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Type locality:
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, Rif (Taza): Toghobeit cave.
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C84ABE36C4915757FE5BCB3E" bold="true" box="[178,401,1381,1406]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Diagnostic features</emphasis>
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A small-medium sized (TL:
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), glabrous, depigmented, microphthalmous trechine species (
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), with the character states of the genus
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CLAIRVILLE, 1806
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of the
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species group in the sense of
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFEB88C3C84ABE36C4925412FE98C878" author="Casale, A." box="[177,338,1568,1592]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="121 - 126" refId="ref4643" refString="Casale, A. (1983): Un nuovo Trechus d'Algeria (Coleoptera, Carabidae) - Bollettino del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali, Torino 1 (1): 121 - 126." type="journal article" year="1983">Casale (1983)</bibRefCitation>
,
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFEB88C3C84ABE36C6335412FCC6C878" author="Reboleira, A. S. &amp; Ortuno, V. M. &amp; Goncalvesi, F. &amp; Oromi, P." box="[528,780,1568,1592]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="15 - 26" refId="ref5345" refString="Reboleira, A. S., Ortuno, V. M., Goncalvesi, F. &amp; Oromi, P. (2010): A hypogean new species of Trechus Clairville, 1806 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Portugal and considerations about the T. fulvus species group - Zootaxa 2689: 15 - 26." type="journal article" year="2010">Reboleira &amp; al. (2010)</bibRefCitation>
, and in the widest sense that will be discussed in Conclusions.
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Fig. 4:
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(
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)
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, male holotype, habitus, dorsal aspect.
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Colour dark yellow reddish. Pronotum markedly transverse, widened in front, with lateral sides regularly curved, slightly constricted and sinuate towards hind angles, which are obtuse. Elytra elongate-ovate, widened in the apical third, depressed, with humeral angles rounded. Chaetotaxy as in
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. Male genitalia as in
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.
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Close to some North African species attributed to the genus
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C844BE38C78D5362FBEECF28" box="[942,1060,336,360]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Antoinella</emphasis>
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, in the sense of Casale (1982),
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and
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, from which it is recognized by several different morphological features (see: Relationships).
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General features as in
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. Small-medium sized: TL:
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; L:
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. Colour uniformly dark yellow reddish. Dorsal surface moderately shiny; transversal cuticular microlines evident on frons and pronotum, scarcely visible as polygonal meshes on elytral intervals.
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<paragraph id="8BC5F532C844BE38C4F45122FC54CA6D" blockId="9.[177,1067,634,1592]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Head robust, stout, with frontal furrows markedly impressed, angulate in the anterior third; frons convex; supraorbital setiferous punctures inserted on ranges slightly convergent backwards; eyes very small, as long as 1/5 of genae, flat, oblique and whitish, with slightly distinguishable ommatidia, pigmented only at margins; genae regularly curved, slightly convex; neck wide, neck constriction moderate; labrum slightly emarginate at the anterior side; mentum tooth slightly scooped-out distally; antennae relatively long, exceeding backwards the level of the fourth humeral setiferous puncture.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC5F532C844BE38C4F45608FCA8CAA8" blockId="9.[177,1067,634,1592]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Pronotum markedly transverse (PL/PW: 0.74), widened in front; disc convex; sides regularly curved, slightly constricted and shortly sinuate towards hind angles, which are obtuse; marginal furrows narrow and shallow; anterior margin almost straight, front angles effaced; base slightly oblique at sides, not beaded; basal foveae deep; basal area densely wrinkled.</paragraph>
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Elytra elongate-ovate (EL/EW 1.47), widened in the apical third, depressed, with humeral angles rounded, widened at the apical third, much wider than prothorax; disc depressed; lateral furrows wide and deep; striae all complete and visible, moderately impressed, punctate; apical striola curved and connected with apex of stria 5; intervals flat; apical carina slightly prominent. Chaetotaxy as in
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: three setiferous discal punctures (two discal on stria 3, one pre-apical on apex of interval 3); umbilicate pores 5 and 6 very close to each other; apical and angulo-apical punctures present, forming with the preapical puncture an apical triangle.
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Fig. 5:
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, male
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, aedeagus in left lateral aspect (a) and in dorsal aspect (b).
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Male genitalia as in
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. Median lobe of aedeagus elongate (
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long, measured from apex to the posterior margin of basal bulb, basal carina excluded), slender, slightly thickened in the middle, markedly narrowed and curved on the dorsal side at apex, with apical lamina asymmetrical widened and ventrally hooked in lateral aspect; basal bulb with big, rounded sagittal carina, not extended on the ventral side of the bulb. Endophallus with complex structure: in left lateral view, it shows a dorsal group of scales that covers a sclerotized piece of subtriangular form; in the inner part, it shows a second sclerotized piece, covered with scarcely sclerotized scales, elongate, narrowed and bent distally. Parameres robust, asymmetrical; left paramere with an elongate, ventral basal lobe on the ventral side (as is typical in
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: see below), with five apical setae; right paramere shorter, with three apical setae.
