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(
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A–F)
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, MALE: Body color very dark brown except elytral sutural carina blackish; outline oval (
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A–B), nearly continuous except for slight emargination between posterior angle of pronotum and elytral humerus; form convex, about equally so dorsally, ventrally; body length 
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at basal 1/3 of elytra; dorsum dull (except for raised polished elytral carinae), covered with fine, decumbent, pointed, tapered, golden brown setae (
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C).
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Elytra widest near basal 3/5ths, about 2.5 times longer than wide; surface generally smooth except for five raised, polished carinae (
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A, 4C) on disk and a sutural carina, latter extending to apex of elytron but very narrowed to apex; first, third, fifth discal carinae less prominent at elytral base; second, fourth carinae more raised at elytral base; third, fifth carinae longest, tapering, extending to about apical one­third of elytron; other carinae becoming narrow, broken toward mid­length of elytron. Scalelike setae similar to those on pronotum but more elevated, decurved, arising from very inconspicuous punctures, distributed sparsely, evenly on interval surfaces but more closely spaced, in a row along each side of carinae (
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C). Margin of pseudepipleuron well defined basally (with scalelike setae more dense than on elytral disk), becoming obscure at about apical one­fourth of elytron; scalelike setae on pseudepipleron similar in size, arrangement to those of elytral disk. Epipleuron long, tapered to elytral apex, generally 1/4th as wide as pseudepipleuron but abruptly widened at base, without setae except for a few along edge; apical part (opposite abdominal ventrites 4 and 5) forming a smooth groove between beaded edges. Abdominal sternites polished, with large punctures laterally; punctures absent in median areas of abdominal sternites 1–4 except on intercoxal process; sternite 5 with punctures less dense medially. Tegmen (
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D–E) 
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long, with apical piece longer than basal piece, flattened, truncate at apex, sinuate across apex with asymmetric edge between sharp, lateral projections. Median lobe with slender arching rodlike apex, ending with bulbous tip (
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F).
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Specimens range from 
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long. Some specimens have a soil encrustation that obscures some of the punctures and setae.
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“ 
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ISLANDS: San 
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, Sandy Point, 
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, 
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, 
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/ W. E. Steiner &amp; J. M. Swearingen, collectors” (
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and 24 
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); same data except “ 
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(2 
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); same data except “ 
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/ W. E. Steiner, J. M. Swearingen &amp; D. J. Lodge, collectors” (3 
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); “ 
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ISLANDS: San 
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, near Altar Cave, 
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, 
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, 
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/ W. E. Steiner, J. M. Swearingen &amp; S. Voegeli collectors” (1 
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); “ 
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, SAN 
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, 
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19 
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1999
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, M. &amp; L. DEYRUP / YELLOW 
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, COPPICE FOREST 
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BAHAMIAN 
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STATION” (1 
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, 
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); “ 
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: San 
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Is., Dump, 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFD5CFB9725AAC272" box="[746,900,1084,1110]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="1982-02-13">13 Feb 1982</date>
, N. B. Elliott (1 
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, 
<collectionCode id="BBCD27D27566F54DFB7FFB972330C272" box="[1225,1310,1084,1110]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">GRCC</collectionCode>
); same data except “ 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFE4AFBCF24B3C25A" box="[508,669,1124,1150]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="1982-01-17">17 Jan 1982</date>
” (1 
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, 
<collectionCode id="BBCD27D27566F54DFCECFBCF2581C25A" box="[858,943,1124,1150]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">GRCC</collectionCode>
); “ 
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ISLANDS: San 
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, East Beach, 
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, 
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, 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFC9FFB2725F6C282" box="[809,984,1164,1190]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="2003-06-22">22 June 2003</date>
/ W. E. Steiner &amp; J. M. Swearingen, collectors” (6 
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); same data except with the label “Reared from larva found 
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; pupated 
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, eclosed 
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, preserved 
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’03” (1 
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, with associated larval and pupal exuviae in gelatin capsule); same data except “ 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFABFFAAF27EDC362" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="2004-02-18">18 February 2004</date>
” (8 
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); “ 
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ISLANDS: San 
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, Long Bay (Columbus Landing), 
