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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD35BFF83FE74FBD5FD713722" bold="true" box="[426,665,1060,1085]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">Eobroscus masumotoi</emphasis>
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leg. (
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD35BFF83FF51FB11FE2137E6" box="[143,457,1248,1272]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">Remarks on new synonymies</emphasis>
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The genus
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Kryzhanovskij, 1951
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was described for
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD35BFF83FCB2FAF8FBC6363E" box="[876,1070,1288,1312]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">Broscus lutshniki</emphasis>
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, a species from the Siberian Far East and
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. More than 30 years later a second species,
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD35BFF83FF32FAB8FE6F367E" box="[236,391,1352,1376]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">E bhutanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD35BFF83FE4EFAB8FDDA367E" author="Morvan P" box="[400,562,1352,1376]" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686" pagination="77 - 88" refId="ref7585" refString="Morvan P. 1982. Quatre nouveaux Carabiques du Bhoutan (4 e note) (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Broscini, Pterostichini, Anchomenini). Entomol Basiliensia. 7: 77 - 88." type="journal article" year="1982">Morvan, 1982</bibRefCitation>
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was described from
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. Still later,
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD35BFF83FC21FAB9FF3F369E" author="Morita S" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686" pagination="155 - 165" refId="ref7524" refString="Morita S. 1990. Broscine carabid beetles of the genus Eobroscus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Elytra Tokyo. 18: 155 - 165." type="journal article" year="1990">Morita (1990)</bibRefCitation>
, when describing a third species (
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD35BFF83FD89FA98FD18369E" box="[599,752,1385,1408]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
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from Taiwan) created the subgenus
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD35BFF83FF04FA79FEBF36BE" box="[218,343,1416,1440]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">Orobroscus</emphasis>
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for the two species
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD35BFF83FD99FA78FD0336BE" box="[583,747,1416,1440]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD35BFF83FCF5FA78FC2F36BE" box="[811,967,1417,1440]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
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. Finally, in 1995 the same author described a third species of that subgenus,
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD35BFF83FC89FA58FC5836DE" box="[855,944,1449,1472]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">E. uenoi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD35BFF83FC68FA56FBA336A1" author="Morita S" box="[950,1099,1447,1471]" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686" pagination="7 - 11" refId="ref7551" refString="Morita S. 1995. A new species of the genus Eobroscus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Northern Vietnam. Bull Natl Sci Mus Ser A. 21: 7 - 11." type="journal article" year="1995">Morita, 1995</bibRefCitation>
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, from
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. The distinguishing characters of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD35BFF83FD15FA39FCA036FE" box="[715,840,1480,1504]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">Orobroscus</emphasis>
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mentioned by
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were:
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<paragraph id="7215369DD35BFF83FF64F9D6FEF53541" blockId="17.[179,1103,1575,1695]" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">(i) the occurrence of two setae at each side of the last abdominal sternite of the male,</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7215369DD35BFF83FF6DF996FE1E3581" blockId="17.[179,1103,1575,1695]" pageId="17" pageNumber="2686">(ii) the presence of adhesive hairs on the proximal two (instead of three) protarsomeres in the male, and</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7215369DD358FF80FF31FF56FCF533A1" blockId="18.[239,797,167,191]" box="[239,797,167,191]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">(iii) the lack of dorsal strigosity of the onychium.</paragraph>
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We had the opportunity to examine additional
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material covering the whole geographical distribution of that genus and all the known species. As a result we observed the great similarity of the three taxa attributed to
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as well as the remarkable variability of the characters used for the separation of the latter taxon. For example, concerning the setosity of the last abdominal sternite we observed that in both the species,
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FE6CFE79FDA33281" box="[434,587,392,415]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FD5BFE79FCED3281" box="[645,773,391,415]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. lutshniki</emphasis>
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, some male specimens had a single seta on one side but two on the opposite side. In most of the
<taxonomicName id="B5AA4D1ED358FF80FC79FE59FBA132A1" authorityName="Morvan" authorityYear="1982" box="[935,1097,423,447]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Eobroscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bhutanensis">
