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(habitus comparison), 14 (habitus and aedeagus)
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, leg.
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Same data as holotype (13
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;
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.
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<emphasis id="B920EA8FFFC9FFE8FCBEF871584F3BDB" bold="true" box="[151,288,2004,2028]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">FIGURE 14.</emphasis>
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(
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)
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, holotype habitus and aedeagus.
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This new species is a member of the
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<emphasis id="B920EA8FFFCAFFEBFFAAFF325A853C86" box="[899,1002,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">H. leechi</emphasis>
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Group (see
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), having a large pronotal scintilla, lacking metaventral plaques, and males having brushes of setae on the metatibiae. It will key to
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<emphasis id="B920EA8FFFCAFFEBFCCBFF7A58283CCE" box="[226,327,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">H. leechi</emphasis>
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in
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. It is very similar externally to
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, differing in being slightly larger (ca. 1.88 vs.
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), and slightly more coarsely densely punctate on the head and pronotum. Dissection and careful examination of the male genitalia will be necessary for reliable determinations (
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).
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. Size:
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(length/width, mm): body (length to elytral apices) 1.88/0.81; head width 0.45; pronotum 0.47/0.63, PA 0.48, PB 0.55; elytra 1.15/0.81. Habitus as illustrated (
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). Dorsum with head dark brown, pronotum with dark brown disc surrounded by wide brown margins, elytra dark brown, palpi light brown, tip of last palpomere slightly darker. Dorsum of head and pronotum coarsely very densely punctate, interstices weakly shining; punctures of frons disc and pronotal disc ca. 3xef, interstices narrow walls to 0.5xpd; punctures of clypeus moderately fine, lateral areas microreticulate. Labrum apicomedially excised, free margins weakly upturned. Pronotum with anterior margin weakly emarginate over middle ½, scintilla large; anterolateral, posterolateral and posteromedial pronotal deep; anterior ½ of disc with shallow transverse impression.
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<paragraph id="8BEB369DFFCAFFEBFCEEFDCE5D3E3EC6" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,1077]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Elytra with summit of posterior declivity at or near posterior 1/3; lateral explanate margins wide; on basal 1/3 punctures ca. 1xpd of largest pronotal punctures, punctures becoming gradually smaller toward posterior. Intervals not raised, width narrow walls to ca. 0.5xpd, as are interstices between punctures of a row. Apices in dorsal aspect separately rounded, in posterior aspect margins forming deep angle with one another.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEB369DFFCAFFEBFCEEFD5E5BC23FFE" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,1077]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Venter: Mentum concave in basal ½; mentum and postmentum very finely densely micropunctulate, dull. Genae raised, weakly shining, without posterior ridge. P1 laminate; median carina sinuate in profile. P2 l/w ca. 4/1, sides parallel, apex blunt, apex raised above mesoventral intercoxal process. Plaques absent; median depression of metaventrite deep. AIS width at straight posterior margin ca. 3x P2. Protibia slender, very slightly arcuate. Mesotibia straight. Metatibia arcuate, inner margin with small brush of setae subapically. Abdominal apex symmetrical; last tergite with shallow apicomedian emargination.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C34E6516FFCAFFEBFCEEFC775D303FDA" box="[199,1119,978,1005]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BEB369DFFCAFFEBFCEEFC775D303FDA" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,1077]" box="[199,1119,978,1005]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="B920EA8FFFCAFFEBFCEEFC77580E3FDB" bold="true" box="[199,353,978,1004]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Distribution.</emphasis>
Currently known from
<collectingRegion id="4990F87FFFCAFFEBFE43FC765A2B3FDA" box="[618,836,979,1005]" country="Mexico" name="Baja California Sur" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Baja California Sur</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="4990F87FFFCAFFEBFF52FC765A983FDA" box="[891,1015,979,1005]" country="Mexico" name="Chihuahua" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Chihuahua</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="F343760DFFCAFFEBF82BFC765D343FDA" box="[1026,1115,979,1005]" name="Mexico" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Mexico</collectingCountry>
.
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<subSubSection id="C34E6516FFCAFFEBFCEEFC5258FC3802" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BEB369DFFCAFFEBFCEEFC5258FC3802" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,1077]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="B920EA8FFFCAFFEBFCEEFC5258213826" bold="true" box="[199,334,1015,1041]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Etymology.</emphasis>
Named in reference to the large pronotal scintilla and the geographical distribution, in sunny, extremely hot regions.
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