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(
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Univer- sita 
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leg. (h); 
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ash 
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, 
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+ / 
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[?, unreadable] (h) // 
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Bâha 
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rad. – 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF99FFABFF348560FEA3FBDD" bold="true" box="[199,314,1052,1079]" pageId="1" pageNumber="582">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Body (
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) of medium size, slightly elongate, robust, 2.94 (2.82–3.05) times as long as pronotum width at base, flattened, without dorsal curvature; blackish-bronze, with bronze, copper, or violet sheen; elytra black-brown with irregular yellow pattern formed by confluent, longitudinal, transverse and oblique bands and isolated maculae; body dorsally covered with brown and white setae; ventrally with recumbent, fine, white setae; body length 7.6 (6.7–8.0) mm, width at pronotal base 2.6 (2.2–2.8) mm (n = 4: 
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, 
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). 
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: body length 
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, width 
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, body 3.05 times as long as pronotum width at base.
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF99FFABFF348588FEC0FAE5" bold="true" box="[199,345,1268,1295]" pageId="1" pageNumber="582">Description.</emphasis>
Head (
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) broad, vertex flattened when seen from above; eyes slightly convex, not protruding beyond head contour. Vertex sometimes with medial carina, 1.97 (1.64–2.28) times as wide as transverse diameter of eye and 1.08 (1.03–1.14) times as wide as frons above antennal sockets. Frons convex, without medial line or depression, occasionally with poorly marked shallow fossa in lower part; with slightly curved, weakly diverging sides; covered with uniform reticulate to ocellate sculpture of dense, medium, round or weakly oval umbilicate punctures bearing flat central grains and fine micropunctures, intervals shiny, equal to 1/2–1/3 diameter of puncture; covered with rather long, erect, slightly curved, white setae, vertex with brown setae. Clypeus relatively broad with deep arcuate or slightly angular anterior emargination. Antennae long, in male 1.73, in female 1.69 (1.60–1.79) times as long as vertical diameter of eye; antennal segments abruptly expanded from antennomere 
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both sexes, sexual dimorphism well expressed; in male (
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) scape long, weakly curved, expanded toward apex; pedicel slightly elongate, feebly swollen, barrel-like, as long as antennomere 3; antennomere 3 slightly shorter than 4, both elongate, weakly expanded toward apex; antennomere 5 sharply triangular, as wide as long; antennomeres 6–10 sharply triangular, slightly longer than wide; antennomere 11 missing; in female antennomeres 5–6 triangular, as long as wide; antennomeres 7–10 triangular, slightly wider than long; antennomere 11 nearly round, as wide as long.
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Pronotum (
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) weakly convex, transverse, 1.70 (1.68–1.73) times as wide at base as long, widest at posterior 1/3–1/4, where it is distinctly wider than width of elytra at humeri; sides angularly projecting, weakly curvilinearly or nearly rectilinearly diverging from base toward widest point, then longer, curvilinearly converging toward anterior angles. Аnterior margin slightly angularly projecting, basal margin straight or slightly emarginate. Lateral carina poorly defined at posterior half. Pronotum dorsally weakly convex, without distinct medial depression, occasionally with a shallow medial line or groove at anterior half and prebasal transverse depression; basal margin slightly elevated between prebasal and lateral fossae forming two poorly defined elevations, vaguely reminiscent of basal carinae in 
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(
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species; prescutellar fossae large and deep, lateral fossae well defined, surrounded by flat depressions. Entire pronotal surface covered with uniform reticulate to ocellate (on disc) sculpture, consisting of round, deep umbilicate punctures with flat central grains and fine micropunctures, without concentric rugosity. Pronotal sides covered with recumbent white setae, disc with relatively long, semierect, curved, brown setae occasionally mixed with white setae.
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9AFFA8FF6487BCFEA2F933" bold="true" box="[151,315,1728,1753]" pageId="2" pageNumber="583">FIGURES 1–6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9AFFA8FEB087BDFE5AF933" box="[323,451,1729,1753]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="583">Acmaeodera</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9AFFA8FE2087BDFDCAF933" box="[467,595,1729,1753]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="583">Acmaeodera</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9AFFA8FD9187BDFD2FF932" box="[610,694,1729,1752]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="583">strumiai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9AFFA8FD4D87BDFC92F933" bold="true" box="[702,779,1729,1753]" pageId="2" pageNumber="583">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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, habitus. Fig. 1, paratype, ♂, Saudi Arabia (KSMA), dorsal as- pect, 7.9 mm; Fig. 2, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 3, the same, ventral aspect; Fig. 4, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 5, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 6, the same, head, frontal aspect.
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Anterior prosternal margin (
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) feebly bisinuate, bordered with transverse groove; prosternum and prosternal process convex, covered with ocellate sculpture of relatively large, round, deep umbilicate punctures; pronotal hypomeron bearing ocellate to reticulate sculpture of larger punctures with marked flat central grains. Meso- and metaventrites with reticulate sculpture of similar punctures.
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Elytra (
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) robust, 2.24 (2.20–2.32) times as long as wide at base, flattened; base transversely depressed; sides only weakly expanded at humeri, behind them subparallel toward posterior third, then curvilinearly converging to jointly rounded apices. Subhumeral excision absent, subhumeral portion of epipleura nearly straight; epipleural serrations distinct, visible at posterior 1/3, apical teeth saw-like. Strial punctures shallow, round or elongate, separate, usually not merging along entire elytral length, rarely merging in posterior half; striae visible up to base. Intervals flat, subequal, 2–4 times as wide as striae; 9th interval flat, not serrated; intervals bearing very fine, inconspicuous, nearly uniseriate micropunctures; covered with rather long (just longer than interval width), semi-erect, brown setae, mixed with white setae on sides. Elytral surface dull. Elytra black-brown with irregular yellow pattern forming by confluent, longitudinal, transverse and oblique bands and isolated maculae of “ 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9BFFA9FB6380E9FAAEFE45" box="[1168,1335,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="584">rubromaculata</emphasis>
” 
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.
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9BFFA9FF6487C4FED3F93B" bold="true" box="[151,330,1720,1745]" pageId="3" pageNumber="584">FIGURES 7–16.</emphasis>
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(
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) 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9BFFA9FD8487C5FD52F93A" box="[631,715,1721,1744]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="584">strumiai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9BFFA9FD2787C5FCB1F93B" bold="true" box="[724,808,1721,1745]" pageId="3" pageNumber="584">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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and 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9BFFA9FCAC87C5FCF7F93A" box="[863,878,1721,1744]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="584">A</emphasis>
. 
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(
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9BFFA9FC7487C5FC0FF93A" box="[903,918,1721,1744]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="584">A</emphasis>
.) 
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, male and female genitalia. Fig. 7, 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9BFFA9FE6387A1FD98F91E" box="[400,513,1757,1780]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="584">A. strumiai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9BFFA9FDFB87A1FDC0F91F" bold="true" box="[520,601,1757,1781]" pageId="3" pageNumber="584">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, paratype, ♂, Saudi Arabia (KSMA), aedeagus, dorsal aspect, 1.6 mm; Fig. 8, the same, tegmen, 1.5 mm; Fig. 9, the same, penis, 1.05 mm; Fig. 10, the same, tergite 9, 1.0 mm; Fig. 14, the same, holotype, ♀, Oman (MSUP), ovipositor, 1.5 mm; Fig. 15, the same, paratype, ♀, Mauritania (VCMF), ovipositor, 1.7 mm; Fig. 11, 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9BFFA9FAA58659FF41F88B" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="584">A. guichardi</emphasis>
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, ♂, Oman (ZIN), microslide no. 1730, tergite 9, 0.65 mm; Fig. 12, the same, tegmen, 1.2 mm; Fig. 13, the same, penis, 0.75 mm; Fig. 16, the same, ♀, microslide no. 1729, ovipositor, 0.6 mm.
