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(
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FF6CFB884886FBBA" box="[151,485,1047,1071]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Limnocoris fittkaui surinamensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FF6CFBEC4871FB03" bold="true" box="[151,274,1148,1174]" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Body length 7.35–8.10, body width 5.60–6.00. The shagreened area of the propleuron extends halfway along the entire length of lateral margin (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FD91FB304BB1FB2F" box="[618,722,1184,1210]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 10C</figureCitation>
). The mesosternal carina has the fossa deflexed ventrally, oval, shallow (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FF07FB54483DFB4B" box="[252,350,1220,1246]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 10C</figureCitation>
) and excavated posteriorly in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FCCDFB544AFBFB4B" box="[822,920,1220,1246]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 10F</figureCitation>
).Abdominal sterna III–V have small, rounded, black spots near the lateral margins (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FDCCFB784BFDFA97" box="[567,670,1256,1282]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 10B</figureCitation>
). The lateral margin of the abdomen is distinctly serrate (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FADCFB784CF3FA97" box="[1319,1424,1256,1282]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 10D</figureCitation>
). The female subgenital plate posterior margin is narrowed medially (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FC6BFA9C4A95FAB3" box="[912,1014,1292,1318]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 10E</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FF3CFAA04B66FADF" bold="true" box="[199,517,1328,1354]" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Supplemental description.</emphasis>
Antenna not exceeding lateral margin of eye; pedicel quadrate; flagellomeres slender, not partially fused. Maxillary plate tumescent anteriorly. Labrum pentagonal, with lateral margin shallowly concave and distal margin acuminate. Posteroventral margin of head swollen on midline, but without postgenal tubercle. Propleuron with shagreened area extending posteriorly halfway along length of lateral margin; posterior margin convex at mid-length (
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); posteromesal corner near prosternellum deflexed ventrally as a papilla. Region between mesobasisternum and mesoepisternum with longitudinal row of elongate golden setae. Mesosternal carina with fossa deflexed ventrally, oval, shallow (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FD22F9984A5CF9B7" box="[729,831,1544,1570]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 10C</figureCitation>
), and excavated posteriorly in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FAD7F9984CF3F9B7" box="[1324,1424,1544,1570]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 10F</figureCitation>
). Metasternal carina with fossa teardrop-shaped, slightly depressed medially (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FC0AF9BC4D36F9D3" box="[1009,1109,1580,1606]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 10F</figureCitation>
). Lateral margin of abdomen distinctly serrate; posterolateral corner of segments II–IV right-angled, segments V in males and V–VI in females produced posteriorly, spinose; sternum II with sinuous row of elongate golden setae; sterna with elongate golden setae generally dispersed, concentrated near midline of segments III–VI.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE36F0FF977979FF3CF92C4AA0F83B" blockId="24.[151,1437,1148,2039]" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FF3CF92C48D0F943" bold="true" box="[199,435,1724,1750]" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
This species has the shape of the mesosternal carina and the serrated lateral margin of the abdomen similar to those of 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FDF0F9714BC8F96F" box="[523,683,1760,1786]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burmeisteri">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FDF0F9714BC8F96F" box="[523,683,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. burmeisteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FD40F9714A49F96F" box="[699,810,1760,1786]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fittkaui">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FD40F9714A49F96F" box="[699,810,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. fittkaui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FCC1F9714ACEF96F" authorityName="Rodrigues &amp; Sites" authorityYear="2023" box="[826,941,1760,1786]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inflatus">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FCC1F9714ACEF96F" box="[826,941,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. inflatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FC46F9714D48F96F" authorityName="Rodrigues &amp; Sites" authorityYear="2023" box="[957,1067,1760,1786]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="menkei">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FC46F9714D48F96F" box="[957,1067,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. menkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FBC7F9714DD7F96F" authorityName="De