1440]" class="Exobasidiomycetes" family="Curculionidae" genus="Meira" kingdom="Fungi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="diottii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF1FF90FF21FA5D454619A6" bold="true" box="[151,288,1416,1440]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Meira diottii</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF1FF90FF21FA18452F19E2" bold="true" box="[151,329,1485,1508]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Type specimens</emphasis>
:
<materialsCitation id="3B12041AFFF1FF90FEE1FA1844BC1A01" collectingDate="2010-09-27" collectionCode="CN" collectorName="di Caprauna &amp; della Guardia &amp; Pierotti" location="Colle di Caprauna" municipality="Madonna della Guardia" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF1FF90FEE1FA1845D919E2" bold="true" box="[343,447,1485,1508]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">
<typeStatus id="54C1B0E5FFF1FF90FEE1FA1845D919E2" box="[343,447,1485,1508]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FE70FA1845BB19E2" box="[454,477,1485,1508]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="male"></specimenCount>
:
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Colle
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FD9FFA1846CD19E2" box="[553,683,1485,1508]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">di Capraùna</collectorName>
</location>
(
<collectionCode id="ED6B9682FFF1FF90FD0CFA18468519E2" box="[698,739,1485,1508]" country="United Kingdom" name="Wellcome Collection of Bacteria, Burroughs Wellcome Research Laboratories" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">CN</collectionCode>
), sent.
<collectingMunicipality id="6BA1943DFFF1FF90FC99FA18404919E2" box="[815,1071,1485,1508]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">
Madonna
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FC2DFA18404919E2" box="[923,1071,1485,1508]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">della Guardia</collectorName>
</collectingMunicipality>
, m 1490,
<date id="FFC42887FFF1FF90FB2EFA18417219E2" box="[1176,1300,1485,1508]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="2010-09-27">
<collectingDate id="EF80D16FFFF1FF90FB2EFA18417219E2" box="[1176,1300,1485,1508]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="2010-09-27">27.IX.2010</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FAFBFA1841FD19E2" box="[1357,1435,1485,1508]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Pierotti</collectorName>
(cHP)
</materialsCitation>
.
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF1FF90FF51FA25453F1A01" bold="true" box="[231,345,1520,1543]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">
<typeStatus id="54C1B0E5FFF1FF90FF51FA25453F1A01" box="[231,345,1520,1543]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
:
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FEDDFA2545D41A01" box="[363,434,1520,1543]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">23 ex.</specimenCount>
, ibidem,
<date id="FFC42887FFF1FF90FDADFA2546F11A01" box="[539,663,1520,1543]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="2010-09-27">27.IX.2010</date>
, leg. Pierotti (cGO
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FCC2FA2547C81A01" box="[884,942,1520,1543]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">1 ex.</specimenCount>
, cMHNG
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FB92FA2540381A01" box="[1060,1118,1520,1543]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">1 ex.</specimenCount>
, cHP
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FB12FA25408A1A01" box="[1188,1260,1520,1543]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">21 ex.</specimenCount>
);
<materialsCitation id="3B12041AFFF1FF90FAB5FA25415B1A01" box="[1283,1341,1520,1543]" collectingDate="2010-09-27" collectionCode="CN" collectorName="di Caprauna &amp; della Guardia &amp; Pierotti" isTailEnumeration="true" location="Colle di Caprauna" municipality="Madonna della Guardia" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" specimenCount="6" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FAB5FA25415B1A01" box="[1283,1341,1520,1543]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">6 ex.</specimenCount>
</materialsCitation>
, ibidem, 5.XI.09, leg Diotti (cLD);
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FE0FF9C645971A2C" box="[441,497,1555,1578]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">5 ex.</specimenCount>
, ibidem, 5.XI.09, leg. Monzini (cLD
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FC3AF9C647A21A2C" box="[908,964,1555,1578]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">4 ex.</specimenCount>
, cHP
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FBBEF9C640261A2C" box="[1032,1088,1555,1578]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">1 ex.</specimenCount>
);
<materialsCitation id="3B12041AFFF1FF90FBE0F9C640FA1A2C" box="[1110,1180,1555,1578]" collectingDate="2010-09-27" collectionCode="CN" collectorName="di Caprauna &amp; della Guardia &amp; Pierotti" isTailEnumeration="true" location="Colle di Caprauna" municipality="Madonna della Guardia" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" specimenCount="35" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FBE0F9C640FA1A2C" box="[1110,1180,1555,1578]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">35 ex.</specimenCount>
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation id="3B12041AFFF1FF90FB1FF9C647631A69" collectingDate="1994-09-20" collectionCode="M" collectorName="Diotti &amp; Monzini &amp; Pend. &amp; Gardini &amp; Giusto" location="Dubasso" municipality="Alto Cuneo" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" specimenCount="35" typeStatus="paratype">
ibidem, 27.X.010, leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FF21F9E044B31A4A" box="[151,213,1589,1612]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Diotti</collectorName>
(cLD
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FEAAF9E045061A4A" box="[284,352,1589,1612]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">30 ex.</specimenCount>
, cHP
<specimenCount id="9D7CC5CEFFF1FF90FE14F9E045BF1A4A" box="[418,473,1589,1612]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="generic">5 ex.</specimenCount>
); 6 ex, ibidem, m 1500, 27.X. 10, leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FCCAF9E047B01A4A" box="[892,982,1589,1612]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Monzini</collectorName>
(cLD); 3 exx.,
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FBCBF9E040DC1A4A" box="[1149,1210,1589,1612]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Pend.</collectorName>
<collectionCode id="ED6B9682FFF1FF90FB77F9E040BA1A4A" box="[1217,1244,1589,1612]" country="Germany" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15637" name="Botanische Staatssammlung München" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="Herbarium">M</collectionCode>
.
