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Jałoszyński
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBBEFFD33B701FD1D" box="[151,272,695,719]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Meridaphes</emphasis>
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species:
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CB9DDFD33B5AAFD1D" box="[677,955,695,719]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Scydmoraphes venezolanus</emphasis>
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(orig. des.).
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBBEFFD7AB760FCCB" bold="true" box="[151,369,766,793]" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Revised diagnosis.</emphasis>
Body (Fig. 1) moderately stout, distinctly constricted between head and prothorax and between prothorax and elytra. Head (
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) indistinctly elongate with tempora subequal to eyes; tempora, vertex, genae and postgenae lacking thick bristles; occipital constriction only slightly narrower than vertex; submentum lacking lateral sutures; hypostomal ridges present and complete, obliquely running toward posterior tentorial pits where they are not connected; antennae gradually thickened; frontal and posteromedian impressions absent; longitudinal groove and median subtriangular 'platform' absent; frons and vertex with symmetrical setae (
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; most setae are broken off, only setal sockets can be seen); maxillary palpomere IV constricted before apex, so that its apical portion is broadened and truncate; pronotum broadest in front of middle, with one pair of faint and diffuse lateral antebasal pits connected by a transverse groove, sides with lateral edges developed in posterior third and with faint sublateral carinae; sides of pronotum with dense bristles; prosternum with basisternal part as long as about half length of coxal part; prosternal intercoxal process developed as a diffuse ridge; procoxal cavities closed; notosternal sutures and hypomeral ridges complete; mesoscutellum largely exposed between elytral bases; mesocoxal rests with their posterior margins lacking carina or ridge; mesoventral intercoxal process carinate and strongly elevated, narrowly separating mesocoxae, with distinctly broadened, flattened and smooth median area, well-defined posterior tip and a shallow but distinct posteromedian notch; metaventral carinae absent; anterior metaventral process present, welldefined, conspicuously large, with subrectangular anterior tip and broadly triangular base; metaventral intercoxal process not separating metacoxae, subtriangular with shallow median notch, lacking lateral spines; each elytron with two vestigial asetose foveae; and aedeagus symmetrical with free, slender parameres.
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBBBFFA1BB72AFA6B" bold="true" box="[199,315,1439,1465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Remarks.</emphasis>
Morphological structures of
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CB9E5FA1BB532FA6B" box="[669,803,1439,1465]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Meridaphes</emphasis>
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were illustrated and a detailed description given by
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. As nearly all setae on the head are broken off in the studied
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specimen, the symmetrical pattern passed unnoticed at the time of describing this genus and revising its sole species,
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBFD9FA6EB340F9D6" box="[1185,1361,1514,1540]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">M. venezolanus</emphasis>
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. A reexamination of the same specimen allowed for identifying a symmetrical pattern of many setal insertion sites (
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).
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBBC5F9B0B752F99C" box="[189,323,1588,1614]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Meridaphes</emphasis>
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shares most characters with
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CB9F1F9B0B539F99C" box="[649,808,1588,1614]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Pseudoraphes</emphasis>
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; it is also very similar to
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBF32F9B0B319F99C" box="[1098,1288,1588,1614]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBE6EF9B0B38DF99C" box="[1302,1436,1588,1614]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Meridaphes</emphasis>
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differs from both of them in the lack of the median longitudinal groove on the frons and vertex (such a groove, although diffuse, is present in
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBA8AF9FBB4A1F94B" box="[498,688,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CB992F9FBB598F94B" box="[746,905,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Pseudoraphes</emphasis>
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); the lateral clypeal margins divergent anterad (parallel in
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBA5BF920B7F0F96C" box="[291,481,1700,1726]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CB95BF920B4D3F96C" box="[547,706,1700,1726]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Pseudoraphes</emphasis>
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); the pronotum lacking the outer pair of lateral pronotal pits (present in
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBA63F94EB7C8F936" box="[283,473,1738,1764]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CB96CF94EB4A2F936" box="[532,691,1738,1764]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Pseudoraphes</emphasis>
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); the posterior margins of mesocoxal rests not carinate (carinate in
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBBC2F96BB769F8DB" box="[186,376,1775,1801]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBAC2F96BB448F8DB" box="[442,601,1775,1801]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Pseudoraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and the metaventral carinae absent (present in
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CBFD1F96BB376F8DB" authorityName="Franz" authorityYear="1985" box="[1193,1383,1775,1801]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Stenichnoconnus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBFD1F96BB376F8DB" box="[1193,1383,1775,1801]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CBBEFF890B727F8FC" authorityName="Franz" authorityYear="1980" box="[151,310,1812,1838]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Pseudoraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBBEFF890B727F8FC" box="[151,310,1812,1838]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Pseudoraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Moreover,
