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locality:
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, Olancho province, La Muralla National Park,
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N of La Union,
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a.s.l.
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.
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: OLANCHO / La Muralla N.P.,
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N. / La Union,
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,
<date id="FFA0DE91FF83FFAA2274FF7BFE0040C9" box="[337,504,190,216]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1994-06-25">25. VI. / 1994</date>
130A, R. Anderson / mont. wet evergr. for. litt.”.
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(155):
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:
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, 1 unsexed spec. (
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): “
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: Alajuela /
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S. Volcan Arenal /
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,
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,
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// ex., sifted leaf litter /
<date id="FFA0DE91FF83FFAA215AFEC9FCDE4137" box="[639,806,268,294]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1988-04-29">29 April 1988</date>
/ John Longino #2037-S”; 1 unsexed spec. (
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): “
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: Puntarenas / Monte Verde,
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/
<date id="FFA0DE91FF83FFAA2033FEF7FC41415D" box="[790,953,306,332]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1989-05-10">10 May 1989</date>
, J. Ashe, / R. Brooks, R. Leschen // ex., berlese of upper / streambed, in sand // Snow Entomol. Mus. /
<collectingCountry id="F309B8C1FF83FFAA20A6FE9CFBFD4162" box="[899,1029,345,371]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
Exped #95”;
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, 48 unsexed specimens (
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,
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA22ADFE45FE30418B" box="[392,456,384,410]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/y2kv-9w3k" name="Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">CNC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA22F6FE45FDCB418B" box="[467,563,384,410]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/91g3-0mnw" name="Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">NHMW</collectionCode>
,
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,
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA2184FE45FD04418B" box="[673,764,384,410]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mci8-ehqk" name="Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">ZMUC</collectionCode>
): “
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: Guanacaste P / Guanacaste Cons. Area / Cacao Field Stn.,
<quantity id="4CE655B4FF83FFAA22A7FE63FE2E41D1" box="[386,470,422,448]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="1200.0">1200m</quantity>
/
<date id="FFA0DE91FF83FFAA22CAFE63FD7F41D1" box="[495,647,422,448]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1996-02-12">12.Feb.1996</date>
R. Anderson / wet montane forest litter”; 30 unsexed specimens (
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,
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA23DAFE08FEAD41F6" box="[255,341,461,487]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">NMPC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA2247FE08FE4841F6" box="[354,432,461,487]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">SRBC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA2299FE08FDEF41F6" box="[444,535,461,487]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mci8-ehqk" name="Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">ZMUC</collectionCode>
): “
<collectingCountry id="F309B8C1FF83FFAA2111FE08FD1F41F6" box="[564,743,461,487]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">COSTA RICA</collectingCountry>
: Guanacaste P / Guanacaste Cons. Area / Cacao Field Stn.,
<quantity id="4CE655B4FF83FFAA23B2FE31FF14421F" box="[151,236,500,526]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="1250.0">1250m</quantity>
/
<date id="FFA0DE91FF83FFAA2223FE31FE59421F" box="[262,417,500,526]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1996-02-20">20.Feb.1996</date>
R. Anderson / wet montane forest litter”;
<specimenCount id="9D1833D8FF83FFAA2097FE31FBF2421F" box="[946,1034,500,526]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, 25 unsexed specimens (
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA261BFE31FA60421F" box="[1342,1432,500,526]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">KSEM</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA23B2FDDFFF094225" box="[151,241,538,564]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">NMPC</collectionCode>
): “
<collectingCountry id="F309B8C1FF83FFAA222BFDDFFE3B4225" box="[270,451,538,564]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">COSTA RICA</collectingCountry>
: Guanacaste / Cacao Biol. Station, 11001200M /
<geoCoordinate id="EE2A9E96FF83FFAA2739FDDFFB634225" box="[1052,1179,538,564]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" precision="15" value="10.933333">10°56'0&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE2A9E96FF83FFAA278DFDDFFAD34225" box="[1192,1323,538,564]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" precision="15" value="-85.45">85°27'0&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
/
<date id="FFA0DE91FF83FFAA2666FDDFFF2E424A" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1995-05-04">4 MAY 1995</date>
; R. Anderson / CR1A95 3A [in some specimens also 3B, 3C, 3D or 3E] berlese leaf litter”;
