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<mods:namePart>Short, Andrew Edward Z.</mods:namePart>
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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">Figs 2a</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Representative prosterna of Notomicrus species groups a N. josiahi group (N. josiahi) b N. nanulus group (N. nanulus) c N. meizon group (N. sp. nr. malkini) d N. traili group (N. cf. traili)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523045" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">, 3a</figureCitation>
<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">, 4a</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Notomicrus josiahi species group, dorsal and ventral habitus a, b Notomicrus josiahi Miller, 2013 (paratype) c, d Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. (paratype)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523047" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">, 5a, b</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 6, 7" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 6, 7. Aedeagi of Notomicrus josiahi species group 6 N. josiahi 7 Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. a median lobe, left lateral aspect b median lobe, dorsal aspect c median lobe, right lateral aspect d left lateral lobe, medial surface / aspect e right lateral lobe, medial surface / aspect. Scale bars: 100 µm" figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures6-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523048" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">, 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 8, 9" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 8, 9. Pro- and mesotarsal claws of Notomicrus josiahi species group 8 N. josiahi 9 N. interstinctus sp. nov. a anterior protarsal claw b posterior protarsal claw c anterior mesotarsal claw d posterior mesotarsal claw. All anterior aspect. Scale bars: 25 µm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures8-9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523049" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">, 8</figureCitation>
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Miller, 2013: 244; Holotype: MIZA
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Type locality.</paragraph>
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Venezuela, Amazonas State, Communidad 
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Gato, Rio Sipapo, 
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, 
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Material examined.</paragraph>
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: 
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/ 
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, 
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, 
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="m" value="100.0">100 m</elevation>
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/ 
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Communidad 
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Gato on Rio
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/ 
<collectingMunicipality>Sipapo</collectingMunicipality>
; sandy stream; 
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; AS-06-016; leg. 
<collectorName>A.E.Z. Short</collectorName>
&quot; [White label, typed print] (
<specimenCount type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
ex. SEMC); &quot; 
<collectingCountry name="Venezuela">VENEZUELA</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion country="Venezuela" name="Amazonas">Amazonas State</collectingRegion>
/ 
<geoCoordinate degrees="4" direction="north" minutes="58.845" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="4.98075">4°58.845'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
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, 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="m" value="100.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="m" value="100.0">100 m</elevation>
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Communidad 
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Gato on Rio
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/ Sipapo; 
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; leg. 
<collectorName>Short</collectorName>
,/ Miller, Camacho, Joly, &amp; Garcia/ VZ09-0116-01X; along stream&quot; [
<collectorName>White</collectorName>
label, typed print] (
<specimenCount type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount type="female">2 females</specimenCount>
ex. SEMC) 
<collectorName>All</collectorName>
<typeStatus>paratypes</typeStatus>
with white barcode label with the following numbers and 
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: 
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“SM0842848”">&quot;SM0842848&quot;</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="“SM0843672”">&quot;SM0843672&quot;</normalizedToken>
; all 
<typeStatus>paratypes</typeStatus>
with &quot; 
<typeStatus>PARATYPE</typeStatus>
/ 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2013" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus josiahi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="josiahi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ Miller, 2013&quot; [
<collectorName>Blue</collectorName>
label with black border, typed print]
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Other material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
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<collectingCountry name="Venezuela">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion country="Venezuela" name="Amazonas">Amazonas State</collectingRegion>
, 
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, 
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, 
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="m" value="100.0">100 m</elevation>
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, 
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Communidad 
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Gato on Rio Sipapo
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; 
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; leg. 