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Legs (
<figureCitation id="137B70D1FF9BFFA9FEFF86CFFE13F827" box="[268,394,1970,1997]" captionStart="FIGURES 1–6" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1728,1753]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,359,1699]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1435,378,1700]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1–6. Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) strumiai sp. nov., habitus. Fig. 1, paratype, ♂, Saudi Arabia (KSMA), dorsal as- pect, 7.9 mm; Fig. 2, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 3, the same, ventral aspect; Fig. 4, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 5, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 6, the same, head, frontal aspect." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3356149/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="584">Figs 1, 3, 5</figureCitation>
) black with bronze sheen; metacoxal plates with posterior margin weakly emarginate, deeply emarginate laterally, forming rectangular lateral tooth, protruding beyond elytral contour and easily visible from above. Tibiae slender, slightly expanded toward apices, covered with white and brown setae; metatibiae bearing comb of rather long brown setae externally. Tarsomeres 1–4 subequal, short, slightly expanded toward apices; tarsomere 5 slender, poorly expanded toward apex; tarsal adhesive pads poorly developed on tarsomeres 1–3, each larger toward distal end. Tarsal claws curved, relatively long, with rectangular (
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) or sharp (
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) tooth at mid-length.
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9CFFAEFF648030FE96FE8D" bold="true" box="[151,271,332,359]" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Diagnostic characters between 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9CFFAEFD9D8031FB9DFE8D" box="[622,1028,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) strumiai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9CFFAEFBF98031FBFBFE8D" bold="true" box="[1034,1122,333,359]" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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and 
<taxonomicName id="4C4017D7FF9CFFAEFB658031FA05FE8D" authority="Levey &amp; Volkovitsh, 1996" authorityName="Levey &amp; Volkovitsh" authorityYear="1996" box="[1174,1436,333,359]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="585" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guichardi" subGenus="Acmaeodera">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9CFFAEFB658031FAC8FE8D" box="[1174,1361,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">A. (A.) guichardi</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BFF6C54FF9CFFAEFF64800DFEEBFE61" blockId="4.[151,1436,332,395]" box="[151,370,369,395]" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">&amp; Volkovitsh, 1996</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFF6C54FF9CFFAEFEC880E6FAF8F959" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<table id="F9409EF4FF9C0055FF5080E6FA08F93A" box="[163,1425,410,1744]" gridcols="3" gridrows="17" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF5080E6FA08FE59" box="[163,1425,410,435]" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF5080E6FDBFFE59" box="[163,550,410,435]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Character</th>
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF80E6FC47FE59" box="[588,990,410,435]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9CFFAEFD2E80E7FCD4FE59" box="[733,845,411,435]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">A. strumiai</emphasis>
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</th>
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC0680E6FA08FE59" box="[1013,1425,410,435]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<taxonomicName id="4C4017D7FF9CFFAEFB7780E7FA9BFE59" authorityName="Levey &amp; Volkovitsh" authorityYear="1996" box="[1156,1282,411,435]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="585" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guichardi">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9CFFAEFB7780E7FA9BFE59" box="[1156,1282,411,435]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">A. guichardi</emphasis>
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</th>
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<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF5080A8FA08FDE0" box="[163,1425,468,522]" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF5080A8FDBFFDE0" box="[163,550,468,522]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Body shape, length / width at pronotal base ratio</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF80A8FC47FDE0" box="[588,990,468,522]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Robust, flattened (Figs 1–2),</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC0680A8FA08FDE0" box="[1013,1425,468,522]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Slender, subcylindrical,</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF508370FA08FDCF" box="[163,1425,524,549]" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="585" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF8370FC47FDCF" box="[588,990,524,549]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">2.94 (2.82–3.05)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC068370FA08FDCF" box="[1013,1425,524,549]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">3.19 (3.00–3.41)</td>
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<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF508346FA08FD64" box="[163,1425,570,654]" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF508346FDBFFD64" box="[163,550,570,654]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Pilosity dorsally: color</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF8346FC47FD64" box="[588,990,570,654]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Brown (on vertex, pronotal and elytral discs) and white (on frons, pronotal and elytral sides) setae (Figs 1–6)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC068346FA08FD64" box="[1013,1425,570,654]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Purely white setae</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF5083D6FA08FD0A" box="[163,1425,682,736]" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF5083D6FDBFFD0A" box="[163,550,682,736]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Width of vertex / transverse diameter of eye ratio</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF83D6FC47FD0A" box="[588,990,682,736]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">1.97 (1.64–2.28)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC0683D6FA08FD0A" box="[1013,1425,682,736]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">1.74 (1.58–1.90)</td>
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<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF508388FA08FCC0" box="[163,1425,756,810]" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF508388FDBFFCC0" box="[163,550,756,810]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Antennae, antennomeres 5–10</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF8388FC47FCC0" box="[588,990,756,810]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">As long as wide or longer than wide (Fig. 5)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC068388FA08FCC0" box="[1013,1425,756,810]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Wider than long</td>
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<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF508235FA08FC88" box="[163,1425,841,866]" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF508235FDBFFC88" box="[163,550,841,866]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Clypeus, anterior emargination</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF8235FC47FC88" box="[588,990,841,866]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Rather deep (Fig. 6)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC068235FA08FC88" box="[1013,1425,841,866]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Shallow</td>
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<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF5082FFFA08FC53" box="[163,1425,899,953]" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF5082FFFDBFFC53" box="[163,550,899,953]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Pronotum, medial depression</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF82FFFC47FC53" box="[588,990,899,953]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Absent or shallow medial groove or line (Fig. 5)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC0682FFFA08FC53" box="[1013,1425,899,953]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Deep medial groove</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF5082A5FA08FBE5" box="[163,1425,985,1039]" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF5082A5FDBFFBE5" box="[163,550,985,1039]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Pronotum, base</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF82A5FC47FBE5" box="[588,990,985,1039]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Slightly elevated between prescutellar and lateral fossae (Fig. 5)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC0682A5FA08FBE5" box="[1013,1425,985,1039]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Not elevated</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF508552FA08FBAD" box="[163,1425,1070,1095]" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF508552FDBFFBAD" box="[163,550,1070,1095]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Elytra, surface</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF8552FC47FBAD" box="[588,990,1070,1095]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Dull</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC068552FA08FBAD" box="[1013,1425,1070,1095]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Shiny</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF50852AFA08FB40" box="[163,1425,1110,1194]" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF50852AFDBFFB40" box="[163,550,1110,1194]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Elytra, markings</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF852AFC47FB40" box="[588,990,1110,1194]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Extensive, of “rubromaculata” type (Fig. 1)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC06852AFA08FB40" box="[1013,1425,1110,1194]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Poorly marked, consists of separate, irregular, transverse maculae and bands; elytra predominantly dark</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF5085C0FA08FAFA" box="[163,1425,1212,1296]" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF5085C0FDBFFAFA" box="[163,550,1212,1296]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Abdomen, sculpture</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF85C0FC47FAFA" box="[588,990,1212,1296]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Entirely covered with round, umbilicate punctures, which are slightly sparser on disc (Fig. 3)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC0685C0FA08FAFA" box="[1013,1425,1212,1296]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Entirely covered with horse-shoe shaped punctures</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF50844EFA08FA49" box="[163,1425,1330,1443]" gridrow="12" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF50844EFDBFFA49" box="[163,550,1330,1443]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Tergite IX, proctiger</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF844EFC47FA49" box="[588,990,1330,1443]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Narrowly rounded apically, almost entirely sclerotized, with short membranous medial stripe at base (Fig. 10)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC06844EFA08FA49" box="[1013,1425,1330,1443]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Widely rounded apically, with wide membranous medial stripe separating lateral sclerotized lobes (Fig. 11)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF5084CFFA08FA00" box="[163,1425,1459,1514]" gridrow="13" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF5084CFFDBFFA00" box="[163,550,1459,1514]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Tergite IX, paraprocts</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF84CFFC47FA00" box="[588,990,1459,1514]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Narrow, apices nearly merging medially (Fig. 10)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC0684CFFA08FA00" box="[1013,1425,1459,1514]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Relatively broad, apices widely spaced medially (Fig. 11)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF508481FA08F9D9" box="[163,1425,1533,1587]" gridrow="14" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF508481FDBFF9D9" box="[163,550,1533,1587]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Aedeagus, shape</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF8481FC47F9D9" box="[588,990,1533,1587]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Subparallel, with sharp apices and nearly straight sides (Figs 7, 8)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC068481FA08F9D9" box="[1013,1425,1533,1587]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Fusiform, with blunt apices and arcuate sides (Fig. 12)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF508734FA08F994" box="[163,1425,1608,1662]" gridrow="15" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF508734FDBFF994" box="[163,550,1608,1662]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Penis, shape</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF8734FC47F994" box="[588,990,1608,1662]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">With wide apical apodeme and large triangular lamina (Fig. 9),</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC068734FA08F994" box="[1013,1425,1608,1662]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">With narrow apical apodeme and transverse lamina (Fig. 13)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706E16FF9C0055FF5087E6FA08F93A" box="[163,1425,1690,1744]" gridrow="16" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A1076AFF9C0055FF5087E6FDBFF93A" box="[163,550,1690,1744]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Ovipositor, shape</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FDBF87E6FC47F93A" box="[588,990,1690,1744]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Tubular, about 2 times as long as length of expanded apical part (Figs 14, 15)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF9C0055FC0687E6FA08F93A" box="[1013,1425,1690,1744]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Uritiform, wider than long (Fig. 16)</td>
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<paragraph id="8BFF6C54FF9CFFAEFF34866CFF6FF850" blockId="4.[151,1436,1808,2014]" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">
Abdomen (
<figureCitation id="137B70D1FF9CFFAEFEB6866CFE31F8C0" box="[325,424,1808,1834]" captionStart="FIGURES 1–6" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1728,1753]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,359,1699]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1435,378,1700]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1–6. Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) strumiai sp. nov., habitus. Fig. 1, paratype, ♂, Saudi Arabia (KSMA), dorsal as- pect, 7.9 mm; Fig. 2, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 3, the same, ventral aspect; Fig. 4, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 5, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 6, the same, head, frontal aspect." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3356149/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="585">Figs 2, 3</figureCitation>
) blackish-bronze, with steel or copper sheen; laterally covered with reticulate sculpture of very dense, round, umbilicate punctures, toward disc changing to ocellate sculpture of small, entire, not horse-shoe, umbilicate or simple punctures; surface covered with relatively long, recumbent, white setae. Anal ventrite in male widely rounded, slightly truncate apically, transversally depressed in posterior half; in female regularly rounded apically.