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC49152A7FEAFCEEE" bold="true" box="[178,357,149,174]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Specific epithet</emphasis>
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I wish to dedicate this interesting new species to
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, active speleologist in Marrakesh, who sampled the
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specimen several years ago, during an expedition with the
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(
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), and through our friend
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offered it to me for study.
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC491538DFDAACF98" bold="true" box="[178,608,447,472]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Geographical distribution and habitat</emphasis>
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The male
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of this new species was sampled in the
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(
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,
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,
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, near
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or
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).
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subterranean system is so far one of the deepest caves of the
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continent: located at
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of altitude, its actual depth is -
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, and the development reaches
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(after: &quot;Inventaire Spéléologique du Maroc&quot;, 1981: DC 5, Kef Toghobeit). The only examined individual was collected in the &quot;salle Renner&quot; at -
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depth
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, but a second individual (not available at the moment) was collected in the &quot;salle du bivouac&quot; and entrusted to
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(
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, personal communication).
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC4915197FE85CDFE" bold="true" box="[178,335,933,958]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Relationships</emphasis>
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, for both its external features and peculiar characters of male genitalia in particular, the structure of copulatory pieces in endophallus (a sclerotized piece of triangular shape, a second elongate piece, and some groups of sclerotized scales) is close to some
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species
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of the
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species group in the sense of
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(in particular, for the widened and hooked apical lamina of the median lobe of the aedeagus, it recalls
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JEANNE, 1988
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, endemic to the Northern Iberian peninsula).
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But it is mostly related to Algerian species (
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;
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;
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) and several subterranean North African species of the Rif massif (
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) currently treated as
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC62C5772FD48CB18" box="[527,642,1344,1368]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Antoinella</emphasis>
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(Casale, 1982;
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;
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). In particular, it seems to be close to
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC0305757FEECCBE2" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. iblanensis</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC65757B8FD33CBE2" box="[628,761,1418,1442]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. fadriquei</emphasis>
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. It is, however, markedly distinct by the smaller size (
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in
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC7B05782FBEFCB88" box="[915,1061,1456,1480]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. iblanensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC4C057E7FEA2CBAD" box="[227,360,1493,1517]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. fadriquei</emphasis>
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, respectively, about
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in
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC6EC57E7FC9CCBAD" box="[719,854,1493,1517]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. messoulii</emphasis>
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), and the shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus, which in
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC73857C8FC6CC852" box="[795,934,1530,1554]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. messoulii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is slender and elongate as in
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC5C15412FDBEC878" box="[482,628,1568,1592]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. iblanensis</emphasis>
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, but shows an apical lamina similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C846BE3AC5215477FE4FC81D" box="[258,389,1605,1629]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. fadriquei</emphasis>
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, more curved dorsally and more obtusely truncate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC5F532C841BE3DC4DE52A7FC8BCE92" blockId="12.[213,1105,149,1144]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">In this case, the combination of both morphological features and biogeographical considerations allows the following remarks:</paragraph>
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1. From the taxonomical point of view, the so-called genus
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC7B452D2FBC6CEB8" box="[919,1036,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Antoinella</emphasis>
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JEANNEL, 1937, appears as a paraphyletic unit, without any relationships with the genus
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC5585318FE2ACF02" box="[379,480,298,322]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Duvalius</emphasis>
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. This datum is evident from both morphological features, as already supposed by
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in the original description of the genus, and supported by Casale (1982, 1983); furthermore, it has been confirmed by a recent molecular phylogeny (
<bibRefCitation id="EFEB88C3C841BE3DC71653A8FC25CFF2" author="Faille, A. &amp; Casale, A. &amp; Ribera, I." box="[821,1007,410,434]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refId="ref4801" refString="Faille, A., Casale, A. &amp; Ribera, I. (2010): Phylogenetic relationships of Western Mediterranean subterranean Trechini groundbeetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) - Zoologica Scripta (printed, version on line)." type="book" year="2010">Faille &amp; al. 2010</bibRefCitation>
). Therefore, either it will be demonstrated that
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC69453F2FCC7CF98" box="[695,781,448,472]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Trechus</emphasis>
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is a polyphyletic unit, and in this case the
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC5BB53D7FE33CFBD" box="[408,505,485,509]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">T. fulvus</emphasis>
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species group should merit the genus rank (named
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC4D85038FEBECC62" box="[251,372,522,546]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Antoinella</emphasis>
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), or the latter is a simple lineage within this group, and an objective junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC6185002FD58CC08" box="[571,658,560,584]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Trechus</emphasis>
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(in the widest sense).