Carlo" authorityYear="1951" box="[1084,1204,1761,1786]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minutus">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FBC7F9714DD7F96F" box="[1084,1204,1761,1786]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. minutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FB0EF9714C16F96F" authorityName="Rodrigues &amp; Sites" authorityYear="2023" box="[1269,1397,1761,1786]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="moreirai">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FB0EF9714C16F96F" box="[1269,1397,1761,1786]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. moreirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FF6CF8954854F88B" box="[151,311,1796,1822]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burmeisteri">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FF6CF8954854F88B" box="[151,311,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. burmeisteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FE94F8954881F88B" authorityName="Rodrigues &amp; Sites" authorityYear="2023" box="[367,482,1796,1822]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inflatus">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FE94F8954881F88B" box="[367,482,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. inflatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the rounded dark-brown spots of abdominal sterna III–V are absent (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FB00F8944C3CF88B" box="[1275,1375,1796,1822]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1858,1882]" captionTargetBox="[155,1431,184,1830]" captionTargetId="figure-17@8.[151,1436,181,1835]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 3. Limnocoris burmeisteri De Carlo. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female hindwing brachypterous (from French Guiana), (C) dorsal habitus of hindwing macropterous (from Mato Grosso, Brazil), (D) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (E) lateral margin of male abdominal segment V in ventral view, (F) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (G) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–C." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918953" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918953/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Figs. 3B</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FA90F8944CEDF88B" box="[1387,1422,1796,1822]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="18.[151,250,1892,1916]" captionTargetBox="[202,1386,185,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-17@18.[197,1391,181,1869]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 7. Limnocoris inflatus Rodrigues &amp; Sites n. sp. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (MZUSP), (C) propleuron, black arrow indicates posterior end of shagreened area, (D) ventral view of head and part of thorax, (E) lateral margin of female abdominal segment V in ventral view, (F) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (G) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918961" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918961/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">7B</figureCitation>
), whereas in the other five species this feature is present (e.g., 
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FCA9F8B84ADAF8D7" box="[850,953,1832,1858]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 10B</figureCitation>
). Also, the number of teeth of the serrated abdominal lateral margin varies among them (
<tableCitation id="C6F3034BFF977979FD5FF8DC4B9EF8F3" box="[676,765,1868,1894]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="30.[151,239,1412,1436]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="TABLE 2. Comparasion of character states among five species of Limnocoris." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF0E6678FF91797FFF6CFA144ABEFA09" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" tableUuid="DF0E6678FF91797FFF6CFA144ABEFA09">Table 2</tableCitation>
). In 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FCC8F8DD4AB0F8F3" box="[819,979,1868,1894]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burmeisteri">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FCC8F8DD4AB0F8F3" box="[819,979,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. burmeisteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FC18F8DD4D35F8F3" authorityName="Rodrigues &amp; Sites" authorityYear="2023" box="[995,1110,1868,1894]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inflatus">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FC18F8DD4D35F8F3" box="[995,1110,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. inflatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FB6DF8DD4C74F8F3" authorityName="Rodrigues &amp; Sites" authorityYear="2023" box="[1174,1303,1869,1894]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="moreirai">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FB6DF8DD4C74F8F3" box="[1174,1303,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. moreirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, abdominal tergum V of the males and females has 19 teeth or more (
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, 