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Male. Tergite IX (
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): proctiger narrowly rounded apically, almost entire, with poorly marked, short mem- branous medial stripe at the base only; paraprocts narrow, nearly merging medially at the base of proctiger. Aedeagus as in 
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: parameres subparallel, with nearly straight sides; penis with large apical apodeme and wide triangular lamina.
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Female. Ovipositor (
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) of tubular 
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, about 2 times as long as length of expanded apical part, much longer than these in all known Old World species of 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFD168055FCEAFEA9" box="[741,883,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Acmaeodera</emphasis>
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; with angularly emarginated apex, distance between styli nearly 2 times of length of each stylus which is long, slender and straight. Dorsal hemisternites strongly sclerotized along entire length, relatively narrow, expanded apically, far not reaching anterior margin, with poorly marked additional sclerotization toward apex. Ventral hemisternites very narrow, poorly sclerotized, weakly curved, extending to anterior margin. Lateral margins strongly angularly expanded in anterior half, their anterior margin and apex of ovipositor covered with rather long setae.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF34837CFEDEFDF1" bold="true" box="[199,327,512,539]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Variability</emphasis>
. 
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from 
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slightly differs by predominance of longitudinal merging of elytral markings, in other respects including ovipositor structure it completely matches the specimens from the 
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and cannot be separated as a distinct subspecies, at least based on the single specimen
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.
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF348310FE48FD6D" bold="true" box="[199,465,620,647]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
It is difficult to attribute 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFD0E8311FCE5FD6D" box="[765,892,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. strumiai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFC748311FC7AFD6D" bold="true" box="[903,995,621,647]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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to a definite species-group within the subgenus 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFEFA83EDFE0EFD41" box="[265,407,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Acmaeodera</emphasis>
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, in the first place due to its atypical ovipositor which has some resemblance to the ovipositors of 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFECF83C9FE64FD25" box="[316,509,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. brunneipennis</emphasis>
Kerremans, 1906
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from 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFCE283C9FC48FD25" box="[785,977,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. brunneipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(= 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFC0F83C9FBC7FD25" box="[1020,1118,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. elater</emphasis>
Théry, 1930
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) species group and 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF3483A5FEDFFD19" box="[199,326,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. yunanna</emphasis>
Fairmaire, 1888
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of the monotypic 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFD3C83A5FCD7FD19" box="[719,846,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. yunnana</emphasis>
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species group (
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, Figs 74, 75). In the structure of the aedeagus, particularly the large apical apodeme and lamina of penis, 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFB9B8381FB7FFCFD" box="[1128,1254,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. strumiai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFB038381FAD5FCFD" bold="true" box="[1264,1356,765,791]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
comes close to the species of 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFE7D825DFDD5FCD1" box="[398,588,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. brunneipennis</emphasis>
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group as well, and it can be preliminary attributed to this group. In its elytral pattern (though usually much lighter) and pronotal sculpture the new species is most similar and partly sympatric with 
<taxonomicName id="4C4017D7FF9DFFAFFF3C8215FD1AFC69" authority="Levey &amp; Volkovitsh, 1996" authorityName="Levey &amp; Volkovitsh" authorityYear="1996" box="[207,643,873,899]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guichardi">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF3C8215FEC0FC69" box="[207,345,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. guichardi</emphasis>
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from the Arabian Peninsula, but the latter differs by purely white dorsal pilosity, short uritiform ovipositor, structure of male tergite IX, and aedeagus (
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) (for other diagnostic characters see 
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) which are characteristic for 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFD2A82CDFCF3FC21" box="[729,874,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. cylindrica</emphasis>
Fabricius, 1775
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species-group (
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). 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF6482A9FE8CFC05" box="[151,277,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. strumiai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFEEC82A9FEE2FC05" bold="true" box="[287,379,981,1007]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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also shows some resemblance to 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFCF182A9FC8AFC05" box="[770,787,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFCD082AAFC12FC05" box="[803,907,982,1007]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">tunisiana</emphasis>
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, known to me from description only; according to the illustrations in 
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which are of rather poor quality, the latter has a short uritiform ovipositor like that of 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFE638561FD82FBDD" box="[400,539,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. guichardi</emphasis>
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, deep pronotal medial groove, and different elytral markings.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF6C54FF9DFFAFFF34853CFB15FB95" blockId="5.[151,1437,153,1368]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF34853CFE79FBB1" bold="true" box="[199,480,1088,1115]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Ecological information.</emphasis>
The 
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from 
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(
<collectionCode id="ED51F491FF9DFFAFFCB8853DFC07FBB1" box="[843,926,1089,1115]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">VCMF</collectionCode>
) was collected on 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFB83853DFAB4FBB1" box="[1136,1325,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Acacia raddiana</emphasis>
Savi (Fabaceae)
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which most probable is its larval host based on the extensive range of this species.
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF3485F5FED7FB49" bold="true" box="[199,334,1161,1187]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name is dedicated to Mr. F. Strumia (Pisa, 
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) who is the first collector of this species.
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF3485ACFEF8FB01" bold="true" box="[199,353,1232,1259]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Distribution.</emphasis>
Arabian Peninsula: 
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, 
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, 
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; Northwest Africa: 
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.
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF348589FEA9FAE5" bold="true" box="[199,304,1269,1295]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Remark.</emphasis>
In the original description 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFD958589FD6AFAE5" box="[614,755,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. guichardi</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, at that time known only by female 
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(
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), was attributed to 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFD8A8465FD43FAD9" box="[633,730,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. elater</emphasis>
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species-group but based on the male and female genital structures (
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) it should be transferred to 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFD488441FCD5FABD" box="[699,844,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">A. cylindrica</emphasis>
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species-group (
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).
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<taxonomicName id="4C4017D7FF9DFFAFFF6484D4FDC5FA29" authority="Volkovitsh, 2019" authorityName="Volkovitsh" authorityYear="2019" box="[151,604,1448,1475]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dhofarica" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Acmaeotethya">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF6484D4FDC5FA29" bold="true" box="[151,604,1448,1475]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) dhofarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2070D3DFF9DFFAFFD9084D5FD20FA29" box="[611,697,1449,1475]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(
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)
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9DFFAFFF648769FE2CF9C5" bold="true" box="[151,437,1556,1583]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Type specimens studied.</emphasis>
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</collectingDate>
/ 
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leg. (h)
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; 
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as follows: 
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(
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), 
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, 
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, 
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</collectingDate>
, 
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/ 
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, 
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, 17.03’ N, 53.58’ E (p); 
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, 
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, 
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<collectingCountry id="F3572CC4FF9DFFAFFD398721FC88F99D" box="[714,785,1629,1655]" name="Oman" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Oman</collectingCountry>
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/ 
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/ 29.8 2000, leg. 