<collectorName>Short</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>Miller</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>Camacho</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>Joly</collectorName>
, &amp; 
<collectorName>Garcia</collectorName>
/ VZ09-0116-01X; along stream (
<specimenCount type="male">64 males</specimenCount>
and females ex. SEMC)
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Measurements.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">TL = 1.46-1.69 mm (mean = 1.59 mm, SD. = 0.058, males = 1.46-1.69 mm, male mean = 1.58, SD. = 0.069, females = 1.55-1.68 mm, female mean = 1.62, SD. = 0.036); TLPn = 1.33-1.53 mm (mean = 1.44, SD. = 0.045, males = 1.33-1.49 mm, females = 1.43-1.53 mm); GW = 0.68-0.78 mm (mean = 0.74 mm, St. Dev. = 0.025, males = 0.68-0.78 mm, females = 0.72-0.78 mm); HW = 0.40-0.45 mm (mean = 0.42 mm, SD. = 0.014, males = 0.40-0.43 mm, females = 0.42-0.45 mm); EW = 0.16-0.19 mm (mean = 0.175 mm, SD. = 0.01, males = 0.16-0.17 mm, females = 0.17-0.19 mm); TL/GW = 1.99-2.31 (mean = 2.16; SD = 0.070; males = 1.99-2.31, females = 2.13-2.22); HW/EW = 2.21-2.53 (mean = 2.39, SD = 0.083, males = 2.41-2.53, females = 2.21-2.44).</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Representative noterid platforms of 
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species groups (left side, ventral aspect). Names in boxes indicate species groups or species 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">a</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. josiahi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="josiahi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. josiahi</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">b</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. nanulus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="nanulus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. nanulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">c</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. sharpi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="sharpi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. sharpi</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">d</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" genus="N." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N." order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (
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) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">e</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. meizon" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="meizon">N. sp. nr. meizon</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">f</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. meizon" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="meizon">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. meizon</emphasis>
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(paratype) 
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<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. malkini" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="malkini">N. sp. nr. malkini</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">h</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(female syntype) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">i</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Ferreira-Jr" authorityYear="2019" family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. teramnus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="teramnus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. teramnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(female paratype) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">j</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. tenellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="tenellus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. tenellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Indonesia) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">k</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. sabrouxi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="sabrouxi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. sabrouxi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(female paratype, sketched from 
<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>
:518) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">l</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. petrareptans" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="petrareptans">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. petrareptans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
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species group, dorsal and ventral habitus 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">a, b</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Miller, 2013 (paratype) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">c, d</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus interstinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (paratype).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="177" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: (1) Size large TL = 1.46-1.69 mm; (2) elytron with strongly darkened region in anterior 1/3rd, contrasting against brownish-yellow of rest of elytron (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Notomicrus josiahi species group, dorsal and ventral habitus a, b Notomicrus josiahi Miller, 2013 (paratype) c, d Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. (paratype)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523047" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">5a</figureCitation>
); (3) Eyes very large relative to head capsule (HW/EW = 2.21-2.53; males 2.41-2.53, females 2.21-2.37); (4) aedeagus as in Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 6, 7" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 6, 7. Aedeagi of Notomicrus josiahi species group 6 N. josiahi 7 Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. a median lobe, left lateral aspect b median lobe, dorsal aspect c median lobe, right lateral aspect d left lateral lobe, medial surface / aspect e right lateral lobe, medial surface / aspect. Scale bars: 100 µm" figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures6-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523048" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">6</figureCitation>
, median lobe expanded on right side in dorsal or ventral aspect, weakly attenuated to apex from mid-length in lateral aspect, with apex curved dorsolaterally to the left, left lateral lobe with dense tuft of setae at apex, few setae along dorsal margin and sparse tuft near base; right lateral lobe with small tuft of setae at apex; (5) pro- and mesotarsal claws as in Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 8, 9" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 8, 9. Pro- and mesotarsal claws of Notomicrus josiahi species group 8 N. josiahi 9 N. interstinctus sp. nov. a anterior protarsal claw b posterior protarsal claw c anterior mesotarsal claw d posterior mesotarsal claw. All anterior aspect. Scale bars: 25 µm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures8-9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523049" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">8</figureCitation>
, anterior protarsal claw strongly bent, bifurcate, with slender spur originating on dorsal margin where curved (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 8, 9" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 8, 9. Pro- and mesotarsal claws of Notomicrus josiahi species group 8 N. josiahi 9 N. interstinctus sp. nov. a anterior protarsal claw b posterior protarsal claw c anterior mesotarsal claw d posterior mesotarsal claw. All anterior aspect. Scale bars: 25 µm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures8-9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523049" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">8a</figureCitation>
), ventral margin strongly expanded ventrally near base.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures6-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523048" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" start="Figures 6, 7" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Figures 6, 7.</emphasis>
Aedeagi of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">6</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. josiahi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="josiahi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">7</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Baca &amp; Short" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus interstinctus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="interstinctus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus interstinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">a</emphasis>
median lobe, left lateral aspect 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">b</emphasis>
median lobe, dorsal aspect 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">c</emphasis>
