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<mods:title>Three new species of Exocelina Broun, 1886 from the southern slopes of the New Guinea central range, with introduction of the Exocelina skalei group (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Shaverdo, Helena</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010, Vienna, Austria</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Surbakti, Suriani</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Biology, Universitas Cendrawasih, Waena, Papua, Indonesia</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Sumoked, Bob</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Walian 2, Tomohon Selatan, N Sulawesi 95439, Indonesia</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Balke, Michael</mods:namePart>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3773-6586</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:affiliation>SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen, Muenchhausenstrasse 21, D- 81247, Munich, Germany & GeoBioCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:number>2020-12-30</mods:number>
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<mods:number>1007</mods:number>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="176348999" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:368BA68B-265B-4FEC-BCF0-080373747401" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/FF858FB30C0250799DF8323697254F96" lastPageNumber="129" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/368BA68B-265B-4FEC-BCF0-080373747401" authority="Shaverdo & Balke" authorityName="Shaverdo & Balke" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Exocelina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Exocelina mimika" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mimika" status="sp. nov.">Exocelina mimika Shaverdo & Balke</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="129">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Map of the western part of New Guinea showing the species distribution." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492244" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figs 5</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitus and colouration of Exocelina mimika sp. nov., holotype." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492247" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">, 8</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Exocelina mimika sp. nov., paratype A median lobe in ventral view B median lobe in lateral view C right paramere in external view D right male protarsomeres 4 - 5 in ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492248" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">, 9</figureCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="type locality">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Type locality.</paragraph>
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Indonesia: Papua Province, Mimika Regency, Tsinga Village, Beanekogom River,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="04" direction="south" minutes="11.629" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-4.1938167">04°11.629'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="137" direction="east" minutes="13.756" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="137.22926">137°13.756'E</geoCoordinate>
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, 1690 m a.s.l.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Holotype</emphasis>
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: male "Indonesia: Papua, Kabupaten [Regency] Mimika, Desa [Village] Tsinga, Sungai [River] Beanekogom,", "1690m, 25-30.v.2017,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="04" direction="south" minutes="11.629" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-4.1938167">04°11.629'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="137" direction="east" minutes="13.756" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="137.22926">137°13.756'E</geoCoordinate>
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, B. Sumoked (Pap66-Bob04)" (MZB).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Paratypes</emphasis>
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: 3 males with the same label as the holotype (KSP, MZB).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Body size and form</emphasis>
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: Beetle medium-sized: TL-H 4.8-5.0 mm, TL 5.2-5.4 mm, MW 2.5-2.6 mm (holotype: TL-H 4.8 mm, TL 5 mm, MW 2.5 mm), with oblong-oval habitus (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitus and colouration of Exocelina mimika sp. nov., holotype." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492247" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">8</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Colouration</emphasis>
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: Dorsally piceous (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitus and colouration of Exocelina mimika sp. nov., holotype." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492247" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">8</figureCitation>
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), sometimes with dark brown posterior part of head, lateral sides of pronotum, and dark brown elytral sutural lines; head appendages yellowish brown, legs yellowish brown to reddish-brown. Teneral specimens paler.
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492247" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" start="Figure 8" startId="F8">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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Habitus and colouration of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Shaverdo & Balke" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Exocelina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Exocelina mimika" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mimika">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Exocelina mimika</emphasis>
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sp. nov., holotype.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Surface sculpture</emphasis>
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: Shiny dorsally, with distinct punctation and weakly impressed microreticulation. Head with relatively dense, unevenly distributed punctation (spaces between punctures 1-4 times size of punctures), distinctly finer and sparser anteriorly and posteriorly; diameter of punctures equal to diameter of cells of microreticulation. Pronotum and elytra with punctation sparser and finer than on head and with distinct but weakly impressed microreticulation; head with stronger microreticulation. Metaventrite and metacoxae distinctly microreticulate, metacoxal plates with longitudinal strioles and transverse wrinkles. Abdominal ventrites with distinct microreticulation, strioles, and fine but distinct punctation.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Structures</emphasis>
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: Pronotum with distinct lateral bead. Base of prosternum and neck of prosternal process with distinct ridge, very slightly rounded anteriorly. Blade of prosternal process lanceolate, narrow, slightly convex, with distinct lateral bead and few setae. Abdominal ventrite 6 broadly rounded.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Male</emphasis>
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: Antenna simple. Pro- and mesotarsomeres 1-3 very slightly dilated. Protarsomere 4 simple, narrow, with large, thick, strongly curved anterolateral hook-like seta. Protarsomere 5 ventrally with anterior band of more than 50 and posterior row of 20 relatively long setae (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Exocelina mimika sp. nov., paratype A median lobe in ventral view B median lobe in lateral view C right paramere in external view D right male protarsomeres 4 - 5 in ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492248" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">9D</figureCitation>
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). Median lobe robust, with continuous outline and without setation; lateral margins thick in apical half; apex with very short blunt prolongation in lateral view and deeply concave in ventral view (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Exocelina mimika sp. nov., paratype A median lobe in ventral view B median lobe in lateral view C right paramere in external view D right male protarsomeres 4 - 5 in ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492248" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">9A, B</figureCitation>
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). Paramere without dorsal notch and with reduced setation: setae very thin, inconspicuous, sparse, longer subdistally and proximally and very short medially (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Exocelina mimika sp. nov., paratype A median lobe in ventral view B median lobe in lateral view C right paramere in external view D right male protarsomeres 4 - 5 in ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492248" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">9C</figureCitation>
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). Abdominal ventrite 6 broadly rounded, with 2-7 lateral striae on each side.