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), whereas in the other species the number of teeth reaches at most 19, usually with fewer than 18 (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FD17F8044A2EF83B" box="[748,845,1940,1966]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1809,1833]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,186,1781]" captionTargetId="figure-17@12.[151,1436,181,1786]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Limnocoris fittkaui De Carlo. (A) Dorsal habitus of male paratype hindwing brachypterous (INPA), (B) dorsal habitus and (C) ventral habitus of female hindwing macropterous (from Amazonas, Venezuela), (D) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (E) ventral view of abdominal segments IV–VI of female, (F) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (G) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (H) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–C." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918955" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918955/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Figs. 4E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FCA2F8044A15F83B" box="[857,886,1940,1966]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1785,1809]" captionTargetBox="[155,1431,185,1758]" captionTargetId="figure-17@20.[151,1436,181,1762]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 8. Limnocoris menkei La Rivers. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of male paratype, hindwing brachypterous (CAS), (C) dorsal habitus of male paratype of L. birabeni De Carlo n. syn. (INPA), (D) ventral view of head and part of thorax, black arrow indicates posterior end of propleuron shagreened area, (E) dorsal view of abdominal segments III–V, black arrows indicate posterolateral corners, (F) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (G) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–C." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918963" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918963/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">8F</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FC79F8044AD5F83B" box="[898,950,1940,1966]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">10D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE36F0FF97797BFF3CF8294C65FDF4" blockId="24.[151,1437,1148,2039]" lastBlockId="26.[151,1438,151,1257]" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="70" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FF3CF82948FEF847" box="[199,413,1976,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fittkaui">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FF3CF82948FEF847" box="[199,413,1976,2002]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Limnocoris fittkaui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FD34F8294A58F847" authorityName="Rodrigues &amp; Sites" authorityYear="2023" box="[719,827,1976,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="menkei">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FD34F8294A58F847" box="[719,827,1976,2002]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. menkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FCB1F8294AA2F847" authorityName="De Carlo" authorityYear="1951" box="[842,961,1977,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minutus">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FCB1F8294AA2F847" box="[842,961,1977,2002]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. minutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF977979FC05F8294DD3F847" authorityName="Nieser" authorityYear="1975" baseAuthorityName=": Nieser &amp; Lopez-Ruf" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[1022,1200,1977,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="surinamensis">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF977979FC05F8294DD3F847" box="[1022,1200,1977,2002]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">L. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the posterolateral corner of abdominal segment V yellowish (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FD91F84C4BDEF863" box="[618,701,2012,2038]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1809,1833]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,186,1781]" captionTargetId="figure-17@12.[151,1436,181,1786]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Limnocoris fittkaui De Carlo. (A) Dorsal habitus of male paratype hindwing brachypterous (INPA), (B) dorsal habitus and (C) ventral habitus of female hindwing macropterous (from Amazonas, Venezuela), (D) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (E) ventral view of abdominal segments IV–VI of female, (F) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (G) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (H) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–C." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918955" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918955/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 4F</figureCitation>
), lateral margin of abdominal segment V with 17–19 teeth (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF977979FAC0F84C4CECF863" box="[1339,1423,2012,2038]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1809,1833]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,186,1781]" captionTargetId="figure-17@12.[151,1436,181,1786]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Limnocoris fittkaui De Carlo. (A) Dorsal habitus of male paratype hindwing brachypterous (INPA), (B) dorsal habitus and (C) ventral habitus of female hindwing macropterous (from Amazonas, Venezuela), (D) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (E) ventral view of abdominal segments IV–VI of female, (F) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (G) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (H) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–C." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918955" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918955/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="68">Fig. 4E</figureCitation>
