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<taxonomicName id="8555DD4DAC052C31A5D5048FCA2FB3AF" ID-CoL="5ZWX4" LSID="0149666e-e3e1-5d2f-a4e1-80fd888742e5" authority="Klug, 1834" authorityName="Klug" authorityYear="1834" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus pulchellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">Copelatus pulchellus (Klug, 1834)</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation id="8233557871AA6C258F8D203034ED75D0" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Male genitalia. From left to right, aedeagus in right lateral, ventral, left lateral views and left paramere. A Copelatus marginipennis B Copelatus mahajanga C Copelatus pulchellus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.869.33997.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/322930" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Figs 5C</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="D73F64A49C0B76C572CB0F60C7C5C7DB" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitus, dorsal view. A Male: Copelatus marginipennis B Female: Copelatus mahajanga C Female: Copelatus sp. 1 (Bemaraha) D Male: Copelatus pulchellus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.869.33997.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/322933" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">8D</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="B100AD5F47EE41AFB25AAF8A8BF04C2E" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Agabus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Agabus pulchellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">Agabus pulchellus</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="DF774F9FF7A97B4A1F5530613CCA0D78" author="Klug, JCF" journalOrPublisher="Officina Academica, Berolini" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" refId="B42" refString="Klug, JCF, 1834. Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Insectorum, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg studio novae aut illustratae redierunt. -Insecta. Decas quarta. . Officina Academica, Berolini" title="Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Insectorum, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg studio novae aut illustratae redierunt. - Insecta. Decas quarta." year="1834">Klug 1834</bibRefCitation>
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: t. XXXIII: 7
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<taxonomicName id="31EB1BBD1A9C369B34BF76E86CD477E2" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus africanus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">Copelatus africanus</taxonomicName>
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Sharp, 1882: 583; TL: Botswana, Lake Ngami;
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<paragraph id="1B6AB6CA67D38E4C9A5FB1A92CA94B5A" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
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?
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<taxonomicName id="BCA113D401D54206CAF82D447943F002" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus basalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="basalis">Copelatus basalis</taxonomicName>
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Boheman, 1848: 244; TL: South Africa (Caffraria interiore);
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<paragraph id="9F3CD1A8A5CC5F99DAEED0F7D4DAAAFB" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
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<taxonomicName id="06A4D4CE3638AF1B7B28A2C58355A63F" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus discoideus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discoideus">Copelatus discoideus</taxonomicName>
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Sharp, 1882: 582; TL: Mesopotamia;
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<paragraph id="4AD06C15E381E3E942427FBB5532CA9B" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
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<taxonomicName id="1CE04A09FF7BD6B7E9AB306F458D20B1" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus obtusus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obtusus">Copelatus obtusus</taxonomicName>
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Boheman, 1848: 242; TL: South Africa (Caffraria orientali);
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<paragraph id="1E73F0EFC5B94C0543AC82FE043F7721" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
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<taxonomicName id="BEB4F16C26871AA2B31530D8D5EC45E4" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus strigulosus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="strigulosus">Copelatus strigulosus</taxonomicName>
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Sharp, 1882: 582; TL: Mesopotamia;
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<taxonomicName id="E82E0FA8E3BA1DD7FE737C671C305D1B" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus mimetes" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mimetes">Copelatus mimetes</taxonomicName>
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Guignot, 1957: 73; TL: Madagascar, Sakaraha, Lambomakandro; syn. nov.