<location id="8EA5589CFFF1FF90FB51F9E041251A4A" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D3BF51FFF1FF93FF21FA5D41F01DC2:8EA5589CFFF1FF90FB51F9E041251A4A" box="[1255,1347,1589,1612]" municipality="Alto Cuneo" name="Dubasso" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Dubasso</location>
m 1300 (
<collectingMunicipality id="6BA1943DFFF1FF90FF28F98D45421A69" box="[158,292,1624,1647]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Alto Cuneo</collectingMunicipality>
),
<date id="FFC42887FFF1FF90FE8FF98D45D31A69" box="[313,437,1624,1647]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="1994-09-20">
<collectingDate id="EF80D16FFFF1FF90FE8FF98D45D31A69" box="[313,437,1624,1647]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="1994-09-20">20.IX.1994</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FE43F98D46211A69" box="[501,583,1624,1647]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Gardini</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FDC7F98D46DE1A69" box="[625,696,1624,1647]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Giusto</collectorName>
(cHP)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="3B12041AFFF1FF90FCA5F98D47A51AD1" collectingDate="1973-11-11" collectingDateMax="1998-11-14" collectingDateMin="1973-11-11" collectionCode="SV, M, IM" collectorName="Pierotti &amp; Bello &amp; Bartoli &amp; Giusto &amp; Farinella &amp; Bosi &amp; Verese &amp; Diotti" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" specimenCount="1">
Other specimens examined: Verezzi (
<collectionCode id="ED6B9682FFF1FF90FB06F98D40B01A69" box="[1200,1238,1624,1647]" country="Cuba" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12598" name="Antigua Estación Experimental Agronómica" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="Herbarium">SV</collectionCode>
),
<collectionCode id="ED6B9682FFF1FF90FB5BF98D416E1A69" box="[1261,1288,1624,1647]" country="Germany" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15637" name="Botanische Staatssammlung München" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="Herbarium">M</collectionCode>
. Caprazoppa, 20.5.90, leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FE93F9AE45151A94" box="[293,371,1659,1682]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Pierotti</collectorName>
(cHP), leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FE4CF9AE46521A94" box="[506,564,1659,1682]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Bellò</collectorName>
(cCB); ibidem,
<date id="FFC42887FFF1FF90FD50F9AE47071A94" box="[742,865,1659,1682]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="1973-11-11">
<collectingDate id="EF80D16FFFF1FF90FD50F9AE47071A94" box="[742,865,1659,1682]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="1973-11-11">11.XI.1973</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FC2BF9AE47811A94" box="[925,999,1659,1682]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Bartoli</collectorName>
(cHP); ibidem, m 220,
<date id="FFC42887FFF1FF90FB5AF9AE410E1A94" box="[1260,1384,1659,1682]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="1998-11-14">
<collectingDate id="EF80D16FFFF1FF90FB5AF9AE410E1A94" box="[1260,1384,1659,1682]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="1998-11-14">14.XI.1998</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FF21F94844B81AB2" box="[151,222,1693,1716]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Giusto</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FEBEF94845011AB2" box="[264,359,1693,1716]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Farinella</collectorName>
(cHP); Borgio Verezzi (
<collectionCode id="ED6B9682FFF1FF90FDCDF94846C71AB2" box="[635,673,1693,1716]" country="Cuba" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12598" name="Antigua Estación Experimental Agronómica" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="Herbarium">SV</collectionCode>
),
<date id="FFC42887FFF1FF90FD0FF94847721AB2" box="[697,788,1693,1716]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="1994-01-02">
<collectingDate id="EF80D16FFFF1FF90FD0FF94847721AB2" box="[697,788,1693,1716]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="1994-01-02">2.I.1994</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FCE3F94847E01AB2" box="[853,902,1693,1716]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Bosi</collectorName>
(cHP); Toirano dint. (Savona),
<date id="FFC42887FFF1FF90FB5BF94841031AB2" box="[1261,1381,1693,1716]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="1994-04-28">
<collectingDate id="EF80D16FFFF1FF90FB5BF94841031AB2" box="[1261,1381,1693,1716]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" value="1994-04-28">28.IV.1994</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FF21F91544B81AD1" box="[151,222,1728,1751]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Giusto</collectorName>
(cHP); Bèvera (
<collectionCode id="ED6B9682FFF1FF90FE3AF91545D71AD1" box="[396,433,1728,1751]" country="India" name="Indian Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">IM</collectionCode>
), località
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FDAFF91546051AD1" box="[537,611,1728,1751]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Verese</collectorName>
, 29.X.05, leg.
