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.
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.
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. The name is composed of
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, the country where this genus is found, and the component -
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from the greek τυφλός (= blind).
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C1140B24F0C0A01D585BEB9FCEB4297" authorityName="Coiffait" authorityYear="1957" box="[687,870,437,466]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Entomoculiini">Entomoculiini</taxonomicName>
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.
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<paragraph id="8BAE3B314F0C0A01D797BC6CFEDF4082" blockId="8.[189,1399,864,967]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Abdomen: slightly wider towards tergite VII, sternites IV-VII (second until fifth visible sternite) with deep basal incision with denser pubescence. Tergites IV-VII with shallow basal impression.</paragraph>
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. Within the
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the incisions on the sternites IV-VII are unique to the tribe
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which contains only the genus
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Coiffait, 1955
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and to the genus
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of the tribe
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. The other genera within the tribe
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have only an incision on sternite VII. Other subfamilies have no incision.
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has also those incisions on sternites IV-VII which is the first indication of its position.
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8046C04F0C0A01D797BA2FFE1F4605" author="COIFFAIT H." box="[189,402,1315,1344]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="1 - 651" refId="ref8048" refString="COIFFAIT H., 1972. - Coleopteres Staphylinidae de la region Palearctique occidentale I. Generalites. Sous-familles: Xantholininae et Leptotyphlinae. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie, 2 (Supplement): I - IX + 1 - 651." type="journal article" year="1972">
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(1972)
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uses the maxillary palps in his key to divide several tribes:
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, Metrotyphlini and Neotyphlini have the article III of the maxillary palps as large or bigger than article II.
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and Leptotyphlini have the article II bigger than article III. So this would place
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into
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.
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The aedeagus of
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and
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could be divided into three basic
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: The
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, with only the genus
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, has the most basic, symmetric structure: median lobe simple and well developed with at most one simple copulatory piece and well developed parameres with several setae. The genus
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<emphasis id="B965E7234F0C0A01D4B0B939FBB24517" box="[922,1087,1589,1618]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Cyrtotyphlus</emphasis>
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from the
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has also a symmetric aedeagus, but with strongly enlarged parameres that cover most of the less developed apical half of the aedeagus. The remaining
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have asymmetric aedeagi with well-developed copulatory pieces, a short or long ventral lamina and a well-developed ventral process (calus proximal sensu
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. The aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="B965E7234F0C0A01D356B9C6FACE45A2" box="[1148,1347,1738,1767]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Romanotyphlus</emphasis>
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has clear similarities with most genera of the
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, especially
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<emphasis id="B965E7234F0C0A01D30DB9FCFB344448" box="[1063,1209,1776,1805]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Allotyphlus</emphasis>
Coiffait, 1955
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and
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<emphasis id="B965E7234F0C0A01D7D9B819FE184477" box="[243,405,1813,1842]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Mesotyphlus</emphasis>
Coiffait, 1957
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. The parameres of
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<emphasis id="B965E7234F0C0A01D463B81AFB924477" box="[841,1055,1813,1842]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">R. metaliferensis</emphasis>
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have only one strong seta;
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,
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<emphasis id="B965E7234F0C0A01D670B836FE734412" box="[346,510,1850,1879]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Entomoculia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1140B24F0C0A01D53BB836FD3E4412" authorityName="Coiffait" authorityYear="1957" box="[529,691,1850,1879]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mesotyphlus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B965E7234F0C0A01D53BB836FD3E4412" box="[529,691,1850,1879]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Mesotyphlus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B965E7234F0C0A01D5EDB836FC144412" box="[711,921,1850,1879]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Neocyrtotyphlus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B965E7234F0C0A01D4F4B836FBF74412" box="[990,1146,1850,1879]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Paratyphlus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have three or four setae on the parameres. Similar aedeagi can also be found with Metrotyphlini and Neotyphlini, but those miss the incisions on the sternites.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAE3B314F0C0A01D797B8B4FB4E4490" blockId="8.[189,1219,1976,2005]" box="[189,1219,1976,2005]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
It can be concluded that
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<emphasis id="B965E7234F0C0A01D6DDB8B4FD334490" box="[503,702,1976,2005]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Romanotyphlus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is best placed within the
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.
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