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492248" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" start="Figure 9" startId="F9">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figure 9.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Shaverdo & Balke" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Exocelina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Exocelina mimika" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mimika">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Exocelina mimika</emphasis>
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sp. nov., paratype
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A</emphasis>
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median lobe in ventral view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">B</emphasis>
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median lobe in lateral view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C</emphasis>
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right paramere in external view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">D</emphasis>
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right male protarsomeres 4-5 in ventral view.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Female</emphasis>
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: Unknown.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">The specimens were collected from rock pools at the edge of a fast-flowing mountain stream.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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Indonesia: Papua Province. The species is known only from the type locality (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Map of the western part of New Guinea showing the species distribution." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492244" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">5</figureCitation>
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).
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">The species is named after Mimika Regency, where it was collected. The name is a noun in the nominative singular standing in apposition.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="affinities and introduction of the e. skalei group">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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Affinities and introduction of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. skalei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="skalei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. skalei</emphasis>
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group.
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The other
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Broun" authorityYear="1886" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Exocelina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Exocelina" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Exocelina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species known from the Tsinga area is
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. tsinga" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tsinga">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. tsinga</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.960.55007" author="Shaverdo, H" journalOrPublisher="Koleopterologische Rundschau" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" refId="B11" refString="Shaverdo, H, Surbakti, S, Sumoked, B, Balke, M, 2020. Two new species of the Exocelinaekari group from New Guinea with strongly modified male antennae (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 960: 63-78. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.960.55007" title="Two new species of the Exocelinaekari group from New Guinea with strongly modified male antennae (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 960: 63 - 78." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.960.55007" year="2020">Shaverdo et al., 2020</bibRefCitation>
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, which is very similar to the new species in size, body shape, colouration, and surface sculpture. The males of these species can be easily distinguished due to the modified antennae of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. tsinga" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tsinga">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. tsinga</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and different shape and setation of their genitalia; female identification, however, could be problematic.
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Based on morphological characters, we cannot place the new species in any known species group. The new species resembles representatives of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. jaseminae" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jaseminae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. jaseminae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group in the shape of the median lobe and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. mekilensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mekilensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. mekilensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Shaverdo & Balke, 2019 and species of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. ullrichi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ullrichi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. ullrichi</emphasis>
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group (
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<bibRefCitation author="Shaverdo, HV" journalOrPublisher="Koleopterologische Rundschau" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" pagination="31 - 40" refId="B7" refString="Shaverdo, HV, Balke, M, 2014. Exocelina kinibeli sp.n. from Papua New Guinea, a new species of the E. ullrichi -group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 84: 31 - 40" title="Exocelina kinibeli sp. n. from Papua New Guinea, a new species of the E. ullrichi - group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)." volume="84" year="2014">Shaverdo and Balke 2014</bibRefCitation>
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) in the reduced setation of the paramere. However, in the shape of the median lobe and setation of the paramere, the new species is the most similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. skalei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="skalei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. skalei</emphasis>
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. Thus, we assume that these two species might be closely related.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Shaverdo & Balke in Shaverdo, Sagata, Panjaitan, Menufandu & Balke" authorityYear="2014" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Exocelina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Exocelina skalei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="skalei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Exocelina skalei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has been so far treated as a member of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. ekari" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ekari">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. ekari</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group but according to the molecular analyses, it is the sister clade of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. ekari" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ekari">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. ekari</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5001" author="Toussaint, EFA" journalOrPublisher="Koleopterologische Rundschau" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" refId="B12" refString="Toussaint, EFA, Hall, R, Monaghan, MT, Sagata, K, Ibalim, S, Shaverdo, HV, Vogler, AP, Pons, J, Balke, M, 2014. The towering orogeny of New Guinea as a trigger for arthropod megadiversity. Nature Communications 5: e4001. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5001" title="The towering orogeny of New Guinea as a trigger for arthropod megadiversity. Nature Communications 5: e 4001." url="https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5001" year="2014">Toussaint et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16016" author="Toussaint, EFA" journalOrPublisher="Koleopterologische Rundschau" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" refId="B13" refString="Toussaint, EFA, Hendrich, L, Shaverdo, H, Balke, M, 2015. Mosaic patterns of diversification dynamics following the colonization of Melanesian islands. Scientific Reports 5: e16016. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16016" title="Mosaic patterns of diversification dynamics following the colonization of Melanesian islands. Scientific Reports 5: e 16016." url="https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16016" year="2015">2015</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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Therefore, for
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. skalei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="skalei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. skalei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. mimika" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mimika">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. mimika</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov., herein we introduce a new species group, the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. skalei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="skalei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. skalei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group, with the following diagnostic characters:
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">beetle small or medium-sized (TL-H 2.9-5.0 mm), with continuous body outline of broadly oval or oblong-oval shape;</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">elytra without striae/strioles, with distinct punctation, beetles shiny or submatt;</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">pronotum with distinct lateral bead;</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">antennomeres not modified;</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">male protarsomere 4 simple, with medium-sized or large, slightly or strongly curved anterolateral hook-like seta;</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">median lobe of aedeagus without setation, with continuous or slightly discontinuous apically outline;</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">paramere without dorsal notch and with strongly reduced setation: setae very thin and sparse, some longer setae distinct subdistally; setae tiny, inconspicuous medially and proximally.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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Since the southern slopes of the central range is a poorly studied area, we assume that more species of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="E. skalei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="skalei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E. skalei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group await discovery. The new material, including its molecular analysis, would help to confirm group delimitation.
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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</subSection>
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