median lobe, right lateral aspect 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">d</emphasis>
left lateral lobe, medial surface/aspect 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">e</emphasis>
right lateral lobe, medial surface/aspect. Scale bars: 100 
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures8-9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523049" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" start="Figures 8, 9" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Figures 8, 9.</emphasis>
Pro- and mesotarsal claws of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">8</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. josiahi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="josiahi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">9</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. interstinctus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="interstinctus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. interstinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">a</emphasis>
anterior protarsal claw 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">b</emphasis>
posterior protarsal claw 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">c</emphasis>
anterior mesotarsal claw 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">d</emphasis>
posterior mesotarsal claw. All anterior aspect. Scale bars: 25 
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="177" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Re-description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Males.</emphasis>
Body elongate-oval, attenuated posteriorly (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Notomicrus josiahi species group, dorsal and ventral habitus a, b Notomicrus josiahi Miller, 2013 (paratype) c, d Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. (paratype)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523047" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">5a</figureCitation>
), TL/GW = 1.99-2.31 lateral outline of elytra and pronotum continuous in dorsal aspect; regularly curved to head, posteriorly evenly attenuated to elytral apex from point of greatest width; widest point just posterior to humeral angles of elytra, as in Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Notomicrus josiahi species group, dorsal and ventral habitus a, b Notomicrus josiahi Miller, 2013 (paratype) c, d Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. (paratype)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523047" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">5a</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Color</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Head, pronotum, venter and legs yellow; elytron dark brown to black in basal 1/3, darkened region extending posteriorly along elytral suture and contrasting against brownish-yellow color of posterior 2/3 of elytron (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Notomicrus josiahi species group, dorsal and ventral habitus a, b Notomicrus josiahi Miller, 2013 (paratype) c, d Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. (paratype)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523047" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">5a</figureCitation>
); elytron with surface weakly iridescent. Venter and legs uniformly yellow (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Notomicrus josiahi species group, dorsal and ventral habitus a, b Notomicrus josiahi Miller, 2013 (paratype) c, d Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. (paratype)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523047" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">5b</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Structures</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Eyes very large relative to head capsule (HW/EW = 2.35-2.53); antennae with length greater than greatest width of head. Prosternal process narrow, not strongly constricted between procoxae, with apex attenuated (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Representative prosterna of Notomicrus species groups a N. josiahi group (N. josiahi) b N. nanulus group (N. nanulus) c N. meizon group (N. sp. nr. malkini) d N. traili group (N. cf. traili)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523045" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">3a</figureCitation>
). Noterid platform with lateral margins subparallel (weakly convergent in posterior 2/3, convergent in anterior 1/3 (Fig. 
<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">4a</figureCitation>
); posterior lobes acute, angled, acutely rounded at apex. Profemur with loose comb of 3-5 stiff setae on anteroventral margin (Fig. 
<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">2a</figureCitation>
), posteroventral margin weakly angled at mid-length (Fig. 
<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">2a</figureCitation>
). Protibia elongate, dorsal and ventral margins weakly divergent distally in anterior aspect (Fig. 
<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">2a</figureCitation>
), anterodorsal margin with row of 6-7 stout setae, without distinctly larger seta near mid-length. Protarsi with adhesive discs on ventral surface of protarsomeres II and III, lacking disc on ventral surface of protarsomere I; protarsal claws as in Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 8, 9" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 8, 9. Pro- and mesotarsal claws of Notomicrus josiahi species group 8 N. josiahi 9 N. interstinctus sp. nov. a anterior protarsal claw b posterior protarsal claw c anterior mesotarsal claw d posterior mesotarsal claw. All anterior aspect. Scale bars: 25 µm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures8-9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523049" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">8a, b</figureCitation>
, subequal in length, small, length ca. 1/3 that of protarsomere V, anterior claw distinctly bifurcate in distal half, expanded basally, very sharply curved, posterior claw slender, weakly expanded basally, moderately curved. Mesotarsi with adhesive discs on ventral surface of protarsomere II only, lacking disc on ventral surface of protarsomere I; mesotarsal claws as in Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 8, 9" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 8, 9. Pro- and mesotarsal claws of Notomicrus josiahi species group 8 N. josiahi 9 N. interstinctus sp. nov. a anterior protarsal claw b posterior protarsal claw c anterior mesotarsal claw d posterior mesotarsal claw. All anterior aspect. Scale bars: 25 µm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures8-9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523049" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">8c, d</figureCitation>
, subequal in length, small, length slightly greater than that of protarsal claws, slender, weakly expanded at base and weakly curved.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Sculpture</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Dorsal surface of head with microsculpture very weakly impressed, microreticulation very fine, meshes mostly indistinct; micropunctation nearly indistinct. Pronotum with microsculpture similar to that of head, microreticulation fine; with scattered punctation near base and lateral margin, lateral punctures moderately dense, some with very fine setae. Elytron with microsculpture weakly impressed, microreticulation very fine, nearly indistinct; with punctation sparse in anterior half, with fine punctures along lateral margin and along discal row, with very few to no punctures between discal row and elytral suture, punctate in posterior half, punctures fine, many with very fine setae; discal row composed of fine and irregularly scattered punctures, denser posteriorly, lateral row similar to discal row but more sparse; micropunctation present, evenly scattered. Noterid platform and metaventrite surface with microsculpture weakly to moderately impressed, very fine, meshes of microreticulation nearly indistinct, cells transversely elongated.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Aedeagus</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Aedeagus as in Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 6, 7" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 6, 7. Aedeagi of Notomicrus josiahi species group 6 N. josiahi 7 Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. a median lobe, left lateral aspect b median lobe, dorsal aspect c median lobe, right lateral aspect d left lateral lobe, medial surface / aspect e right lateral lobe, medial surface / aspect. Scale bars: 100 µm" figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures6-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523048" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">6</figureCitation>
. Median lobe in lateral aspect gradually curved from base to apex, dorsal and ventral margins subparallel, converging at apex; apex acute, sharply curved, in ventral aspect subapically expanded and curved to left (Fig. 
