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<mods:title>Review of the New World Notomicrus Sharp (Coleoptera, Noteridae) I: Circumscription of species groups and review of the josiahi group with description of a new species from Brazil</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Baca, Stephen M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Lawrence KS, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Short, Andrew Edward Z.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute, Division of Entomology, Lawrence KS, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:number>1025</mods:number>
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4.
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<taxonomicName LSID="217EC1DA-AD8C-5E33-A05E-4C69B09D2C48" authority="species group" authorityName="species group" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus traili" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="traili">Notomicrus traili species group</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Non-teneral specimens of this group tend to have the following combination of characters: (1) lacking triangular pigmented area on the medial base of the elytra (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Notomicrus species groups. Dorsal habitus of representative Notomicrus species a N. nanulus b N. sharpi c N. sp. d N. cf. traili e N. cf. gracilipes f N. petrareptans g N. sp. h N. sp nr. malkini i N. sp. nr. meizon j N. tenellus k N. brevicornis male syntype." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523043" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">1d-f</figureCitation>
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), lacking maculae; elytra with uniform shades of tan or brown; (2) irregular setose punctures in posterior half of elytral surface with density variable, increasingly coarse if extending on to anterior half of elytron; (3) microreticulation variably impressed, consisting of fine mesh-like reticulation; matte to shiny; elytral surface sometimes somewhat iridescent; (4) posterior lobes of noterid platform with angles acute (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Representative noterid platforms of Notomicrus species groups (left side, ventral aspect). Names in boxes indicate species groups or species a N. josiahi b N. nanulus c N. sharpi d N. sp. (Notomicrus nr. chailliei) e N. sp. nr. meizon f N. meizon (paratype) g N. sp. nr. malkini h N. brevicornis (female syntype) i N. teramnus (female paratype) j N. tenellus (Indonesia) k N. sabrouxi (female paratype, sketched from Manuel (2015: 518) l N. petrareptans." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523046" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">4k, l</figureCitation>
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); (5) protibia as in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Representative prolegs of Notomicrus species groups (left proleg, anterior aspect) a Notomicrus josiahi group (N. josiahi) b Notomicrus nanulus group (N. nanulus) c Notomicrus meizon group (Notomicrus sp.) d Notomicrus meizon group, alternative setal spacing of dorsal (outer) protibial margin (Notomicrus sp.) e Notomicrus traili group (N. cf. traili) f detail of structures of importance. F 1 Se = setae of anteroventral margin of profemur; F 1 Sp = protuberance of posteroventral margin of profemur; PtCA = anterior protarsal claw; Ptm- 5 = protarsomere V; SeDA = first robust seta of dorsoapical angle; SeMl = robust seta at mid-length of anterodorsal margin of protibia; SeM = First seta of anterodorsal margin of protibia; arrows indicate points for relative lengths (see key): i = anteroapical angle, ii = robust seta at mid-length, iii = first seta of marginal row." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523044" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">2e</figureCitation>
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, with robust seta of outer margin at ca. 2/3 length of margin, distance between robust seta and dorsoapical angle distinctly less than distance between robust seta and first seta from protibial insertion.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="177" type="composition">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Composition.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. gracilipes" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="gracilipes">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. gracilipes</emphasis>
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Sharp, 1882;
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<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. petrareptans" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="petrareptans">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. petrareptans</emphasis>
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Baca & Short, 2018;
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<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. reticulatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="reticulatus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. reticulatus</emphasis>
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Sharp, 1882;
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<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. sabrouxi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="sabrouxi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. sabrouxi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Manuel, 2015;
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<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. traili" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="traili">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. traili</emphasis>
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Sharp, 1882.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="177" type="identification resources">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Identification resources.</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="285 - 293" refId="B18" refString="Young, FN, 1978. The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae). Systematic Entomology 3 (3): 285 - 293, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" title="The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" volume="3" year="1978">Young (1978)</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4018.4.2" author="Manuel, M" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="506 - 534" refId="B11" refString="Manuel, M, 2015. The genus Notomicrus in Guadeloupe, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Zootaxa 4018 (4): 506 - 534, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4018.4.2" title="The genus Notomicrus in Guadeloupe, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4018.4.2" volume="4018" year="2015">Manuel (2015)</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4388.2.2" author="Baca, SM" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="182 - 190" refId="B1" refString="Baca, SM, Short, AEZ, 2018. Notomicrus petrareptans sp. n., a new seep-dwelling species of Noteridae from Suriname (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Zootaxa 4388 (2): 182 - 190, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4388.2.2" title="Notomicrus petrareptans sp. n., a new seep-dwelling species of Noteridae from Suriname (Coleoptera: Adephaga)." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4388.2.2" volume="4388" year="2018">Baca and Short (2018)</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Remarks.</paragraph>
