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<mods:namePart>Zhou, Yong</mods:namePart>
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ḆṉḣųƤ
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(
<figureCitation box="[159,293,799,825]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1876,1900]" captionTargetBox="[246,1345,211,1829]" captionTargetId="figure-17@2.[234,1352,181,1852]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Habitus and diagnostic features of Lagria (Lagria) medogensis sp. nov.. A. Dorsal view of male holotype; B. Dorsal view of female paratype (Xizang, Mêdog County, Renqing-beng Mountain, WBḆṉƌḸḂDZƜ); C. Ventral view of holotype, dashed circle indicating the tooth on metasternum; D. Magnified lateral view of partial holotype (not to scale), dashed circle indicating the tooth on metasternum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727794" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7727794/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="414">Figs. 1AD</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation box="[305,375,799,825]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,857,881]" captionTargetBox="[199,1363,199,806]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1436,181,833]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Diagnostic features. AG. Tibiae and aedeagus of Lagria (Lagria) medogensis sp. nov.. A. Male protibia; B. Male mesotibia; C. Male metatibia; D. Female mesotibia, arrows indicating tiny denticles; E. Female metatibia; F. Aedeagus, lateral view; G. Aedeagus, ventral view; HI. Aedeagus of Lagria (Lagria) indicola. H. Lateral view; I. Ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727796" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7727796/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="414">2AG</figureCitation>
)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,274,870,896]" pageId="1" pageNumber="414">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Body unicolor brown except darker head, dorsal surface with short and reclinate hairs (
<figureCitation box="[1287,1423,871,897]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1876,1900]" captionTargetBox="[246,1345,211,1829]" captionTargetId="figure-17@2.[234,1352,181,1852]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Habitus and diagnostic features of Lagria (Lagria) medogensis sp. nov.. A. Dorsal view of male holotype; B. Dorsal view of female paratype (Xizang, Mêdog County, Renqing-beng Mountain, WBḆṉƌḸḂDZƜ); C. Ventral view of holotype, dashed circle indicating the tooth on metasternum; D. Magnified lateral view of partial holotype (not to scale), dashed circle indicating the tooth on metasternum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727794" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7727794/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="414">Figs. 1AC</figureCitation>
); antennomeres elongate; femora clavate, pro-, meso- and metatibia of male all with denticle series, the most prominent one situated proximally (near the femur) (
<figureCitation box="[634,770,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,857,881]" captionTargetBox="[199,1363,199,806]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1436,181,833]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Diagnostic features. AG. Tibiae and aedeagus of Lagria (Lagria) medogensis sp. nov.. A. Male protibia; B. Male mesotibia; C. Male metatibia; D. Female mesotibia, arrows indicating tiny denticles; E. Female metatibia; F. Aedeagus, lateral view; G. Aedeagus, ventral view; HI. Aedeagus of Lagria (Lagria) indicola. H. Lateral view; I. Ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727796" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7727796/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="414">Figs. 2AC</figureCitation>
), meso- and metatibia of female with tiny denticles (
<figureCitation captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,857,881]" captionTargetBox="[199,1363,199,806]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1436,181,833]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Diagnostic features. AG. Tibiae and aedeagus of Lagria (Lagria) medogensis sp. nov.. A. Male protibia; B. Male mesotibia; C. Male metatibia; D. Female mesotibia, arrows indicating tiny denticles; E. Female metatibia; F. Aedeagus, lateral view; G. Aedeagus, ventral view; HI. Aedeagus of Lagria (Lagria) indicola. H. Lateral view; I. Ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727796" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7727796/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="414">Figs. 2DE</figureCitation>
); male metasternum with a sub-triangular tooth in the midline (
<figureCitation box="[929,1063,979,1005]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1876,1900]" captionTargetBox="[246,1345,211,1829]" captionTargetId="figure-17@2.[234,1352,181,1852]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Habitus and diagnostic features of Lagria (Lagria) medogensis sp. nov.. A. Dorsal view of male holotype; B. Dorsal view of female paratype (Xizang, Mêdog County, Renqing-beng Mountain, WBḆṉƌḸḂDZƜ); C. Ventral view of holotype, dashed circle indicating the tooth on metasternum; D. Magnified lateral view of partial holotype (not to scale), dashed circle indicating the tooth on metasternum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727794" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7727794/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="414">Figs. 1CD</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,337,1014,1040]" pageId="1" pageNumber="414">Description</emphasis>
.
