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(
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)
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locality
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:
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,
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,
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,
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,
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ENE from village
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,
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1­2­3,
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.
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:
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male, “
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,
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,
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leg.” [printed, white label] / “
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B. Guéorguiev des. 2014” [printed, red label].
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:
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, same collecting data as the holotype, labeled as “
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<collectorName id="C0625355FF974F70FA02C47CFEED8053" pageId="1" pageNumber="65">B. Guéorguiev</collectorName>
des. 2014” [printed, red label]. The
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is preserved in the
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, Sofia, Bulgaria, while the
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is kept in the private collection of Luca Toledano, Verona, Italy
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.
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. A
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF974F70FEC3C4F5FE4180B6" box="[320,398,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="65">Tiruka</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
of the
<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF974F70FE6BC4F5FD9580B6" box="[488,602,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="65">queinneci</emphasis>
group from
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of large size (TBL:
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), with tegument clearly depigmented, color rufous, antennae elongate (SBL/AL: 1.62­1.68), legs narrow and long, head with elongate mandibles, microphthalmic eyes and tempora one and a half times as long as eyes diameters, pronotum ovate, as wide as long (PW/PL: 0.97­1.0), with sides similarly round towards both the apex and the base, elytra oval, with rounded shoulders and elytral striae faintly punctate, median lobe of aedeagus slightly arcuate in lateral view, with a kernel sclerite provided with a fork­shaped proximal part and a short dorsal process moderately pointed at tip, additional sclerites or pack of scales absent.
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF974F70FF14C7C0FEE783C0" bold="true" box="[151,296,1705,1731]" pageId="1" pageNumber="65">Description</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D283683FF974F70FF14C7A2FC8E8204" blockId="1.[151,1443,1705,1799]" pageId="1" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF974F70FF14C7A2FF3B83E7" box="[151,244,1739,1764]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="65">Habitus</emphasis>
. Relatively large, oblong and narrow, moderately convex specimens, more or less depigmented, with tegument glabrous, excluding antennomeres 2­11 (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF974F70FF14C658FF098249" box="[151,198,1841,1866]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="65">Size</emphasis>
. TBL:
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(
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in
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); SBL: 6.0­
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(6.0 mm in
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); BW:
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF974F70FF14C61DFF14828E" box="[151,219,1908,1933]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="65">Color</emphasis>
. Body shiny, light brown to yellowish, unicolored, only antennomeres 4­11 slightly darker.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF974F70FF14C6DEFE8382D3" box="[151,332,1975,2000]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="65">Microsculpture</emphasis>
. Isodiametric on head, more distinct on labrum and vertex, less distinct on the other parts, reduced on pronotum and elytra.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF944F73FF14C6A7FF3982E5" bold="true" box="[151,246,1998,2022]" pageId="2" pageNumber="66">Figure 1</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF944F73FE87C6A6FDC082E5" box="[260,527,1999,2022]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="66">Amerizus gaoligongensis</emphasis>
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, habitus, paratype. Scale bar = 1.5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF954F72FF14C1ACFF1985DD" box="[151,214,197,222]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="67">Head</emphasis>
. Elongate with frontal furrows moderately impressed; disc smooth. Eyes flat, rather small, shape semiellipsoid, with longer axis oblique, diameter equal to diameter of base of scapus, each eye with about vestiges of 25­35 depigmented ommatidia (
