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<emphasis id="B962F64A63206C191EE3FA774ABEF9D5" bold="true" box="[151,412,1613,1639]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="54">Hypselotropis jordani</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="132D36DD63206C191EE3FA4A4A25F938" box="[151,263,1648,1674]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 4. 1 2" captionStartId="4.[151,271,1966,1990]" captionTargetBox="[175,1415,245,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[172,1416,197,1946]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1 4. 1 2, Hypselotropis jekeli sp. nov., male holotype: 1, dorsal; 2, lateral. 3 4, Hypselotropis jordani sp. nov., male holotype: 3, dorsal; 4, lateral." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197473/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="54">Figs. 34</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="132D36DD63206C191F67FA4A4A06F938" box="[275,292,1648,1674]" captionStart="FIGURE 5 6" captionStartId="5.[151,255,924,948]" captionTargetBox="[324,1282,188,891]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[304,1282,168,903]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 5 6. Detail of rostrum (lateral view), 5. Hypselotropis jekeli sp. nov., male holotype. 6. Hypselotropis jordani sp. nov., male holotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197474/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="54">6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="132D36DD63206C191F44FA4A4A7EF938" box="[304,348,1648,1674]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 7" captionStart-1="FIGURE 8" captionStart-2="FIGURE 9" captionStartId-0="9.[151,258,1938,1962]" captionStartId-1="10.[151,258,1938,1962]" captionStartId-2="11.[151,256,1927,1951]" captionTargetBox-0="[162,1426,194,1930]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,194,1917]" captionTargetBox-2="[164,1420,194,1894]" captionTargetId-0="figure@9.[162,1427,194,1930]" captionTargetId-1="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1917]" captionTargetId-2="figure@11.[164,1420,194,1894]" captionTargetPageId-0="9" captionTargetPageId-1="10" captionTargetPageId-2="11" captionText-0="FIGURE 7. One of two most-parsimonious trees (L = 94, CI = 67, RI = 86) resulting from the cladistic reanalysis of Hypselotropis. ACTRAN optimization. Synapomorphies are indicated by solid black circles; homoplasies by white circles." captionText-1="FIGURE 8. One of two most-parsimonious trees (L = 94, CI = 67, RI = 86) resulting from the cladistic reanalysis of Hypselotropis, ACTRAN optimization. Synapomorphies are indicated by solid black circles; homoplasies by white circles." captionText-2="FIGURE 9. Strict consensus tree of two most-parsimonious trees (L = 95, CI = 66, RI = 85) resulting from the cladistic reanalysis of Hypselotropis. Synapomorphies are indicated by solid black circles; homoplasies by white circles. Bremer support values are reported on the right side of branches." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/197475/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/197476/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/197477/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="54">79</figureCitation>
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Male. Dorsal vestiture (
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) with dense, decumbent, appressed brownish scales intermingled with ochreous scales. Dorsum of rostrum with whitish scales, moderately dense. Pronotum with brownish scales, denser. Elytra with minute dark-brown spots. Ventral vestiture and legs with sparse, appressed light-brown scales. Antennae with shiny, blackish-brown pubescence, less dense from scape to segment VII; denser on club. All of segment VIII and apex of VII with dense whitish pubescence. Meso- and metafemora lacking dark vitta.
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Rostrum twice as long as wide across base; depressed at apical middle; with median longitudinal carina, narrowed and raised at apex, from apex to middle of frons; dorso-lateral carina lacking. Sides of rostrum finely and densely punctuate (
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). Scrobes careniform at dorsal margin; oval and deep distal pit. Mentum punctate-corrugate. Eyes subrounded, truncated at anterior margin. Convex frons.
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Antennae elongated (
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), reaching middle of elytra. Segment
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/3 longer than scape; III 2.5x longer than II, thickened; IV and V subequal in length; VI and VII slightly shorter in length; VIII slightly shorter than VII;
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/3 shorter than XI; X longer than wide; XI slightly narrowed at apex.
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Prothorax slightly longer than wide. Pronotum convex, slightly raised at middle; without depression; surface punctuate-corrugated, elevated interstices. Antebasal carina entire and straight at middle, slightly curved to sides. Lateral carina lacking (
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). Secondary carina entire and smooth. Prosternum subplane, opaque with few coarse punctures. Intercoxal process narrowed. Intercoxal process of mesosternum narrowed, about 1/3 as long as mesocoxae. Metasternum with fine sparse punctures.
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<paragraph id="8BA92A5863236C1A1EB2FDD24FD0FD95" blockId="6.[151,1437,152,1036]" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Elytra longer than wide across humeri; subparallel sides; basal gibbosities evident, weakly impressed behind the gibbosities; apical declivous with interstriae 3 and 5 slightly swollen; rounded apex.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA92A5863236C1A1EB2FE08482BFDC0" blockId="6.[151,1437,152,1036]" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Abdomen. Ventrites with sparse fine punctures. Ventrites I and II subequal, IIIIV slightly shorter. V longer than IV, impressed; subtruncate apical margin.</paragraph>
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material.
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male.
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. Amazonas. São Paulo de Olivença. M de Mathan, ex coll. R. Oberthür 1952.
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<emphasis id="B962F64A63236C1A1F25FE984972FD09" box="[337,592,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Hypselotropis jordani</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2514B3163236C1A1C2CFE984994FD0E" box="[600,694,674,700]" pageId="6" pageNumber="55" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, Mermudes det. 2010 (
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).
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<emphasis id="B962F64A63236C1A1EB2FEFD4A71FD53" bold="true" box="[198,339,711,737]" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is a derivative of
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, and honors Karl
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, a world expert on anthribids.
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<emphasis id="B962F64A63236C1A1EB2FF284A70FC9E" bold="true" box="[198,338,786,812]" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Discussion.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B962F64A63236C1A1F2FFF28497EFC99" box="[347,604,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Hypselotropis jordani</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2514B3163236C1A1C12FF2849E7FC9E" box="[614,709,786,812]" pageId="6" pageNumber="55" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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is differentiated the short antennae in the male, which reach only the middle of the prothorax and by lacking the pronotal impression.
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<emphasis id="B962F64A63236C1A1A64FF024E34FCE3" box="[1040,1302,824,849]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Hypselotropis jordani</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2514B3163236C1A1B6BFF0D4E5DFCE3" box="[1311,1407,823,849]" pageId="6" pageNumber="55" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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is distinguished from
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(
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)
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and also
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<emphasis id="B962F64A63236C1A1D46FF6748EAFCC4" box="[818,968,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">H. conicollis</emphasis>
(
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)
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(a clade of sister species) by meso- and metafemora lacking a dark vitta. In particular, the species differs from
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by segment II of antennae 1/3 longer than scape; pronotum convex, slightly raised medially; without any obvious impression; prosternum subplanar, opaque with few coarse punctures; and elytra with subparallel sides and basal gibbosities evident.
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