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=
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:518 (
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE21E3F2D9EBB49D949F8E2" box="[480,552,1793,1815]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="160">Helops</emphasis>
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). The name was synonymized by
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. =
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:227 (
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)
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. Synonymy by
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.
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material
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(
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE21E3F2D2FBB16DAA9F883" box="[337,456,1885,1910]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="160">H. regulus</emphasis>
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).
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(♀),with labels: “
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<taxonomicName id="4C574D76FFE21E3F2F64BB15DF70F883" authority="Blais." authorityName="Blais." box="[794,1041,1885,1910]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Helops" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regulus">Helops regulus Blais.</taxonomicName>
,
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<typeStatus id="54EC8857FFE21E3F286BBB16DF2CF883" box="[1045,1101,1886,1910]" pageId="5" pageNumber="160">Type</typeStatus>
♀”, Wawawai, Wash., M M
<collectingCountry id="F3407665FFE21E3F2CE9BBCADBB9F86C" box="[151,216,1922,1945]" name="Isle of Man" pageId="5" pageNumber="160">Mann</collectingCountry>
V:15:09”, “Blaisdell Collection”, California Academy of Sciences
<typeStatus id="54EC8857FFE21E3F2FB2BBCADF62F86F" box="[972,1027,1922,1946]" pageId="5" pageNumber="160">Type</typeStatus>
No. 2937”
<collectionCode id="ED46AE30FFE21E3F28F8BBC9DFB2F86C" box="[1158,1235,1921,1945]" pageId="5" pageNumber="160">CASC</collectionCode>
.
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE21E3F2CB9BBEDD963F84B" bold="true" box="[199,514,1957,1982]" pageId="5" pageNumber="160">Other material examined:</emphasis>
Pateros (Washington),
<date id="FFE91035FFE21E3F2F70BBEDD8D9F84B" box="[782,952,1957,1982]" pageId="5" pageNumber="160" value="1964-04-24">April 24, 1964</date>
, R. Nagle col. (1); “Vernon, B.C” (British
<collectingCountry id="F3407665FFE21E3F2CE9BB81DA69F817" box="[151,264,1993,2018]" name="United States of America" pageId="5" pageNumber="160">Columbia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3407665FFE21E3F2D6BBB81DA0CF817" box="[277,365,1993,2018]" name="Canada" pageId="5" pageNumber="160">Canada</collectingCountry>
), “R Hopping,
<date id="FFE91035FFE21E3F2E65BB82D9E2F814" box="[539,643,1993,2017]" pageId="5" pageNumber="160" value="1928-03-27">III 27 28</date>
”, “J. W. Green Collection”, (2); “Cranbrook, B.C. (British
<collectingCountry id="F3407665FFE21E3F2958BB81DEF6F817" box="[1318,1431,1993,2018]" name="United States of America" pageId="5" pageNumber="160">Columbia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3407665FFE11E3C2CE9BCDFDB91FF45" box="[151,240,151,176]" name="Canada" pageId="6" pageNumber="161">Canada</collectingCountry>
),
<date id="FFE91035FFE11E3C2D7DBCD0DAE6FF45" box="[259,391,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="161" value="1956-04-28">28 IV 1956</date>
, Lot 4, BF&amp;JL Carr” (1); “Durkey, Ore.” (Oregon), “
<date id="FFE91035FFE11E3C2F9BBCD0DF31FF45" box="[997,1104,152,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="161" value="1941-06-17">VI-17-41</date>
, Km&amp;DM Fender” (1); “Salt Lake, Ut.” (Utah), “
<date id="FFE91035FFE11E3C2D0BBCF4D976FF21" box="[373,535,188,212]" pageId="6" pageNumber="161" value="1913-03-31">Mar. 31, 1913</date>
, Timberlake col.” (2).
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE11E3C2CB9BC97DA2EFF0D" bold="true" box="[199,335,223,248]" pageId="6" pageNumber="161">Comments.</emphasis>
The subgeneric position of this species is also unclear. The males have a roughly triangular shaped setal brush on the first abdominal ventrite but the coarse, sparse punctures on all ventrites are similar. The male genitalia is also very similar to
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE11E3C2D88BD61D900FEB5" box="[502,609,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="161">N. aereus</emphasis>
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(fig. 5).
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Although very similar in shape and size, there seems to be a distinct difference between specimens from the “rocky mountains” area and those from the pacific coast. In specimens (males and females) from the Rocky Mountains, the antennal segments are clearly thicker than those from the Pacific Coast.
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was described by LeConte from “Bitter Root Valley, Rocky Mountains” in Montana. In the specimens listed above, the thicker antennal segments are found in the specimens from Utah and Montana while in the specimens from Oregon, Washington and British
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, the antennal segments are clearly consistently thinner. It is unclear why Blaisdell, while describing
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE11E3C2DB4BE6CD912FDC8" box="[458,627,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="161">Helops regulus</emphasis>
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, compared this new species to
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE11E3C2FACBE6DDF3DFDC9" box="[978,1116,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="161">H. pernitens</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE11E3C28EDBE6DDF9EFDC9" box="[1171,1279,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="161">H. aereus</emphasis>
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rather than to
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE11E3C2CE9BE01DA58FD95" box="[151,313,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="161">H. convexulus</emphasis>
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. Perhaps he had no available specimens of this species.
<bibRefCitation id="EFC64B04FFE11E3C2FA5BE0FDF1FFD95" author="Boddy" box="[987,1150,583,608]" pageId="6" pageNumber="161" refString="Boddy, D. W. (1965) Family Tenebrionidae. In: Hatch, M. H. (Ed.), The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part IV: Macrodactyles, Palpicornes, and Heteromera. University of Washington Publications in Biology, Vol. 16, Washington, pp. 130 - 183." type="journal article" year="1965">Boddy (1965)</bibRefCitation>
, when synonymizing
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE11E3C29FFBE01DB88FD70" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="161">H. regulus</emphasis>
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, gave no reason why he did so. Finally Doyen in 1985 (unpublished) determined the specimens above from Vernon and Cranbrook (B.C.) to be
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE11E3C2E41BEC7D98DFD5D" box="[575,748,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="161">Helops regulus</emphasis>
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. Perhaps he recognized this difference although it remains unpublished. Examination of additional specimens may allow both of these species to be recognized as valid.
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<emphasis id="B923EAE7FFE11E3C2CB9BE9FDA01FD05" bold="true" box="[199,352,727,752]" pageId="6" pageNumber="161">Distribution.</emphasis>
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: California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming;
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: British
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, Alberta.
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