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<paragraph id="9C4B247B0D273CBC4F89259688124E90" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E731DABDC2C4A0336A01A92F64C62807" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Egypt, Sinai.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="78079C315D12894071A74715A52B6C7C" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Type material studied.</paragraph>
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-HT♂ (GP) (
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<emphasis id="BFC8C85F3F276F1DC584D2E5F2DADEC5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus mimetes</emphasis>
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) (MNHN, "coll. Guignot"): // Data in NHRS | JLKB | 000030032 // Sakaraha | Lambomakandro | III-56 A.R. // Type [red label] // F. Guignot Det., 1956 |
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<emphasis id="D338FBA80B7CD12A5A28B20539854F2B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6B1BA1C61CAC4A833C6D15B249B27679" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">mimetes</emphasis>
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n. sp.| Type ♂ // INSTITUT SCIENTIFIQUE MADAGASCAR // -LT♀ (lectotype here designated) (
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<emphasis id="509AD187E6FD6FDA8F0C26973D02C766" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus obtusus</emphasis>
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) (NHRS): // Caffra | ria. // J. Wahlb // Type. // HoloTypus [red label,
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printed,
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<normalizedToken id="5355DEF0153E807E8FDCD892FD129A6D" originalValue="“Holo”">"Holo"</normalizedToken>
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handwritten with small letters in front, possibly by J. Balfour-Browne who studied the type] // obtusus Boh. //
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<emphasis id="494B885783AEE84E96DB708C6A37C26A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Cop. pulchellus</emphasis>
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var: |
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<emphasis id="AA4CF4F7530E963FC26F0A9B01E93F05" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">obtusus</emphasis>
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Boh. | J. Balfour-Browne det. // 5657 | E91 // NHRS-JLKB | 000065335 // Lectotype |
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<emphasis id="229B150E860ADD430D750A667F41D2AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus obtusus</emphasis>
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| Boheman, 1842 | Des. Ranarilalatiana | & Bergsten, 2019// -? ST♂ (
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<emphasis id="15B926AB784F964838DAE3F8F5B00649" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus basalis</emphasis>
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) (NHRS): // Caffra | ria. // J Wahlb // Type. // Typus [red label, printed] // 158 | 61 // Copelatus | basalis Bhn. //
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<emphasis id="1F91AE9D03E182CD90AB96F384B34B89" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9A9D14BA3740504C38C5CA277A92E295" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">pulchellus</emphasis>
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| Klug. | Det. 19.iv.1961 | J. Omer-Cooper. // 5597 | E91 // NHRS-JLKB | 000065337 // -? ST♀ (
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<emphasis id="41531706170C7CC03941368BEF2B219C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus basalis</emphasis>
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) (NHRS): // Caffra | ria. // J. Wahlb // Paratypus [red label, printed] // 160 | 61 // 5596 | E91 // NHRS-JLKB | 000065338 // -? ST♀ (
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<emphasis id="43D794BD542FAD50C3A60298DFBBCEEE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus basalis</emphasis>
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) (NHRS): // Caffra | ria. // J. Wahlb // Paratypus [red label, printed] // 159 | 61 // 5595 | E91 // NHRS-JLKB | 000065339 //
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<paragraph id="213B96F6842A62424005760F5A80257F" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Additional material studied.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7BB245E4F0F752D721B93DBBD6725005" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
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<emphasis id="9A63526CDAF47C41948E7F0B808BB21B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Antsiranana. Diana: Antsiranana</emphasis>
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: -1♂(GP) (MNHN): // Data in NHRS | JLKB | 000030259 // Madagascar | Diego-Suarez | Ch. Alluaud 1893 //
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<emphasis id="FA79F1B5A0F81C88FFF8422A0B64FCE1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Mahajanga. Boeny: Mitsinjo</emphasis>
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: -1♀ (NHRS): // NHRS-JLKB | 000065733 // Madagascar: Mahajanga: Boeny: | Mahavavy Kinkony RS: S 16.13337 | E 045.95778, 19 m.a.o. 04.XII.2009 | Water Net, Field# MAD09-25 | leg. J. Bergsten, N.
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<normalizedToken id="E36DCC1C94789BA1CB2218851BBDCDE9" originalValue="Jönsson">Joensson</normalizedToken>
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, | T. Ranarilalatiana, H.J. Randriamihaja //
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<emphasis id="92842A1519F435DC34219127C3112DBE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Mahajanga. Melaky: Antsalova</emphasis>
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: -1♂(GP) (NHRS): // NHRS-JLKB | 000010695 // Madagascar: Mahajanga: Melaky: | Tsingy de Bemaraha NP: S19.03572 | E044.77507, 66 m.a.o. 15.XII.2009 | Water Net, Field# MAD09-58 | Leg. J. Bergsten, N.
