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Larson
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:
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&quot;
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\
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\ Robert Gordon&quot; [red], &quot;
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Academy \ of Sciences \ Type No. 9839&quot; (
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.
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locality:
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,
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,
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,
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.
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In
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Larson
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. (2000)
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was recognized as a member of the
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­ group. According to the results of the present work, this group now includes only one species,
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<emphasis id="A6AC825C1F4B847AFE85FE523F55FE63" box="[366,566,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="55">H. subpubescens</emphasis>
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. This species is very similar to representatives of the
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­ group, especially to
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; therefore, distinguishing of the
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­group is found unnecessary. The
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­group is omitted, and
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is transferred to the
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placed
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in the
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probably because of its slightly angulate metacoxal processes. As shown above, this character is variable in the representatives of the group and alone cannot support placing
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<emphasis id="A6AC825C1F4B847AFEE3FD423CE6FD53" box="[264,389,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="55">H. simplex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
<emphasis id="A6AC825C1F4B847AFE3EFD423F10FD53" box="[469,627,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="55">longiusculus­</emphasis>
group. Based on my examination of this species I think that it is rather similar to species of the
<emphasis id="A6AC825C1F4B847AFD4BFD6A3F9EFD0B" box="[672,765,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="55">nigellus</emphasis>
­group, especially more similar to
<taxonomicName id="53D825CD1F4B847AFB65FD6A3840FD0B" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" box="[1166,1315,684,709]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydroporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="despectus">
<emphasis id="A6AC825C1F4B847AFB65FD6A3840FD0B" box="[1166,1315,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="55">H. despectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, than to
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<emphasis id="A6AC825C1F4B847AFEB4FD123F74FD23" box="[351,535,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="55">H. longiusculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="53D825CD1F4B847AFDA4FD123F8FFD23" authorityName="Fall" authorityYear="1923" box="[591,748,724,749]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydroporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pervicinus">
<emphasis id="A6AC825C1F4B847AFDA4FD123F8FFD23" box="[591,748,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="55">H. pervicinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It shares with them a single puncture row on the anterior surface of the protibia, the non­produced posterolateral angles of the pronotum, and the median lobe of the aedeagus sinuate in lateral view. Therefore, it is suggested that
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<emphasis id="A6AC825C1F4B847AFEE3FC8A3CE6FCAB" box="[264,389,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="55">H. simplex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
be placed in the
<emphasis id="A6AC825C1F4B847AFDA6FC8A3FC9FCAB" box="[589,682,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="55">nigellus</emphasis>
­group.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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