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; Trémouilles 1989b: 153;
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: 80
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Habitus in dorsal view of: A)
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, B)
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, C)
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; habitus in ventral view of: D)
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, E)
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(Ecuador, Esmeraldas), F)
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(Paraguay, Cerro Lambaré).
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locality
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.
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.
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Type material examined.
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,
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&quot;
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,
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&quot;, &quot;
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&quot;.
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.
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[= Condeúba, City Center is at - 14.899° -41.968°,
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;
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&quot; [printed label] (
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, drawer 92)
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;
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, &quot;Museum Paris Brésil Coll. E. Gounelle 1915&quot; [green printed label]
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8039A330FFB0FFE1C1B06E9FFDAC4C06" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,429]" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">
[among indet. material in separate drawer];
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, &quot;
<collectingCountry id="F891E3A0FFB0FFE1C2196E90FC654DAB" box="[830,900,151,176]" name="Brazil" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">Brésil</collectingCountry>
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intr&quot; [printed label], &quot;
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&quot; [handwritten label] (
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)
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&quot;
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&quot; [handwritten label]
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;
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, &quot;Museum Paris
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<collectorName id="2D73C6E6FFB0FFE1C00B6ED8FE1A4DE3" box="[300,507,223,248]" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">Coll. E. Gounelle</collectorName>
1915&quot; [green printed label], &quot;
<taxonomicName id="4786D8B3FFB0FFE1C2426ED8FA754DE3" authority="Shp. San Antonio da Barra" box="[869,1428,223,248]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Megadytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="520" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ducalis">Megadytes ducalis Shp. San Antonio da Barra</taxonomicName>
&quot; [handwritten label] (MNHN-Magasin)
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8039A330FFB0FFE1C1E06F20FE934CB7" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,429]" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">
<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB0FFE1C1E06F20FE724C5B" bold="true" box="[199,403,295,320]" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">Descriptive notes</emphasis>
. Large beetle (TL&gt;
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) of very robust and &quot;thick&quot; appearance (
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). Descriptions of this species, based on the male
<typeStatus id="5F3D1D92FFB0FFE1C3096F4BFD724C7E" box="[558,659,332,357]" pageId="3" pageNumber="520" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, were provided by
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and Trémouilles (1989). Here we provide photos of the habitus (
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,
<figureCitation id="18BDBFB5FFB0FFE1C3A46F77FD464C93" box="[643,679,368,392]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,249,1959,1981]" captionTargetBox="[193,1409,484,1938]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,481,1938]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Habitus in lateral view of: A) M. ducalis, B) M. lherminieri, C) M. magnus." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2647354/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">2A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="18BDBFB5FFB0FFE1C3926F77FD224C93" box="[693,707,368,392]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,249,1967,1989]" captionTargetBox="[316,1333,134,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[189,1397,133,1946]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Female of M. ducalis from collection Régimbart in MNHN [TL = 47.4 mm], the largest known diving beetle specimen in the world: &quot;San Antônio da Barra, Prov. de Bahia, Brésil&quot;." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2647356/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">3</figureCitation>
) and focus on morphological characters of the male in different views (
<figureCitation id="18BDBFB5FFB0FFE1C1C06F93FECC4CB7" box="[231,301,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="10.[151,249,1844,1866]" captionTargetBox="[166,1427,204,1822]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,193,1822]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 7. Megadytes ducalis, male from collection Guignot: A) frontal view, B) ventral view of head and protarsus, C) left middle leg, D) dorso-lateral view of left side of head, pronotum and elytral base, E) ventro-lateral view of left hind leg. Scale bars = 5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2647364/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">Figs 7</figureCitation>
A–E).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8039A330FFB0FFE1C1B069A0FBF74AA6" blockId="3.[151,1046,1959,1982]" box="[151,1046,1959,1982]" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">
<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB0FFE1C1B069A0FEF34AA6" bold="true" box="[151,274,1959,1981]" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Habitus in lateral view of: A)
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB0FFE1C36F69AFFD524AA6" box="[584,691,1959,1981]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">M. ducalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, B)
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB0FFE1C3F869AFFC924AA6" box="[735,883,1959,1981]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">M. lherminieri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, C)
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB0FFE1C2B869AFFBF14AA6" box="[927,1040,1960,1981]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="520">M. magnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8039A330FFB7FFE6C1B069A8FC874AFF" blockId="4.[151,1436,1967,2020]" pageId="4" pageNumber="521">