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<normalizedToken id="690246AD7F6EA2ED52F42DB1E65351A8" originalValue="Jönsson">Joensson</normalizedToken>
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, T. | Ranarilalatiana, H.J. Randriamihaja //
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<paragraph id="DD3DCAF2602995579AE7397A6B02A311" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Similar to
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<taxonomicName id="0AB9AED32B0DA4DAC0E3907306FDDC4E" lsidName="C. marginipennis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="marginipennis">
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<emphasis id="84690330BB1B53E8BC62F7F9963C3BE6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. marginipennis</emphasis>
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(Laporte, 1835) and
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<taxonomicName id="6C9D5DB5CEF707D612B24CBB44E08297" lsidName="C. mahajanga" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="mahajanga">
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<emphasis id="78AA32481AB4BC7E7DAD7D000CD8CB5E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. mahajanga</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in overall habitus, but body shape more like the elongated shape of
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<taxonomicName id="B91F2B9FBFC6800E1BE75E0F6FE139A9" lsidName="C. mahajanga" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="mahajanga">
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<emphasis id="C71736872AA37F460CBAC4E88CD6F2A4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. mahajanga</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="668E08AC9574FC3363375B16E51F3EB8" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus pulchellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
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<emphasis id="C7D0D283A9E393B7205E62D2BF83038C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus pulchellus</emphasis>
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on Madagascar is ferrugineous black in overall colouration with or without a rather narrow or vague testaceous band basally on elytra (
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). Instead testaceous regions on elytra are limited to posterolateral and apical parts. The first elytral stria almost full length. Penis in lateral view rather abruptly curved past middle so that basal and apical parts are approximately at right angles (
|
||
<figureCitation id="3C5F3F32524B1F620F698C2F1D9873A3" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Male genitalia. From left to right, aedeagus in right lateral, ventral, left lateral views and left paramere. A Copelatus marginipennis B Copelatus mahajanga C Copelatus pulchellus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.869.33997.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/322930" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Fig. 5C</figureCitation>
|
||
). Penis overall simpler compared to that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A5BA8B2377EF8B55A27E55FCD22EB252" lsidName="C. marginipennis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="marginipennis">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DD1D64F12B495DC5BFA863D48997400" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. marginipennis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="786EE714E63A4BB5D8BEB826B47EF12E" lsidName="C. mahajanga" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="mahajanga">
|
||
<emphasis id="6FE431555FF3FE64FCDE8749A043D529" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. mahajanga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and apex slightly twisted.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="72A999E43B2CD7C8F9B610630C5F44C2" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="4902F8E2B5575E0BB0B42BC549B799DF" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Description.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="ED35090C136D6A888C9B7C93D2BEF6F4" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">(based on Malagasy specimens):</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9C53EAFA5ED5EB87907F35EA1B2A99E4" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Body length 5.5-6.1 mm. Body shape oblong oval, rather convex and attenuate posteriorly, dark brown to blackish ferrugineous. Head infuscated brown ferrugineous, somewhat lighter posteriorly, covered with dense microreticulation and sparser punctation.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6E827889128DF4B6249A97462CB1D2B9" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Pronotum dark brown to ferrugineous black with testaceous anterolateral corners. Disc covered with fine microsculpture forming regular cells and regularily spread small punctures of about same size as cells. Punctuation becomes coarser in posterolateral corners with a weak tendency to corrugate.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="A0914066DF7A4A8CA7E084E0F177E6FE" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
|
||
Elytra predominantely dark brown to ferrugineous black on disc and along striae with or without a rather narrow and vague basal testaceous band (
|
||
<figureCitation id="9BB6B8A481A6F31547A11BABAB080C44" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitus, dorsal view. A Male: Copelatus marginipennis B Female: Copelatus mahajanga C Female: Copelatus sp. 1 (Bemaraha) D Male: Copelatus pulchellus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.869.33997.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/322933" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Fig. 8D</figureCitation>
|
||
). Outer intervals and apical region testaceous to varying degrees, often a testaceous interval 4 stands out. Elytral surface covered with same type of microsculpture and punctures as on pronotum. Six clearly impressed elytral striae present on disc and one submarginal stria: second to sixth stria starting at base, first stria somewhat abbreviated anteriorly (by approximately 1/8th the length of elytra); submarginal stria starting at approx. middle.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="452535735E73DCC12F5379734432516E" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
|
||
Ventral side ferrugineous dark brown, with testaceous spots laterally on abdominal ventrites. Metacoxa and ventrites with strioles. Prosternal process more elongate lanceolate and with blunter apex compared with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="75708F5077DE06A878CBF26228A811E8" lsidName="C. marginipennis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="marginipennis">
|
||
<emphasis id="9C814098A7B8ED0AFE1BD37CD6BBF3B6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. marginipennis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="057A0D6FE900FD52FD464A584FBF2303" lsidName="C. mahajanga" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="mahajanga">
|
||
<emphasis id="E0A8E4723E04960F87817AA4CBFAC156" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. mahajanga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Lateral parts of metaventrite medium broad. Metacoxal lines short and rather strongly diverging anteriorly. Antennae, palps, pro- and mesolegs testaceous, metalegs somewhat darker testaceous.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D42989C208BABABF550D3CADB0287A6D" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
|
||
Female: elytral striolation limited to the medial parts of the outer three elytral intervals in the single female studied from Madagascar. From other parts of the distribution a female form is known that has the entire elytra striolated (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="F0457CEA72E1573750AA962FB10101F9" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" refId="B68">Sharp 1882</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4D0DCC0E42F4885A7ED326387CE80494" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" refId="B37">
|
||
<normalizedToken id="E1DC647082DDBDEC9C4468D8CAC7C3D9" originalValue="Hájek">Hajek</normalizedToken>
|
||
and Reiter 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="473355C6DCFD59B0BC48AA03E08E7B09" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
|
||
Male: protibia bisinuate and angled at base, distally expanded. Penis thin, strongly angled at middle in lateral view, and apex somewhat twisted to the left in ventral view (
|
||
<figureCitation id="95A88775FD8449BFCBA7279EB0DF34C1" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Male genitalia. From left to right, aedeagus in right lateral, ventral, left lateral views and left paramere. A Copelatus marginipennis B Copelatus mahajanga C Copelatus pulchellus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.869.33997.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/322930" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Fig. 5C</figureCitation>
|
||
). Parameres more narrowly triangular apically compared to those in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B5A78D3539EE4738423BB610EA9D88EE" lsidName="C. marginipennis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="marginipennis">
|
||
<emphasis id="916BBE80E94783053218DEFAC6BBC5FC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. marginipennis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="621122C6245E66AEF0AE9CAEFFDC5FC0" lsidName="C. mahajanga" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="mahajanga">
|
||
<emphasis id="9AC495CFB1FCFDA7A6BA39ACC18A4603" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. mahajanga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="EEABAD8C030E5A86DC0013594E93E90D" doi="10.3897/zookeys.869.33997.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/322933" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" start="Figure 8" startId="F8">
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||
<paragraph id="125D6D65BD9D148F2C89749B87693815" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
|
||
Figure 8. Habitus, dorsal view.
