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<mods:title>Revision of the water scavenger beetle genus Notionotus Spangler, 1972 in the Neotropical Region (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Enochrinae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Liza M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Short, Andrew Edward Z.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="C6FB4C8F-F4BD-572D-8E23-E641A3FBE08A" authority="Spangler, 1972" authorityName="Spangler" authorityYear="1972" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Notionotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notionotus liparus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liparus">Notionotus liparus Spangler, 1972</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Habitus and labels of Notionotus spp.: N. liparus (holotype): A dorsal view B ventral view C labels; N. mexicanus (holotype): D dorsal view E ventral view F labels; N. rosalesi (holotype): G dorsal view H ventral view I labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709479" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Figs 2A-C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Aedeagi of Notionotus liparus species group A N. liparus (non-type specimen) B N. mexicanus (holotype) C N. vatius (holotype) D N. giraldoi (holotype)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709484" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">, 7A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Habitat of Notionotus spp. in the Andean region of Venezuela A Venezuela, Barinas State, seepage habitat of N. liparus (collecting event VZ 12 - 0124 - 02 A) B Venezuela: Aragua, Henri Pittier National Park, seepage habitat of N. liparus, (collecting event AS- 06 - 023) C Venezuela: Zulia, Rio Tukuko, habitat of N. tricarinatus (collecting event VZ 09 - 0129 - 01 A) D Venezuela, Portuguesa, tributary of the Rio Guanare, habitat of N. tricarinatus (collecting event VZ 09 - 0119 - 03 X)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709488" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">, 11A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Distribution map of Notionotus spp." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709491" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">, 14</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Spangler" authorityYear="1972" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Notionotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notionotus liparus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liparus">Notionotus liparus</taxonomicName>
Spangler, 1972: 144.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Type material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Holotype</emphasis>
(male)
</emphasis>
: &quot;VENEZUELA/ Bar., 24 Km. NW/ Barinitas/II-23-1969/P.&amp;P. Spangler&quot;, &quot;Collected with/ 207 Oocyclus&quot;, &quot;HOLOTYPE/
<taxonomicName authorityName="Spangler" authorityYear="1972" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Notionotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notionotus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Notionotus</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName authorityName="Spangler" authorityYear="1972" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Notionotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notionotus liparus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liparus">Notionotus liparus</taxonomicName>
/P.J. Spangler&quot; (USNM).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Additional material examined</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
(
<specimenCount type="generic">139 exs.</specimenCount>
).
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2006-01-10" collectingDateMax="2020-07-02" collectingDateMin="2006-01-10" collectorName="A. E. Z. Short, Short" country="Venezuela" county="Henri Pittier National Park" latitude="10.35669" location="Henri Pittier National Park" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-67.60645" municipality="Rio Curucuruma" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Aragua State">
<collectingCountry name="Venezuela">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion country="Venezuela" name="Aragua">Aragua State</collectingRegion>
:
<collectingCounty>Henri Pittier National Park</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingMunicipality>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
Curucuruma
</collectingMunicipality>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="north" minutes="21.070" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="10.351167">10°21.070'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="67" direction="west" minutes="34.920" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-67.582">67°34.920'W</geoCoordinate>
,
<collectingDate value="2006-01-11">11.i.2006</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>A.E.Z. Short</collectorName>
, waterfall/seep, AS-06-023 (
<specimenCount type="generic">75 exs.</specimenCount>
, MIZA, SEMC, including DNA Voucher MSC1820);
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C6FB4C8FF4BD572D8E23E641A3FBE08A:0EC1086838005611D866D09197973F43" country="Venezuela" county="Henri Pittier National Park" latitude="10.35669" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-67.60645" municipality="Rio Curucuruma" name="Henri Pittier National Park" stateProvince="Aragua State">Henri Pittier National Park</location>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C6FB4C8FF4BD572D8E23E641A3FBE08A:CA881516FB035B1E41535D3ABDB4F00B" country="Venezuela" county="Henri Pittier National Park" latitude="10.35669" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-67.60645" municipality="Rio Curucuruma" name="Rio Castano Regresiva del Diablo" stateProvince="Aragua State">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Castaño">Castano</normalizedToken>
Regresiva del Diablo
</location>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="10.35669" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="10.35669">10.35669°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="67.60645" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-67.60645">67.60645°W</geoCoordinate>
,
<collectingDate value="2009-01-06">6.i.2009</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>A.E.Z. Short</collectorName>
