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Jean, Telles, and Miller
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(
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Species.
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<emphasis id="9091EAD5E205FF82FF4E5018C65FF9B6" bold="true" box="[175,280,1550,1571]" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Adults of
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are distinct among
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based on the combination of the following character states: 1) adaptations to subterranean environment including light pigmentation, fused elytra, and metathoracic wings and compound eyes reduced (
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); 2) prosternal process strongly declivous, apically reaching the anterio- medial projection of the metasternum (
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) and with a prominent projection anteriorly (
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); 3) mesotibia apically expanded and strongly arcuate medially (
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); and 4) elytral epipleuron broad and flat anteriorly (
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). The general body form and obvious cave adaptations are similar to other stygobiontic members of
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, suggestive of convergent adaption to the subterranean environment. Many stygobiontic diving beetles have a shortened prosternal process that does not reach the anterior margin of the metasternum and a distinct habitus with the pronotum cordate and a strong discontinuity in the curvature between the pronotum and elytron. These features are not present in
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(
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<emphasis id="9091EAD5E205FF82FD245447C473FDF3" bold="true" box="[709,820,593,614]" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Etymology.</emphasis>
The genus is named
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(masculine), from the Greek
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, meaning “guide of souls” and
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, a common root for genus names in the subfamily
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.
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Specimens of the single species in this genus were recovered in the flow from two springs discharging into the western side of San Felipe Creek (
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) in Del Rio, Val Verde County,
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). These springs discharge from the Edwards-Trinity aquifer system. The distribution of
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<emphasis id="9091EAD5E205FF82FC18554DC37AFCE5" box="[1017,1085,859,880]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">P. felipi</emphasis>
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throughout this aquifer, as well as possible occurrence in other aquifers, is unknown.
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<subSubSection id="EAFF654CE205FF82FD2455BCC3D4F992" pageId="1" pageNumber="106" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="9091EAD5E205FF82FD2455BCC470FC2A" bold="true" box="[709,823,938,959]" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Discussion.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9091EAD5E205FF82FCA455BCC4B5FC2A" box="[837,1010,938,959]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Psychopomporus</emphasis>
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belongs within the tribe
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based on the following characters: 1) pronotum lacking bilateral basal plicae (
<figureCitation id="3ADE2A42E205FF82FCD355ECC429FB9A" box="[818,878,1018,1039]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="2.[197,237,1657,1676]" captionTargetBox="[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-0@2.[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs. 16. Psychopomporus felipi. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Prosternal process, left lateral aspect, arrow points at medial prosternal prominences; 4) Male median lobe, ventral aspect; 5) Male median lobe, right lateral aspect; 6) Male right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 13 only." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311793" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7311793/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
); 2) scutellum not externally visible (
<figureCitation id="3ADE2A42E205FF82FD1D5202C471FBBC" box="[764,822,1044,1065]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="2.[197,237,1657,1676]" captionTargetBox="[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-0@2.[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs. 16. Psychopomporus felipi. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Prosternal process, left lateral aspect, arrow points at medial prosternal prominences; 4) Male median lobe, ventral aspect; 5) Male median lobe, right lateral aspect; 6) Male right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 13 only." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311793" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7311793/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
); 3) pro- and mesotarsi moderately pseudotetramerous, though not strongly so (
<figureCitation id="3ADE2A42E205FF82FBAC5239C3CFFBD1" box="[1101,1160,1071,1092]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="2.[197,237,1657,1676]" captionTargetBox="[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-0@2.[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs. 16. Psychopomporus felipi. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Prosternal process, left lateral aspect, arrow points at medial prosternal prominences; 4) Male median lobe, ventral aspect; 5) Male median lobe, right lateral aspect; 6) Male right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 13 only." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311793" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7311793/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
); 4) prosternal process strongly declivous (
