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Red label:
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In total 9: 3 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, same data as
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3124369B9F27F527B2CEF92EFC11F69E" blockId="1.[151,1436,1650,2035]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1436,151,213]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="347" pageId="1" pageNumber="346">Elytra blackish with 23 lateral intervals paler, pronotum and head blackish, fore margin of pronotum brownish, antennae brownish with basal half of club blackish, legs yellowish to brownish. Elytra without appressed vestiture, glabrous, with one dense and conspicuous row of setae on each interval. Inner seven intervals with greyish-white, slender, parallel-sided, perpendicularly erect setae a little longer than width of one interval, distance of two setae shorter than half of their length. Outer three intervals with distinctly shorter semierect setae, about as long as half the width of one interval or shorter. Each puncture of striae with very short and fine, greyish seta. Pronotum on disc with identical erect setae as on elytra, densely irregularly scattered, in lateral part with distinctly shorter, appressed setae of similar shape, directed upwards. Head dorsally with similar setae as pronotum, only slightly shorter; rostrum with similar erect setae, but of half the length of setae covering head, lateral part with appressed short setae directed anteriad. Antennal scapes, femora and tarsi with slender, inconspicuous, semiappressed setae; funicles and outer edge of tibiae with semiappressed to semierect slender setae, moderately short, brownish on funicles and yellowish on tibiae; clubs finely setose.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3124369B9F24F527B29EF8C2FDA3F1B9" blockId="2.[151,1437,1914,2036]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B29EF8C2FEF9F1DA" bold="true" box="[151,336,1914,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">FIGURES 1-12. 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F24F527B35CF8C3FDB3F1DA" box="[341,538,1915,1936]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Argoptochus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sappho" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B35CF8C3FDB3F1DA" box="[341,538,1915,1936]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">Argoptochus sappho</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="18DC57F29F24F527B016F8C3FDFBF1DA" box="[543,594,1915,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
male habitus dorsal.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B115F8C2FC87F1DA" bold="true" box="[796,814,1914,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">2.</emphasis>
Ditto female.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B1BEF8C2FC60F1DA" bold="true" box="[951,969,1914,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F24F527B1C7F8C3FAEEF1DA" authority="Borovec, 1998" authorityName="Borovec" authorityYear="1998" box="[974,1351,1915,1936]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Argoptochus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albisetus">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B1C7F8C3FB0BF1DA" box="[974,1186,1915,1936]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">Argoptochus albisetus</emphasis>
(Borovec, 1998)
</taxonomicName>
, male.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B783F8C2FA35F1DA" bold="true" box="[1418,1436,1914,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F24F527B29EF824FE04F1FB" authority="Borovec, 1998" authorityName="Borovec" authorityYear="1998" box="[151,429,1948,1969]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Argoptochus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hystricus">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B29EF824FEA1F1FB" box="[151,264,1948,1969]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">A. hystricus</emphasis>
(Borovec, 1998)
</taxonomicName>
, male.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B3F8F823FDBEF1FB" bold="true" box="[497,535,1947,1969]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">5-7.</emphasis>
Antennae of
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B091F823FD03F1FB" bold="true" box="[664,682,1947,1969]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F24F527B0B9F824FCB9F1FB" box="[688,784,1948,1969]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Argoptochus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sappho" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B0B9F824FCB9F1FB" box="[688,784,1948,1969]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">A. sappho</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="18DC57F29F24F527B11FF824FCE3F1FB" box="[790,842,1948,1969]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B146F823FCC8F1FB" bold="true" box="[847,865,1947,1969]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F24F527B16EF824FC7EF1FB" box="[871,983,1948,1969]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Argoptochus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albisetus">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B16EF824FC7EF1FB" box="[871,983,1948,1969]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">A. albisetus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B1EAF823FC5CF1FB" bold="true" box="[995,1013,1947,1969]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">7.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F24F527B1F2F824FBC2F1FB" box="[1019,1131,1948,1969]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Argoptochus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hystricus">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B1F2F824FBC2F1FB" box="[1019,1131,1948,1969]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">A. hystricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B67EF823FB23F1FB" bold="true" box="[1143,1162,1947,1969]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">8.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F24F527B686F824FAD3F1FB" box="[1167,1402,1948,1969]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Pelletierellus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bryophilus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B686F824FAD3F1FB" box="[1167,1402,1948,1969]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">Pelletierellus bryophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="18DC57F29F24F527B788F824FF00F19B" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