</paragraph>
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2. The only current distinctive character between
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC71B5067FC7BCC2D" box="[824,945,597,621]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Antoinella</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC7D35067FB81CC2D" box="[1008,1099,597,621]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Trechus</emphasis>
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of the
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC56D5048FE5DCCD2" box="[334,407,634,658]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">fulvus</emphasis>
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species group, i.e. protibiae pubescent in
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC7805048FBD6CCD2" box="[931,1052,634,658]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Antoinella</emphasis>
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(as in
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC5385092FEB4CCF8" box="[283,382,672,696]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Duvalius</emphasis>
species
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), and glabrous in
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC6945092FCC5CCF8" box="[695,783,672,696]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Trechus</emphasis>
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, is not a constant diagnostic feature:
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for instance, who have just described
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC4D950D8FE80CD42" box="[250,330,746,770]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">T. tatai</emphasis>
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from
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, specified that it has &quot;conspicuously hairy (including the protibiae)&quot; legs. Furthermore, the structure of the median lobe of aedeagus, endophallus, and asymmetrical parameres (the left one with an elongate, ventral basal lobe on the ventral side) is absolutely the same both in
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC57551B2FE00CDD8" box="[342,458,896,920]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Antoinella</emphasis>
species
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and in some Algerian
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC70B51B2FCB5CDD8" box="[808,895,896,920]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Trechus</emphasis>
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of the
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC7F151B2FBD2CDD8" box="[978,1048,896,920]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">fulvus</emphasis>
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species group, as illustrated by
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and
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.
</paragraph>
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3. Finally
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and
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, in their excellent contributions, exhaustively showed that the
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC69F51C2FCD7CA48" box="[700,797,1008,1032]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">T. fulvus</emphasis>
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species group, in its wide distribution along North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and, thanks to the wide distribution of
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC5C05608FD89CA12" box="[483,579,1082,1106]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">T. fulvus</emphasis>
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, also along the Atlantic coast of northern Europe (
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), is heterogeneous, and includes at least two lineages.
</paragraph>
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In this context, it is evident that the so-called
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC72E5698FC4BCA82" box="[781,897,1194,1218]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Antoinella</emphasis>
species
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, with the
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C841BE3DC4FB56E2FE8CCAA8" box="[216,326,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">martinezi</emphasis>
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-lineage (sensu
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;
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), form a typical subterranean lineage within the
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species group, which has survived in the south-western Mediterranean region. The present distribution of extant species suggests a Betic-Rifean origin (see also
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: fig. 4), with strong biogeographical coherence: a well known case in entomological literature. Another interesting fact is the surprising speciosity of this group in the Rif massif: in fact every cave, so far, revealed a separate species markedly distinct from its relatives, all with markedly reduced eyes, depigmented integument, and other troglomorphic features.
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In conclusion, the following
<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC63152A7FD76CEEE" bold="true" box="[530,700,149,174]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">new synonymy</emphasis>
is proposed:
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC4935288FEEDCE92" box="[176,295,186,210]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Antoinella</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEB88C3C840BE3CC5115288FE11CE92" author="Jeannel, R." box="[306,475,186,210]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" pagination="82 - 88" refId="ref4907" refString="Jeannel, R. (1937): Nouveaux Trechinae palearctiques - Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France 42: 82 - 88." type="journal article" year="1937">JEANNEL, 1937</bibRefCitation>
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(
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species:
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<taxonomicName id="4C7A8EB1C840BE3CC6BA5288FBD7CE92" ID-CoL="8LXDN" authority="ANTOINE, 1935" authorityName="ANTOINE" authorityYear="1935" box="[665,1053,186,210]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Duvalius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="groubei">
<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC6BA5288FCAECE92" box="[665,868,186,210]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Duvalius groubei</emphasis>
ANTOINE, 1935
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)
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of
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC58A52D2FDCACEB8" box="[425,512,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Trechus</emphasis>
CLAIRVILLE, 1806
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(
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species:
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC75752D2FBEECEB8" box="[884,1060,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Carabus rubens</emphasis>
FABRICIUS sensu CLAIRVILLE, 1806
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=