<specimenCount id="9D1833D8FF83FFAA2609FD84FA78424A" box="[1324,1408,577,603]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, 4 unsexed specimens (
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,
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA2124FDADFDA74293" box="[513,607,616,642]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/hj12-2xm7" name="National Museum Prague" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">NMPC</collectionCode>
): “
<collectingCountry id="F309B8C1FF83FFAA215BFDADFCC34293" box="[638,827,616,642]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">COSTA RICA</collectingCountry>
: Guanacaste / Pitilla Biological Station,
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/
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,
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, /
<date id="FFA0DE91FF83FFAA22E3FD4BFD9F42B9" box="[454,615,654,680]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1995-05-02">2 MAY 1995</date>
; R. Anderson / CR1A95 4B berlese leaf litter”; 1 unsexed specimen (
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA23BAFD70FF0542DE" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" box="[159,253,693,719]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">FMNH</collectionCode>
): “
<collectingCountry id="F309B8C1FF83FFAA2239FD70FE2B42DE" box="[284,467,693,719]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">COSTA RICA</collectingCountry>
: Guanacaste; / Canas, Miravalles Volcano /
<geoCoordinate id="EE2A9E96FF83FFAA20C2FD70FBB242DE" box="[999,1098,693,719]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" precision="925" value="10.7">10°42'N</geoCoordinate>
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; IV:8:1973 / leg. J. Wagner, J. Kethley // FM(HD) #73-384 / 73CRIV-8d Berlese / 4 liters conc. log mold / on slope”;
<specimenCount id="9D1833D8FF83FFAA2608FD19FA7942E7" box="[1325,1409,732,758]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D1833D8FF83FFAA26A8FD19FF1F430D" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
(
<collectionCode id="ED0F6094FF83FFAA23D3FCC7FEAA430D" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" box="[246,338,770,796]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">FMNH</collectionCode>
): “
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: Heredia: OTS / LaSelva field Sta., Puerto / Viejo de Sarapiquí, Rio / Puerto Viejo, III:7:1973 /
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/ leg. J. Wagner, J. Kenthley // FM(HD) #73-273 / 73CR-III-7b LS Ber. / conc.
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2 floor litter / on slope, 100 cc. virgin for.”.
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: OLANCHO / P. N. La Muralla,
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N. / La Union,
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,
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208, R. Anderson / liquidambar/oak for. litt. berl.”; 8 unsexed spec. (
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,
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): “
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: OLANCHO / P. N. La Muralla,
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N La / Union,
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/
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207, R. Anderson, mont. / wet evergreen forest litt. berl.”; 11 unsexed specimens (
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,
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,
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,
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,
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: Olancho / La Muralla,
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N. La / Union,
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,
<date id="FFA0DE91FF83FFAA20DBFBD1FB74443F" box="[1022,1164,1044,1070]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1994-06-25">25.VI.1994</date>
/
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,
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/ Anderson #130, ex: wet / montane everg. litter”.
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<collectingCountry id="F309B8C1FF83FFAA21CCFBFFFC5F4445" box="[745,935,1082,1108]" name="Nicaragua" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">NICARAGUA</collectingCountry>
:
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<specimenCount id="9D1833D8FF83FFAA2091FBFFFBED4445" box="[948,1045,1082,1108]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="male">2 males</specimenCount>
, 16 unsexed specimens (
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): “
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: MATAGALPA /
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N Matagalpa Selva Negra /
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, N12°59.9΄ W85°54.6΄ /
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, R. Anderson, ridge- / top cloud for. litter, 2002-026”.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF83FFAA23E0FB6BFD1E4507" blockId="13.[151,1438,151,1998]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B96A2443FF83FFAA23E0FB6BFD8B44D9" bold="true" box="[197,627,1198,1224]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Additional material examined (1):</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="9D1833D8FF83FFAA215EFB6AFD3344D8" box="[635,715,1199,1225]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
(
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: Alajuela / Peñas Blancas,
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/
<date id="FFA0DE91FF83FFAA23B2FB10FECE44FE" box="[151,310,1237,1263]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1989-05-18">18 May 1989</date>
, J. Ashe // R. Brooks, R. Leschen / ex., sifted liter [sic!] along / stream / Snow Entomol. Mus. /
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Exped. #236 / larvae in EtOH Coll. n.”