male habitus dorsal.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B375F803FE27F19B" bold="true" box="[380,398,1979,2001]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">9.</emphasis>
Ditto female.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B014F803FD95F19B" bold="true" box="[541,572,1979,2001]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">10.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F24F527B04AF804FC1FF19B" authority="Borovec, 2015" authorityName="Borovec" authorityYear="2015" box="[579,950,1980,2001]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Pelletierellus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bialookii">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B04AF804FCB6F19B" box="[579,799,1980,2001]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">Pelletierellus bialookii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="550A4B6A9F24F527B12EF804FC1FF19B" author="Borovec, R." box="[807,950,1980,2001]" firstAuthor="Borovec" journalOrPublisher="Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" pagination="1 - 14" part="11" refId="ref9230" refString="Borovec, R. (2015) Study on Pelletierellus championi species group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Trachyphloeini). Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series, 11 (1), 1 - 14." title="Study on Pelletierellus championi species group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Trachyphloeini)" type="journal article" year="2015">Borovec, 2015</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
male habitus dorsal.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B680F803FB0AF19B" bold="true" box="[1161,1187,1979,2001]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">11.</emphasis>
Head and antennae of
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F24F527B783F804FF54F1B9" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Pelletierellus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bryophilus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B783F804FF54F1B9" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">P. bryophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="18DC57F29F24F527B30AF866FE9EF1B9" box="[259,311,2014,2035]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B335F866FEF2F1BE" bold="true" box="[316,347,2014,2036]" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">12.</emphasis>
Ditto
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F24F527B391F866FDADF1B9" box="[408,516,2014,2035]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Pelletierellus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="347" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bialookii">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F24F527B391F866FDADF1B9" box="[408,516,2014,2035]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="347">P. bialookii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="65E466139F25F526B29EF8C2FAEEF198" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/233132/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" targetBox="[219,1375,196,1892]" targetPageId="3">
<paragraph id="3124369B9F25F526B29EF8C2FAEEF198" blockId="3.[151,1437,1914,2002]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B29EF8C2FEC5F1DA" bold="true" box="[151,364,1914,1936]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">FIGURES 13-21. 13.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F25F526B37AF8C2FDFCF1C5" box="[371,597,1914,1935]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cathormiocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kostali" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B37AF8C2FDFCF1C5" box="[371,597,1914,1935]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">Cathormiocerus kostali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="18DC57F29F25F526B055F8C2FD3BF1C5" box="[604,658,1914,1935]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
female habitus dorsal.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B17DF8C2FC3AF1DA" bold="true" box="[884,915,1914,1936]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">14.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F25F526B193F8C2FC51F1C5" box="[922,1016,1914,1935]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cathormiocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meyeri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B193F8C2FC51F1C5" box="[922,1016,1914,1935]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">C. meyeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="18DC57F29F25F526B1F6F8C2FB9DF1C5" box="[1023,1076,1914,1935]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
male habitus dorsal.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B70DF8C2FAB5F1DA" bold="true" box="[1284,1308,1914,1936]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">15</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F25F526B723F8C2FEDDF1E5" authority="Borovec &amp; Bahr, 2008" authorityName="Borovec &amp; Bahr" authorityYear="2008" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cathormiocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atlasicus">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B723F8C2FA35F1C5" box="[1322,1436,1914,1935]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">C. atlasicus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="550A4B6A9F25F526B29EF822FEDDF1E5" author="Borovec, R. &amp; Bahr, F." box="[151,372,1946,1967]" firstAuthor="Borovec" journalOrPublisher="Teil: Die Cathormiocerus socius Gruppe. Snudebiller" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" pagination="177 - 276" part="9" refId="ref9347" refString="Borovec, R. &amp; Bahr, F. (2008) Revision des Genus Cathormiocerus Schoenherr, 1842 - 4. Teil: Die Cathormiocerus socius Gruppe. Snudebiller, 9, 177 - 276." title="Revision des Genus Cathormiocerus Schoenherr, 1842 - 4" type="journal article" year="2008">Borovec &amp; Bahr, 2008</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