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). Tempora about one and a half time as long as eyes diameters at their longitudinal axes. Genae tumid. Labrum subtrapezoid, wider than long, anterior margin nearly straight, with six setiferous punctures bearing setae, lateral two setae nearly twice longer than inner setae. Clypeus subtrapezoid, wider than long, anterior margin straight to slightly emarginate, with two long setae, situated laterally at middle of clypeus; clypeal suture distinct. Mandibles elongate, almost one half as long as length of head, mandibular scrobe with one seta near anterior margin of excavation, situated at middle length of mandible. Maxilla long and fine, lacinia, thin, arcuate and pointed at apex, galea nonsegmented, slightly exceeding apex of lacinia; maxillary palpus fairly long, nearly as long as three fourth of head length, segments 2 and 3 of similar length, second segment thin, with proximal part glabrous and distal half moderately pubescent, penultimate segment fusiform at distal half, entirely densely pubescent, ultimate segment almost three times shorter than penultimate segment. Mentum with two labial setae and a sharply pointed medial tooth protruded forward, paralabial pits lack; labial suture indistinct; labial palpomeres with penultimate segment fusiform, glabrous in proximal third, pubescent in distal two­thirds, ultimate segment fine, nearly twice shorter than penultimate segment. Submentum with four prebasilar setae. Antennae relatively elongate (AL:
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, TBL/AL: 1.81­1.89), with segments 2­11 pubescent, second half of antennomere 7 exceeding posterior margin of pronotum, last antennomere exceeding basal third of elytra.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF954F72FF14C6B5FF3982F7" bold="true" box="[151,246,2012,2036]" pageId="3" pageNumber="67">Figure 2</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF954F72FE87C6B5FDC082F0" box="[260,527,2012,2035]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="67">Amerizus gaoligongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, head and pronotum, holotype (a, maxilla; b, galea). Scale bar = 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF924F75FF14C65FFF36824D" bold="true" box="[151,249,1846,1870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68">Figure 3</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF924F75FE8BC65FFDDA824E" box="[264,533,1846,1869]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="68">Amerizus gaoligongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44D057EAFF924F75FD9DC65FFD94824E" box="[542,603,1846,1869]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, median lobe of aedeagus, left lateral view, holotype (a, drawing; b, photo). Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF924F75FF14C6FFFEC382AC" box="[151,268,1942,1967]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="68">Pronotum</emphasis>
. Clearly ovate, as wide as long, PW/PL: 0.97­1.0, widest before middle, nearly one quarter wider than head (PW/HW: 1.27); disc slightly convex; midline distinct, not reaching anterior border forward, reaching posterior border backward where it is widened (as in
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF924F75FC03C6B3FB8582F0" box="[896,1098,2010,2035]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="68">Pseudolimnaeum</emphasis>
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); basal impressions distinct; basal surface with 8­10 rough punctures from each side of midline. Apex straight, wider than base (PA/PB: 1.12), with anterior angles obtuse, neither salient, nor projecting. Lateral sides convex towards both apex and basis, less constricted anteriorly (PW/PA 1.36­1.43), more constricted behind (PW/PB 1.52­1.60), only slightly concave before posterior angles; margins fine, equally narrow along most length, only at basis significantly widened. Posterior margin medially convex, hardly oblique towards angles; posterior angles slightly projecting laterally.
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF934F74FF14C0D8FF2F84C9" box="[151,224,433,458]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="69">Elytra</emphasis>
. Oval, moderately convex, longer than wide, EL/EW: 1.59­1.63, more than twice longer than length of pronotum (EL/PL: 2.53­2.56), significantly wider than pronotum (EW/PW: 1.59­1.63). Sides narrower basally, gradually widened towards middle, widest after middle, then again narrowed to apex; basal margin lacking, lateral borders of elytra reaching level between basal termination of fifth and sixth striae. Shoulders widely rounded, nearly indistinct. Lateral margins equally narrow along most extent, slightly explanate. Striae shallow, punctiform, striae 1­4 less faintly punctate, outer striae more faintly punctate; intervals flat and smooth.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF934F74FF14C3D6FED287DB" box="[151,285,703,728]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="69">Hind wings</emphasis>
. Vestigial, scales of wings nearly fully vanished.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D283683FF934F74FF14C26BFC148682" blockId="5.[151,1444,770,897]" pageId="5" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF934F74FF14C26BFE828618" box="[151,333,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="69">Ventral surface</emphasis>
. Body underneath smooth; metaepisterna one and a half times as long as wide, their surfaces smooth; abdominal sterna 1 and 2 partially fused, as suture between them reduced, sterna 2­4 with pair of medial setae, sternum 5 with two marginal setae in males, with four marginal setae in female. Legs long and slender, first segment of hind tarsi as long as following three segments.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D283683FF934F74FF14C2C2FD8E81B2" blockId="5.[151,1444,939,1201]" pageId="5" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF934F74FF14C2C2FE8B86C7" box="[151,324,939,964]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="69">Male genitalia</emphasis>
. Median lobe of aedeagus moderately sclerotized, elongate (
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long), widened at basal and medial parts, and constricted at apical third, in lateral view (