), and posterior margin of male abdominal mediotergite VII distinctly projected medially (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF95797BFB7CFF074D83FF24" box="[1159,1248,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[157,1430,186,1914]" captionTargetId="figure-20@15.[152,1435,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 6. Structures of male terminalia. (A, C, E, G) 6th and 7th abdominal terga, (B, D, F, H) 8th abdominal tergum. (A–B) Limnocoris amazonensis n. sp., (C–D) L. burmeisteri, (E–F) L. fittkaui, and (G–H) L. flavescens n. sp. agp = accessory genitalic process, lml = left medial lobe, rml = right medial lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918959" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918959/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Fig. 6E</figureCitation>
), whereas in the other three species, 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF95797BFE83FF2B4885FF40" authorityName="Rodrigues &amp; Sites" authorityYear="2023" box="[376,486,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="menkei">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFE83FF2B4885FF40" box="[376,486,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. menkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF95797BFE0EFF2B4B0FFF41" authorityName="De Carlo" authorityYear="1951" box="[501,620,187,212]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minutus">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFE0EFF2B4B0FFF41" box="[501,620,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. minutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF95797BFD50FF2B4A3DFF41" authorityName="Nieser" authorityYear="1975" baseAuthorityName=": Nieser &amp; Lopez-Ruf" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[683,862,187,212]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="surinamensis">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFD50FF2B4A3DFF41" box="[683,862,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the posterolateral corner of abdominal segment V is dark-brown (e.g., 
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF95797BFE86FF4F48B0FF6C" box="[381,467,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1785,1809]" captionTargetBox="[155,1431,185,1758]" captionTargetId="figure-17@20.[151,1436,181,1762]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 8. Limnocoris menkei La Rivers. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of male paratype, hindwing brachypterous (CAS), (C) dorsal habitus of male paratype of L. birabeni De Carlo n. syn. (INPA), (D) ventral view of head and part of thorax, black arrow indicates posterior end of propleuron shagreened area, (E) dorsal view of abdominal segments III–V, black arrows indicate posterolateral corners, (F) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (G) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–C." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918963" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918963/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Fig. 8E</figureCitation>
), the lateral margin of abdominal segment V has 11–16 teeth (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF95797BFB6CFF4F4D97FF6C" box="[1175,1268,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1785,1809]" captionTargetBox="[155,1431,185,1758]" captionTargetId="figure-17@20.[151,1436,181,1762]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 8. Limnocoris menkei La Rivers. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of male paratype, hindwing brachypterous (CAS), (C) dorsal habitus of male paratype of L. birabeni De Carlo n. syn. (INPA), (D) ventral view of head and part of thorax, black arrow indicates posterior end of propleuron shagreened area, (E) dorsal view of abdominal segments III–V, black arrows indicate posterolateral corners, (F) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (G) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–C." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918963" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918963/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Figs. 8F</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF95797BFAFAFF4F4C57FF6C" box="[1281,1332,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">10D</figureCitation>