|
||
<emphasis id="90B8C71933539CFC4137E2B289538574" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">A</emphasis>
|
||
Male:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="BA38DBC761118BCA49E6BD7B9DCCB65D" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus marginipennis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marginipennis">
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<emphasis id="773F90122DF9E274DFC077A92CEC9E5D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus marginipennis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="E4913E517408CE66474AC1ED175F4715" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">B</emphasis>
|
||
Female:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="51BD48BD9095A12639A985FA768EC15A" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus mahajanga" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mahajanga">
|
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<emphasis id="CF85A6295D5A6A9A152E3A2AA833A5BE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus mahajanga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="3FEC063894467F59B1A14863B6152FBF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C</emphasis>
|
||
Female:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="92671443339910B5F475155C8F151510" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B288BBD5926532894A236CB9147CC90C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. 1 (Bemaraha)
|
||
<emphasis id="36476D93EB7209EBC454B045254A1DF9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">D</emphasis>
|
||
Male:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B34C25108AE2F7D67329E927CD63101" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus pulchellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="4F26913B2FB4A8320AEF17DCFDE50044" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="F6BA842A8AC2587B066503A9E3DA903A" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="2CF8DE15D57E3784C89DC70B8042D885" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="941FFC6A6C01AA3AC55319526A8C5410" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
|
||
As the species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="86FAEB8545201DCD7F33BB13750AC1BF" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="BD454AA834E30704E4A964A9704E840E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is currently interpreted, this is a very widely distributed Afrotropical and Middle Eastern species.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4F5DA26310FB5909A71A9D53EBCAF677" author="Balfour-Browne, J" journalOrPublisher="Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" pagination="359 - 399" refId="B4" refString="Balfour-Browne, J, 1950. On the aquatic Coleoptera of Northern Rhodesia (Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae and Palpicornia). . Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2: 359 - 399" title="On the aquatic Coleoptera of Northern Rhodesia (Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae and Palpicornia)." volume="2" year="1950">Balfour-Browne (1950)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
recorded the species from Senegal in the west, Tanzania in the east, South Africa in the south, and Mesopotamia (Iraq and adjacent regions) in the Middle East.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="966A0E1A8DF7AEDF22A17403F3FF1D75" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" refId="B37">
|
||
<normalizedToken id="574CAA5AEF9B845C49CE01003C6E20EB" originalValue="Hájek">Hajek</normalizedToken>
|
||
and Reiter (2014)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
recorded the species from Yemen and stated that the likely distribution in the Middle East included the entire Arabian Peninsula.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9E96EF9CB6015A83A12303F7F7C44921" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" refId="B36">Guignot (1961)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
also gives India and Ceylon (= Sri Lanka) but this was likely based on the misidentification of closely related oriental species (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5CBD11001A34EFCE1DEEDE083F46432C" author="Ghosh, SK" journalOrPublisher="Skoervnoepparn Supplement" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" pagination="1 - 77" publicationUrl="http://www.norrent.se/images/stories/upload/SN_Supplement_03_hq.pdf" refId="B20" refString="Ghosh, SK, Nilsson, AN, 2012. Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). . Skoervnoepparn Supplement 3: 1 - 77" title="Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)." url="http://www.norrent.se/images/stories/upload/SN_Supplement_03_hq.pdf" volume="3" year="2012">Ghosh and Nilsson 2012</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="DED48DEB1D7CB059CDE76076547522B1" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4459.2.2" author="Sheth, SD" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" pagination="235 - 260" refId="B70" refString="Sheth, SD, Ghate, HV, Hajek, J, 2018. Copelatus Erichson, 1832 from Maharashtra, India, with description of three new species and notes on other taxa of the genus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae). . Zootaxa 4459: 235 - 260" title="Copelatus Erichson, 1832 from Maharashtra, India, with description of three new species and notes on other taxa of the genus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae)." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4459.2.2" volume="4459" year="2018">Sheth et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B3B5AF7F1BA328436237C9CA127C76A9" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus pulchellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5EA0B6E1704136F5FACFEB930D5ECC1A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was not previously recorded from Madagascar following the revision by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="E682093D610F2E24A0F58250EE2B36BF" author="Balfour-Browne, J" journalOrPublisher="Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" pagination="359 - 399" refId="B4" refString="Balfour-Browne, J, 1950. On the aquatic Coleoptera of Northern Rhodesia (Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae and Palpicornia). . Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2: 359 - 399" title="On the aquatic Coleoptera of Northern Rhodesia (Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae and Palpicornia)." volume="2" year="1950">Balfour-Browne (1950)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
but as we synonymise
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B575046BFEEF9C127E155520EB6FD65E" lsidName="C. mimetes" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="mimetes">
|
||