female habitus dorsal.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B051F822FDDEF1FA" bold="true" box="[600,631,1946,1968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">16.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F25F526B074F822FC5FF1E5" authority="Borovec &amp; Bahr, 2008" authorityName="Borovec &amp; Bahr" authorityYear="2008" box="[637,1014,1946,1967]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cathormiocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="agadiriensis">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B074F822FCB8F1E5" box="[637,785,1946,1967]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">C. agadiriensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="550A4B6A9F25F526B110F822FC5FF1E5" author="Borovec, R. &amp; Bahr, F." box="[793,1014,1946,1967]" firstAuthor="Borovec" journalOrPublisher="Teil: Die Cathormiocerus socius Gruppe. Snudebiller" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" pagination="177 - 276" part="9" refId="ref9347" refString="Borovec, R. &amp; Bahr, F. (2008) Revision des Genus Cathormiocerus Schoenherr, 1842 - 4. Teil: Die Cathormiocerus socius Gruppe. Snudebiller, 9, 177 - 276." title="Revision des Genus Cathormiocerus Schoenherr, 1842 - 4" type="journal article" year="2008">Borovec &amp; Bahr, 2008</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
ditto.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B63FF822FBDCF1FA" bold="true" box="[1078,1141,1946,1968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">17-19.</emphasis>
Heads and antennae of
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B768F822FAD6F1FA" bold="true" box="[1377,1407,1946,1968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">17.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F25F526B78FF822FF7EF198" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cathormiocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kostali" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B78FF822FF7EF198" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">C. kostali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="18DC57F29F25F526B2D4F805FEB8F198" box="[221,273,1981,2002]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B31FF804FE9DF198" bold="true" box="[278,308,1980,2002]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">18.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F25F526B333F805FE3EF198" box="[314,407,1981,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cathormiocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meyeri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B333F805FE3EF198" box="[314,407,1981,2002]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">C. meyeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="18DC57F29F25F526B394F805FE78F198" box="[413,465,1981,2002]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B3DFF804FE5CF198" bold="true" box="[470,501,1980,2002]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">19.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F25F526B3F3F805FD25F198" box="[506,652,1981,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cathormiocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="agadiriensis">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B3F3F805FD25F198" box="[506,652,1981,2002]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">C. agadiriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B090F804FD7EF198" bold="true" box="[665,727,1980,2002]" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">20-21.</emphasis>
Antennae of male and female of
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F25F526B61EF805FAEAF198" authority="Escalera, 1918" authorityName="Escalera" authorityYear="1918" box="[1047,1347,1981,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cathormiocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="348" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inflatiscapus">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F25F526B61EF805FB04F198" box="[1047,1197,1981,2002]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="348">C. inflatiscapus</emphasis>
Escalera, 1918
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="3124369B9F22F521B2CEFF20FA90F7C2" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Rostrum robust, 1.391.45 times as wide as long, widest at base, 1.131.16 times wider at base than at apex, evenly tapered apicad with slightly concave sides; rostrum laterally at the same level as head, weakly vaulted. Epifrons very narrow, at middle of rostrum 0.4 times as wide as rostrum at the same place, enlarged anteriad with concave sides, longitudinally shallowly depressed, irregularly finely punctured, moderately shiny. Frons and epistome not developed. Antennal scrobes in dorsal view well visible, reniform; laterally short, subtriangular, dorsally placed. Head wide and weakly vaulted, irregularly finely punctured, moderately shiny. Eyes small, dorsally weakly vaulted and prominent from outline; laterally subcircular, placed about at middle of head.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3124369B9F22F521B2CEFE2CFAE5F477" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">
Antennae moderately robust but long; scape 1.1 times as long as funicle, 5.15.8 times as long as wide, at apex slightly narrower than club, at midlength weakly curved, in apical half weakly evenly enlarged towards apex. Funicle segment 1 conical, 1.61.7 times as long as wide, 2.02.2 times as long as segment 2, which is isodiametric; segment 3 1.1 times as wide as long; segments 4 and 5 1.21.3 times as wide as long; segment 6 1.4 times as wide as long; segment 7 1.41.5 times as wide as long; club 1.82.0 times as long as wide (