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF83FFAA23E3FAE7FAA545EF" blockId="13.[151,1438,151,1998]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B96A2443FF83FFAA23E3FAE7FE1A452D" bold="true" box="[198,482,1314,1340]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Differential diagnosis:</emphasis>
Body widest at junction of pronotum and elytra; pronotum highly convex; pronotal punctation dense, consisting of sharply impressed rasp-like punctures; pronotal interstices lacking microsculpture; median carina of prosternum without anterior tooth; preepisternal elevation of mesothorax 1.3× longer than wide; median portion of metaventrite without intersticial microsculpture; eyes small, separated by 8.5× of one eye; mentum without mesh-like microsculpture; parameres with moderately large inner projections; lateral projections of median lobe wide, developed only in apical 0.35 of median lobe.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF83FFAA23E0F9CFFBDF46F7" blockId="13.[151,1438,151,1998]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
The species is easily recognizable especially by its highly convex pronotum lacking microsculpture but bearing very densely arranged punctures (Figs. 38, 4849). It is very similar to
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF83FFAA2767F9F4FB13465B" box="[1090,1259,1585,1610]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">O. attenuatum</emphasis>
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, from which it can be recognized by characters given in the key (see under
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF83FFAA207FF99DFBFA4660" box="[858,1026,1624,1649]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">O. attenuatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for more details). The species also resembles
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF83FFAA2233F9BAFE4A4689" box="[278,434,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">O. gibbicolle</emphasis>
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from which it is easily recognizable by rasp-like pronotal punctures (punctures are ring-like in
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF83FFAA2201F963FE4646AE" box="[292,446,1702,1727]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">O. gibbicolle</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and different male genitalia (lateral projections of median lobe are wide and short and inner projections of parameres are moderately developed in
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF83FFAA20ACF909FBEE46F4" box="[905,1046,1740,1765]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">O. acutheca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C304ABDAFF83FFA823E0F937FBE14571" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="16" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF83FFAA23E0F937FDA6474B" blockId="13.[151,1438,151,1998]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B96A2443FF83FFAA23E0F937FE9F471D" bold="true" box="[197,359,1778,1804]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Description:</emphasis>
HABITUS: Body widely oval, widest on base of elytra, highly convex in lateral view, strongly narrowing posteriad; TL/TW ratio = 1.5. Length:
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, length of HT:
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; width: 0.851.00 mm, width of HT:
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF83FFAA23E0F8A2FC5B47DF" blockId="13.[151,1438,151,1998]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">COLORATION. Coloration of dorsal side brown to dark brown, elytra slightly darker than prontum and head, clypeus ferrugineous. Ventral side brown, mentum rusty brown. Femora, tibiae and antennal club reddish brown, tarsi, mouthparts and antennomeres 16 yellowish.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF80FFA923B2F86AFE1A47FA" blockId="14.[151,1436,1967,2027]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B96A2443FF80FFA923B2F86AFEA447D6" bold="true" box="[151,348,1967,1991]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURES 3235.</emphasis>
Habitus of the representatives of
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF80FFA921E2F875FC8147D6" box="[711,889,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">O. aequinoctiale</emphasis>
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group. 32:
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF80FFA920D0F875FB5F47D6" box="[1013,1191,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">O. aequinoctiale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 33:
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF80FFA927FAF875FA9347D6" box="[1247,1387,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">O. gibbicolle</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 34:
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF80FFA923B2F811FEBF47FA" box="[151,327,2004,2027]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">O. holosericeum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 35:
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF80FFA9225BF811FE2347FA" box="[382,475,2004,2027]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">O. latum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF81FFA823E0FF5DFB5C41F6" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">HEAD. Clypeus with dense punctation, consisting of coarse, rounded, sharply impressed punctures becoming slightly smaller and rasp-like on anterior margin, each puncture bearing fine decumbent yellowish seta; interstices without microsculpture; anterior margin slightly concave. Frons with dense punctation, consisting of coarse, sharply impressed, rounded punctures, punctures of same shape medially and laterally; interstices without microsculpture. Eyes small, separated by 8.5× of width of one eye. Mentum 2.4× wider than long, anterior margin deeply emarginate; punctation consisting of large, sharply impressed semicircular setiferous punctures bearing long setae posteriorly; interstices without distinct microsculpture. Submentum with poriferous disc-like ereas. Maxillary palpus with palpomeres 2 and 4 ca. 1.5× longer than palpomere 3. Scapus shorter than antennomeres 26 combined; antennal club ca. 2× longer than wide.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF81FFA823E0FE31FA954293" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">PROTHORAX. Pronotum apparently more convex than elytra, punctation consisting of slightly rasp-like, sharply impressed punctures, similar on whole surface of pronotum; interstices without microsculpture. Median carina of prosternum straight in lateral view. Median portion of prosternum 1.3× wider than long, postero-mesal projection with shallow notch, pits laying next to ridges delimiting prosternal plate minute.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF81FFA823E0FD4BFBFC43A6" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">MESOTHORAX. Scutellar shield bearing a few small, rap-like punctures, interstices without microsculpture. Elytral series 16 arising basally, series 78 joint subbasally, series 9 abbreviated anteriorly, undetectable in ca. basal 0.2. Elytral series 7 and 8 markedly closer to each other than to other series. Serial punctures fine, rather dense. Elytral intervals weakly convex at suture; intervals 5, 7 and 9 hardly more convex than adjacent intervals; punctation irregular on all intervals, consisting of sparsely arranged minute, scar-like punctures. Elytral interstices shiny, without microsculpture. Epipleuron narrowing posteriad, reaching elytral apex. Preepisternal plate drop-like, 1.3× longer than wide; median part flat, bearing densely arranged, rasp-like, sharply impressed setiferous punctures; interstices without microsculpture.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF81FFA823E0FC01FD61443A" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">METATHORAX. Punctation of median portion of metaventrite consisting of sharply impressed, slightly rasp-like setiferious punctures, large mesally and slightly smaller laterally, interstices without microsculpture, shiny. Anepisternum 6.8× longer than wide.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF81FFA823E0FBFDFCA24443" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1608]" box="[197,858,1080,1106]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">LEGS. Tarsi with short and sparse pubescence ventrally.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF81FFA823E0FB9BFBF14469" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1608]" box="[197,1033,1118,1144]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">ABDOMEN. Ventrite 1 without additional longitudinal ridges laterally.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF81FFA823E0FB40FB8F44FC" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">MALE GENITALIA. Paramere 1.3× longer than phallobase, with moderately large inner projection, bearing two short setae apically. Phallobase narrow, 1.4× longer than wide. Median lobe gradually narrowing from base to apex; lateral projections large, developed in apical 0.35 of median lobe.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF81FFA823E0FB3DFBE14571" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B96A2443FF81FFA823E0FB3DFEB84503" bold="true" box="[197,320,1272,1298]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Variation.</emphasis>
The species varies slightly in the shape of the preepisternal plate, which is rarely as narrow as in the remaining species of the
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF81FFA82121FAE5FD3F4528" box="[516,711,1312,1337]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">O. aequinoctiale</emphasis>
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species group. Precise shapes of lateral projections of median lobe and inner projections of parameres also slightly vary among specimens.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C304ABDAFF81FFA823E0FAA8FABC45C4" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF81FFA823E0FAA8FEA04596" bold="true" box="[197,344,1389,1415]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Etymology.</emphasis>
Latin
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<emphasis id="B96A2443FF81FFA8228EFAA8FDE24597" box="[427,538,1389,1414]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">acutheca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
= pin-cushion, the name refers to the bumpy convex shape of pronotum bearing numerous punctures resembling pin punctures. To be treated as a noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF81FFA823E0FA7FFABC45C4" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1608]" box="[197,1348,1466,1493]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B96A2443FF81FFA823E0FA7FFED445C5" bold="true" box="[197,300,1466,1492]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Habitat.</emphasis>
Most of the
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specimens were sifted from wet leaf litter in evergreen montane forests.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C304ABDAFF81FFA823E0FA24FE654659" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BA1F851FF81FFA823E0FA24FE654659" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B96A2443FF81FFA823E0FA24FE9445EA" bold="true" box="[197,364,1505,1531]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Distribution.</emphasis>
Distributed in Central
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at altitudes
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a.s.l. Known from
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(Alajuela, Guanacaste, Heredia, and Puntarenas Provinces),
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(Olancho Province) and
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(Matagalpa Province).
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