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, 
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, 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFD40FAFF25E8C34A" box="[758,966,1364,1390]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="2004-02-18">18 February 2004</date>
/ J. Winter, et al. collectors; in loose fine sand in weedy gap, coastal forest” (1 
<typeStatus id="026701B57566F54DFC12FAD72220C3B2" box="[932,1038,1404,1430]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
); “SAN 
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, 
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, 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFE1DFA0F2471C39A" box="[427,607,1444,1470]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="1993-06-17">
17 
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1993
</date>
, M. DEYRUP / 
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COPPICE­FOREST, 
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<collectionCode id="BBCD27D27566F54DFB62FA0F24A3C3C2" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">TRAIL NORTH OF OSPREY POND</collectionCode>
” (1 
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, 
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); “ 
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ISLANDS: San 
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, North Point, near Govt. Dock, 
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, 
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, 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFC46FA5F22E6C02A" box="[1008,1224,1524,1550]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="2004-02-15">15 February 2004</date>
/ W. E. Steiner &amp; J. M. Swearingen, collectors” (1 
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); “ 
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ISLANDS: San 
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, 
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S Rocky Point, 
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, 
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, 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFCDCF9EF2212C07A" box="[874,1084,1604,1630]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="2004-02-17">17 February 2004</date>
/ W. E. Steiner &amp; J. M. Swearingen, collectors” (14 
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); “ 
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ISLANDS: San 
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, Sandy Hook, 
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, 
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, 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFDEAF93F2513C08A" box="[604,829,1684,1710]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="2004-02-20">20 February 2004</date>
/ W. E. Steiner &amp; J. M. Swearingen, collectors” (3 
<typeStatus id="026701B57566F54DFE19F917240BC0F2" box="[431,549,1724,1750]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
); “ 
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: San 
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, Sandy Point / J. H. Knowles coll., 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFEBEF94F2757C0DA" box="[264,377,1764,1790]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="1965-06-26">26 VI 65</date>
” (1 
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, 
<collectionCode id="BBCD27D27566F54DFD9FF94F2458C0DA" box="[553,630,1764,1790]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/jekt-x82m" name="Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">FSCA</collectionCode>
; teneral, with damaged right elytron); “ 
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: San 
<collectingCountry id="A5CBFF877566F54DFEBEF8A7275CC102" box="[264,370,1804,1830]" name="El Salvador" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Salvador</collectingCountry>
, 
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. E. Watling’s Castle, 
<date id="A96299D77566F54DFD7FF8A7256CC102" box="[713,834,1804,1830]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="1963-12-30">30­XII­63</date>
, D. R. Paulson” (4 
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, 
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; one mislabeled from 
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by the same collector; that label inverted and new label added by WES). Additional non­paratypic specimen: “ 
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ISLANDS: San 
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, Long Bay (Columbus Landing), 
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, 
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, 
<date id="A96299D77561F54AFCF7FEEF2237C77A" box="[833,1049,324,350]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="2004-02-16">16 February 2004</date>
/ W. E. Steiner, J. M. Swearingen, J. Winter, et al. collectors” (1 elytron only).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="EFA863057561F54AFEBEF96027A5C0C7" bold="true" box="[264,395,1739,1763]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EFA863057561F54AFE2CF96724A6C0C7" box="[410,648,1740,1763]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Branchus geraceorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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, holotype. A, dorsal view; body length 14.2 mm. B, same, ventral view. C, detail of dorsum including scutellum and elytral suture. D­E, male genitalia, dorsal and lateral views, respectively; length of tegmen 5 mm. F, apical piece and apex of
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DD63BF177561F54AFEBEF894245CC172" blockId="12.[264,1323,1739,1878]" box="[264,626,1855,1878]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">median lobe, oblique lateral view.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFEBEFEB72751C711" box="[264,383,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="1ADCC4947560F54BFE8EFEEF2413C779" box="[312,573,324,349]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Branchus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="geraceorum">
<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFE8EFEEF2413C779" box="[312,573,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Branchus geraceorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinct in having the raised, polished, elytral carinae. It also lacks large punctures on the elytral surfaces, present in all other known 
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFBE0FEC722E8C7A1" box="[1110,1222,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Branchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species. It is the largest known darkling beetle on San 
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. A key to 
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFBB0FE3F2258C789" box="[1030,1142,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Branchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species will be provided in a future monograph of the group. 