<figureCitation id="A9A02A1E9F22F521B6F0FD9CFA97F477" box="[1273,1342,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 - 12. 1" captionStartId="2.[151,258,1914,1936]" captionTargetBox="[228,1350,247,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[228,1350,246,1895]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 - 12. 1. Argoptochus sappho sp. n. male habitus dorsal. 2. Ditto female. 3. Argoptochus albisetus (Borovec, 1998), male. 4. A. hystricus (Borovec, 1998), male. 5 - 7. Antennae of 5. A. sappho sp. n. 6. A. albisetus. 7. A. hystricus. 8. Pelletierellus bryophilus sp. n. male habitus dorsal. 9. Ditto female. 10. Pelletierellus bialookii Borovec, 2015 male habitus dorsal. 11. Head and antennae of P. bryophilus sp. n. 12. Ditto P. bialookii." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/233131/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3124369B9F22F521B2CEFDF0FAF5F487" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Pronotum 1.261.33 times as wide as long, widest at midlength with distinctly rounded sides, about equally tapered at apex and base, with anterior and posterior borders about equally wide. Disc moderately shiny, densely, irregularly punctured; punctures with ill-defined borders, shallow, with visible bottom, distance between two punctures shorter than their diameter. Pronotum laterally vaulted, behind anterior border somewhat flattened.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3124369B9F22F521B2CEFD6FFBB5F572" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Elytra oval, 1.291.31 times as long as wide, widest at midlength, with regularly rounded sides, broadly rounded at apex, conspicuously more shiny than pronotum and head with rostrum, smooth. Striae narrow, finely regularly punctured, intervals flat, wide. Elytra in lateral view distinctly vaulted.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3124369B9F22F521B2CEFCFDFA2FF582" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Femora of all legs edentate. Protibiae moderately robust, 5.35.8 times as long as wide, at apex mesally straight, laterally weakly enlarged, apex rounded with fringe of fine yellowish setae, in lateral part somewhat longer than at inner side. All tibiae lacking mucros. Tarsi slender, segment 2 1.1 times as wide as long; segment 3 1.2 times as wide as long and 1.21.3 times as wide as segment 2; onychium 1.11.2 times as long as segment 3.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3124369B9F22F521B2CEFC6CFB99F5A6" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1437]" box="[199,1072,980,1005]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Ventrites shiny, smooth, with semi-appressed, long and slender piliform setae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3124369B9F22F521B2CEFC4FFB10F27E" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">
Male genitalia. Penis short, widest at midlength, evenly tapered apicad with weakly rounded sides, tip shortly rounded. In lateral view penis weakly curved, with apex slightly curved dorsally (
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).
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<paragraph id="3124369B9F22F521B2CEFB87FC81F2EA" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">
Female genitalia. Sternite VIII with spade-shaped plate, faintly sclerotized along margins, stronger crossshaped sclerotization in the middle, apodeme long and slender. Spermatheca with C-shaped, short and thick cornu, tube-shaped and raised nodulus, and short ramus (
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).
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Sexual dimorphism. Males are more gracile than females, in which the elytra are much more robust (
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).
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B2CEFB77FE92F2A2" bold="true" box="[199,315,1231,1256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Remarks.</emphasis>
A number of the
<typeStatus id="EE2088399F22F521B008FB69FD95F2A3" box="[513,572,1233,1257]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">types</typeStatus>
are teneral, their body is lighter and thus brownish instead of blackish.
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<subSubSection id="798165109F22F521B2CEFB4CFE99F37A" pageId="4" pageNumber="349" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B2CEFB4CFEE7F347" bold="true" box="[199,334,1268,1293]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Etymology.</emphasis>
The new species is dedicated to the ancient Greek poet
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from Lesbos Island, and is a noun in apposition.
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<subSubSection id="798165109F22F521B2CEFA84FC69F3D7" pageId="4" pageNumber="349" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B2CEFA84FE67F31F" bold="true" box="[199,462,1340,1365]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B3DCFA84FD15F31F" box="[469,700,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Argoptochus sappho</emphasis>
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is similar to
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B195FA84FB89F31F" box="[924,1056,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">A. albisetus</emphasis>
(Borovec, 1998)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B71EFA84FA35F31F" box="[1303,1436,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">A. hystricus</emphasis>
(Borovec, 1998)
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in the glabrous, shiny, blackish elytra without appressed setae or scales. It is possible to distinguish all three species according to the following set of characters:
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B29EFA73FF00F3AB" bold="true" box="[151,169,1483,1505]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">1.</emphasis>
Funicle and short basal part of club yellowish, rest of club dark. Last three funicle segments longer than wide, at most segment 7 isodiametric. Raised setae on funicle whitish, fine, inconspicuous. Elytral striae impressed. Tibiae clearly mucronate....................................................................................
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B688F9BEFB5FF056" bold="true" box="[1153,1270,1542,1564]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">A. hystricus</emphasis>
(Borovec, 1998)
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- At least last two funicle segments and basal part of club darker. Last three funicle segments wider than long. Raised setae on funicle blackish, bristle-shaped, conspicuous. Elytral striae not impressed. Tibiae not mucronate......................