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a­b), with apical orifice long, opened dorsally, and apex wide and feebly curved ventrally; ventral side concave; basal part bilobed, widely opened proximally at large basal orifice; dorsal side convex; median lobe in dorsal view narrow, almost straight, only blade scarcely bent to left. Inner sac consists of a kernel sclerite and a membranous part, surrounding kernel sclerite and extended apically; kernel sclerite formed by one dorsal process well­differentiated, wide and forked at base, and somewhat pointed apically, located at proximal position, and a saddle­like basis, located at distal position (
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a­b).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF934F74FF14C6AEFF3082DC" bold="true" box="[151,255,1991,2015]" pageId="5" pageNumber="69">Figure 4</emphasis>
. Map of the region around village Kongshuhe and cave Wu Shi Shan, yellow pointer indicates the approximate position of the cave.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="6D283683FF904F77FF14C6A4FD898D00" blockId="6.[151,1443,1997,2051]" pageId="6" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF904F77FF14C6A4FF3782E6" bold="true" box="[151,248,1997,2021]" pageId="6" pageNumber="70">Figure 5</emphasis>
. Scheme of the chasm Wu Shi Shan 2, with photograph of the holotype of
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF904F77FBAFC6A7FAF682E6" box="[1068,1337,1998,2021]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="70">Amerizus gaoligongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="44D057EAFF904F77FAC3C6A7FAB382E6" box="[1344,1404,1998,2021]" pageId="6" pageNumber="70" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, at the depth of ­33 m (photo by B. Petrov).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="258D6508FF914F79FF14C1ADFA5A805A" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="72" pageId="7" pageNumber="71" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="6D283683FF914F76FF14C1ADFDF48403" blockId="7.[151,1444,196,256]" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF914F76FF14C1ADFED185DD" bold="true" box="[151,286,196,222]" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">Etymology</emphasis>
: The name, treated as an adjective, is from the mountain chain, Gaoligong Mts., where is situated the
<typeStatus id="B22C8821FF914F76FF41C18FFF3A8403" box="[194,245,230,256]" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">type</typeStatus>
locality of the new species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D283683FF914F76FF14C040FAE884C8" blockId="7.[151,1444,297,627]" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF914F76FF14C040FDA38440" bold="true" box="[151,620,297,323]" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">
Notes on the
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locality and habitat
</emphasis>
: Wu Shi Shan 1­2­3 is the name of three explored chasms, which are parts of a joint underground cave system in the Gaoligong Mts. The separate entrances of the cave are situated from
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and between
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above the sea level each other. The spot lies roughly at
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east­northeast from the village Kongshuhe (
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). The cave environments and the average air temperatures measured during the visit are almost identical in all surveyed holes: 9.8ºС.
</paragraph>
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The
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of the new species were found under stones on the bottoms of chasm 2 (
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, Boyan Petrov personal communication). The bottom (at
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depth) of the hole is covered with clay and plenty of rotten logs and litter from the surface. The surrounding terrain above the cave openings consists of semi­degraded sub­tropical wood vegetation characteristic of the humid evergreen broad­leaved forests with well­developed undergrowth (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF914F76FF14C73FFF39836D" bold="true" box="[151,246,1622,1646]" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">Figure 6</emphasis>
. Surrounding vegetation at the type locality of
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(photo by B. Petrov).
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF914F76FF14C7D0FEC483D0" bold="true" box="[151,267,1721,1747]" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">Affinities</emphasis>
:
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF914F76FE9DC7D0FD8783D1" box="[286,584,1721,1746]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">Amerizus gaoligongensis</emphasis>
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exhibits a peculiar characterization, which enables us an easily distinction from the other species of the genus. We believe that each of the next characters represents a state that is not represented in the rest of the congeners. Except for point 6, these states seem result of a specialization to an underground environment.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D283683FF914F76FF14C629FED3827F" blockId="7.[151,1444,1721,2051]" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">1 Eyes flat and rather small, each eye with vestiges of 25­35 degraded (and probably not functional) ommatidia;</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D283683FF914F76FF14C6EAFC23829E" blockId="7.[151,1444,1721,2051]" box="[151,1004,1923,1949]" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">2 Length of the tempora significantly longer than the diameter of eyes;</paragraph>
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3 Index TBL/AL relatively low (1.81­1.89).