<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB7FFE6C1B069A8FEF44ADE" bold="true" box="[151,277,1967,1989]" pageId="4" pageNumber="521">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Female of
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB7FFE6C0B769B7FE1C4ADE" box="[400,509,1967,1989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="521">M. ducalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from collection Régimbart in MNHN [TL = 47.4 mm], the largest known diving beetle specimen in the world: &quot;San Antônio da Barra, Prov. de Bahia, Brésil&quot;.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8039A330FFB6FFE7C1B06999FD244AE9" blockId="5.[151,1436,1950,2034]" pageId="5" pageNumber="522">
<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB6FFE7C1B06999FEF04AAF" bold="true" box="[151,273,1950,1972]" pageId="5" pageNumber="522">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB6FFE7C0306999FE354AAF" box="[279,468,1950,1972]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="522">Megadytes ducalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male specimen from collection Guignot: A) median lobe with parameres in ventral view, B) tip of median lobe in lateral view, C) anterior half median lobe in ventro-apical view;
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB6FFE7C2F569BAFB6F4AC8" box="[978,1166,1981,2003]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="522">Megadytes ducalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype: D) median lobe in ventral view (Foto: R. Angus). Scale bars = 1.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8039A330FFB5FFE4C1E06E90FE014C93" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,771]" pageId="6" pageNumber="523">
The median lobe, with both parameres, of a male from Coll. Guignot is figured in ventral view (
<figureCitation id="18BDBFB5FFB5FFE4C42D6E90FA844DAB" box="[1290,1381,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,249,1950,1972]" captionTargetBox="[176,1412,193,1920]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[176,1412,193,1920]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Megadytes ducalis, male specimen from collection Guignot: A) median lobe with parameres in ventral view, B) tip of median lobe in lateral view, C) anterior half median lobe in ventro-apical view; Megadytes ducalis, holotype: D) median lobe in ventral view (Foto: R. Angus). Scale bars = 1.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2647358/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="523">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
), the anterior half of the median lobe in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="18BDBFB5FFB5FFE4C39B6EBBFCF24DCF" box="[700,787,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,249,1950,1972]" captionTargetBox="[176,1412,193,1920]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[176,1412,193,1920]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Megadytes ducalis, male specimen from collection Guignot: A) median lobe with parameres in ventral view, B) tip of median lobe in lateral view, C) anterior half median lobe in ventro-apical view; Megadytes ducalis, holotype: D) median lobe in ventral view (Foto: R. Angus). Scale bars = 1.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2647358/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="523">Fig. 4B</figureCitation>
) and the tip of the median lobe in dorsal view (
<figureCitation id="18BDBFB5FFB5FFE4C4126EBBFA714DCF" box="[1333,1424,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,249,1950,1972]" captionTargetBox="[176,1412,193,1920]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[176,1412,193,1920]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Megadytes ducalis, male specimen from collection Guignot: A) median lobe with parameres in ventral view, B) tip of median lobe in lateral view, C) anterior half median lobe in ventro-apical view; Megadytes ducalis, holotype: D) median lobe in ventral view (Foto: R. Angus). Scale bars = 1.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2647358/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="523">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
). The median lobe of the
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is presented in
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. It appears much broader than in the other specimens we studied. This is apparently due to manipulation by previous researchers, perhaps J. Balfour-Browne, whereby cardboard wedges were inserted in between the main lobe and the ventral sclerite to expose the latter. This is actually seen in several other
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specimens in the BMNH collection, and can lead to significant changes to the shape of the median lobe.
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB5FFE4C1E06F90FEFF4CAB" bold="true" box="[199,286,407,432]" pageId="6" pageNumber="523">Female</emphasis>
. No traces of elytral striae or any other kind of sexual sculpture on pronotum or elytra. Without protarsal disks and yellow setae on ventral surface of mesotarsomere I; otherwise no external difference with male. Broadest part of femur in hind legs
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(
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,
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).
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,
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: TL =
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; TL-H =
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; TW =
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.
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,
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: TL = 42.9–47.0 mm; TL-H =
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; TW =
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.
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. TL =
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; TL-H =
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; TW = 24.0–26,1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB5FFE4C1E06C70FF1E4F8B" bold="true" box="[199,255,631,656]" pageId="6" pageNumber="523">Note</emphasis>
. The largest known specimen of
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB5FFE4C3AF6C7FFCE34F8B" box="[648,770,631,656]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="523">M. ducalis</emphasis>
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(female, TL=
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) is deposited in the collection of
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Régimbart in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris (
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).
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB5FFE4C1E06CC5FEB84FC0" bold="true" box="[199,345,706,731]" pageId="6" pageNumber="523">Distribution</emphasis>
. Only known from Condeúba, Bahia,
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B2F27F22FFB5FFE4C1E06CEDFEC24E18" bold="true" box="[199,291,746,771]" pageId="6" pageNumber="523">Habitat</emphasis>
. Unknown.
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