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(h)
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; 
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, 
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/ 29.8 2000, leg. 
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9DFFAFFBB387FDFB51F971" box="[1088,1224,1665,1691]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">D. Gianasso</collectorName>
(p); 
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(
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<collectingCountry id="F3572CC4FF9DFFAFFF6487D9FF47F955" box="[151,222,1701,1727]" name="Oman" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Oman</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion id="4984A2B6FF9DFFAFFF1A87D9FEA1F955" box="[233,312,1701,1727]" country="Oman" name="Zufar" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Dhofar</collectingRegion>
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E di Jibiat
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15.ix. 
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, 883 m, / leg. 
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(h)
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; 
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(
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, 
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, 
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leg. / 
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, 17.07’75” N, 54.14’24” E, m 110, 
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<date id="FFFE4A94FF9DFFAFFC8A87B5FC61F909" box="[889,1016,1737,1763]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" value="2001-09-29">29.09.2001</date>
</collectingDate>
/ 
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e del Ter- ritorio 
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, 
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(
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) (p, green)
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; 
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, 
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(
<collectionCode id="ED51F491FF9DFFAFFCDD8791FCE5F8ED" box="[814,892,1773,1799]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">MSUP</collectionCode>
, 
<collectionCode id="ED51F491FF9DFFAFFC748791FC23F8ED" box="[903,954,1773,1799]" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z2y8-2jfr" name="Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" type="Museum">ZIN</collectionCode>
), same data, 
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<date id="FFFE4A94FF9DFFAFFBBB8791FB25F8ED" box="[1096,1212,1773,1799]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" value="2001-02-10">2.10.2001</date>
</collectingDate>
</materialsCitation>
; 
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(
<collectionCode id="ED51F491FF9DFFAFFB0D8791FAC9F8ED" box="[1278,1360,1773,1799]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">MSUP</collectionCode>
), same data, 
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<date id="FFFE4A94FF9DFFAFFF26866DFED0F8C1" box="[213,329,1809,1835]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" value="2001-06-10">6.10.2001</date>
</collectingDate>
</materialsCitation>
; 
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<specimenCount id="9D46A7DDFF9DFFAFFEA6866DFE19F8C1" box="[341,384,1809,1835]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
(
<collectionCode id="ED51F491FF9DFFAFFE63866DFE72F8C1" box="[400,491,1809,1835]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">GNCW</collectionCode>
), same data, 
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9DFFAFFD8D866DFD6DF8C1" box="[638,756,1809,1835]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Strumia F.</collectorName>
leg., 
<collectingDate id="EFBAB37CFF9DFFAFFCC7866DFC2FF8C1" box="[820,950,1809,1835]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" value="2001-09-24">
<date id="FFFE4A94FF9DFFAFFCC7866DFC2FF8C1" box="[820,950,1809,1835]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" value="2001-09-24">24.09.2001</date>
</collectingDate>
</materialsCitation>
; 
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<specimenCount id="9D46A7DDFF9DFFAFFC31866DFC76F8C1" box="[962,1007,1809,1835]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" type="male">2 ♂</specimenCount>
, 5 unsexed specimens (
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, 
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, 
<collectionCode id="ED51F491FF9DFFAFFF648649FF6FF8A5" box="[151,246,1845,1871]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/e7dr-nxad" name="National Museum of Wales" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" type="Museum">NMWC</collectionCode>
), [not verbatim] 
<collectingCountry id="F3572CC4FF9DFFAFFE458649FE66F8A5" box="[438,511,1845,1871]" name="Oman" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Oman</collectingCountry>
: 
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, near 
<location id="8E9F3A8FFF9DFFAFFD508649FC99F8A5" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03E9DD42FF99FFA3FF648311FC9EFB6A:8E9F3A8FFF9DFFAFFD508649FC99F8A5" box="[675,768,1845,1871]" country="Oman" county="Wadi Al Mughsayl" latitude="17.05" longLatPrecision="1279" longitude="53.966667" municipality="Jabal Qara" name="Dhalkut" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" stateProvince="Zufar">Dhalkut</location>
, 
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</elevation>
.
</specimenCount>
, 
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, 
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, 
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<date id="FFFE4A94FF9DFFAFFB578649FA87F8A5" box="[1188,1310,1845,1871]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" value="2016-11-14">14.xi.2016</date>
</collectingDate>
, 
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; On yellow compositae
</materialsCitation>
; 
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<specimenCount id="9D46A7DDFF9DFFAFFE528625FE52F899" box="[417,459,1881,1907]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
(
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), 
<collectingCountry id="F3572CC4FF9DFFAFFDB28625FD1CF899" box="[577,645,1881,1907]" name="Oman" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Oman</collectingCountry>
(p) 
<collectingDate id="EFBAB37CFF9DFFAFFD478625FD6DF899" box="[692,756,1881,1907]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">
<date id="FFFE4A94FF9DFFAFFD478625FD6DF899" box="[692,756,1881,1907]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">20.ix.</date>
</collectingDate>
(h) / 
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(p) 1987 (h) / 
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9DFFAFFBD18625FB4BF899" box="[1058,1234,1881,1907]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">M.D. Gallagher</collectorName>
(p) // Jabal Qara / 
<location id="8E9F3A8FFF9DFFAFFF648601FEB3F87D" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03E9DD42FF99FFA3FF648311FC9EFB6A:8E9F3A8FFF9DFFAFFF648601FEB3F87D" box="[151,298,1917,1943]" country="Oman" county="Wadi Al Mughsayl" latitude="17.05" longLatPrecision="1279" longitude="53.966667" municipality="Jabal Qara" name="Wadi Jerdom" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" stateProvince="Zufar">Wadi Jerdom</location>
/ 
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, 
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(h)
</materialsCitation>
; 
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4 unsexed specimens (
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), 
<collectingCountry id="F3572CC4FF9DFFAFFC588601FC6BF87D" box="[939,1010,1917,1943]" name="Oman" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Oman</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9DFFAFFC0E8601FBF2F87D" box="[1021,1131,1917,1943]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Dzhophar</collectorName>
/ 
<collectingDate id="EFBAB37CFF9DFFAFFB738601FB7BF87D" box="[1152,1250,1917,1943]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" value="03-09-20">
<date id="FFFE4A94FF9DFFAFFB738601FB7BF87D" box="[1152,1250,1917,1943]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" value="03-09-20">20.09.03</date>
</collectingDate>
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9DFFAFFB1B8601FAD8F87D" box="[1256,1345,1917,1943]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Darbaat</collectorName>
/ 
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<quantity id="4CB8C1B1FF9DFFAFFAA58601FA05F87D" box="[1366,1436,1917,1943]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" unit="m" value="300.0">300 m</quantity>
</elevation>
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9DFFAFFF6486DDFF78F851" box="[151,225,1953,1979]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">S. Jákl</collectorName>
leg. (p)
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation id="3B286609FF9DFFAFFEB786DDFDEDF80A" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2416980272" collectingDate="2003-09-20" collectionCode="WBCW" country="Oman" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" stateProvince="Dhofar">
8 unsexed specimens (
<collectionCode id="ED51F491FF9DFFAFFDCF86DDFD01F851" box="[572,664,1953,1979]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">WBCW</collectionCode>
, 
<collectionCode id="ED51F491FF9DFFAFFD5086DDFD4FF851" box="[675,726,1953,1979]" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z2y8-2jfr" name="Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" type="Museum">ZIN</collectionCode>
), 
<collectingCountry id="F3572CC4FF9DFFAFFD1486DDFCB7F851" box="[743,814,1953,1979]" name="Oman" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Oman</collectingCountry>
, 
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/ 
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9DFFAFFC0886DDFBCDF851" box="[1019,1108,1953,1979]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Darbaat</collectorName>
env. / 
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<quantity id="4CB8C1B1FF9DFFAFFB6886DCFB78F851" box="[1179,1249,1952,1979]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" unit="m" value="250.0">250 m</quantity>
</elevation>
/ 19– 
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<date id="FFFE4A94FF9DFFAFFAEF86DDFA04F851" box="[1308,1437,1953,1979]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" value="2003-09-20">20.09.2003</date>
</collectingDate>
leg. 