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFCEAFE172247C7F1" box="[860,1129,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Branchus geraceorum</emphasis>
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belongs to the “ 
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFEA3FE4F27A0C7D9" box="[277,398,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">floridanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group” (
<bibRefCitation id="B94DC2E67560F54BFE4AFE4F24B9C7DA" author="Steiner" box="[508,663,484,510]" pageId="13" pageNumber="37" refString="Steiner, W. E., Jr. (1991) Branchus whiteheadi, new species, from southern Texas, with notes on the genus Branchus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93 (2), 425 - 432." type="journal article" year="1991">Steiner 1991</bibRefCitation>
) that includes the 
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species, 
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFBA9FE4F221FC7D9" box="[1055,1073,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">B</emphasis>
. 
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, illustrated by 
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from southern Florida, and 
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. 
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from New Providence, 
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(2005a)
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and several other species to be described. All of the members of this group have the same distinctive form of the male genitalia, with minor variations; the external characters are more useful for recognizing the species.
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFEBEFD5727ABC531" box="[264,389,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Etymology</emphasis>
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The specific name honors Donald and Kathy Gerace, founders of the Gerace Research Center (formerly the Bahamian Field Station), San 
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, in recognition of their contributions to science, education and conservation. The name is formed by a combination of the proper name “Gerace” + the Latin plural possessive ending, “­orum.” 
<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFEBEFB27244EC281" box="[264,608,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Habitats and collection notes</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFEBEFC4727B9C221" box="[264,407,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Distribution</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFE8EFBBF246EC209" box="[312,576,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Branchus geraceorum</emphasis>
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<th id="203DD42975600AB9FEBEFB97246EC272" box="[264,576,1084,1110]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">sites around the island.</th>
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Specimens of this 
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFDA2FB1F24AAC2E9" box="[532,644,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Branchus</emphasis>
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had been known to me for a number of years, borrowed from a few 
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museums for an ongoing revision, and recognized as an undescribed, distinct species probably endemic to San 
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. Having only a few specimens, most in poor condition, recent efforts were made to collect more of the beetles on two visits to the Gerace Research Center, examining the optimum habitats for these beetles (
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, 
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) at several sites around the island, with success. Specimens were collected under leaf litter, palm thatch and wood debris on high sandy ground behind the beach strand, in sites partly shaded by shrub or small tree canopy, e.g. 
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, 
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, 
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on deep, coarse, coral sand. At Sandy Point, the type­locality; specimens were found in the greatest number and concentration, co­occurring with the larger of each of the two 
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFEBEF9EF27A1C079" box="[264,399,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Diastolinus</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="EFA863057560F54BFE78F9EF246BC079" box="[462,581,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Trientoma</emphasis>
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species described in this paper, at edges of light gaps in dry sites but under larger accumulations of palm thatch and leaf litter. Beetles are usually exposed at the sand surface but nestled in small depressions or sometimes immediatlely under the sand surface. Associated larvae (to be described in a future work) occur deeper in the sand, usually 
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, and are often found in greater numbers than adults. In 
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, larvae were also found in fine sand under mixed leaf litter in swales of the hardwood forest interior behind the GRC.
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