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CBAA0F890B44FF8FC" box="[472,606,1812,1838]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Meridaphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBAA0F890B44FF8FC" box="[472,606,1812,1838]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Meridaphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CB870F890B5D7F8FC" authorityName="Franz" authorityYear="1985" box="[776,966,1812,1838]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Stenichnoconnus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CB870F890B5D7F8FC" box="[776,966,1812,1838]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in distinct, rounded tempora (vestigial in
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CBBCFF8BEB764F886" authorityName="Franz" authorityYear="1985" box="[183,373,1850,1876]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Stenichnoconnus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBBCFF8BEB764F886" box="[183,373,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the lack of the posteromedian impression on the vertex (present in
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CBFD9F8BEB34EF886" authorityName="Franz" authorityYear="1985" box="[1185,1375,1850,1876]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Stenichnoconnus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBFD9F8BEB34EF886" box="[1185,1375,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the pronotum broadest clearly in front of middle (behind middle in
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CB82DF8DBB202F8AB" authorityName="Franz" authorityYear="1985" box="[853,1043,1887,1913]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Stenichnoconnus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CB82DF8DBB202F8AB" box="[853,1043,1887,1913]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the lateral and sublateral pronotal carinae present (absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CBACFF800B464F84C" authorityName="Franz" authorityYear="1985" box="[439,629,1924,1950]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Stenichnoconnus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBACFF800B464F84C" box="[439,629,1924,1950]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and the lack of long lateral spines of the metaventral intercoxal process (present in
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CBA6CF82EB7C3F816" authorityName="Franz" authorityYear="1985" box="[276,466,1962,1988]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Stenichnoconnus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBA6CF82EB7C3F816" box="[276,466,1962,1988]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Stenichnoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). All these differences seem rather minor, but in a preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the genera of Glandulariini
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CBAB5F84BB442F83B" box="[461,595,1999,2025]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Meridaphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CBAB5F84BB442F83B" box="[461,595,1999,2025]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Meridaphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was not placed as sister to
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744D245CB8FDF84BB235F83B" authorityName="Franz" authorityYear="1980" box="[901,1060,1999,2025]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Pseudoraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="208" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744D245CB8FDF84BB235F83B" box="[901,1060,1999,2025]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Pseudoraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but to all remaining components
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAE064744A245BBBEFFF1DB40BFF0A" blockId="4.[151,1436,153,288]" pageId="4" pageNumber="209">
of the '
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744A245BBB9BFF1DB776FF61" authorityName="Jałoszyński" authorityYear="2019" box="[227,359,153,179]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Afroeudesis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="209" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744A245BBB9BFF1DB776FF61" box="[227,359,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="209">Afroeudesis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group' (Jałoszyński, unpublished). For this reason, the separate placement of
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744A245BBFBFFF1DB35CFF61" box="[1223,1357,153,179]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Meridaphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="209" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744A245BBFBFFF1DB35CFF61" box="[1223,1357,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="209">Meridaphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is here maintained, pending further study.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAE064744A245BBBBFFF65B76CFEF2" blockId="4.[151,1436,153,288]" pageId="4" pageNumber="209">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744A245BBBBFFF65B423FF2E" bold="true" box="[199,562,225,252]" pageId="4" pageNumber="209">Composition and distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744A245BB943FF66B4D0FF2E" box="[571,705,226,252]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Meridaphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="209" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744A245BB943FF66B4D0FF2E" box="[571,705,226,252]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="209">Meridaphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comprises only one species,
<taxonomicName id="4C459BE7744A245BBF76FF67B2AFFF2E" authorityName="Franz" authorityYear="1988" box="[1038,1214,226,252]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Scydmoraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="209" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="venezolanus">
<emphasis id="B9313C76744A245BBF76FF67B2AFFF2E" box="[1038,1214,226,252]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="209">M. venezolanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, known to occur in
<collectingCountry id="F352A0F4744A245BBBEFFE82B71CFEF2" box="[151,269,262,288]" name="Venezuela" pageId="4" pageNumber="209">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="137EFCE1744A245BBA65FE82B761FEF2" box="[285,368,262,288]" captionStart="FIGURE 41" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1995,2020]" captionTargetBox="[161,1417,1304,1961]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,1269,1969]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 41. Distribution of 'Afroeudesis group'." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3234314/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="209">Fig. 41</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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