<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FC79FE59FBA132A1" box="[935,1097,423,447]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
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males we found two pairs of setae, but in a specimen from
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we found only one pair. Also the
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specimen of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FDF5FE16FD6D32E0" box="[555,645,487,510]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. uenoi</emphasis>
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, bears a single pair of setae at the apical margin of the last abdominal sternite. Moreover, we found an
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FC18FDF6FBAB3100" box="[966,1091,518,542]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. lutshniki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
female specimen from Sakhalin that bears three setae on the right and two on the left side. Based on these observations we conclude that within the genus
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FC45FDB7FBE33140" box="[923,1035,582,606]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Eobroscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the number of setae developed at the apical margin of the last abdominal sternite is not a speciesspecific constant. For this reason, abdominal setation seems inappropriate to be used as a differential character to define natural lineages within
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FCBAFD57FC3C31A0" box="[868,980,678,702]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Eobroscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This conclusion was already reached by
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in the paper with the description of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FBE7FD36FB7C31C3" box="[1081,1172,710,734]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. uenoi</emphasis>
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; however, the author still maintained the validity of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FC6CFD17FBC731E0" box="[946,1071,742,766]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Orobroscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7215369DD358FF80FF20FCF4FE8F3782" blockId="18.[211,1172,231,1690]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">
Concerning protarsal adhesive vestiture of males we confirm the observation of
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD358FF80FF0DFCD4FE983023" author="Morita S" box="[211,368,805,829]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" pagination="155 - 165" refId="ref7524" refString="Morita S. 1990. Broscine carabid beetles of the genus Eobroscus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Elytra Tokyo. 18: 155 - 165." type="journal article" year="1990">Morita (1990)</bibRefCitation>
who found adhesive vestiture on the proximal three tarsomeres of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FB91FCD7FEFC3043" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. lutshniki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) and on the proximal two tarsomeres of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FCB8FCB7FBEE3043" box="[870,1030,837,861]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="EA912A18D358FF80FBC8FCB4FB623043" box="[1046,1162,837,861]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="10.[211,278,1544,1566]" captionTargetBox="[238,1144,162,1511]" captionTargetId="figure-5@10.[238,1144,162,1511]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 4. Protarsi (A, D, G) and mesotarsi (B, E, H) in ventral view, and metatarsi in lateral view (C, F, IK) of Broscini. (AC) Zacotus matthewsii LeConte, 1869, male specimen from Vancouver, Canada; (DF) Eobroscus lutshniki (Roubal, 1928), male specimen from Ussurisk, Russia; (GI), Eobroscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982 (G, H, male specimen from Qingcheng Houshan, China; I, female specimen from Mt Manaslu, Nepal); (J) Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov., paratype, male; (K) Kashmirobroscus mirabilis sp. nov., holotype. Abbreviation: lf, longitudinal furrow on dorsolateral surface of first metatarsomere." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4608245" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4608245/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Figure 4G</figureCitation>
) and of
<taxonomicName id="B5AA4D1ED358FF80FEF8FC97FE283063" authorityName="Morita" authorityYear="1990" box="[294,448,870,893]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Eobroscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="masumotoi">
<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FEF8FC97FE283063" box="[294,448,870,893]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, as a result of a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the tribe
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Broscini
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showed that this character has several parallel gains and losses, and it is therefore of low phylogenetic value (zero in the cladistic analysis of
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD358FF80FEFAFC34FE0330C3" author="Roig-Junent SA" box="[292,491,965,989]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" pagination="1 - 90" refId="ref7621" refString="Roig-Junent SA. 2000. The subtribes and genera of the tribe Broscini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): cladistic analysis, taxonomic treatment and biogeographical considerations. B Am Mus Nat Hist. 255: 1 - 90." type="journal article" year="2000">Roig-Juñent 2000</bibRefCitation>
). Species of the same genus and even of the same subgenus have or lack this structure. Those conditions
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found also regarding the mesotarsal adhesive vestiture. The different extent of adhesive vestiture on male mesotarsomeres in