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(p) // 
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9DFFAFFEB186B9FEE3F835" box="[322,378,1989,2015]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Coll.</collectorName>
/ 
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9DFFAFFE6086B9FE7DF835" box="[403,484,1989,2015]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586">Barries</collectorName>
(p., yellow)
</materialsCitation>
; 
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<specimenCount id="9D46A7DDFF9DFFAFFD7186B9FD37F835" box="[642,686,1989,2015]" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" type="male">3 ♂</specimenCount>
(
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, 
<collectionCode id="ED51F491FF9DFFAFFCE186B9FCDCF835" box="[786,837,1989,2015]" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z2y8-2jfr" name="Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" type="Museum">ZIN</collectionCode>
), same geographic label; 
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, 
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(
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, 
<collectionCode id="ED51F491FF9DFFAFFAB086B9FAEFF835" box="[1347,1398,1989,2015]" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z2y8-2jfr" name="Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="586" type="Museum">ZIN</collectionCode>
), E 
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, 
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9EFFACFF0781E5FEB7FF59" box="[244,302,153,179]" pageId="6" pageNumber="587">Jabal</collectorName>
al 
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9EFFACFEA181E5FE1EFF59" box="[338,391,153,179]" pageId="6" pageNumber="587">Fatk</collectorName>
, / 
<collectorName id="26B50982FF9EFFACFE5181E5FD39FF59" box="[418,672,153,179]" pageId="6" pageNumber="587">Hawf NE Al Ghaydah</collectorName>
, / N 16°38’, E 53°03’, 
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<quantity id="4CB8C1B1FF9EFFACFC5B81E4FC6BFF59" box="[936,1010,152,179]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.51" pageId="6" pageNumber="587" unit="m" value="151.0">151 m</quantity>
</elevation>
, / 
<collectingDate id="EFBAB37CFF9EFFACFBFC81E4FB1EFF59" box="[1039,1159,152,179]" pageId="6" pageNumber="587" value="2005-10-14">
<date id="FFFE4A94FF9EFFACFBFC81E4FB1EFF59" box="[1039,1159,152,179]" pageId="6" pageNumber="587" value="2005-10-14">14.X.2005</date>
</collectingDate>
, lgt. 
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of above mentioned 
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were later moved to the collections of late 
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, late 
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(U.S.A.), 
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(
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), 
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T. 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9EFFACFF648706FECCF979" bold="true" box="[151,341,1658,1683]" pageId="6" pageNumber="587">FIGURES 17–32.</emphasis>
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and 
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. (
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) 
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Volkovitsh, 2011
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, habitus, append- ages, and male genitalia. Fig. 17, 
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, holotype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 9.0 mm; Fig. 18, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 23, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 24, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 25, the same, head, frontal aspect; Fig. 26, the same, left fore-leg and distal anten- nomeres, dorsal aspect; Fig. 28, the same, aedeagus, dorsal aspect; Fig. 19, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (EJCB), habitus, dorsal aspect, 8.3 mm; Fig. 20, the same, ventral aspect; 21, the same, paratype, ♀, Yemen (NMPC), habitus, dorsal aspect, 10.3 mm; Fig. 29, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), microslide no. 1820, tegmen, 2.1 mm; Fig. 30, the same, penis, 1.5 mm; Fig. 22, 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9EFFACFF648604FEBBF865" box="[151,290,1911,1935]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="587">A. vanharteni</emphasis>
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, holotype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 6.1 mm (photo; A.V. Kovalev); Fig. 27, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), left fore-leg, dorsal aspect; Fig. 31, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), microslide no. 1821, tegmen, 1.35 mm; Fig. 32, the same, penis, 1.1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9FFFADFF3481E4FEA3FF59" bold="true" box="[199,314,152,179]" pageId="7" pageNumber="588">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Body (
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) of medium size, weakly elongate, 3.16 (2.83–3.54) times as long as pronotum width at base, slightly convex, without dorsal curvature; black with steel, bronze, rarely copper sheen; frons and pronotum frequently with yellow maculae; elytra black-brown, nearly black, with variable yellow-orange pattern formed by confluent, mainly transverse and oblique fasciae and isolated maculae; body dorsally covered with short, recumbent and semi-erect, white and brown setae, ventrally with longer, recumbent white setae; body length 7.9 (6.8–9.5) mm, width at pronotal base 2.5 (2.1–3.1) mm (n = 20: 
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, 10 f #). 
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: body length 
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, width 
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, body 3.04 times as long as pronotum width at base.
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF9FFFADFF3480E8FEC0FE45" bold="true" box="[199,345,404,431]" pageId="7" pageNumber="588">Description.</emphasis>
Head (
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) broad, vertex slightly convex and flattened medially when seen from above; eyes slightly convex, weakly protruding beyond head contour. Vertex without medial carina or line, 1.94 (1.74–2.11) times as wide as transverse diameter of eye and 1.14 (1.07–1.21) times as wide as frons above antennal sockets. Frons slightly convex, with shallow, poorly marked fossa in the middle; with slightly curved, weakly diverging sides; covered with uniform ocellate to reticulate sculpture of dense, medium, round umbilicate punctures bearing flat central grains and fine eccentric micropunctures, intervals shiny, equal to 1/2 diameter of puncture; covered with rather short, semi-erect, white (
<typeStatus id="54FBD2F6FF9FFFADFE068311FDC3FD62" box="[501,602,621,648]" pageId="7" pageNumber="588" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) or mixed white and brown setae. Clypeus relatively narrow with shallow, broad, arcuate anterior emargination, separated from frons by deep transverse depression. Antennae moderately long, in male 1.56 (1.46–1.78) times, in female 1.50 (1.33–1.66) times as long as vertical diameter of eye; antennal segments expanded from antennomere 
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both sexes, sexual dimorphism poorly expressed; in male (
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) scape weakly curved, expanded toward apex; pedicel slightly elongate, feebly swollen, oval; antennomere 3 nearly as long as 4, conical; antennomere 4 triangular, nearly as wide as long, distinctly narrower than 5; antennomeres 5–10 trapezoid, slightly wider than long, antennomere 11 longer than wide, with truncate apex; in female antennomeres similar but less expanded.
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<paragraph id="8BFF6C54FF9FFFADFF3482F1FC93FAD9" blockId="7.[151,1437,152,2016]" pageId="7" pageNumber="588">
Pronotum (
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) convex, moderately transverse, 1.52 (1.44–1.61) times as wide at base as long, widest at posterior 1/3 or between mid-length and posterior 1/3, where it is slightly wider than width of elytra at humeri; sides rounded, shortly curvilinearly diverging from base toward widest point, then longer, curvilinearly converging toward anterior angles. Аnterior margin slightly curvilinearly projecting, feebly bisinuate, basal margin straight. Lateral carina well defined, sharp, visible from above along entire length. Pronotal surface without distinct medial depression, occasionally showing traces of medial groove; prescutellar fossa poorly marked, shallow, lateral fossae well defined, deeply depressed. Pronotal sides covered with almost alveolate sculpture of rather deep umbilicate punctures with distinct central grains and micropunctures, changing to pseudoalveolate sculpture of large, dense and deep simple punctures on disc, concentric rugosities poorly marked. Pronotum covered with short, recumbent setae, white on sides and mixed white and brown or purely brown on disc. Pronotum frequently with small, yellow-orange marginal maculae at posterior third and prescutellar macula at base 
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), rarely also small maculae near anterior corners and anterior margin or marginal stripe (
<figureCitation id="137B70D1FF9FFFADFD598465FD64FAD9" box="[682,765,1305,1331]" captionStart="FIGURES 17–32" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1658,1683]" captionTargetBox="[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 17–32. Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) dhofarica sp. nov. and A. (A.) vanharteni Volkovitsh, 2011, habitus, append- ages, and male genitalia. Fig. 17, A. dhofarica sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 9.0 mm; Fig. 18, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 23, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 24, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 25, the same, head, frontal aspect; Fig. 26, the same, left fore-leg and distal anten- nomeres, dorsal aspect; Fig. 28, the same, aedeagus, dorsal aspect; Fig. 19, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (EJCB), habitus, dorsal aspect, 8.3 mm; Fig. 20, the same, ventral aspect; 21, the same, paratype, ♀, Yemen (NMPC), habitus, dorsal aspect, 10.3 mm; Fig. 29, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), microslide no. 1820, tegmen, 2.1 mm; Fig. 30, the same, penis, 1.5 mm; Fig. 22, A. vanharteni, holotype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 6.1 mm (photo; A.V. Kovalev); Fig. 27, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), left fore-leg, dorsal aspect; Fig. 31, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), microslide no. 1821, tegmen, 1.35 mm; Fig. 32, the same, penis, 1.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3356155/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="588">Fig. 21</figureCitation>
).