<emphasis id="F0D9F9D81963D550EA67AA1E9CA41923" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. mimetes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="BA20267D925C2479FE666FF54691EE5D" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="F275D888A275F7590DF58F07847D40E4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, Madagascar now forms part of the distribution. From Madagascar we have seen specimens from Antsiranana, Mahavavy Kinkony Reserve, Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park (Bekopaka), and from Lambomakandro, Sakaraha (
|
||
<figureCitation id="440B0B9BB34136B3C5F28A1ED0B7AE2E" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Distribution maps of Copelatus species. A C. marginipennis (circle), C. baculiformis (square) B C. mahajanga (circle), C. sp. 2 (square) C C. pulchellus (circle), C. peridinus (square) D C. distinguendus (circle), C. sp. 1 (square)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.869.33997.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/322936" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Fig. 11C</figureCitation>
|
||
). It can likely show up anywhere in lowland Madagascar, but especially in the western lowlands.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="90B653CFB010A0D3D10A554E4EC0BBA5" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" type="habitat">
|
||
<paragraph id="EB17E93DD8B8F0EAD8A3058568E5DE61" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Habitat and ecology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="C018F322FF979C56E513ABFD57E9E3A8" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
|
||
On Madagascar we have collected the species associated with a small forest stream with sidepools in a karstic limestone area (
|
||
<normalizedToken id="F93E4F5B8CFCF6B4CB2F192166B63E29" originalValue="“tsingy”">"tsingy"</normalizedToken>
|
||
) and in a muddy stagnant pool in a dried-out river bed. Both localities are in dry deciduous forests of lowland western Madagascar.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="7F09AE95E64A7C306D35EC3CDA9D005E" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" type="comments">
|
||
<paragraph id="9770A8B01C9A18FD6BC55C3E9D78F26E" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Comment.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="50CDEBD105F2D2CE1527D486BC3666DA" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BCA9A99A52A4E358D319ABDCC816844" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus pulchellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5CA43AB979629183CBEF26942A7D4878" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
forms part of a diverse species group with many externally very similar species.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="29CB8FCB74F0DEFE40069386B5B5A46E" author="Balfour-Browne, J" journalOrPublisher="Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" pagination="359 - 399" refId="B4" refString="Balfour-Browne, J, 1950. On the aquatic Coleoptera of Northern Rhodesia (Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae and Palpicornia). . Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2: 359 - 399" title="On the aquatic Coleoptera of Northern Rhodesia (Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae and Palpicornia)." volume="2" year="1950">Balfour-Browne (1950)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
admitted that his previous treatment of the species (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D5140CC074118421D59E52C0AFD1964F" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1939.tb00250.x" author="Balfour-Browne, J" journalOrPublisher="The Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" pagination="57 - 88" refId="B3" refString="Balfour-Browne, J, 1939. On Copelatus Er. and Leiopterus Steph. (Col. Dytiscidae) with description of new species. . The Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 88: 57 - 88" title="On Copelatus Er. and Leiopterus Steph. (Col. Dytiscidae) with description of new species." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1939.tb00250.x" volume="88" year="1939">Balfour-Browne 1939</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) was entirely wrong as he had then not studied the male genitalia. When he did so in 1950 it resulted in the description of several new species previously lumped under
|
||
<taxonomicName id="182F289E37E100C6315B0041ADF31785" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="6997884B6DAE8E1D90EE8C515929FCEE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA176555F5AF574BDFE7977808A0963" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8315050BB247C2110AE8C7981BDA253C" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus pulchellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5E15F47220F76CF78CAF234CFBA9BE72" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is now interpreted as a widespread Afrotropical and Middle Eastern species with the male penis similar to that illustrated in
|
||
<figureCitation id="A13FA1D460E0601B9F41E958A9D2704F" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Male genitalia. From left to right, aedeagus in right lateral, ventral, left lateral views and left paramere. A Copelatus marginipennis B Copelatus mahajanga C Copelatus pulchellus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.869.33997.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/322930" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Figure 5C</figureCitation>
|
||
. Dorsal colouration is interpreted as very variable, even consisting of several distinct colour forms such as the darker forms described as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C2E93117383924E4363ABB9C3F82E7AD" lsidName="C. obtusus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="obtusus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B4B8AA39A560D7E6868EF3826634F145" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. obtusus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Boheman and later as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AE334FFF107A4419A92015BDC91CF66C" lsidName="C. africanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="africanus">
|
||
<emphasis id="F6734F60D95937017DA753DDB48C8356" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. africanus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Sharp (compare figure 24 with photographs in
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<bibRefCitation id="680E25C977CBCD46EC1FBD6CFF3F359F" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.595.8614" author="Perissinotto, R" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" pagination="85 - 135" refId="B60" refString="Perissinotto, R, Bird, MS, Bilton, DT, 2016. Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications. . ZooKeys 595: 85 - 135" title="Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.595.8614" volume="595" year="2016">Perissinotto et al. (2016</bibRefCitation>