<collectorName id="268F6B91FFF1FF90FD49F915475B1AD1" box="[767,829,1728,1751]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Diotti</collectorName>
(cLD, cHP)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3605DCCFFF1FF90FF73F93647311B1A" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF1FF90FF73F936455F1AFC" box="[197,313,1763,1786]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF1FF90FF73F93645541AFC" bold="true" box="[197,306,1763,1786]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7A75C4FFF1FF90FE89F93645B01AFC" box="[319,470,1763,1786]" class="Exobasidiomycetes" family="Curculionidae" genus="Meira" kingdom="Fungi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF1FF90FE89F93645E61AFC" box="[319,384,1763,1786]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Meira</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
, habitus short oval, with pterygia hardly prominent, antennae very robust, pronotum hardly transverse, elytra with setae slightly elongate raised or semi-erect.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3605DCCFFF1FF91FF73F8FD40231EDF" lastPageId="1" lastPageNumber="596" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF1FF90FF73F8FD45361B39" bold="true" box="[197,336,1832,1855]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="595" reason="1">Description.</emphasis>
Species of intermediate size as compared with other
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</taxonomicName>
(2.6-3.4 mm), and overall shape short and ovate (
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, fig. 1). Dorsal vestiture of unicolored dark scales with no metallic shine, rather or hardly imbricate, and rather elongate setae, appressed or reclined on the pronotum (
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, fig. 2), raised or semi-erect on elytra (
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, fig. 3).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF1FF90FF73F86647831BEA" blockId="0.[151,1436,1485,2028]" pageId="0" pageNumber="595">Rostrum transverse; epistomal keel not present; pterygia hardly prominent; clypeus rather gibbous, sometimes curved at right angle on a longitudinal axis and gradually elevated on the frons.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF0FF91FF73FF4D45D61CF2" blockId="1.[151,1436,152,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">Frons highly transverse, at times with a short longitudinal groove in the middle. Eyes oval, sub-convex. Antennae robust, with funicle articles 3-7 highly transverse, particularly so in females; club slightly wider than funicle, with first article widely cup-shaped.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF0FF91FF73FED540AB1D3F" blockId="1.[151,1436,152,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">Pronotum transverse, sometimes hardly so, not or only slightly wider at base than at anterior margin, rounded on its sides, with maximum width just beyond half length, disc with densely spaced deep simple punctures.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF0FF91FF73FE9045F51D79" blockId="1.[151,1436,152,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">Elytra short, usually hardly rounded on sides, with striae with close spacing of punctures and interstriae narrow, flat to only slightly convex.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF0FF91FF73FE5F448D1DC2" blockId="1.[151,1436,152,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">Legs robust; protibiae almost straight, strongly widened at apex on the external margin; metatibiae with open apical corbels.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF0FF91FF73FE0545C81E49" blockId="1.[151,1436,152,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">
Penis in lateral view strongly curved towards apex (
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, fig. 4, fig. 8a), in dorsal view gradually narrowing towards apex, then subtriangular or scutiform (
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, fig. 5, fig. 8a), with many sensilla on sides and apex (
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, figs. 8a, 8b); internal sac carrying, together with the genital armature typical of the genus (
<figureCitation id="134112C2FFF0FF91FB9FFDC040101E2A" box="[1065,1142,533,556]" captionStart="PLATE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,238,1182,1205]" captionTargetBox="[179,1400,211,1152]" captionTargetId="figure-190@2.[166,1420,194,1158]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="PLATE 2. Meira diottii sp. n.: 4. Penis, lateral view; 5. Apex of the penis, dorsal view; 6. genital armature of the internal sac, typical of the genus; 7. Supplementary genital armature of the internal sac; 8a, 8b. sensilla of the penis (SEM)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10099597" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10099597/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">Plate 2</figureCitation>
, fig. 6), a pair of additional armatures (
<figureCitation id="134112C2FFF0FF91FEB8FDED453C1E49" box="[270,346,568,591]" captionStart="PLATE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,238,1182,1205]" captionTargetBox="[179,1400,211,1152]" captionTargetId="figure-190@2.[166,1420,194,1158]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="PLATE 2. Meira diottii sp. n.: 4. Penis, lateral view; 5. Apex of the penis, dorsal view; 6. genital armature of the internal sac, typical of the genus; 7. Supplementary genital armature of the internal sac; 8a, 8b. sensilla of the penis (SEM)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10099597" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10099597/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">Plate 2</figureCitation>
, fig. 7).