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Anterior prosternal margin (
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) nearly straight or feebly bisinuate, bordered with deep transverse sulcus, swollen; prosternum and prosternal process convex, covered with pseudoalveolate to ocellate sculpture of relatively large, round, deep punctures; pronotal hypomeron bearing reticulate sculpture of large round, umbilicate punctures with marked flat central grains and micropunctures. Meso- and metaventrites with ocellate to reticulate sculpture of smaller umbilicate punctures.
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Elytra (
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) wide, 2.40 (2.29–2.49) times as long as wide at base, slightly convex; sides weakly expanded at humeri, behind them feebly diverging toward posterior third, then curvilinearly converging to jointly rounded apices. Subhumeral excision moderately deep, distinct; epipleural serrations poorly developed at posterior 1/3, apical teeth small, saw-like. Strial punctures moderate-sized, elongate, merging over the major part of elytra; striae finely sulcate, visible up to base. Intervals slightly convex, subequal, 2.5–4 times as wide as striae; 9th interval weakly elevated, not serrated; intervals bearing rather large, distinct, multiseriate punctures, particularly wellmarked at basal third; covered with short (shorter than interval width), confusedly multiseriate, semi-erect, white and brown setae. Elytral surface weakly shiny. Elytra black-brown, nearly black, with variable yellow-orange markings of modified “ 
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formed by confluent, mainly transverse and oblique fasciae and isolated maculae arranged in 5 rows; in basal row maculae extending longitudinally while in other rows these are mainly transverse, frequently broken into separate fragments (
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).
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Legs (
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) blackish-brown, without metallic sheen; metacoxal plates with posterior margin weakly concave, deeply emarginate laterally but without lateral tooth. Protibiae distinctly expanded toward apices, bearing well defined carina along entire length which separates the flat external part (
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), meso- and metatibiae moderately expanded toward apices; all tibiae covered with white and brown setae; metatibiae bearing comb of brown setae externally. Tarsomeres 1–4 subequal, short, slightly expanded toward apices; tarsomere 5 rather short, swollen toward apex; tarsal adhesive pads well developed on all tarsomeres, each larger toward distal end. Tarsal claws curved, in male internal tooth rather large, located at apical 1/3, in female smaller and located near mid-length.
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Abdomen (
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) black, with steel or bronze sheen; sides of first visible ventrite covered with ocellate sculpture of small, round, umbilicate punctures, changing to horse-shoe punctures toward disc and apex and to simple punctate sculpture centrally; surface covered with relatively long, recumbent, white setae. Anal ventrite in male short, regularly rounded apically, transversally depressed; in female longer and more narrowly rounded apically.
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Male. Ventrite VIII entirely sclerotized, anteriorly without membranous areas at each side of medial line, with apical tooth. Tergite IX: proctiger with angular apex and short membranous medial stripe at base. Aedeagus as in 
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: sides of parameres (
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) at anterior third curvilinearly converging to bluntly acuminated apices; penis (
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) fusiform with triangular apical apodeme, lamina narrow rod-shaped and gradually expanded toward base, and narrow transverse sclerotized fascia in anterior third.
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Diagnostic characters between 
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<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC06826BFA1EFCDA" box="[1013,1415,791,816]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">6.0 (4.4–7.3) / 1.8 (1.3–2.3)</td>
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<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF518229FDBFFC61" box="[162,550,853,907]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Body, shape</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB88229FC47FC61" box="[587,990,853,907]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Weakly elongate, slightly convex (Figs 17–21)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC068229FA1EFC61" box="[1013,1415,853,907]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Subparallel, subcylindrical (Fig. 22)</td>
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<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF5182DDFDBFFC3D" box="[162,550,929,983]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Antennae of male and female, length / vertical diameter of eye, ratio</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB882DDFC47FC3D" box="[587,990,929,983]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">♂: 1.56 (1.46–1.78)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC0682DDFA1EFC3D" box="[1013,1415,929,983]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">♂: 1.99 (1.83–2.25)</td>
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<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB882A5FC47FC18" box="[587,990,985,1010]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">♀: 1.50 (1.33–1.66)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC0682A5FA1EFC18" box="[1013,1415,985,1010]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">♀: 1.65 (1.53–1.84)</td>
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<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF518577FDBFFBCE" box="[162,550,1035,1060]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Pronotum, width at base / length ratio</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB88577FC47FBCE" box="[587,990,1035,1060]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">1.52 (1.44–1.59)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC068577FA1EFBCE" box="[1013,1415,1035,1060]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">1.39 (1.31–1.48)</td>
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<tr id="35706E16FF900055FF51853EFA1EFB92" box="[162,1415,1090,1144]" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">
<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF51853EFDBFFB92" box="[162,550,1090,1144]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Pronotum, maximal width</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB8853EFC47FB92" box="[587,990,1090,1144]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Just behind mid-length to posterior 1/3 (Fig. 24)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC06853EFA1EFB92" box="[1013,1415,1090,1144]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">At mid-length (Fig. 22)</td>
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<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF5185EEFDBFFB23" box="[162,550,1170,1225]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Pronotum, sides</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB885EEFC47FB23" box="[587,990,1170,1225]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Shortly converging to base and longer converging to anterior corners (Fig. 24)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC0685EEFA1EFB23" box="[1013,1415,1170,1225]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Nearly regularly curved (Fig. 22)</td>
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<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF518599FDBFFAF1" box="[162,550,1253,1307]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Pronotum, lateral carina</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB88599FC47FAF1" box="[587,990,1253,1307]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Sharp, visible along entire length from above</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC068599FA1EFAF1" box="[1013,1415,1253,1307]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Partly or almost completely obliterated, invisible from above</td>
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<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF51844DFDBFFA6E" box="[162,550,1329,1412]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Pronotum, markings</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB8844DFC47FA6E" box="[587,990,1329,1412]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Usually present at sides and base (Figs 23, 24), rarely absent (Fig. 19) or forming marginal stripes (Fig. 21)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC06844DFA1EFA6E" box="[1013,1415,1329,1412]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Rarely present at posterior corners</td>
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<tr id="35706E16FF900055FF5184E2FA1EFA5D" box="[162,1415,1438,1463]" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">
<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF5184E2FDBFFA5D" box="[162,550,1438,1463]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Elytra, length / width at base ratio</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB884E2FC47FA5D" box="[587,990,1438,1463]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">2.40 (2.29–2.49)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC0684E2FA1EFA5D" box="[1013,1415,1438,1463]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">2.57 (2.40–2.74)</td>
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<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF5184ABFDBFF9C0" box="[162,550,1495,1578]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Elytra, markings</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB884ABFC47F9C0" box="[587,990,1495,1578]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Normally comprises 5 rows of markings, basal markings always present (Figs 17, 19, 21)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC0684ABFA1EF9C0" box="[1013,1415,1495,1578]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Normally comprises 4 rows of markings, basal markings lacking or occasionally present in males (Fig. 22)</td>
</tr>
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<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF51873FFDBFF97C" box="[162,550,1603,1686]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Protibia</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB8873FFC47F97C" box="[587,990,1603,1686]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Distinctly expanded toward apices, bearing longitudinal carina or fold separating flat anterior margin (Fig. 26)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC06873FFA1EF97C" box="[1013,1415,1603,1686]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Weakly expanded toward apices, without longitudinal carina (Fig. 27)</td>
</tr>
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<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF5187D2FDBFF8E8" box="[162,550,1710,1794]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Aedeagus, shape</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB887D2FC47F8E8" box="[587,990,1710,1794]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">External margin curved and abruptly acuminated towards blunted apices (Fig. 29)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC0687D2FA1EF8E8" box="[1013,1415,1710,1794]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">External margin nearly straight and gradually acuminated towards sharp apices (Fig. 31)</td>