<taxonomicName id="B5AA4D1ED358FF80FE6DFBD4FDCB3723" authorityName="Kryzhanovskij" authorityYear="1951" box="[435,547,1061,1085]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Eobroscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FE6DFBD4FDCB3723" box="[435,547,1061,1085]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Eobroscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species is shown in
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(
<taxonomicName id="B5AA4D1ED358FF80FC41FBD4FBC93723" authorityName="Roubal" authorityYear="1928" box="[927,1057,1061,1085]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Broscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutshniki">
<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FC41FBD4FBC93723" box="[927,1057,1061,1085]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. lutshniki</emphasis>
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, adhesive vestiture covers approx. 75% of the ventral surface of tarsomere 2) and
<figureCitation id="EA912A18D358FF80FBC2FBB5FB7B3742" box="[1052,1171,1092,1116]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="10.[211,278,1544,1566]" captionTargetBox="[238,1144,162,1511]" captionTargetId="figure-5@10.[238,1144,162,1511]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 4. Protarsi (A, D, G) and mesotarsi (B, E, H) in ventral view, and metatarsi in lateral view (C, F, IK) of Broscini. (AC) Zacotus matthewsii LeConte, 1869, male specimen from Vancouver, Canada; (DF) Eobroscus lutshniki (Roubal, 1928), male specimen from Ussurisk, Russia; (GI), Eobroscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982 (G, H, male specimen from Qingcheng Houshan, China; I, female specimen from Mt Manaslu, Nepal); (J) Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov., paratype, male; (K) Kashmirobroscus mirabilis sp. nov., holotype. Abbreviation: lf, longitudinal furrow on dorsolateral surface of first metatarsomere." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4608245" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4608245/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Figure 4H</figureCitation>
(
<taxonomicName id="B5AA4D1ED358FF80FF02FB94FE693762" authorityName="Morvan" authorityYear="1982" box="[220,385,1124,1148]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Eobroscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bhutanensis">
<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FF02FB94FE693762" box="[220,385,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
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, adhesive vestiture covers less than 50% of the ventral surface of tarsomere 2).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7215369DD358FF80FF20FB55FD0E3625" blockId="18.[211,1172,231,1690]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">
Concerning the surface morphology of the onychium we found traces of dorsal longitudinal strigosity also in
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FDFFFB34FD2937C2" box="[545,705,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
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) and in
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FC62FB34FBBB37C2" box="[956,1107,1221,1244]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This is in contrast to the statement of
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD358FF80FD9BFB15FCF137E2" author="Morita S" box="[581,793,1252,1276]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" pagination="155 - 165" refId="ref7524" refString="Morita S. 1990. Broscine carabid beetles of the genus Eobroscus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Elytra Tokyo. 18: 155 - 165." type="journal article" year="1990">Morita (1990: 156)</bibRefCitation>
that members of
<taxonomicName id="B5AA4D1ED358FF80FC03FB15FBB237E2" authorityName="Morita" authorityYear="1990" box="[989,1114,1252,1276]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Orobroscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FC03FB15FBB237E2" box="[989,1114,1252,1276]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Orobroscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have a smooth onychium dorsally. It is true that strigosity of the onychium is much more markedly developed in
<taxonomicName id="B5AA4D1ED358FF80FE09FAD5FDBE3622" authorityName="Roubal" authorityYear="1928" box="[471,598,1316,1340]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Broscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutshniki">
<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FE09FAD5FDBE3622" box="[471,598,1316,1340]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. lutshniki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7215369DD358FF80FF20FAB5FCAB3685" blockId="18.[211,1172,231,1690]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">
In summary, we state that separation of a subgenus
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FCB1FAB5FC043642" box="[879,1004,1348,1372]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Orobroscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as defined by
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD358FF80FF0DFA92FE9A3665" author="Morita S" box="[211,370,1379,1403]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" pagination="155 - 165" refId="ref7524" refString="Morita S. 1990. Broscine carabid beetles of the genus Eobroscus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Elytra Tokyo. 18: 155 - 165." type="journal article" year="1990">Morita (1990)</bibRefCitation>
is highly questionable. Therefore, we propose
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FCA5FA92FC103665" box="[891,1016,1379,1403]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Orobroscus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD358FF80FC21FA92FB7B3665" author="Morita S" box="[1023,1171,1379,1403]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" pagination="155 - 165" refId="ref7524" refString="Morita S. 1990. Broscine carabid beetles of the genus Eobroscus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Elytra Tokyo. 18: 155 - 165." type="journal article" year="1990">Morita, 1990</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FE05FA72FDA33685" box="[475,587,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Eobroscus</emphasis>
Kryzhanovskij, 1951
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.