, log in stream, VZ09-0106-01A (
<specimenCount type="generic">5 exs.</specimenCount>
, SEMC); same data except seeps/wet rock, VZ09-0106-01B (
<specimenCount type="generic">19 exs.</specimenCount>
, SEMC);
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C6FB4C8FF4BD572D8E23E641A3FBE08A:29989DF96ABC9563A431B2A138896B73" country="Venezuela" county="Henri Pittier National Park" latitude="10.35669" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-67.60645" municipality="Rio Curucuruma" name="Henri Pittier National Park" stateProvince="Aragua State">Henri Pittier National Park</location>
, Ranch Grande,
<collectingDate value="2006-01-10">10.i.2006</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>Short</collectorName>
, stream and seep at Toma, AS-06-021, (
<specimenCount type="generic">8 exs.</specimenCount>
, SEMC), same data except
<collectingDate value="2020-07-02">2.vii.2020</collectingDate>
, VZ10-0702-01A (
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex.</specimenCount>
, SEMC, DNA voucher SLE2111)
</materialsCitation>
</emphasis>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2012-01-24" collectingDateMax="2020-07-02" collectingDateMin="2006-01-10" collectorName="A. Short, Gustafson" country="Venezuela" county="Henri Pittier National Park" elevation="992" latitude="8.807067" location="13 km NW Barinitas" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-70.51898" municipality="Rio Curucuruma" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Barinas State">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
<collectingRegion country="Venezuela" name="Barinas">Barinas State</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
:
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C6FB4C8FF4BD572D8E23E641A3FBE08A:74681FF136A600833972AD839D200080" country="Venezuela" county="Henri Pittier National Park" latitude="8.807067" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-70.51898" name="13 km NW Barinitas" stateProvince="Barinas State">
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" unit="km" value="13.0">13 km</quantity>
NW Barinitas
</location>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="8" direction="north" minutes="48.424" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="8.807067">8°48.424'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="70" direction="west" minutes="31.139" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-70.51898">70°31.139'W</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.92" unit="m" value="992.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.92" unit="m" value="992.0">992 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2012-01-24">24.i.2012</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>A. Short</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName>Gustafson</collectorName>
, seepage by road, VZ12-0124-02A (
<specimenCount type="generic">22 exs.</specimenCount>
, SEMC, including DNA voucher SLE2123); same data except small stream pool, VZ12-0124-02B (
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex.</specimenCount>
, SEMC)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2012-01-22" collectingDateMax="2012-01-28" collectingDateMin="2012-01-22" collectorName="G. T. Gustafson, Short, Arias" country="Venezuela" elevation="842" latitude="8.86555" location="La Azulita" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-70.61885" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Merida State">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
<collectingRegion country="Venezuela" name="Merida">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Mérida">Merida</normalizedToken>
State
</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: ca.
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" unit="km" value="2.5">2.5 km</quantity>
S.
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C6FB4C8FF4BD572D8E23E641A3FBE08A:5ED55E1B6B4234A06C651223C12E5290" country="Venezuela" latitude="8.86555" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-70.61885" name="La Azulita" stateProvince="Merida State">La Azulita</location>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="8" direction="north" minutes="44.335" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="8.738916">8°44.335'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="70" direction="west" minutes="37.131" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-70.61885">70°37.131'W</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.42" unit="m" value="842.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.42" unit="m" value="842.0">842 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2012-01-28">28.i.2012</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>G.T. Gustafson</collectorName>
, stream pools, VZ12-0128-02B (
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex.</specimenCount>
, SEMC); ca.
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" unit="km" value="12.0">12 km</quantity>
,
<locationDeviation location="Santo Domingo">SE of Santo Domingo</locationDeviation>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="8" direction="north" minutes="51.933" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="8.86555">8°51.933'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="70" direction="west" minutes="37.131" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-70.61885">70°37.131'W</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.682" unit="m" value="1682.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.682" unit="m" value="1682.0">1682 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2012-01-22">22.i.2012</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>Short</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName>Arias</collectorName>
, wall seep 1, VZ12-0122-03A (
<specimenCount type="generic">7 exs.</specimenCount>
, SEMC, including DNA voucher SLE2124)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2009-01-21" collectorName="Short, Garcia, Camacho" country="Venezuela" elevation="1770" latitude="9.32285" location="3 km NE Laguna Agua Negro" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-70.15505" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Trujillo State">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
<collectingRegion country="Venezuela" name="Trujillo">Trujillo State</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: ca.