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Species of the
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus traili</emphasis>
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group are difficult to discern and constitute a widespread species complex (see
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" author="Baca, SM" journalOrPublisher="Insect Systematics and Diversity" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="1 - 4" refId="B2" refString="Baca, SM, Short, AEZ, 2020. Molecular phylogeny of the notomicrine water beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae) reveals signatures of Gondwanan vicariance and ecological plasticity. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (6): 1 - 4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" title="Molecular phylogeny of the notomicrine water beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae) reveals signatures of Gondwanan vicariance and ecological plasticity." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" volume="4" year="2020">Baca and Short 2020</bibRefCitation>
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). Personal observations coupled with the phylogenetic reconstructions of
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" author="Baca, SM" journalOrPublisher="Insect Systematics and Diversity" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="1 - 4" refId="B2" refString="Baca, SM, Short, AEZ, 2020. Molecular phylogeny of the notomicrine water beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae) reveals signatures of Gondwanan vicariance and ecological plasticity. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (6): 1 - 4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" title="Molecular phylogeny of the notomicrine water beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae) reveals signatures of Gondwanan vicariance and ecological plasticity." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" volume="4" year="2020">Baca and Short (2020)</bibRefCitation>
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show that the diagnostic power of the dorsal punctation (see
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="285 - 293" refId="B18" refString="Young, FN, 1978. The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae). Systematic Entomology 3 (3): 285 - 293, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" title="The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" volume="3" year="1978">Young 1978</bibRefCitation>
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) is unreliable, with multiple clades within the complex sharing similar patterns of punctation; for example, the pattern of punctation attributed to
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<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. gracilipes" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="gracilipes">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. gracilipes</emphasis>
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by
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="285 - 293" refId="B18" refString="Young, FN, 1978. The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae). Systematic Entomology 3 (3): 285 - 293, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" title="The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" volume="3" year="1978">Young (1978)</bibRefCitation>
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arises in multiple places within the complex. The group will require careful taxonomic investigation. The members of the
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus traili</emphasis>
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group can be difficult to distinguish from those of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus meizon" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meizon">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus meizon</emphasis>
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group, but mature members lack a pigmented triangular area at the base of the elytra and most males of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus traili" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="traili">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus traili</emphasis>
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group have similarly-shaped median lobes of the aedeagus, distinct from the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus meizon" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meizon">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus meizon</emphasis>
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group. See notes in remarks of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus meizon" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meizon">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus meizon</emphasis>
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group above.
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5.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Insertae sedis</emphasis>
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species
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These species present characters combinations not found in other species groups. Both by presented character combination and even general
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">gestalt</emphasis>
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, these are difficult to place with certainty. Molecular sequence data were unavailable for these species in the phylogenetic reconstruction of
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" author="Baca, SM" journalOrPublisher="Insect Systematics and Diversity" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="1 - 4" refId="B2" refString="Baca, SM, Short, AEZ, 2020. Molecular phylogeny of the notomicrine water beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae) reveals signatures of Gondwanan vicariance and ecological plasticity. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (6): 1 - 4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" title="Molecular phylogeny of the notomicrine water beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae) reveals signatures of Gondwanan vicariance and ecological plasticity." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" volume="4" year="2020">Baca and Short (2020)</bibRefCitation>
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. In particular, the species listed here both exhibit body shape, color, microsculpture and sparse punctation that would place them in the
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<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. nanulus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="nanulus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. nanulus</emphasis>
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species group. However, in comparison with the
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<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. tenellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="tenellus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. tenellus</emphasis>
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species group, the sister to all New World taxa, several of these characters appear plesiomorphic in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus</emphasis>
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, making it difficult to discern their likely relatives from morphology alone.
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