<figureCitation id="3ADE2A42E205FF82FBCC525FC3C0FBCB" box="[1069,1159,1097,1118]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="2.[197,237,1657,1676]" captionTargetBox="[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-0@2.[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs. 16. Psychopomporus felipi. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Prosternal process, left lateral aspect, arrow points at medial prosternal prominences; 4) Male median lobe, ventral aspect; 5) Male median lobe, right lateral aspect; 6) Male right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 13 only." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311793" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7311793/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Figs. 2, 3</figureCitation>
); 5) apices of elytra evenly rounded (
<figureCitation id="3ADE2A42E205FF82FC0C5272C303FBEC" box="[1005,1092,1124,1145]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="2.[197,237,1657,1676]" captionTargetBox="[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-0@2.[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs. 16. Psychopomporus felipi. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Prosternal process, left lateral aspect, arrow points at medial prosternal prominences; 4) Male median lobe, ventral aspect; 5) Male median lobe, right lateral aspect; 6) Male right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 13 only." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311793" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7311793/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Figs. 1, 2</figureCitation>
); 6) posterior margin of metacoxal processes in similar plane as abdominal sternum (
<figureCitation id="3ADE2A42E205FF82FC67528FC4F8FB3B" box="[902,959,1177,1198]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="2.[197,237,1657,1676]" captionTargetBox="[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-0@2.[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs. 16. Psychopomporus felipi. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Prosternal process, left lateral aspect, arrow points at medial prosternal prominences; 4) Male median lobe, ventral aspect; 5) Male median lobe, right lateral aspect; 6) Male right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 13 only." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311793" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7311793/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
); 7) metacoxal process with lobes small but distinct, covering the base of the metatrochanter (
<figureCitation id="3ADE2A42E205FF82FC8C52D8C4EDFB76" box="[877,938,1230,1251]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="2.[197,237,1657,1676]" captionTargetBox="[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-0@2.[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs. 16. Psychopomporus felipi. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Prosternal process, left lateral aspect, arrow points at medial prosternal prominences; 4) Male median lobe, ventral aspect; 5) Male median lobe, right lateral aspect; 6) Male right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 13 only." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311793" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7311793/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
); 8) metatarsal claws of equal length (
<figureCitation id="3ADE2A42E205FF82FCD452FFC435FB6B" box="[821,882,1257,1278]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="2.[197,237,1657,1676]" captionTargetBox="[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-0@2.[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs. 16. Psychopomporus felipi. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Prosternal process, left lateral aspect, arrow points at medial prosternal prominences; 4) Male median lobe, ventral aspect; 5) Male median lobe, right lateral aspect; 6) Male right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 13 only." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311793" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7311793/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
); 9) male genitalia bilaterally symmetrical (
<figureCitation id="3ADE2A42E205FF82FCCC5315C420FA8D" box="[813,871,1283,1304]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="2.[197,237,1657,1676]" captionTargetBox="[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-0@2.[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs. 16. Psychopomporus felipi. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Prosternal process, left lateral aspect, arrow points at medial prosternal prominences; 4) Male median lobe, ventral aspect; 5) Male median lobe, right lateral aspect; 6) Male right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 13 only." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311793" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7311793/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
); and 10) male lateral lobe with a single segment (
<figureCitation id="3ADE2A42E205FF82FC845308C4E4FAA6" box="[869,931,1310,1331]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="2.[197,237,1657,1676]" captionTargetBox="[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetId="figure-0@2.[173,1193,183,1633]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs. 16. Psychopomporus felipi. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Prosternal process, left lateral aspect, arrow points at medial prosternal prominences; 4) Male median lobe, ventral aspect; 5) Male median lobe, right lateral aspect; 6) Male right lateral lobe, right lateral aspect. Scale bar = 1 mm for Figs. 13 only." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7311793" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7311793/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
). Based on morphology alone, relationships of
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<emphasis id="9091EAD5E205FF82FC74532FC37CFADB" box="[917,1083,1337,1358]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Psychopomporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to other
<taxonomicName id="65E54D44E205FF82FD4C5345C467FAFD" box="[685,800,1363,1384]" pageId="1" pageNumber="106" rank="tribe" tribe="Hydroporini">Hydroporini</taxonomicName>
(and relationships among
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taxa in general) are not clear and a comprehensive analysis of this group using morphology and molecular data are needed for placing this unusual taxon. Such an analysis is currently under way with preliminary results suggesting that
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<emphasis id="9091EAD5E205FF82FC3653CEC33FFA78" box="[983,1144,1496,1517]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="106">Psychopomporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is, indeed, a valid genus (K. Miller, personal observation).
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