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J (
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). Body length
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. Body elongate, moderately widening in posterior half, moderately convex; unicolor brown, except somewhat darker head. Dorsal surface covered with short and reclinate hairs, ventral surface, especially elytral epipleura, metasternum and abdominal sternites with longer hairs.
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,1437,870,2013]" pageId="1" pageNumber="414">Head slightly transverse, coarsely and densely punctate; mouthparts moderately projecting, terminal segment of maxillary palpus broadly trigonal, mandibles strong, naked in sides, labrum transversely cordiform with a weak arc notch in anterior margin, labroclypeal membrane visible, clypeus descending in the front, with anterior margin deeply trigonally emarginate, frontoclypeal suture pit-shaped in the middle but shallow laterally; frons between eyes uneven, with rather coarse punctures of different size; eyes large, slightly bulging, deeply emarginated in middle, interocular distance subequal to eye diameter; vertex not convex, densely punctate; temples rounded posteriorly, 2/3 as long as eye in dorsal view; antennae slender, extending to metacoxae when directed backwards, antennomeres elongate, antennomere 310 gradually shortening in length and broadening in width, antennomere 11 with apex pointed, curved in apical half, subequal to combined length of 2 preceding antennomeres.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="1.[151,1437,870,2013]" pageId="1" pageNumber="414">Prothorax about 1.16× as wide as long, widest at base, moderately constricted before base, convex on central dorsal surface. Pronotum with dense transverse rugae, gently depressed in each side of posterior half; anterior angles inconspicuous, posterior angles somewhat projecting; anterior, posterior margins straight, posterior margins with carina, lateral margins not bordered in dorsal view; prosternum in front of coxae as wide as procoxal cavity; prosternal process quite thin, not elevated. Scutellum long triangular, obtuse at apex.</paragraph>
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Elytra broad, flat on disc, widest before posterior 1/3; elytral length 1.67× as long as combined maximum width and 5.10× as long as pronotum; humeral callosity rounded, separated from disc by shallow impression; punctuation confused, fine and dense, some punctures shallow, indistinct, interspaces subequal to puncture diameter; epipleura entire, gradually narrowing towards apex; elytral margin weak,visible in dorsal view except for the part of elytra under humeral callosity. Mesosternal process tiny, broader than prosternal process, uprising but not as high as the mesocoxae; metasternum convex, with a sub triangular tooth in the midline (
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).
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Legs strong; femora clavate; protibiae gradually broadening from base to apex, mesotibiae contracted in basal 1/3, widest in the middle, all of these tibiae with denticle series on apical half; metatibiae almost equally wide from base to apex, with denticle series on distal 3/4; the most prominent denticle situated proximally (near the femur) in all tibiae (
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); metatarsomere 1 longest, subequal to combined length of 24.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,278,1876,1900]" pageId="2" pageNumber="415">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Habitus and diagnostic features of
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1051,1076,1876,1900]" pageId="2" pageNumber="415">A.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of male holotype;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1413,1436,1876,1900]" pageId="2" pageNumber="415">B.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of female paratype (Xizang, Mêdog County, Renqing-beng Mountain,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[998,1226,1913,1934]" pageId="2" pageNumber="415">WBḆṉƌḸḂDZƜ</emphasis>
);
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1248,1273,1912,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="415">C.</emphasis>
Ventral view of holotype, dashed circle indicating the tooth on metasternum;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[767,791,1948,1972]" pageId="2" pageNumber="415">D.</emphasis>
Magnified lateral view of partial holotype (not to scale), dashed circle indicating the tooth on metasternum.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,275,857,881]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Diagnostic features.
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Tibiae and aedeagus of
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<emphasis box="[791,860,858,881]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Lagria</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[875,944,858,881]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Lagria</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[958,1076,857,881]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">medogensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1082,1163,857,881]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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.
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Male protibia;
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Male mesotibia;
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Male metatibia;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[461,485,893,917]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">D.</emphasis>
Female mesotibia, arrows indicating tiny denticles;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1017,1040,893,917]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">E.</emphasis>
Female metatibia;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1236,1255,893,917]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">F.</emphasis>
Aedeagus, lateral view;
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Aedeagus, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[497,545,929,953]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">HI.</emphasis>
Aedeagus of
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<emphasis box="[685,754,930,953]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Lagria</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[853,939,929,953]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">indicola</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[939,943,929,953]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[948,975,929,953]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">H.</emphasis>
Lateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1121,1137,929,953]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">I.</emphasis>
Ventral view.