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<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF0FF91FF73FD8F465A1EB1" blockId="1.[151,1436,152,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">
Spiculum ventrale sinuous at apex with manubrium elongated. Coxites of the ovipositor narrow but not elongated in the pre-apical region, sometimes converging at apex at the internal margin (
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, fig. 9). Spermatheca with cornus and ramus well developed (
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, fig. 10).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF0FF91FF73FD1740231EDF" blockId="1.[151,1436,152,729]" box="[197,1093,706,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF0FF91FF73FD1746641EDF" box="[197,514,706,729]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="596" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF0FF91FF73FD17459D1EDF" bold="true" box="[197,507,706,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">Derivation of specific name</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Dedicated to our friend and colleague Luciano Diotti.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF0FF91FF21F90145641AED" bold="true" box="[151,258,1748,1771]" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">PLATE 1</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF0FF91FEB9F90145F11AED" box="[271,407,1748,1771]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">Meira diottii</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF0FF91FE2BF90145BF1AED" bold="true" box="[413,473,1748,1771]" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">
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</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF0FF91FE51F90145921AEA" bold="true" box="[487,500,1748,1772]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">1</emphasis>
. Habitus;
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF0FF91FDD5F90146161AEA" bold="true" box="[611,624,1748,1772]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">2</emphasis>
. surface of the pronotum (SEM);
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF0FF91FC6CF90147811AEA" bold="true" box="[986,999,1748,1772]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="596">3</emphasis>
. detail of elytral surface (SEM).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FF21FB4B456E18B3" bold="true" box="[151,264,1182,1205]" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">PLATE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FEB8FB4B45F318B3" box="[270,405,1182,1205]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">Meira diottii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23D6F2EFFF3FF92FE2DFB4B45B018B3" box="[411,470,1182,1205]" pageId="2" pageNumber="597" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FE52FB4B459718B0" bold="true" box="[484,497,1182,1206]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">4</emphasis>
. Penis, lateral view;
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FD79FB4B46BA18B0" bold="true" box="[719,732,1182,1206]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">5</emphasis>
. Apex of the penis, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FB8CFB4B402118B0" bold="true" box="[1082,1095,1182,1206]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">6</emphasis>
. genital armature of the internal sac, typical of the genus;
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FE10FB1545D518DE" bold="true" box="[422,435,1216,1240]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">7</emphasis>
. Supplementary genital armature of the internal sac;
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FC5FFB15404A18DE" bold="true" box="[1001,1068,1216,1240]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">8a, 8b</emphasis>
. sensilla of the penis (SEM).
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FF21F91345641ADB" bold="true" box="[151,258,1734,1757]" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">PLATE 3</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FEB9F91345F11ADB" box="[271,407,1734,1757]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">Meira diottii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FE2BF91345BF1ADB" bold="true" box="[413,473,1734,1757]" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23D6F2EFFF3FF92FE2BF91345BF1ADB" box="[413,473,1734,1757]" pageId="2" pageNumber="597" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
:
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. Coxites of ovipositor;
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FD47F91047751ADB" box="[753,787,1733,1757]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FD47F910476A1ADB" bold="true" box="[753,780,1733,1757]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">10</emphasis>
.
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Spermatheca.
