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a-d, 45 I, 50 B
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female,
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:
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Vera Paz, Balheu, leg. Champion (
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).
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:
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, leg.
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(
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;
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,
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, 14.0 mi
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,
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175 (
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,
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),
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elev., montane tropical litter along stream, sifting,
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, leg.
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(
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)
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.
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<emphasis id="80B1EAE2FF954C7EFCF4DED703A107F1" bold="true" box="[794,903,1449,1473]" pageId="13" pageNumber="42">Diagnosis</emphasis>
: The species resembles several unicoloured species with a size ranging between
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and 5.0 mm length, dense punctation of the head and sparser punctation of the pronotum. According to the structure of the aedeagus,
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resembles
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<emphasis id="80B1EAE2FF954C7EFB89DD5404E10471" box="[1127,1223,1577,1601]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="42">L. densus</emphasis>
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from southern
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However, the shape of the endophallus is straight and not curved as in
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and the posterior margin of sternite and tergite VII is different.
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: Length:
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. Colouration: Black; legs and antennae brown, femora blackish.
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long,
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wide; eyes moderately large; postocular sides 2.5 times as long as eyes; nearly parallel with posterior angles widely rounded; posterior margin nearly semi-circular; interantennal furrows weak; setiferous punctation deep, large, and dense; on average, interstices half as wide as diameter of punctures; on posterior half slightly wider; narrow midline impunctate; surface without microsculpture; shiny. Antennae with second and third antennomere equal in length and slightly longer than wide; subsequent antennomeres much wider than long and increasing in width; fourth antennomere approximately 1.5 times as wide as long; tenth antennomere nearly three times as wide as long; all antennomeres pubescent. Pronotum:
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wide; widest in anterior third; slightly narrowed posteriad in middle third; sides in posterior third nearly parallel; posterior angles shortly rounded; setiferous punctation distinctly finer and sparser than on head; on average, interstices between punctures as wide as diameter of punctures; wide midline impunctate; irregular line of punctures adjacent to midline with at least 20 punctures; surface without microsculpture; polished. Elytra:
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long,
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wide; humeral and posterior angles sub-rectangular; sides nearly parallel; posterior margin rounded with incision toward suture; setiferous punctation dense and partly coriaceous; on average, interstices less than one fourth as wide as diameter of punctures; surface partly with isodiametric microsculpture; matt. Abdomen with similar dense and large punctures as on pronotum; setae pointing posteriad; surface without microsculpture, shiny; tergite VII of male widely prominent; posterior margin rounded; sternite VII of male approximately straight. Aedeagus oval; string of endophallus anteriad recurved; covered partly by small teeth and partly by spines; paramere with large sclerotized central plate, with straight inner edge and widely rounded outer edge; several setae placed at outer edge; outer plate transparent and more acute; between inner and outer plate with long elongate appendix.
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