), and the posterior margin of male mediotergite VII is not distinctly projected medially (this structure remains undescribed for 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF95797BFF3AFEB74816FED5" authorityName="Nieser" authorityYear="1975" baseAuthorityName=": Nieser &amp; Lopez-Ruf" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[193,373,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="surinamensis">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFF3AFEB74816FED5" box="[193,373,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF95797BFE75FEB74B05FED4" authorityName="Rodrigues &amp; Sites" authorityYear="2023" box="[398,614,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="menkei">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFE75FEB74B05FED4" box="[398,614,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Limnocoris menkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF95797BFC5AFEB74D79FED5" authorityName="De Carlo" authorityYear="1951" box="[929,1050,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minutus">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFC5AFEB74D79FED5" box="[929,1050,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. minutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF95797BFBAFFEB74C6BFED5" authorityName="Nieser" authorityYear="1975" baseAuthorityName=": Nieser &amp; Lopez-Ruf" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[1108,1288,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="surinamensis">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFBAFFEB74C6BFED5" box="[1108,1288,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the dark-brown posterolateral corner of the abdominal segment III (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF95797BFCDEFEDB4A18FEF0" box="[805,891,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1785,1809]" captionTargetBox="[155,1431,185,1758]" captionTargetId="figure-17@20.[151,1436,181,1762]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 8. Limnocoris menkei La Rivers. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of male paratype, hindwing brachypterous (CAS), (C) dorsal habitus of male paratype of L. birabeni De Carlo n. syn. (INPA), (D) ventral view of head and part of thorax, black arrow indicates posterior end of propleuron shagreened area, (E) dorsal view of abdominal segments III–V, black arrows indicate posterolateral corners, (F) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (G) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–C." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918963" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918963/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Fig. 8E</figureCitation>
), and the rounded posterior margin of the female subgenital plate (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF95797BFEA1FEFF48D2FE1C" box="[346,433,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1785,1809]" captionTargetBox="[155,1431,185,1758]" captionTargetId="figure-17@20.[151,1436,181,1762]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 8. Limnocoris menkei La Rivers. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of male paratype, hindwing brachypterous (CAS), (C) dorsal habitus of male paratype of L. birabeni De Carlo n. syn. (INPA), (D) ventral view of head and part of thorax, black arrow indicates posterior end of propleuron shagreened area, (E) dorsal view of abdominal segments III–V, black arrows indicate posterolateral corners, (F) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (G) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–C." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918963" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918963/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Fig. 8F</figureCitation>
), whereas in the other two species the posterolateral corner of abdominal segment III is yellowish (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF95797BFEE8FE0348E7FE38" box="[275,388,403,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Figs. 10A</figureCitation>
) and the posterior margin of the subgenital plate is projected medially (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF95797BFB5AFE034C73FE38" box="[1185,1296,403,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[198,1389,187,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-20@25.[193,1393,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Limnocoris surinamensis Nieser n. stat. (A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918967/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Figs. 10E</figureCitation>
), sometimes weakly projected (
<figureCitation id="134A2A75FF95797BFE90FE2748A0FE44" box="[363,451,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1834,1858]" captionTargetBox="[211,1376,186,1807]" captionTargetId="figure-20@5.[206,1381,181,1810]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 1. Structures of Limnocoris. (A–B) Part of thorax in ventral view, (A) L. yanomami n. sp., (B) L. surinamensis n. stat., white arrow indicates row of elongate golden setae on mesosternum (C) Propleuron of L. reynosoi, white arrow indicates posterior end of shagreened area. (D–F) Lateral view of mesosternal carina, (D) L. pusillus, (E) L. reynosoi, (F) L. illiesi. (G–H) Dorsal view of abdominal segments III–V, (G) L. pusillus, (H) L. reynosoi, white arrows indicate posterolateral corners. (I–J) Left abdominal sternum II (circled), (I) L. pusillus, (J) L. reynosoi. (K–N) Terminal abdominal sterna of female, (K) L. illiesi, (L) L. minutus, (M) L. pusillus, (N) L. reynosoi." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918949" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7918949/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Fig. 1L</figureCitation>
). Lastly, 
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFDD4FE274B80FE45" box="[559,739,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF95797BFCE6FE274AF5FE45" authorityName="De Carlo" authorityYear="1951" box="[797,918,439,464]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minutus">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFCE6FE274AF5FE45" box="[797,918,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. minutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are distinguished by body length, number of teeth of the abdominal lateral margin, and geographic distribution: 