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<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,999,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Abdominal ventrites longitudinally convex, faintly punctate, uneven laterally with nearly round impression; the fifth ventrite depressed in central area.</paragraph>
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Aedeagus (
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) strong, curved in lateral view. Parameres slender, with shallowly sinuate outer margins, rounded apically, slightly curved dorsad in profile.
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Female (
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). Body length
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. More robust, more convex in lateral view. Eyes smaller, interocular distance wider, 1.50× as long as eye diameter; antennomeres shorter. Pronotum more transverse, about 1.25× as wide as long. Metasternum not modified in the midline. Femora moderately clavate; protibiae without denticles; mesotibiae gradually broadening from base to apex, with denticle series on apical half; metatibiae curved and denticled in distal 2/3 (
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,333,1323,1349]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Variability.</emphasis>
Male body length
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(n = 3); sometimes antennomeres 7 to 9 with knife-edge on the inner side. Female body length
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(n = 2).
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<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,999,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,363,1395,1421]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Type material</emphasis>
(
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3 JJ
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).
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:
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:
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:
</emphasis>
J (
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), the broken right antennomere 311 and left terminal metatarsus glued to card mount, aedeagus dissected and deposited in vial with glycerin, labelled as follows: 1
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label [elevation handwritten]: “
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/
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</quantity>
” (
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,
<collectingCounty box="[912,1089,1467,1493]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Mêdog County</collectingCounty>
), 2
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label [date handwritten]: “
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<collectingDate box="[162,288,1503,1530]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" value="1980-04-15">1980.IV.15</collectingDate>
</date>
/
<emphasis bold="true" box="[309,484,1504,1527]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">ḔƟū ẴOEħ</emphasis>
” (
<collectorName box="[511,651,1503,1529]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Gen-Tao Jin</collectorName>
&amp; Jian-Yi
<collectorName box="[773,812,1504,1530]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Wu</collectorName>
leg.).
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</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,999,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,319,1539,1565]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">
<typeStatus box="[199,319,1539,1565]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[337,523,1539,1565]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">
<collectingCountry box="[337,414,1539,1565]" name="China" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">China</collectingCountry>
:
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:
</emphasis>
J (
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), 1
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label [handwritten except “
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”]: “
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1139,1307,1540,1563]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">WBḆṉẖḵ</emphasis>
/
<quantity box="[1336,1426,1539,1566]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" unit="m" value="1050.0">
<elevation box="[1336,1426,1539,1566]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" unit="m" value="1050.0">1050 m</elevation>
</quantity>
” (
<collectingMunicipality box="[159,244,1575,1601]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Xizang</collectingMunicipality>
,
<collectingCounty box="[258,430,1575,1601]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Mêdog County</collectingCounty>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1C6A3066DF11FFA833F3768018B224D3:911CD7ABDF13FFAF32DF725C194F226B" box="[443,621,1575,1601]" country="China" county="Medog County" municipality="Xizang" name="Didong Village" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" stateProvince="Xizang">Didong Village</location>
), 2
<superScript attach="left" box="[656,672,1575,1589]" fontSize="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">nd</superScript>
label: “
<date box="[764,893,1575,1602]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" value="1979-11-25">
<collectingDate box="[764,893,1575,1602]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" value="1979-11-25">1979.XI.25</collectingDate>
</date>
/
<emphasis bold="true" box="[919,1097,1576,1599]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">ḔƟū ẴOEħ</emphasis>
” (
<collectorName box="[1126,1267,1575,1601]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Gen-Tao Jin</collectorName>
&amp; Jian-Yi
<collectorName box="[1397,1436,1576,1602]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Wu</collectorName>
leg.)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2003-08-13" collectionCode="MHBU" collectorName="Xizang &amp; Guo-Dong Ren" country="China" county="Medog County" location="Beibeng Town" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Xizang" typeStatus="paratype">
J (
<collectionCode box="[257,347,1611,1637]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">MHBU</collectionCode>
), 1
<superScript attach="left" box="[382,393,1611,1625]" fontSize="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">st</superScript>
label: “
<date box="[483,636,1611,1637]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" value="2003-08-13">
<collectingDate box="[483,636,1611,1637]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" value="2003-08-13">2003-VIII-13</collectingDate>
</date>
/
<emphasis bold="true" box="[663,831,1612,1635]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">WBḆṉüDZ</emphasis>
/
<emphasis bold="true" box="[857,941,1612,1635]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">ÈḌȗ</emphasis>
” (
<collectorName box="[970,1055,1611,1637]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Xizang</collectorName>
,
<collectingCounty box="[1069,1241,1611,1637]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Mêdog County</collectingCounty>
,
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/