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C6FB4C8FF4BD572D8E23E641A3FBE08A:EB17218959CF3DE60A00E2549FD2A027" country="Venezuela" latitude="9.32285" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-70.15505" name="3 km NE Laguna Agua Negro" stateProvince="Trujillo State">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="km" value="3.0">3 km</quantity>
NE Laguna Agua Negro
</location>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="9" direction="north" minutes="19.371" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="9.32285">9°19.371'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="70" direction="west" minutes="9.303" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-70.15505">70°9.303'W</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.77" unit="m" value="1770.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.77" unit="m" value="1770.0">1770 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2009-01-21">21.i.2009</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>Short</collectorName>
,
<normalizedToken originalValue="García">
<collectorName>Garcia</collectorName>
</normalizedToken>
&amp;
<collectorName>Camacho</collectorName>
, small mountain stream w/ detritus, VZ09-0121-03x (
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex.</specimenCount>
, SEMC)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="141" type="differential diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Spangler" authorityYear="1972" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Notionotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notionotus liparus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liparus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Notionotus liparus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be recognized by the distinct black coloration among the other dark (reddish brown) species such as
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. brunbadius" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" rank="species" species="brunbadius">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">N. brunbadius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. parvus" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" rank="species" species="parvus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">N. parvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. retusus" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" rank="species" species="retusus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">N. retusus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, also for being the only dark species in the
<taxonomicName authorityName="Spangler" authorityYear="1972" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Notionotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notionotus liparus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liparus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Notionotus liparus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Habitus and labels of Notionotus spp.: N. liparus (holotype): A dorsal view B ventral view C labels; N. mexicanus (holotype): D dorsal view E ventral view F labels; N. rosalesi (holotype): G dorsal view H ventral view I labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709479" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">2A</figureCitation>
). It can also be differentiated by sharply marked punctation of the pronotum and elytra. Moreover, the outer margin of the parameres is sinuate and the apical third is slim and tapered. It is the only species in the
<taxonomicName authorityName="Spangler" authorityYear="1972" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Notionotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notionotus liparus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liparus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Notionotus liparus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group with the apex of the median lobe acute.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="141" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Size and form</emphasis>
: Body length 1.6-1.8 mm. Body form elongate oval, convex in lateral view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Habitus and labels of Notionotus spp.: N. liparus (holotype): A dorsal view B ventral view C labels; N. mexicanus (holotype): D dorsal view E ventral view F labels; N. rosalesi (holotype): G dorsal view H ventral view I labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709479" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">2A</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Color and punctation</emphasis>
: Dorsally black, with lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra reddish brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Habitus and labels of Notionotus spp.: N. liparus (holotype): A dorsal view B ventral view C labels; N. mexicanus (holotype): D dorsal view E ventral view F labels; N. rosalesi (holotype): G dorsal view H ventral view I labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709479" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">2A</figureCitation>
). Ventrally reddish brown, except for black abdominal ventrites; maxillary palps and antennae yellow (antennal club slightly darker) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Habitus and labels of Notionotus spp.: N. liparus (holotype): A dorsal view B ventral view C labels; N. mexicanus (holotype): D dorsal view E ventral view F labels; N. rosalesi (holotype): G dorsal view H ventral view I labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709479" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">2B</figureCitation>
). Clypeus and labrum with dense, coarse, and moderately impressed ground punctation (punctures separated by 2
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their width); pronotum and elytra ground punctation dense, coarse, and moderately impressed and sparser than on head (punctures separated by 3
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their width).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Head</emphasis>
: Clypeus and labrum shallowly emarginate anteromedially, lateral margins of the labrum bearing setae.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Thorax</emphasis>