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: fig. 24) and
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<normalizedToken id="2E585D2D847A1876027A87805F5E47A8" originalValue="Hájek">Hajek</normalizedToken>
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and Reiter (2014
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</bibRefCitation>
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: fig. 30)). Females are also interpreted as variable in the striolation pattern on the elytra. Sharp described a female form from Mesopotamia that was entirely striolated over the elytra under the name
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3B14BEB0BE46C4195A72DFE6B213B691" lsidName="C. strigulosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="strigulosus">
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<emphasis id="9D3FBE95085CD5E6352D26F7DDB1602D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. strigulosus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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, which is interpreted today as intraspecific variation of
|
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<taxonomicName id="06C4D4882A9E401EAF3DC01F8742038A" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
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<emphasis id="69D39041089BD3D8EB31DA88511DDEB5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(see photograph in
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<bibRefCitation id="BF2F6D8A51E2F9433A1B891B4054C47A" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" refId="B37">
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<normalizedToken id="BE9B82285B3EE481758B2630A211033A" originalValue="Hájek">Hajek</normalizedToken>
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and Reiter (2014
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</bibRefCitation>
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: fig. 30)). We have seen three males and one female from Madagascar. All males are of the darker colour form, lacking a basal transverse testaceous band on elytra, similar to
|
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<normalizedToken id="40AA8FF9651A5EBAC94B24A02F86D001" originalValue="Boheman’s">Boheman's</normalizedToken>
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<taxonomicName id="1A6772676DF0D8B38E12B35B9F412374" lsidName="C. obtusus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="obtusus">
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<emphasis id="896B555D42023E37C5DAF308D0A99D81" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. obtusus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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. The female has a weak basal testaceous band but is otherwise also most similar to the dark colour form. Striolation is limited to the middle of the outer three intervals. We have no doubt that the three non-type specimens examined are conspecific with
|
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<taxonomicName id="DC5A39C1B4A4994B7FD2C50182F67DF8" lsidName="C. mimetes" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="mimetes">
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<emphasis id="4DE844410DA33C25573A05C8290B6105" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. mimetes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Guignot. But after our comparison of the male genitalia of the type with
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<taxonomicName id="3D09F94479433CCBC730459B16808EF2" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
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<emphasis id="859AF1613CF594287A9403AD3DB440A9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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specimens from mainland Africa, we concluded that
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<taxonomicName id="8A5D1CF86422EA2BA0EACED85EA4E6D8" lsidName="C. mimetes" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="mimetes">
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<emphasis id="22A03E41A3F0C53EC7A80263D4BE5548" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. mimetes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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cannot be upheld as a separate species given how
|
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<taxonomicName id="EDD2C18C39EAB16F6F12BE1D9AC73AB5" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
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<emphasis id="321B2202F952FB63B8FFEE3A134F2E41" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is interpreted. We noted very minor differences in the penis apex which are not greater than differences between east, south, and west African specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="16AF089CE9D5E3ED6B57D0BCDB26846B" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
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<emphasis id="76696D9ED4DBD7D04E28966603D961BC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The penis figured by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="416CD02BED91793FEDFDF93A5C5A5CE4" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Le Naturaliste Malgache" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" pagination="71 - 74" refId="B33" refString="Guignot, F, 1957. Un haliplide et deux dytiscides nouveaux de Madagascar. . Le Naturaliste Malgache 9: 71 - 74" title="Un haliplide et deux dytiscides nouveaux de Madagascar." volume="9" year="1957">Guignot (1957</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: fig. 2, reproduced by
|