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFC7EFE4B4D55FE61" box="[901,1078,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
measures 7.80–8.50, has 13–16 teeth on the lateral margin of abdominal tergum V, and has been recorded from 
<collectingCountry id="F3667660FF95797BFBBEFE6F4DD3FD8C" box="[1093,1200,511,537]" name="Suriname" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Suriname</collectingCountry>
and northern 
<collectingCountry id="F3667660FF95797BFAA3FE6F4CFFFD8C" box="[1368,1436,511,537]" name="Brazil" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Brazil</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="49B5F812FF95797BFF64FDB34995FDA8" box="[159,246,547,573]" country="Brazil" name="Amapa" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Amapá</collectingRegion>
), whereas 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF95797BFE95FDB34885FDA9" authorityName="De Carlo" authorityYear="1951" box="[366,486,547,572]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minutus">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFE95FDB34885FDA9" box="[366,486,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. minutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
measures 6.75–6.80, has 11–12 teeth on lateral margin of abdominal tergum V, and has been recorded from 
<collectingCountry id="F3667660FF95797BFE5DFDD74B6DFDF4" box="[422,526,583,609]" name="Paraguay" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
and central-western 
<collectingCountry id="F3667660FF95797BFD03FDD74A5FFDF4" box="[760,828,583,609]" name="Brazil" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Brazil</collectingCountry>
(
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and 
<collectingRegion id="49B5F812FF95797BFBEEFDD74D9AFDF4" box="[1045,1273,583,609]" country="Brazil" name="Mato Grosso do Sul" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Mato Grosso do Sul</collectingRegion>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BCE36F0FF967978FF6CF8FA4AF6F87A" blockId="25.[151,1436,1898,2031]" pageId="25" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF967978FF6CF8FA4843F817" bold="true" box="[151,288,1898,1922]" pageId="25" pageNumber="69">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF967978FEDDF8FB4B0EF817" authority="Nieser" authorityName="Nieser" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName=": Nieser &amp; Lopez-Ruf" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[294,621,1898,1922]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="surinamensis" status="n. stat.">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF967978FEDDF8FB4B46F817" box="[294,549,1899,1922]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="69">Limnocoris surinamensis</emphasis>
Nieser
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF967978FD88F8FB4BDFF816" bold="true" box="[627,700,1899,1923]" pageId="25" pageNumber="69">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2365799FF967978FD88F8FB4BDFF816" box="[627,700,1899,1923]" pageId="25" pageNumber="69">n. stat.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(A) Dorsal habitus and (B) ventral habitus of female paratype, hindwing brachypterous (USNM), (C) ventral view of part of head and thorax, (D) ventral view of abdominal segments V–VI of male, black arrow indicates posterolateral corner of segment V, (E) terminal abdominal sterna of female, and (F) lateral view of meso- and metasternal carinae. Size bar = 1.00 mm and applies only to Figs. A–B.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C36B657BFF95797BFF3CFDFA4D61FC5C" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BCE36F0FF95797BFF3CFDFA4D61FC5C" blockId="26.[151,1438,151,1257]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFF3CFDFA482FFD11" bold="true" box="[199,332,618,644]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Discussion.</emphasis>
This taxon was described as a subspecies of 
<taxonomicName id="4C714D73FF95797BFCD6FDFB4AF4FD10" box="[813,919,619,645]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Limnocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fittkaui">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFCD6FDFB4AF4FD10" box="[813,919,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. fittkaui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.According to 
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, 
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFB21FDFB4CFFFD11" box="[1242,1436,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. f.surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the nominal species by the longer body length (
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFC08FD1F4DA2FD3D" box="[1011,1217,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. f. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ 7.00– 
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFA96FD1F4985FD58" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">
L. f. 
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</emphasis>
), lateral abdominal margins roughly serrate and the posterolateral corners of abdominal terga V in males and V–VI in females more pronounced. After examining 
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specimens of these two subspecies and additional material, we observe that these differences given by 