: Prosternum carinate medially, strongly raised, pointing anteriorly and acute. Elevation of mesoventrite with one transversal ridge, elevated medially, lateral sides concave; longitudinal ridge narrowed anteriorly and broadening posteriorly, the point where the two ridges merged blunt (e.g., Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Mesoventral process of Notionotus spp. A N. dilucidus B N. tricarinatus C N. insignitus D N. bicolor. Red marks pointing to transverse ridge in A-D blue marks pointing to second transverse ridge in C, D." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709487" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">10A, B</figureCitation>
); elevation concave in lateral view; mesoventrite with triangular shape in ventral view. Metaventrite convex in the median region, pubescent with narrow glabrous patch on the medial and posterolateral area; anterior margin extending to mesoventrite elevation. Metafemora with dense hydrofuge pubescence along basal three-quarters of the anterior margin and along basal one-quarter of posterior margin, then apical half of the posterior margin with sparse setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Habitus and labels of Notionotus spp.: N. liparus (holotype): A dorsal view B ventral view C labels; N. mexicanus (holotype): D dorsal view E ventral view F labels; N. rosalesi (holotype): G dorsal view H ventral view I labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709479" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">2B</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Abdominal ventrites very densely pubescent. Aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Aedeagi of Notionotus liparus species group A N. liparus (non-type specimen) B N. mexicanus (holotype) C N. vatius (holotype) D N. giraldoi (holotype)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709484" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">7A</figureCitation>
) with basal piece 1.3
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the length of a paramere. Base of the parameres slightly narrower than the base of the median lobe; outer margin sinuate, inner margin nearly straight, tapering along apical third, parameres thin and rounded at apex. Median lobe shorter than the parameres, broad at the base and gradually widening to the apex, with the apex acute.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="141" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
This species is widespread in the
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Andes and Coastal Mountains of Venezuela (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Distribution map of Notionotus spp." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709491" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">14</figureCitation>
). Originally described from localities in the Venezuelan states of Barinas and
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(
<bibRefCitation author="Spangler, PJ" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" pagination="139 - 146" refId="B20" refString="Spangler, PJ, 1972. A new genus and two new species of madicolous beetles from Venezuela (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 85: 139 - 146" title="A new genus and two new species of madicolous beetles from Venezuela (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." volume="85" year="1972">Spangler 1972</bibRefCitation>
, it was later recorded from the state of Aragua (
<bibRefCitation author="Garcia, M" journalOrPublisher="Boletin del centro de Investigaciones biologicas" pageId="0" pageNumber="141" pagination="247 - 258" refId="B1" refString="Garcia, M, 2000. Dos nuevas especies de Notionotus Spangler, 1972 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae), de Venezuela, y nuevos registros para N. rosalesi y N. liparus. Boletin del centro de Investigaciones biologicas 34: 247 - 258" title="Dos nuevas especies de Notionotus Spangler, 1972 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae), de Venezuela, y nuevos registros para N. rosalesi y N. liparus." volume="34" year="2000">
<normalizedToken originalValue="García">Garcia</normalizedToken>
2000
</bibRefCitation>
). Here, we report additional localities in these three states as well as report it from the state of Trujillo for the first time.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="141" type="life history">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Life history.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
This species is found in rock seepage habitats and wet rocks adjacent to waterfalls (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Habitat of Notionotus spp. in the Andean region of Venezuela A Venezuela, Barinas State, seepage habitat of N. liparus (collecting event VZ 12 - 0124 - 02 A) B Venezuela: Aragua, Henri Pittier National Park, seepage habitat of N. liparus, (collecting event AS- 06 - 023) C Venezuela: Zulia, Rio Tukuko, habitat of N. tricarinatus (collecting event VZ 09 - 0129 - 01 A) D Venezuela, Portuguesa, tributary of the Rio Guanare, habitat of N. tricarinatus (collecting event VZ 09 - 0119 - 03 X)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709488" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">11A, B</figureCitation>
). Occasionally it is found in the pools that form at the best of these habitats.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="141" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="141">
We sequenced four specimens from three Venezuelan states across the range of this species (Aragua, Barinas, and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Mérida">Merida</normalizedToken>
). The sequences are nearly identical (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Maximum likelihood phylogeny of Notionotus spp. inferred from COI and 28 S sequence data. Extraction numbers are given next to each terminal name (see Table 1)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1109.80775.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/709478" pageId="0" pageNumber="141">1</figureCitation>
), supporting the concept of a widespread species in the
<normalizedToken originalValue="Mérida">Merida</normalizedToken>
Andes and Coastal mountains.
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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