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF914F76FD3BC6CFFC5F82BC" box="[696,912,1958,1983]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">Amerizus schmidti</emphasis>
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possesses a lower index than that in the new species. However, the former has completely different diagnostic characteristics and belongs to a separate group of species (
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).
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF914F76FC6EC680FB678D01" box="[1005,1192,2025,2050]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="71">Amerizus puetzi</emphasis>
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possess index TBL/AL1.832.03, which is only slightly higher than that in
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.
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The last two species can be surely differentiated each other in a row of other specific features (TBL; ratio PW/PL; ratio EW/PW; shape of the aedeagus; shape and location of the kernel sclerite within the inner sac of the aedeagus; etc.);
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D283683FF9E4F79FF14C025FF2F8484" blockId="8.[151,1444,197,1032]" pageId="8" pageNumber="72">4 Pronotum ovate, as wide as long, its PW/PL: 0.97­1.0. So far, no other congener possesses such low index;</paragraph>
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5 Proportions between the maximal width of elytra and the maximal width of pronotum highest among the congeners (EW/PW: 1.59­1.63). Except for an undescribed taxon from west
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(
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), which has ratio EW/PW: 1.53, there is no another congener of the genus with value higher than 1.5;
</paragraph>
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6 Median lobe of aedeagus, with kernel sclerite formed by one dorsal process well­differentiated, wide and forked at base, somewhat pointed apically, situated at proximal position, and a saddle­like basis, situated at distal position (
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a­b). The structure of the kernel sclerite in
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF9E4F79FC19C333FC638770" box="[922,940,602,627]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="72">A</emphasis>
.
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</taxonomicName>
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resembles these of two species of the
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group.
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF9E4F79FDD0C312FCF48797" box="[595,827,635,660]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="72">Amerizus davidales</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF9E4F79FB35C312FB078797" box="[1206,1224,635,660]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="72">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF9E4F79FB59C312FAEF8797" box="[1242,1312,635,660]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="72">puetzi</emphasis>
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have similar, but not identical, structure of their kernel sclerites. In both species, the kernel sclerites are situated in a similar position (a dorsomedial or dorsal position in the proximal half of the median lobe) as in the new species, thus their dorsal process are more or less differentiated and slightly pointed apically. However, neither species has dorsal process so clearly forked at the base as it is that of
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF9E4F79FF14C24DFE86863E" box="[151,329,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="72">gaoligongensis</emphasis>
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Otherwise, the latter species possesses external characters which separate it easily from its supposedly relatives of the
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group.
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As a whole, characters of importance put the new species from Gaoligong Mts. most closely to
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF9E4F79FA00C201FA5A8682" box="[1411,1429,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="72">A</emphasis>
.
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and within the
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species group (according to
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;
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). As far as it is known until today,
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF9E4F79FDA3C2C2FDFD86C7" box="[544,562,939,964]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="72">A</emphasis>
.
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is the congener geographically nearest to
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<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF9E4F79FB23C2C2FB7D86C7" box="[1184,1202,939,964]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="72">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="5FE3EA91FF9E4F79FB42C2C2FABC86C7" box="[1217,1395,939,964]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="72">gaoligongensis</emphasis>
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, it is not hard to us to believe that the latter is a derivative of a lineage of taxa which include the former species.
</paragraph>
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The new taxon can be identified by modifying couplet 9 of the key to
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9 Pronotum ovate, as wide as long, ratio PW/PL 0.97­1.0 (present work,
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­ Pronotum cordiform, wider than long, ratio PW/PL not less than 1.1. Ratio EW/PW usually less than 1.53 (if larger, then SBL less than
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9a Sides of elytra markedly parallel; kernel sclerite with dorsal process elongate, narrow and pointed at apex (
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, Figs. 10, 27) ...............................
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