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FF73F8DE45481B24" bold="true" box="[197,302,1803,1826]" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">Remarks</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The species was collected sieving soil with
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FCABF8DE407D1B24" box="[797,1051,1803,1826]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">Lavandula angustifolia</emphasis>
Miller
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, at about
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altitude, in bush along the eastward path from the pass and leading to Madonna della Guardia.
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<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF3FF92FF73F885462D1BF4" blockId="2.[151,1436,1803,2034]" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">
Electron scanning microscopy (Quanta 200, FEI) revealed the presence of sensilla on the penis (
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, figs. 8a, 8b), earlier observed in various species of
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,
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,
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,
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, but, to the best of our knowledge, only recently documented for the first time in a weevil (
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF3FF92FC34F84340711BAB" box="[898,1047,1942,1965]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="597">Cleistolophus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, sp.
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) by
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. The authors suggest that the sensilla might provide the male with information on the position and shape of the female opening during copulation.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF2FF93FF73FF4D453A1D11" blockId="3.[151,1436,152,452]" pageId="3" pageNumber="598">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF2FF93FF73FF4D45C51CA9" bold="true" box="[197,419,152,175]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="598" reason="1">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF2FF93FE1FFF4D46571CA9" box="[425,561,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="598">Meira diottii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C7A75C4FFF2FF93FD0AFF4D40E21CA9" authority="Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906" authorityName="Sainte-Claire Deville" authorityYear="1906" box="[700,1156,152,175]" class="Exobasidiomycetes" family="Curculionidae" genus="Meira" kingdom="Fungi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="598" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="stierlini">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF2FF93FD0AFF4D47311CA9" box="[700,855,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="598">Meira stierlini</emphasis>
Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906
</taxonomicName>
, by its short elytra, its less gibbous clypeus, its unicolored scales and highly elongate form, and from
<taxonomicName id="4C7A75C4FFF2FF93FC57FF6F416B1CD7" authority="Stierlin 1892" authorityName="Stierlin" authorityYear="1892" box="[993,1293,186,209]" class="Exobasidiomycetes" family="Curculionidae" genus="Meira" kingdom="Fungi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="598" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="baudii">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF2FF93FC57FF6F40151CD7" box="[993,1139,186,209]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="598">Meira baudii</emphasis>
Stierlin 1892
</taxonomicName>
(topotypical specimens from Rome) by its very robust antennae, and from every other
<taxonomicName id="4C7A75C4FFF2FF93FC06FF0847971CF2" baseAuthorityName="Jacquelin du Val" baseAuthorityYear="1852" box="[944,1009,221,244]" class="Exobasidiomycetes" family="Curculionidae" genus="Meira" kingdom="Fungi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="598" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF2FF93FC06FF0847971CF2" box="[944,1009,221,244]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="598">Meira</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, by the supplementary genital armature of the internal sac.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF2FF93FF73FEF746831D79" blockId="3.[151,1436,152,452]" pageId="3" pageNumber="598">
This new species shows affinities particularly with a set of specimens from
<collectingRegion id="49BEC0A5FFF2FF93FBB2FEF740391D3F" box="[1028,1119,290,313]" country="Italy" name="Toscana" pageId="3" pageNumber="598">Tuscany</collectingRegion>
considered at this time to be belonging to
<taxonomicName id="4C7A75C4FFF2FF93FE93FE90466C1D5A" authority="Stierlin" authorityName="Stierlin" authorityYear="1892" box="[293,522,325,348]" class="Exobasidiomycetes" family="Curculionidae" genus="Meira" kingdom="Fungi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="598" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="baudii">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF2FF93FE93FE9045D71D5A" box="[293,433,325,348]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="598">Meira baudii</emphasis>
Stierlin
</taxonomicName>
, and with the topotypic specimens of that species (around Rome) and those of
<taxonomicName id="4C7A75C4FFF2FF93FAEDFE9045B41D79" authority="Sainte-Claire Deville" authorityName="Sainte-Claire Deville" authorityYear="1906" class="Exobasidiomycetes" family="Curculionidae" genus="Meira" kingdom="Fungi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="598" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="stierlini">
<emphasis id="B90ED255FFF2FF93FAEDFE90448C1D79" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="598">Meira stierlini</emphasis>
Sainte-Claire Deville
</taxonomicName>
(Nice region, La Turbie).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC50E47FFF2FF93FF73FE5F41F01DC2" blockId="3.[151,1436,152,452]" pageId="3" pageNumber="598">The specimens from the Ligurian coast exhibit elytral scales with lighter and irregular spotting, shorter and less raised setae, and supplementary armature of the internal sac of the penis rather different from the topotypical specimens.</paragraph>
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