<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">4a-c</figureCitation>
). Left lateral lobe in lateral aspect elongate, curved dorsally, with dense tuft of setae at apex (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 6, 7" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 6, 7. Aedeagi of Notomicrus josiahi species group 6 N. josiahi 7 Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. a median lobe, left lateral aspect b median lobe, dorsal aspect c median lobe, right lateral aspect d left lateral lobe, medial surface / aspect e right lateral lobe, medial surface / aspect. Scale bars: 100 µm" figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures6-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523048" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">6d</figureCitation>
). Right lateral lobe in lateral aspect oval; apex rounded with small tuft of setae in apical cleft (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 6, 7" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 6, 7. Aedeagi of Notomicrus josiahi species group 6 N. josiahi 7 Notomicrus interstinctus sp. nov. a median lobe, left lateral aspect b median lobe, dorsal aspect c median lobe, right lateral aspect d left lateral lobe, medial surface / aspect e right lateral lobe, medial surface / aspect. Scale bars: 100 µm" figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figures6-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523048" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">6e</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Females.</emphasis>
As males, except eyes slightly smaller than in males (HW/EW females = 2.21-2.39); profemur with posteroventral margin smooth, lacking weak angle at mid-length; pro and mesotarsomeres unmodified, slender, lacking adhesive discs; pro and mesotarsal claws unmodified, claws of respective tarsi subequal in length, slender, weakly curved.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="177" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">As this species is known from only a single series, it is difficult to assess the degree of intraspecific variation. However, some variation was observed in the relative lightness or darkness in coloration of the individuals, with some brighter in color, more yellow, and others darker in color, more brownish yellow. The darkened region of the elytra also varied somewhat, occupying 1/4 to greater than 1/3 of the basal region of the elytron.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="177" type="differential diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is among the most easily distinguished species of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the combination of the large eyes, color pattern, shape of male protarsal claws and of male aedeagus. Superficially, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to some species of the 
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. meizon" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="meizon">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. meizon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group in color, wherein 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. meizon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Guimarães">Guimaraes</normalizedToken>
&amp; Ferreira-Jr, 2019, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. malkini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Young, 1978 and other undescribed species are also darkened at the base of the elytra. However, in 
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. josiahi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="josiahi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, this darkened area is better defined with the posterior border less oblique, thus expanding more completely over the humeral angles of the elytron. More distinctly, 
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. josiahi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="josiahi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from these and other species by the much larger eyes and bifurcate protarsal claws (in males), which to date, has only been observed in 
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. interstinctus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="interstinctus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. interstinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Clark" authorityYear="1963" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus tenellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenellus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus tenellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group. Among all other species of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the aedeagus of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinct, with the right lateral lobe rounded and bearing a small tuft of setae at apex, rather than without setae, as in all other neotropical species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="177" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
Known only from Venezuela (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 10. Distribution map of Notomicrus josiahi group species." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523050" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">10</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523050" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" start="Figure 10" startId="F8">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Figure 10.</emphasis>
Distribution map of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2013" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus josiahi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="josiahi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group species.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="177" type="ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
This species has been collected from only a single locality, from the margins of a small, sandy stream (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 11. Habitats of N. josiahi group species a Type locality of N. josiahi, Venezuela: Amazonas (collection code VZ 09 - 0116 - 01 A); Localities of N. interstinctus b Brazil, Amazonas (collection code BR 17 - 0609 - 01 A) c type locality, Brazil, Amapa (collection code BR 18 - 0722 - 01 A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523051" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">11a</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523051" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" start="Figure 11" startId="F9">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Figure 11.</emphasis>
Habitats of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group species 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">a</emphasis>
Type locality of 
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. josiahi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="josiahi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. josiahi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Venezuela: Amazonas (collection code VZ09-0116-01A); Localities of 
<taxonomicName family="Noteridae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. interstinctus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" rank="species" species="interstinctus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. interstinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">b</emphasis>
Brazil, Amazonas (collection code BR17-0609-01A) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">c</emphasis>
type locality, Brazil, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Amapá">Amapa</normalizedToken>
(collection code BR18-0722-01A).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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