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<taxonomicName id="4C7A8EB1C840BE3CC64A5337FBDCCF5D" ID-CoL="8L7X5" authority="SCHRANK, 1781" authorityName="SCHRANK" authorityYear="1781" box="[617,1046,261,285]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Carabus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadristriatus">
<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC64A5337FCADCF5D" box="[617,871,261,285]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Carabus quadristriatus</emphasis>
SCHRANK, 1781
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)
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A separate question is the validity and rank of
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC7335362FC9ECF28" box="[784,852,336,360]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Irinea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEB88C3C840BE3CC77D5362FF21CFCD" author="Mateu, J. &amp; Comas, J." pageId="13" pageNumber="14" pagination="15 - 18" refId="ref4976" refString="Mateu, J. &amp; Comas, J. (2006): Una nueva especie del genero Antoinella Jeannel, 1937 de Marruecos (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) - Heteropterus Revista de Entomologia 6: 15 - 18." type="journal article" year="2006">MATEU &amp; COMAS, 2006</bibRefCitation>
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, described as subgenus of
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC60F5347FD6ACFCD" box="[556,672,373,397]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Antoinella</emphasis>
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. The
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species,
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC7A75347FC59CFCD" box="[900,915,373,397]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
. (
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)
<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC7EE5347FBEECFCD" box="[973,1060,373,397]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">aurouxi</emphasis>
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, shows marked distinctive features: in particular, only one basal tarsomere is dilated in fore tarsi of males, median lobe of aedeagus without basal sagittal carina typically present in all &quot;
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC76353D7FC7CCFBD" box="[832,950,485,509]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Antoinella</emphasis>
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&quot; species and
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC4C15038FEF3CC62" box="[226,313,522,546]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Trechus</emphasis>
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of the
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC5A45038FE07CC62" box="[391,461,522,546]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">fulvus</emphasis>
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species group and endophallus of simple structure, with only one small copulatory piece.
</paragraph>
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Nevertheless, these characters are not unique and peculiar to
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC78E5067FC24CC2D" box="[941,1006,597,621]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Irinea</emphasis>
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, but present in several species attributed to
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC6AA5048FD28CCD2" box="[649,738,634,658]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Trechus</emphasis>
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in the current (and widest) sense. In a contribution dedicated to the Ethiopian
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC6DA5092FC9ACCF8" box="[761,848,672,696]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Trechus</emphasis>
species
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, Ortuño &amp; Novoa (in press) discuss the sexual dimorphism in species of this genus, and stress that the occurrence of a single dilated articulation on the protarsus in males is present in the Nearctic subgenus
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC6BA5122FCE4CD68" box="[665,814,784,808]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Microtrechus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEB88C3C840BE3CC7165122FC1FCD68" author="Jeannel, R." box="[821,981,784,808]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" pagination="1 - 592" refId="ref4843" refString="Jeannel, R. (1927): Monographie des Trechinae 2. Morphologie comparee et distribution geographique d'un group de Coleopteres - L'Abeille, Paris 33: 1 - 592." type="journal article" year="1927">JEANNEL, 1927</bibRefCitation>
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, in
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC0235122FDCECD0D" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Trechus (Atlantotrechus) cautus</emphasis>
WOLLASTON, 1854
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, from Madeira and in some Ethiopian species (Ortuño, personal communication; Pawlowski 2003). Furthermore, it must be recalled that recently
<bibRefCitation id="EFEB88C3C840BE3CC68951B2FBECCDD8" author="Vigna Taglianti, A. &amp; Magrini, P." box="[682,1062,896,920]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" pagination="69 - 76" refId="ref5405" refString="Vigna Taglianti, A. &amp; Magrini, P. (2009): A new subgenus and a new species of Trechus from Ethiopia (Coleoptera, Carabidae) - Fragmenta entomologica (Roma) 41 (1): 69 - 76." type="journal article" year="2009">Vigna Taglianti &amp; Magrini (2009)</bibRefCitation>
described the subgenus
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC5F75197FD97CDFD" box="[468,605,933,957]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Minitrechus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC6AD5197FC8DCDFD" box="[654,839,933,957]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Trechus gypaeti</emphasis>
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,
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from
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, in which only one basal tarsomere is dilated in fore tarsi of males. Therefore, given that the apomorphy of a single dilated tarsomere in males appears sporadically in
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC5E45627FDD5CA6D" box="[455,543,1045,1069]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Trechus</emphasis>
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belonging to different lineages and in different areas, this character seems not a valid characteristic able to distinguish just one group within
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC58E5652FDCECA38" box="[429,516,1120,1144]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Trechus</emphasis>
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in the widest sense (Ortuño &amp; Novoa, in press; Ortuño, personal communication).
</paragraph>
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Therefore taxonomic position, validity, and phylogenetic relationships of
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<emphasis id="B90E2920C840BE3CC49256E2FF38CAA8" box="[177,242,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Irinea</emphasis>
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merit further investigation.
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