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are constant within the populations of both taxa. Also, in 
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFF03FC8F48A3FCAD" box="[248,448,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. f. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the posterolateral corners of abdominal terga V–VI are black, and the lateral margin of abdominal segment V has 13–16 teeth, whereas in 
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFD19FCD34ACAFCC8" box="[738,937,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. fittkaui fittkaui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
these corners are yellowish, and the lateral margin of abdominal segment V has 17–19 teeth. Although we did not have access to the male genitalia of 
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFA95FCF74848FC31" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. f. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, we believe that such differences between these two subspecies are sufficient to consider both as distinct species. Thus, we here elevate 
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFDB1FC3F4A72FC5D" box="[586,785,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">L. f. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to full species status.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36B657BFF95797BFF3CFC424A99FB84" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFF3CFC424802FC79" bold="true" box="[199,353,978,1004]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species is distributed in 
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and northern 
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(state of 
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) (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE36F0FF95797BFF3CFC664A99FB84" blockId="26.[151,1438,151,1257]" box="[199,1018,1014,1041]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFF3CFC6648C6FB84" bold="true" box="[199,421,1014,1041]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Published records.</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="F3667660FF95797BFE57FC674B7FFB84" box="[428,540,1015,1041]" name="Suriname" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Suriname</collectingCountry>
: 
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and 
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE04B01FF95797BFCA4FC674A8EFB84" author="Nieser, N." box="[863,1005,1014,1041]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" pagination="1 - 308" refId="ref23396" refString="Nieser, N. (1975) The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana Region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and the other Guyanas, 16, 1 - 308. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 017 - 7118 - 4 _ 1" type="journal article" year="1975">Nieser 1975</bibRefCitation>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36B657BFF95797BFF3CFB8B4BF7FB7C" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BCE36F0FF95797BFF3CFB8B4D98FB34" blockId="26.[151,1438,151,1257]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFF3CFB8B4898FBA1" bold="true" box="[199,507,1050,1077]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Type material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B193CADFF95797BFDFCFB8B48A3FBE8" collectingDate="1969-12-02" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="N. Nieser" country="Suriname" determinerName="N. Nieser" location="Mooi Wanna-kreek" municipality="All" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Marowijne" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingMunicipality id="6BAAAC8AFF95797BFDFCFB8B4B48FBA0" box="[519,555,1051,1077]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">All</collectingMunicipality>
specimens brachypterous. 
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: 
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFBE0FB8A4DD0FBA1" bold="true" box="[1051,1203,1050,1076]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">
<collectingCountry id="F3667660FF95797BFBE0FB8A4DD0FBA1" box="[1051,1203,1050,1076]" name="Suriname" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">SURINAME</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFB33FB8A4C2FFBA1" bold="true" box="[1224,1356,1050,1076]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">
<collectingRegion id="49B5F812FF95797BFB33FB8A4C2FFBA1" box="[1224,1356,1050,1076]" country="Suriname" name="Marowijne" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Marowijne</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
, 
<location id="8EAE602BFF95797BFA9BFB8B484CFBCC" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D887E6FF97797BFF6CFC3F4BF7FB7C:8EAE602BFF95797BFA9BFB8B484CFBCC" country="Suriname" municipality="All" name="Mooi Wanna-kreek" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" stateProvince="Marowijne">Mooi Wanna-kreek</location>
, 1 &amp; 
<date id="FFCF1030FF95797BFE8EFBAF4891FBCC" box="[373,498,1087,1113]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" value="1969-12-02">
<collectingDate id="EF8BE9D8FF95797BFE8EFBAF4891FBCC" box="[373,498,1087,1113]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" value="1969-12-02">2.XII.1969</collectingDate>
</date>
, SN261, lgt. 
<collectorName id="26845326FF95797BFD75FBAF4B9DFBCC" box="[654,766,1087,1113]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">N. Nieser</collectorName>
, 
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, det. 