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<bibRefCitation id="2451ACECDBF4AC85993B003ED71E62F3" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.1997.10539325" author="Nilsson, AN" journalOrPublisher="Tropical Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" pagination="11 - 48" refId="B56" refString="Nilsson, AN, Bilardo, A, Rocchi, S, 1997. A check list of Copelatus Erichson 1832 species (ColeopteraDytiscidae) from Afrotropical and Madagascan regions with a review of published penis drawings. . Tropical Zoology 10: 11 - 48" title="A check list of Copelatus Erichson 1832 species (ColeopteraDytiscidae) from Afrotropical and Madagascan regions with a review of published penis drawings." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.1997.10539325" volume="10" year="1997">Nilsson et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: fig. 8) is very inaccurate, depicting a shape quite different from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0572B8B86F1869665222AD682E9CF977" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="F16A5379FC5D9FB994674AB5479AD173" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but that does not correspond with the holotype.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="61E0C03FA9C73562D004A70E7BD3608A" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus pulchellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7842C845B6D77C55E70BBC645FB056F0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may still be a species complex for future studies to solve but currently it is a widespread and variable species distributed over Africa, Madagascar, and the Middle East.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="7814C6CB6ADA136D2F98ACAABBC3B5EB" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
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<taxonomicName id="4D35B50DBD35366FAE7375384214EED0" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus basalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="basalis">
|
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<emphasis id="067F8871CE778F211AA78FA999A8C140" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus basalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Boheman, 1848 was synonymised with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="729038F8E4E90DB67DD3CD68D81891AE" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0B9A4F9FB059C5EF47C095E69B8F8E59" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by Omer-Cooper (1965). We have studied the same type material as Omer-Cooper and agree with this conclusion. However, we are not convinced that the material housed at NHRS as these types are the correctly identified types of the name
|
||
<taxonomicName id="77455785B4A43EBED61587A90C04B038" lsidName="C. basalis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="basalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="2FAC6065139087C410F6DBC7983CE8C8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. basalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="21A105E85B73D98B262DB2E1DFDD5FF9" DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9375" author="Boheman, CH" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" refId="B11" refString="Boheman, CH, 1848. . https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9375" url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9375" year="1848">Boheman (1848)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
describes in Latin four species from Johan August Wahlbergs collectings in Caffraria (South Africa) of which three are new, numbered 259 -
|
||
<taxonomicName id="54EEDA1FBA0B84BED3400126E55A159F" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus pulchellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="F1744DA5BA4686761905FE5DDC5FD700" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Klug; 260 -
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7FA0D7293389DFF93285329D264308DA" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus obtusus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obtusus">
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||
<emphasis id="FE80542756B1590B3F75D0C85EFD1B5E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus obtusus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; 261 -
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9A318F905B989E604FF982404B9A5DCB" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus striatellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striatellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="1D4CA3EFFC0CEA25BB7F2F51873EEBB2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus striatellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; and 262 -
|
||
<taxonomicName id="21CE6FD6DAFF94161CFCFE9AD5F7AC72" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus basalis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="basalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="4878BA40AC0475309AC667C02C501FA0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus basalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. For
|
||
<taxonomicName id="EA340825A1D8214B8B464CEA0B90B466" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="50A9DCF5B608C590E8B7B1814F6B4854" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the disc of elytra is described as having six striae. For the longer description of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C7EE6095F5D28A7E3F25455E8E797D14" lsidName="C. obtusus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="obtusus">
|
||
<emphasis id="76C1DEC2B58CFEEC50C339E1A21440BF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. obtusus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
this is further elaborated to detail that there are six discal stria but entire elytra has seven striae
|
||
<normalizedToken id="59A10DDC1E6D478F80F52875D8FC57E5" originalValue="“septem-striata”">"septem-striata"</normalizedToken>
|
||
(six discal and one submarginal). This pattern and number of striae is consistent with the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9C8D64C07190BC81C2CF5A32DFB600" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus pulchellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="46242379D049A56700A8704F4C5DFDDA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group. The following species is correctly identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D72A833F1D4C49E1735DFDB1154D5703" lsidName="C. striatellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="striatellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="AEF4E442347BE5E4CAA8929DF3239EE2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. striatellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with nine discal striae, and is clearly stated as such: "disco striis 9 tenuibus", of which the innermost is much abbreviated. This description matches very well with the types preserved at NHRS. Finally,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="32152B7A285038D77D8E6AEAF0EA808D" lsidName="C. basalis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="basalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="6056B3E2D7231E4187D1793FFE50BD9B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. basalis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is described as the last
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09ADB8530BFDA5D40586D57EB5BA9BE5" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copelatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="62AE42F87246A59DBA37A38C1F1AFE90" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Copelatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species in
