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(
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,
<figureCitation id="13782A16FFC5FFDEFECC5F85A835DF94" box="[285,358,475,499]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 12 16" captionStart-1="FIGURES 17 20" captionStartId-0="9.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionStartId-1="10.[151,264,1747,1770]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1436,195,1754]" captionTargetBox-1="[166,1428,208,1706]" captionTargetId-0="figure@9.[151,1436,195,1755]" captionTargetId-1="figure@10.[151,1436,193,1726]" captionTargetPageId-0="9" captionTargetPageId-1="10" captionText-0="FIGURES 12 16. Morphological structures of Meridaphes venezolanus (Franz), paratype female. Head in ventral view (12); mouthparts in ventral view (13); prothorax in ventral view (14); mesothorax in ventral view (15); pterothorax and abdomen in ventral view (16). Abbreviations: amvp, anterior metaventral process; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bst, basisternal part of prosternum; bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; h, hypomeron; hy, hypostomal ridge; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lp, labial palp; md, mandible; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; mxp, maxillary palp; occ, occipital constriction; pre, prepectus; ptp, posterior tentorial pits; smn, submentum; v 3, metaventrite." captionText-1="FIGURES 17 20. Morphological structures of Meridaphes venezolanus (Franz), paratype female. Head in dorsal (17) and ventral (18) views; prothorax in ventral view (19); pterothorax in ventral view (20). Abbreviations: amvp, anterior metaventral process; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bst, basisternal part of prosternum; bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; h, hypomeron; hy, hypostomal ridge; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lb, labrum; lp, labial palp; mcp, mesocoxal projection; md, mandible; mn, mentum; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; mst, mediostipes; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; mxp, maxillary palp; nr, ' neck' region; occ, occipital constriction; pf, profurca; pre, prepectus; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; ptp, posterior tentorial pits; smn, submentum; v 3, metaventrite; vlf, ventrolateral fovea; vt, vertex." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/243792/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/243793/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="261">1220</figureCitation>
,
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC5FFDEFF465C7CA8FEDC5F" box="[151,429,546,568]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="261">Scydmoraphes venezolanus</emphasis>
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, fig. 4.
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.
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(
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)
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♂: three original labels (
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): &quot;Bosque de la Carbonera /
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, Img. Merida /
<collectingCountry id="F3547603FFC5FFDEFEB45CD7A888DCC5" box="[357,475,649,674]" name="Venezuela" pageId="8" pageNumber="261">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, lg. Franz&quot; with &quot;SA 273&quot; on the reverse side [white, printed; reverse handwritten], &quot;
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/
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC5FFDEFE8D5CF3A8B6DCA2" box="[348,485,685,709]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="261">venezolanus</emphasis>
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/ m. / det.H.Franz&quot; [white, handwritten and printed], &quot;
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&quot; [red, handwritten] (
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). A white printed label was added during the present study: &quot;
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/
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/ (
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) / det. P. JAŁOSZYŃSKI, '2015&quot;.
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</typeStatus>
: 1 ♀, same data as
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, except yellow identification &quot;
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&quot; label (
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).
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC5FFDEFF165D63A812DD31" bold="true" box="[199,321,829,854]" pageId="8" pageNumber="261">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This is the only known species of
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC5FFDEFD0D5D63AA31DD32" box="[732,866,829,853]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="261">Meridaphes</emphasis>
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and can be identified on the basis of the generic characters and the aedeagus.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC5FFDEFF165DDBA80ADDF9" bold="true" box="[199,345,901,926]" pageId="8" pageNumber="261">Description.</emphasis>
Body of male (
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) strongly convex, elongate and moderately slender, with moderately long appendages, BL
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; cuticle glossy, uniformly brown with slightly lighter appendages; vestiture slightly lighter than cuticle.
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Head (
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,
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) subtrapezoidal in shape and broadest at eyes, HL
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, HW
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; occipital constriction about as broad as frons between eyes; tempora slightly longer than eyes, lacking lateral bristles; vertex short and broad, weakly convex, anteriorly confluent with frons; frons subtrapezoidal, weakly convex between eyes and flattened between and in front of supraantennal tubercles, which are weakly marked; eyes moderately large, weakly projecting laterally, semioval with slightly convex posterior margin. Vertex and frons with inconspicuous fine punctures and short, sparse, suberect setae. Antennae (
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) short in relation to body length, AnL
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; antennomeres III strongly elongate, IIIVII about as broad as long, VIIIX each transverse, XI slightly broader than X, only about 1.2× as long as broad, with rounded apex.
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Pronotum (
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) in dorsal view subtrapezoidal with rounded anterior margin and weakly marked anterior corners, broadest near anterior third but only slightly narrowing posteriorly, PL
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, PW
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; sides strongly rounded in anterior half and nearly straight and indistinctly convergent caudad, posterior margin shallowly bisinuate; base with distinct transverse groove connecting indistinct pair of lateral impressions. Pronotal disc with fine and inconspicuous punctures; setae on dorsal part short, sparse and suberect, sides with dense bristles with admixture of long and suberect setae.
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Elytra oval, broadest slightly anterior to middle, EL
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, EW
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, EI 1.33; basal impressions and humeral calli indistinct, subhumeral lines present, each developed as distinct border between more convex humeral and less convex adsutural region.
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wings not studied (to avoid disarticulating of elytra).
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Legs (
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) moderately long and slender; profemora more thickened than meso- and metafemora; protibiae shorter and distally more thickened than meso- and metatibiae, with small apical denticle on external margin.
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Aedeagus (
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,
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) stout, AeL
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, median lobe symmetrical, drop-shaped with truncate apical part; endophallic structures nearly symmetrical, with several paired and curved elongate sclerites; parameres moderately slender, short, each with one apical seta.
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC5FFDEFF165957A876D945" bold="true" box="[199,293,1801,1826]" pageId="8" pageNumber="261">Female.</emphasis>
Externally similar to male, but with slightly less thickened profemora and with stouter elytra; BL
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, HL
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, HW
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, AnL
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; PL
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, PW
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; EL
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, EW
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, EI 1.17.
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC5FFDEFF16590FA833D90D" bold="true" box="[199,352,1873,1898]" pageId="8" pageNumber="261">Distribution.</emphasis>
Western
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.
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<subSubSection id="C3596518FFC5FFDEFF16592BAAADD9D5" pageId="8" pageNumber="261" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B937EA81FFC5FFDEFF16592BA868D9E9" bold="true" box="[199,315,1909,1934]" pageId="8" pageNumber="261">Remarks.</emphasis>
In the original description
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gives further collecting data: 0 4.05.1982, male collected from leaf litter and humus under a
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, female from rotten tree trunk.
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