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B799F9F8FA35F01C" bold="true" box="[1424,1436,1600,1622]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">2</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B29EF9C3FF00F0DB" bold="true" box="[151,169,1659,1681]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">2.</emphasis>
First funicle segment 2.02.2 times as long as wide and 1.61.8 times as long as segment 2, which is 1.31.5 times as long as wide. Antennal scape 6.16.3 times as long as wide. Protibiae 6.87.2 times as long as wide. Tarsal segment 2 1.1 times as long as wide. Rostrum 1.241.32 times as wide as long. Apex of penis acute (
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)........
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B68DF90EFA35F086" bold="true" box="[1156,1436,1718,1740]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B68DF90EFB5EF086" bold="true" box="[1156,1271,1718,1740]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">A. albisetus</emphasis>
(Borovec, 1998)
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- First funicle segment 1.61.7 times as long as wide and 2.02.2 times as long as segment 2, which is isodiametric. Antennal scape 5.15.8 times as long as wide. Protibiae 5.35.8 times as long as wide. Tarsal segment 2 1.1 times as wide as long. Rostrum 1.391.45 times as wide as long. Apex of penis broader with short rounded tip (
<figureCitation id="A9A02A1E9F22F521B606F8B6FBD4F169" box="[1039,1149,1806,1827]" captionStart="FIGURES 22 - 39. 22, 23" captionStartId="6.[151,258,1862,1884]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,202,1841]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,191,1841]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 22 - 39. 22, 23. Argoptochus sappho sp. n. penis ventral and lateral. 24. A. albisetus (Borovec, 1998) penis ventral. 25, 26. Pelletierellus bryophilus sp. n. penis ventral and lateral. 27. P. bialookii Borovec, 2015 penis ventral. 28, 29. Cathormiocerus meyeri sp. n. penis ventral and lateral. 30, 31. C. inflatiscapus Escalera, 1918 penis ventral and lateral. 32, 33. C. tenuiscapus Fairmaire, 1884 penis ventral and lateral. 34 - 39. Spermathecae of 34. Argoptochus sappho sp. n. 35. Pelletierellus bryophilus sp. n. 36. Cathormiocerus kostali sp. n. 37. C. atlasicus Borovec &amp; Bahr, 2008. 38. C. meyeri sp. n. 39. C. agadiriensis Borovec &amp; Bahr, 2008." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/233133/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Figs 22, 23</figureCitation>
).........
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B6FEF8B6FA3FF16E" bold="true" box="[1271,1430,1806,1828]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B6FEF8B6FAF3F16E" bold="true" box="[1271,1370,1806,1828]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">A. sappho</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B2CEF8F7FE91F122" bold="true" box="[199,312,1871,1896]" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Bionomy.</emphasis>
The new species was discovered while sifting leaf litter under flowering
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B695F8E8FAC1F122" box="[1180,1384,1871,1896]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Cistus salviifolius</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B29EF8CCFED1F1C7" box="[151,376,1908,1933]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">Lavandula stoechas</emphasis>
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on a rocky plateau at the east coast of Lesbos Island (
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). In a feeding experiment five specimens of
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F22F521B332F821FE18F1FB" box="[315,433,1944,1969]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="349">A. sappho</emphasis>
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were kept alive during one week. Only withered leaves of tested
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,
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,
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and
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were accepted. The feeding traces are minute. We thus conclude that
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F23F520B33DFF20FE02F6FA" box="[308,427,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="350">
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F23F520B33DFF20FE0EF6FA" box="[308,423,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Argoptochus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="350" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sappho">A. sappho</taxonomicName>
,
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and very likely also other species of the
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F23F520B17DFF20FB9DF6FA" box="[884,1076,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="350">A. vindobonensis</emphasis>
Formánek, 1908
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-species group with glabrous elytra with long setae, are detritivorous and hence are rarely collected in the field mainly because of their discrete lifestyle. Other
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F23F520B3FDFF67FD2BF6B2" box="[500,642,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="350">Argoptochus</emphasis>
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mostly with coloured and metallic dense appressed scales (e.g.
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<emphasis id="03EFEA899F23F520B78DFF58FEA3F757" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="350">A. bisignatus</emphasis>
(Germar, 1824)
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or
<taxonomicName id="F69B4D189F23F520B3FEFEBCFCBCF756" authority="Pic, 1904" authorityName="Pic" authorityYear="1904" box="[503,789,260,285]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Argoptochus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="350" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cretensis">
<emphasis id="03EFEA899F23F520B3FEFEBCFDD7F756" box="[503,638,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="350">A. cretensis</emphasis>
(Pic, 1904))
</taxonomicName>
are usually very actively crawling and feeding on the vegetation (grasses and herbs) during their rather short period of occurrence.
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