|
||
<normalizedToken id="B96CC66227B16AF9C32BF99E58D7A59C" originalValue="Boheman’s">Boheman's</normalizedToken>
|
||
work and elytra is described as
|
||
<normalizedToken id="4B72E450877A97B299E9FE27EE886684" originalValue="“12-striata”">"12-striata"</normalizedToken>
|
||
. The supposed types at NHRS for both
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F1DF643DC32DD4956F3683FC1644E152" lsidName="C. obtusus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="obtusus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9577E4CB42489FC29C65B187BD73ADED" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. obtusus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="978E50C208A74D8361B30C69BA5CD0B8" lsidName="C. basalis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="basalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="2A94B6DEEED8F53CBD0849AE02B73D4E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. basalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have six discal and one submarginal striae. The type for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="85602C37C14584C15C5C7A513DFE731F" lsidName="C. obtusus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="obtusus">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5D35893AD1DCD25A069AF853BFDE578" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. obtusus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
matches the original description of
|
||
<normalizedToken id="081152F6E6E1420D5B386CEA01CE7AA4" originalValue="“septem-striata”">"septem-striata"</normalizedToken>
|
||
but the three types of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2F3AC921A99C88E5DBE66313B60F3AAB" lsidName="C. basalis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="basalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="A094AED5A6D7953C7406C9CDAD83E898" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. basalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with the same number of striae does not match the original description of
|
||
<normalizedToken id="7D7C25CCC2E8AF821BBA767DCA753D6D" originalValue="“12-striata”">"12-striata"</normalizedToken>
|
||
. It would be very inconsistent of Boheman to describe the total number of striae on one elytron in one case
|
||
<normalizedToken id="D6785E10AD56FB03A41F04186C08BE6C" originalValue="“elytra…septem-striata”">"elytra...septem-striata"</normalizedToken>
|
||
, and in the other only the discal striae but summing up the number from both elytral halves
|
||
<normalizedToken id="BB0F4C1A76691E70DA692A3A6E235F36" originalValue="“elytra…12-striata”">"elytra...12-striata"</normalizedToken>
|
||
. It would also be very illogical to place
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2581AD23FA880B06F1500031E0053585" lsidName="C. basalis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="basalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="D4243A976C78E5B41B143A5A0C82BAD0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. basalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
after the 9-striated
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2F5B5539E768A6F7641EBB8F281D1E1E" lsidName="C. striatellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="striatellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0405CD1B6369396940C25A5175738278" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. striatellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
if it has the same number of striae as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A4EDB9F95C5C6B8A149FFBB1EFA5AB6C" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="58247C297446E628AA747669A247D860" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="099D13D4FC8EA2CF9E2A30021334212B" lsidName="C. obtusus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="obtusus">
|
||
<emphasis id="1723D656F91D54EDCA0B4B2C60AEC80C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. obtusus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which come first. Similarily,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7092573FEBB57A1F901BC13648530FF7" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" refId="B36">Guignot (1961)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
was confused about
|
||
<normalizedToken id="10952B8F660C81312EE6CEB330CBF6F2" originalValue="Boheman’s">Boheman's</normalizedToken>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="71F789391BB21A2A7C95A8B7A287A53A" lsidName="C. basalis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="basalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="E652DF546069DA55395D1D0AB0EF201E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. basalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and listed the name both under the 12-striated
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3AC147E26BA581743B54AFBDA603FB84" lsidName="C. mocquerysi" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="mocquerysi">
|
||
<emphasis id="E3B1215F93DB2B69DE6068B82EC7B64E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. mocquerysi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<normalizedToken id="F1DF7B816D929CF285F2231265CA2C84" originalValue="Régimbart">Regimbart</normalizedToken>
|
||
with a question mark, and under
|
||
<taxonomicName id="28C33FC4557A36D911B1F7439F1DD85A" lsidName="C. pulchellus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="pulchellus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2462EB73D499C355A722669980B7AF4C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. pulchellus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. We consider the status of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8F8CB9990A25A5BC7F7F889EBFABE28F" lsidName="C. basalis" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="basalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="DF4C1FEA905AABA371992420AF0A246B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. basalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Boheman as uncertain but we have not found any alternative potential type material at NHRS. We designate the single undoubted syntype of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="51BE4E45426E3A0CCD694054CFA06D08" lsidName="C. obtusus" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="obtusus">
|
||
<emphasis id="39D57638A31CD25AC207B4E09C954D08" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">C. obtusus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Boheman, 1848 in the NHRS collection as lectotype to preserve the stability of the name.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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||
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