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<tr id="35706E16FF900055FF518667FA1EF866" box="[162,1415,1819,1932]" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">
<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF518667FDBFF866" box="[162,550,1819,1932]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Penis, shape</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB88667FC47F866" box="[587,990,1819,1932]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Fusiform, with triangular apical apodeme and long medial lamina extending to basal 1/3 (Fig. 30)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC068667FA1EF866" box="[1013,1415,1819,1932]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Nearly parallel-sided, with widely rounded apical apodeme and short medial lamina extending only to mid- length (Fig. 32)</td>
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<th id="76A1076AFF900055FF5186D9FDBFF831" box="[162,550,1957,2011]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Penis, additional sclerotization</th>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FDB886D9FC47F831" box="[587,990,1957,2011]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Narrow, at apical 1/3 (Fig. 30)</td>
<td id="76A1076AFF900055FC0686D9FA1EF831" box="[1013,1415,1957,2011]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="8" pageNumber="589">Broad, extending approx. from midlength to apical 1/4 (Fig. 32)</td>
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</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF6C54FF91FFA3FF3481C1FE5EFF11" blockId="9.[151,1437,189,1152]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">
Female. Ovipositor of the usual tubular 
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, long, approximately 4 times as long as expanded apical part, with angularly emarginate apex.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF6C54FF91FFA3FF348078FCDAFE1D" blockId="9.[151,1437,189,1152]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FF348078FEDEFEF5" bold="true" box="[199,327,260,287]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Variability</emphasis>
. Besides the differences in body length, the new species exhibits a rather extensive variation in pronotal and elytral patterns. Frontal and pronotal markings frequently missing; normally pronotun bearing small marginal maculae at posterior third and prescutellar basal macula (
<figureCitation id="137B70D1FF91FFA3FC8C8031FB98FE8D" box="[895,1025,333,359]" captionStart="FIGURES 17–32" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1658,1683]" captionTargetBox="[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 17–32. Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) dhofarica sp. nov. and A. (A.) vanharteni Volkovitsh, 2011, habitus, append- ages, and male genitalia. Fig. 17, A. dhofarica sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 9.0 mm; Fig. 18, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 23, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 24, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 25, the same, head, frontal aspect; Fig. 26, the same, left fore-leg and distal anten- nomeres, dorsal aspect; Fig. 28, the same, aedeagus, dorsal aspect; Fig. 19, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (EJCB), habitus, dorsal aspect, 8.3 mm; Fig. 20, the same, ventral aspect; 21, the same, paratype, ♀, Yemen (NMPC), habitus, dorsal aspect, 10.3 mm; Fig. 29, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), microslide no. 1820, tegmen, 2.1 mm; Fig. 30, the same, penis, 1.5 mm; Fig. 22, A. vanharteni, holotype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 6.1 mm (photo; A.V. Kovalev); Fig. 27, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), left fore-leg, dorsal aspect; Fig. 31, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), microslide no. 1821, tegmen, 1.35 mm; Fig. 32, the same, penis, 1.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3356155/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Figs 23, 24</figureCitation>
), more rarely there are also marginal maculae near anterior corners and medial macula close to anterior margin; female 
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from 
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bearing marginal stripes along entire length (
<figureCitation id="137B70D1FF91FFA3FDC780E9FD1EFE45" box="[564,647,405,431]" captionStart="FIGURES 17–32" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1658,1683]" captionTargetBox="[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 17–32. Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) dhofarica sp. nov. and A. (A.) vanharteni Volkovitsh, 2011, habitus, append- ages, and male genitalia. Fig. 17, A. dhofarica sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 9.0 mm; Fig. 18, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 23, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 24, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 25, the same, head, frontal aspect; Fig. 26, the same, left fore-leg and distal anten- nomeres, dorsal aspect; Fig. 28, the same, aedeagus, dorsal aspect; Fig. 19, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (EJCB), habitus, dorsal aspect, 8.3 mm; Fig. 20, the same, ventral aspect; 21, the same, paratype, ♀, Yemen (NMPC), habitus, dorsal aspect, 10.3 mm; Fig. 29, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), microslide no. 1820, tegmen, 2.1 mm; Fig. 30, the same, penis, 1.5 mm; Fig. 22, A. vanharteni, holotype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 6.1 mm (photo; A.V. Kovalev); Fig. 27, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), left fore-leg, dorsal aspect; Fig. 31, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), microslide no. 1821, tegmen, 1.35 mm; Fig. 32, the same, penis, 1.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3356155/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Fig. 21</figureCitation>
). Elytral pattern varies from almost typical “ 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FB8D80E9FB41FE45" box="[1150,1240,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">degener</emphasis>
” type with transversely confluent maculae (
<figureCitation id="137B70D1FF91FFA3FE2180C5FDBCFE39" box="[466,549,441,467]" captionStart="FIGURES 17–32" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1658,1683]" captionTargetBox="[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 17–32. Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) dhofarica sp. nov. and A. (A.) vanharteni Volkovitsh, 2011, habitus, append- ages, and male genitalia. Fig. 17, A. dhofarica sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 9.0 mm; Fig. 18, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 23, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 24, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 25, the same, head, frontal aspect; Fig. 26, the same, left fore-leg and distal anten- nomeres, dorsal aspect; Fig. 28, the same, aedeagus, dorsal aspect; Fig. 19, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (EJCB), habitus, dorsal aspect, 8.3 mm; Fig. 20, the same, ventral aspect; 21, the same, paratype, ♀, Yemen (NMPC), habitus, dorsal aspect, 10.3 mm; Fig. 29, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), microslide no. 1820, tegmen, 2.1 mm; Fig. 30, the same, penis, 1.5 mm; Fig. 22, A. vanharteni, holotype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 6.1 mm (photo; A.V. Kovalev); Fig. 27, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), left fore-leg, dorsal aspect; Fig. 31, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), microslide no. 1821, tegmen, 1.35 mm; Fig. 32, the same, penis, 1.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3356155/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
) to the pattern much resembling that in 
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. (
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) 
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Stebbing, 1914
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from 
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(see 
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<figureCitation id="137B70D1FF91FFA3FD1080A1FCAFFE1D" box="[739,822,477,503]" captionStart="FIGURES 17–32" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1658,1683]" captionTargetBox="[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 17–32. Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) dhofarica sp. nov. and A. (A.) vanharteni Volkovitsh, 2011, habitus, append- ages, and male genitalia. Fig. 17, A. dhofarica sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 9.0 mm; Fig. 18, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 23, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 24, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 25, the same, head, frontal aspect; Fig. 26, the same, left fore-leg and distal anten- nomeres, dorsal aspect; Fig. 28, the same, aedeagus, dorsal aspect; Fig. 19, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (EJCB), habitus, dorsal aspect, 8.3 mm; Fig. 20, the same, ventral aspect; 21, the same, paratype, ♀, Yemen (NMPC), habitus, dorsal aspect, 10.3 mm; Fig. 29, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), microslide no. 1820, tegmen, 2.1 mm; Fig. 30, the same, penis, 1.5 mm; Fig. 22, A. vanharteni, holotype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 6.1 mm (photo; A.V. Kovalev); Fig. 27, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), left fore-leg, dorsal aspect; Fig. 31, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), microslide no. 1821, tegmen, 1.35 mm; Fig. 32, the same, penis, 1.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3356155/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Fig. 21</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FF34837CFE49FDF1" bold="true" box="[199,464,512,539]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
Systematic position of 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FC71837DFC47FDF1" bold="true" box="[898,990,513,539]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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within the species-groups of subgenus 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FF648359FEAFFDD5" box="[151,310,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Acmaeotethya</emphasis>
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is not quite clear. In its distinctly expanded protibiae (
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) it can be classified as a member of 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FA8E835AFF72FD89" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">ottomana</emphasis>
species-group (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD111A5FF91FFA3FE698335FDCDFD89" author="Volkovitsh, M. G." box="[410,596,585,611]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590" pagination="78 - 99" refId="ref7152" refString="Volkovitsh, M. G. (1979) A review of Palaearctic groups of the tribe Acmaeoderini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 58 (2), 333 - 354. [In Russian with English summary) [English translation: Entomological Review, Washington, 1979 (1980), 58 (2), 78 - 99.]" type="journal article" year="1979">Volkovitsh 1979</bibRefCitation>
) but the species of this group have protibia flat, without longitudinal carina, ventrite VIII anteriorly with membranous areas on each side of medial line, and lamina of penis lacking. There are some vague similarities in the pronotal and elytral markings and sculpture, as well as in shape of protibiae with some Afrotropical representatives of subgenus 
