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Body length:
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. Angle between lateral margins of labroclypeus and ocular canthus indistinct; anterior margin of labroclypeus medially weakly sinuate; margins of labroclypeus strongly reflexed; smooth area in front of eyes twice as wide as long; ratio of eye diameter/interocular width: 0.7. Pronotum with dense and thick erect setae; unicoloured; basal margin of pronotum complete; larger punctures on pronotum very coarse. Hypomeron not carinate. Elytra with dark spots; erect dorsal pilosity on elytra dense (more than ten setae per interval); sutural interval in apical declivity of elytra flat and not delimited by a sharp carina; white, fine pilosity condensed to transverse patches; intervals punctate at least laterally; adpressed white pilosity long, 1/3 to 1/2 of width of elytral intervals; external apical elytral angle evenly convex. Mesosternal process short. Ratio of length of metepisternum/ metacoxa: 1/1.33. Metatibia, ratio of width/length: 1/4. Metatarsi dorsally smooth; first metatarsomere as long as subsequent one. Aedeagus:
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. Female genitalia:
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.
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Diagnosis:
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resembles
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<emphasis id="B9160463FF8838583A31F94B9017F8A7" box="[269,369,1788,1809]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">P. pilosa</emphasis>
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in external shape; however, the punctures on the dorsal surface are denser and coarser, and the sutural interval is flat and not limited by a sharp carina in the apical declivity of the elytra. This new species is in genital shape similar to
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<emphasis id="B9160463FF8838583875FF519563FF4C" box="[841,1029,229,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">P. maculipennis</emphasis>
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; however, the right paramere is basally tooth-like and extended, and the basal dorsal portion of the left paramere bears two small teeth.
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<emphasis id="B9160463FF883858381BFEED92FCFED9" box="[807,922,346,367]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">Variation:</emphasis>
Body length: 8.0
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, elytral length:
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6.5
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7.1 mm
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, maximum width:
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4.2
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4.8 mm
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. Density of dark spot may vary slightly, but never completely without spots. Female: antennal club of female straight, composed of five antennomeres, as long as the remaining antennomeres combined; sixth antennomere very short, less than 1/5 of club length. Eyes smaller than in male: ratio of eye diameter/ interocular width: 0.52.
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<emphasis id="B9160463FF883858381BFD3792C2FD23" box="[807,932,640,661]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">Etymology:</emphasis>
The new species is named after its occurrence in
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.
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<emphasis id="B9160463FF883858381BFD6192F4FD5D" box="[807,914,726,747]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">Remarks:</emphasis>
In a previous publication we referred to this species as SpM-21 (Ozg € ul-Siemund € &amp;
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).
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