</paragraph>
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This decision is supported by our observation that species diversity in the genus
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FF0DFA32FEAB36C5" box="[211,323,1475,1499]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">Eobroscus</emphasis>
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is lower than expected: We could compare several specimens from
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(coming from the type locality of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FD97FA12FD4C36E4" box="[585,676,1507,1530]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. uenoi</emphasis>
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) with the
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of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FBF3FA12FEFD3504" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD358FF80FEC1F9F2FE2C3504" author="Morvan P" box="[287,452,1538,1562]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" pagination="77 - 88" refId="ref7585" refString="Morvan P. 1982. Quatre nouveaux Carabiques du Bhoutan (4 e note) (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Broscini, Pterostichini, Anchomenini). Entomol Basiliensia. 7: 77 - 88." type="journal article" year="1982">Morvan, 1982</bibRefCitation>
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, and with additional specimens from
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,
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,
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and northeast
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, and we could determine identity. Based on a careful examination of this material we can state that all differential characters of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FC64F9B2FBFC3544" box="[954,1044,1603,1626]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. uenoi</emphasis>
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mentioned by
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fall in the variability of the species
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FC92F992FC193564" box="[844,1009,1634,1658]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
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: (i) body size
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(
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in
<taxonomicName id="B5AA4D1ED358FF80FD9EF972FD733584" authorityName="Morita" authorityYear="1995" box="[576,667,1667,1690]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Eobroscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="uenoi">
<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD358FF80FD9EF972FD733584" box="[576,667,1667,1690]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="2687">E. uenoi</emphasis>
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); (ii) coloration of dorsal side of body brown to black with +
<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FE95FF59FEBF33DE" bold="true" box="[331,343,168,192]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">/</emphasis>
prominent metallic lustre (see
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; body almost black in
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FF51FF39FF0233C1" box="[143,234,200,223]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. uenoi</emphasis>
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with greenish lustre on elytra); (iii) aedeagus relatively robust (see
<figureCitation id="EA912A18D359FF81FC0FFF36FBC633C1" box="[977,1070,199,223]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="11.[143,210,1350,1372]" captionTargetBox="[144,1103,170,1317]" captionTargetId="figure-5@11.[144,1104,167,1317]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 5. Aedeagal median lobe in left lateral view (A, C, E, G; H shows a cut-out of G) and in dorsal view (B, D, F, I; B and I additionally with parameres), and sternum IX (J) of Kashmirobroscus and Eobroscus. (A, B) Eobroscus lutshniki (Roubal, 1928), specimen from Ussurisk, Russia; (CF) Eobroscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982 (C, D, specimen from Qingcheng Houshan, China; E, F, specimen from Mt Fansipan, Vietnam); (GJ), Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov., paratype, male. Abbreviations: lap, latero-apical projections of internal sac; pl, left paramere; pr, right paramere." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4608247" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4608247/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">Figure 5</figureCitation>
C F; identical in
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FEF0FF19FE6F33E1" box="[302,391,232,255]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. uenoi</emphasis>
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, see
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); (iv) lateral and dorsal wing-like expansions of aedeagal median lobe markedly produced (see
<figureCitation id="EA912A18D359FF81FD1DFEF6FCCB3201" box="[707,803,263,287]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="11.[143,210,1350,1372]" captionTargetBox="[144,1103,170,1317]" captionTargetId="figure-5@11.[144,1104,167,1317]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 5. Aedeagal median lobe in left lateral view (A, C, E, G; H shows a cut-out of G) and in dorsal view (B, D, F, I; B and I additionally with parameres), and sternum IX (J) of Kashmirobroscus and Eobroscus. (A, B) Eobroscus lutshniki (Roubal, 1928), specimen from Ussurisk, Russia; (CF) Eobroscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982 (C, D, specimen from Qingcheng Houshan, China; E, F, specimen from Mt Fansipan, Vietnam); (GJ), Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov., paratype, male. Abbreviations: lap, latero-apical projections of internal sac; pl, left paramere; pr, right paramere." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4608247" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4608247/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">Figure 5</figureCitation>
CF; identical in
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FC32FEF9FBA03201" box="[1004,1096,264,287]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. uenoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see
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). Therefore, we propose
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FDA7FED9FD3C3221" box="[633,724,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. uenoi</emphasis>
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mentioned by
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as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FEB6FEB9FDE13241" box="[360,521,327,351]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD359FF81FDCFFEB9FD5B3241" author="Morvan P" box="[529,691,327,351]" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688" pagination="77 - 88" refId="ref7585" refString="Morvan P. 1982. Quatre nouveaux Carabiques du Bhoutan (4 e note) (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Broscini, Pterostichini, Anchomenini). Entomol Basiliensia. 7: 77 - 88." type="journal article" year="1982">Morvan, 1982</bibRefCitation>
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, a macropterous species with a wide distribution along the Himalayan chain and in neighbouring mountainous areas of South
<collectingCountry id="0ABD760DD359FF81FF07FE76FEAD3281" box="[217,325,391,415]" name="China" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">East Asia</collectingCountry>
(
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).