<collectorName box="[151,324,1647,1674]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Guo-Dong Ren</collectorName>
leg.)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2015-07-26" collectionCode="IZCAS" collectorName="Hong-Bin Liang &amp; Ming-Qiang Wang" country="China" county="Medog County" elevation="1050" latitude="29.22" location="Renqing-beng Mountain" longLatPrecision="736" longitude="95.26" municipality="Xizang" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Xizang" typeStatus="paratype">
2
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label: “
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/
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/
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</quantity>
”;
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(
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) (
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), 1
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label: “
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">WBḆṉƌ ḸḂDZƜ</emphasis>
/
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<elevation box="[289,376,1683,1710]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.314" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" unit="m" value="1314.0">1314 m</elevation>
</quantity>
/
<date box="[402,539,1683,1710]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" value="2015-07-26">
<collectingDate box="[402,539,1683,1710]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" value="2015-07-26">2015.VII.26</collectingDate>
</date>
D” (
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,
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,
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), 2
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label: “
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[290,465,1720,1743]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Ẍ‼ḏ ƗDzḋ</emphasis>
” (
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&amp;
<collectorName box="[710,919,1719,1746]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Ming-Qiang Wang</collectorName>
leg.)
</materialsCitation>
;
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(
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), 1
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label: “
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1240,1436,1720,1743]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">WBḆṉƌûfl</emphasis>
/
<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,250,1756,1779]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">±ϕ⁂</emphasis>
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<elevation box="[258,329,1755,1782]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.67" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" unit="m" value="667.0">667 m</elevation>
</quantity>
/
<date box="[352,493,1755,1782]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" value="2015-07-25">
<collectingDate box="[352,493,1755,1782]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" value="2015-07-25">2015.VII.25</collectingDate>
</date>
D1” (
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,
<collectingCounty box="[647,818,1755,1781]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Mêdog County</collectingCounty>
,
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), 2
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label: “
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/
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/
<emphasis bold="true" box="[292,376,1792,1815]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Ẍ‼ḏ</emphasis>
” (
<collectorName box="[403,589,1791,1817]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Hong-Bin Liang</collectorName>
leg.)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="416" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,999,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1827,1853]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name of this new species was transcribed from Mêdog County where all
<typeStatus box="[1216,1264,1828,1854]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">type</typeStatus>
materials were collected.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[199,530,1899,1925]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,999,2034]" box="[199,530,1899,1925]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,1899,1925]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry box="[359,430,1899,1925]" name="China" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">China</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion box="[441,525,1899,1925]" country="China" name="Xizang" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Xizang</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="417" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,999,2034]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,151,249]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="417" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1935,1961]" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Remarks.</emphasis>
This species can be readily distinguished by its characteristic tibiae and dorsal surface. In habitus, it resembles
<taxonomicName authority="Merkl, 1991" authorityName="Merkl" authorityYear="1991" box="[271,632,1971,1997]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="416" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schawalleri">
<emphasis box="[271,486,1971,1997]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">Lagria schawalleri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[688,884,1971,1997]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">L. paracomosella</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
(both from the Himalayas), but can be recognized by the following characters: 1) pro-, meso- and metatibiae of male all with denticles (protibiae of
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<emphasis italics="true" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="417" pageId="3" pageNumber="416">L. schawalleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[337,532,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">L. paracomosella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
without denticles); 2) meso- and metatibiae of male all with the most prominent denticle situated proximally (near the femur) (meso- and metatibiae of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Merkl" authorityYear="1991" box="[937,1097,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="417" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schawalleri">
<emphasis box="[937,1097,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">L. schawalleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Merkl" authorityYear="1991" box="[1149,1344,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="417" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paracomosella">
<emphasis box="[1149,1344,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">L. paracomosella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
without prominent denticle); 3) parameres of aedeagus longer and narrower.
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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