<determinerName id="7E12DA34FF95797BFAFAFBAF4C0CFBCC" box="[1281,1391,1087,1113]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">N. Nieser</determinerName>
71, 
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(1♁, 
<specimenCount id="9D77FD79FF95797BFEC2FBF3483FFBE8" box="[313,348,1123,1149]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
<collectionCode id="ED60AE35FF95797BFE99FBF348DBFBE8" box="[354,440,1123,1149]" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation id="3B193CADFF95797BFE30FBF24D94FB34" collectingDate="1969-11-04" collectingDateMax="1969-11-18" collectingDateMin="1969-11-04" collectionCode="MACN" collectorName="N. Nieser &amp; Troelikreek-system" country="Suriname" location="Troelikreek-system" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" specimenCode="SN221" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Saramacca" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFE30FBF24B2CFBE9" bold="true" box="[459,591,1122,1148]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">
<collectingRegion id="49B5F812FF95797BFE30FBF24B2CFBE9" box="[459,591,1122,1148]" country="Suriname" name="Saramacca" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Saramacca</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
, SN236, second tributary of 
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, 
<date id="FFCF1030FF95797BFB8EFBF34D94FBE8" box="[1141,1271,1123,1149]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" value="1969-11-18">
<collectingDate id="EF8BE9D8FF95797BFB8EFBF34D94FBE8" box="[1141,1271,1123,1149]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" value="1969-11-18">18.XI.1969</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName id="26845326FF95797BFAF9FBF34C0EFBE8" box="[1282,1389,1123,1149]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">N. Nieser</collectorName>
col. (1♁ 
<collectionCode id="ED60AE35FF95797BFF30FB174847FB34" box="[203,292,1159,1185]" country="Argentina" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/pyng-6456" name="Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" type="Museum">MACN</collectionCode>
); 
<specimenCode id="DBD79E8BFF95797BFECCFB1748E4FB34" box="[311,391,1159,1185]" collectionCode="MACN" country="Argentina" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/pyng-6456" name="Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" type="Museum">SN221</specimenCode>
, first tributary of 
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, 
<date id="FFCF1030FF95797BFCC8FB174AD6FB34" box="[819,949,1159,1185]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" value="1969-11-04">
<collectingDate id="EF8BE9D8FF95797BFCC8FB174AD6FB34" box="[819,949,1159,1185]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" value="1969-11-04">04.XI.1969</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName id="26845326FF95797BFC3BFB174D48FB34" box="[960,1067,1159,1185]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">N. Nieser</collectorName>
col. (
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<collectionCode id="ED60AE35FF95797BFB6DFB174D8CFB34" box="[1174,1263,1159,1185]" country="Argentina" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/pyng-6456" name="Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" type="Museum">MACN</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE36F0FF95797BFF3CFB3A4BF7FB7C" blockId="26.[151,1438,151,1257]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFF3CFB3A4B54FB51" bold="true" box="[199,567,1194,1220]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Additional material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B193CADFF95797BFDC4FB3A4BF3FB7C" collectingDate="1991-03-23" collectionCode="MZUSP" collectorName="V. Py-Daniel &amp; U. Barbosa" country="Brazil" location="Igarape Munguba" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Amapa">
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFDC4FB3A4BC9FB51" bold="true" box="[575,682,1194,1220]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">
<collectingCountry id="F3667660FF95797BFDC4FB3A4BC9FB51" box="[575,682,1194,1220]" name="Brazil" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">BRAZIL</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B905EAE2FF95797BFD41FB3A4A72FB50" bold="true" box="[698,785,1194,1221]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">
<collectingRegion id="49B5F812FF95797BFD41FB3A4A72FB50" box="[698,785,1194,1221]" country="Brazil" name="Amapa" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">Amapá</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
, BR-201, 
<location id="8EAE602BFF95797BFC72FB3B4D30FB50" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D887E6FF97797BFF6CFC3F4BF7FB7C:8EAE602BFF95797BFC72FB3B4D30FB50" box="[905,1107,1195,1221]" country="Brazil" name="Igarape Munguba" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" stateProvince="Amapa">Igarapé Munguba</location>
, 
<date id="FFCF1030FF95797BFB9BFB3B4D83FB50" box="[1120,1248,1195,1221]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" value="1991-03-23">
<collectingDate id="EF8BE9D8FF95797BFB9BFB3B4D83FB50" box="[1120,1248,1195,1221]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70" value="1991-03-23">23.III.1991</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName id="26845326FF95797BFB17FB3B4C1DFB50" box="[1260,1406,1195,1221]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">V. Py-Daniel</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="26845326FF95797BFF6CFB5F4876FB7C" box="[151,277,1231,1257]" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">U. Barbosa</collectorName>
col. (
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brachypterous 
<collectionCode id="ED60AE35FF95797BFDDEFB5F4BEBFB7C" box="[549,648,1231,1257]" country="Brazil" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/6yx0-3nm7" name="Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo" pageId="26" pageNumber="70">MZUSP</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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