<taxonomicName id="4C4017D7FF91FFA3FD9583C9FC9CFD25" box="[614,773,693,719]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="590" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Acmaeotethya">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FD9583C9FC9CFD25" box="[614,773,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Acmaeotethya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(for example, 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FC5883C9FC25FD25" box="[939,956,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">A</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FC3983CAFB85FD25" box="[970,1052,694,719]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">signata</emphasis>
Laporte et Gory, 1836
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C4017D7FF91FFA3FAD983C9FEC9FD19" authority="Peringuey, 1888" authorityName="Peringuey" authorityYear="1888" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="590" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gentilis">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FAD983C9FAA2FD25" box="[1322,1339,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">A</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FAB983C9FA05FD25" box="[1354,1436,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">gentilis</emphasis>
Péringuey, 1888
</taxonomicName>
; see 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD111A5FF91FFA3FE7B83A5FD90FD19" author="Holm, E." box="[392,521,729,755]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590" pagination="1 - 210" refId="ref6896" refString="Holm, E. (1978) Monograph of the genus Acmaeodera Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Africa south of the Sahara. Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture Republic of South Africa, No. 47, 1 - 210." type="book chapter" year="1978">Holm 1978</bibRefCitation>
) but a close relation of 
<taxonomicName id="4C4017D7FF91FFA3FCE683A5FC3BFD19" authority="Volkovitsh, 2019" authorityName="Volkovitsh" authorityYear="2019" box="[789,930,729,755]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="590" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dhofarica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FCE683A5FC3BFD19" box="[789,930,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">A. dhofarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FC5A83A5FB9AFD19" bold="true" box="[937,1027,729,755]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
to these species is doubtful. Among other species of the subgenus 
<taxonomicName id="4C4017D7FF91FFA3FE1F8381FD12FCFD" box="[492,651,765,791]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="590" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Acmaeotethya">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FE1F8381FD12FCFD" box="[492,651,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Acmaeotethya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurring in 
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and adjacent countries, 
<taxonomicName id="4C4017D7FF91FFA3FB8E8381FA93FCFD" authority="Volkovitsh, 2019" authorityName="Volkovitsh" authorityYear="2019" box="[1149,1290,765,791]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="590" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dhofarica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FB8E8381FA93FCFD" box="[1149,1290,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">A. dhofarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FAE18381FAF4FCFD" bold="true" box="[1298,1389,765,791]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be confused with large specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="4C4017D7FF91FFA3FDC0825DFC17FCD1" authority="Volkovitsh, 2011" authorityName="Volkovitsh" authorityYear="2011" box="[563,910,801,827]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="590" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vanharteni">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FDC0825DFDDDFCD1" box="[563,580,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">A</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FDA2825DFD53FCD1" box="[593,714,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">vanharteni</emphasis>
Volkovitsh, 2011
</taxonomicName>
(
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) from 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FBCA825EFBF1FCD1" box="[1081,1128,802,827]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">cisti</emphasis>
species-group but the latter differs by smaller and subcylindrical body, regularly arcuate pronotal sides, slender protibiae without longitudinal carina (
<figureCitation id="137B70D1FF91FFA3FF1F8215FED9FC69" box="[236,320,873,899]" captionStart="FIGURES 17–32" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1658,1683]" captionTargetBox="[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 17–32. Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) dhofarica sp. nov. and A. (A.) vanharteni Volkovitsh, 2011, habitus, append- ages, and male genitalia. Fig. 17, A. dhofarica sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 9.0 mm; Fig. 18, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 23, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 24, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 25, the same, head, frontal aspect; Fig. 26, the same, left fore-leg and distal anten- nomeres, dorsal aspect; Fig. 28, the same, aedeagus, dorsal aspect; Fig. 19, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (EJCB), habitus, dorsal aspect, 8.3 mm; Fig. 20, the same, ventral aspect; 21, the same, paratype, ♀, Yemen (NMPC), habitus, dorsal aspect, 10.3 mm; Fig. 29, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), microslide no. 1820, tegmen, 2.1 mm; Fig. 30, the same, penis, 1.5 mm; Fig. 22, A. vanharteni, holotype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 6.1 mm (photo; A.V. Kovalev); Fig. 27, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), left fore-leg, dorsal aspect; Fig. 31, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), microslide no. 1821, tegmen, 1.35 mm; Fig. 32, the same, penis, 1.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3356155/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Fig. 27</figureCitation>
), structure of aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="137B70D1FF91FFA3FDA78215FD41FC69" box="[596,728,873,899]" captionStart="FIGURES 17–32" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1658,1683]" captionTargetBox="[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[316,1272,273,1634]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 17–32. Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) dhofarica sp. nov. and A. (A.) vanharteni Volkovitsh, 2011, habitus, append- ages, and male genitalia. Fig. 17, A. dhofarica sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 9.0 mm; Fig. 18, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 23, the same, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral aspect; Fig. 24, the same, head, pronotum and elytral base, dorsal aspect; Fig. 25, the same, head, frontal aspect; Fig. 26, the same, left fore-leg and distal anten- nomeres, dorsal aspect; Fig. 28, the same, aedeagus, dorsal aspect; Fig. 19, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (EJCB), habitus, dorsal aspect, 8.3 mm; Fig. 20, the same, ventral aspect; 21, the same, paratype, ♀, Yemen (NMPC), habitus, dorsal aspect, 10.3 mm; Fig. 29, the same, paratype, ♂, Oman (ZIN), microslide no. 1820, tegmen, 2.1 mm; Fig. 30, the same, penis, 1.5 mm; Fig. 22, A. vanharteni, holotype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), habitus, dorsal aspect, 6.1 mm (photo; A.V. Kovalev); Fig. 27, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), left fore-leg, dorsal aspect; Fig. 31, the same, paratype, ♂, UAE (ZIN), microslide no. 1821, tegmen, 1.35 mm; Fig. 32, the same, penis, 1.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3356155/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Figs 31, 32</figureCitation>
), and some other characters (see also 
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). 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FB038215FA98FC69" box="[1264,1281,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">A</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FAEA8215FAB3FC69" box="[1305,1322,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">A</emphasis>
.) 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FAB18215FA05FC69" box="[1346,1436,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">batelkai</emphasis>
Volkovitsh, 2011, having somewhat similar shape of body and pronotal and elytral markings, can be easily distinguished by spatulate protibiae with a slightly serrate external margin (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD111A5FF91FFA3FC5682CDFBC0FC21" author="Bily, S. &amp; Kuban, V. &amp; Volkovitsh, M. G. &amp; Kalashian, M. Yu." box="[933,1113,945,971]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590" pagination="168 - 223" refId="ref6852" refString="Bily, S., Kuban, V., Volkovitsh, M. G. &amp; Kalashian, M. Yu. (2011) Order Coleoptera, Family Buprestidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4, 168 - 223." type="journal article" year="2011">
Bílý 
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FC2D82CEFB8FFC21" box="[990,1046,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">et al.</emphasis>
2011
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF6C54FF91FFA3FF3482A8FE69FBF9" blockId="9.[151,1437,189,1152]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FF3482A8FE7AFC05" bold="true" box="[199,483,980,1007]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Ecological information.</emphasis>
Larval host plants unknown, possibly 
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<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FC5882A9FC60FC05" box="[939,1017,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Acacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Dr. B. Levey collected adults near Dhalkut on yellow 
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF6C54FF91FFA3FF348561FE9DFBB1" blockId="9.[151,1437,189,1152]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FF348561FED7FBDD" bold="true" box="[199,334,1053,1079]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species epithet reflects the name of 
<collectingRegion id="4984A2B6FF91FFA3FCE78561FC57FBDD" box="[788,974,1053,1079]" country="Oman" name="Zufar" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Dhofar Province</collectingRegion>
in 
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where the new species was first collected.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF6C54FF91FFA3FF348518FC9EFB6A" blockId="9.[151,1437,189,1152]" box="[199,775,1124,1152]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">
<emphasis id="B934B046FF91FFA3FF348518FEC0FB95" bold="true" box="[199,345,1124,1151]" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Distribution</emphasis>
. 
<collectingCountry id="F3572CC4FF91FFA3FE948519FE32FB95" box="[359,427,1125,1151]" name="Oman" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Oman</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="4984A2B6FF91FFA3FE488519FD89FB6A" box="[443,528,1125,1152]" country="Oman" name="Zufar" pageId="9" pageNumber="590">Dhofar</collectingRegion>
), 
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(Al Mahrar).
</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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