</paragraph>
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Hence, the genus
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FE53FE56FE1532A1" box="[397,509,423,447]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">Eobroscus</emphasis>
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encompasses actually no more than three species. We believe that this is an additional argument against splitting the genus into two subgenera.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7215369DD359FF81FF64FDF6FBC03722" blockId="19.[143,1104,167,1084]" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">
In addition, we have doubts about the status of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FD1AFDF6FCB23100" box="[708,858,519,542]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
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as a distinct species. Based on the comparison of two female specimens from the type locality with the
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FF2DFDB6FE7B3140" box="[243,403,582,606]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
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material listed above we have to reject four of the six differential characters mentioned by
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD359FF81FE0FFD97FD4C3160" author="Morita S" box="[465,676,614,638]" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688" pagination="155 - 165" refId="ref7524" refString="Morita S. 1990. Broscine carabid beetles of the genus Eobroscus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Elytra Tokyo. 18: 155 - 165." type="journal article" year="1990">Morita (1990: 164)</bibRefCitation>
because they fall within the variability of the species
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FEEEFD76FE393180" box="[304,465,646,670]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: (i) the colour of the body surface; (ii) the length of the temples in proportion to the length of the eyes; (iii) the shape of the pronotum; (iv) the shape of the elytra. We have to confirm the observation of
<bibRefCitation id="163B4B6CD359FF81FC9EFD34FC3631C3" author="Morita S" box="[832,990,709,733]" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688" pagination="155 - 165" refId="ref7524" refString="Morita S. 1990. Broscine carabid beetles of the genus Eobroscus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Elytra Tokyo. 18: 155 - 165." type="journal article" year="1990">Morita (1990)</bibRefCitation>
that specimens of the Taiwanese population (
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FDEEFD17FD2231E3" box="[560,714,742,765]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) are somewhat smaller (
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;
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:
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) than specimens from the continent (
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FC1EFCF7FF433023" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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). By comparing our preparations of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FCCAFCD7FC5F3023" box="[788,951,805,829]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
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aedeagi (e.g.
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CF) with the figuring of the
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FDE4FCB7FD3A3043" box="[570,722,838,861]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
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specimen (
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) we also confirm that the median lobe of the latter is slightly shorter. In addition, lateral wing-like expansion on the right seems lesser developed in the
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FC6BFC77FBA73083" box="[949,1103,902,925]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
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than in specimens of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FE2CFC57FD7B30A3" box="[498,659,933,957]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. bhutanensis</emphasis>
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. However, apart from the
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no additional male specimens of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FE37FC37FD6C30C3" box="[489,644,966,989]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
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have been described or recorded in the literature and so, the true variability of the external shape of the aedeagus remains unknown for us. For this reason the decision to confirm or to reject the species status of
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<emphasis id="40DEEA8FD359FF81FF73FBD4FEAD3722" box="[173,325,1061,1084]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2688">E. masumotoi</emphasis>
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has to wait until further material from
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becomes available.
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