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var.
<emphasis id="B908EA808174FFB1FE0AF843FD72F823" box="[461,651,1986,2012]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">erythrocephalus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B908EA808173FFB6FDF6FED3FD4BFE93" box="[561,690,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">substriatus</emphasis>
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Length 5.0
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. Yellowish brown to reddish brown with dark head (
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). Dorsum with dense and coarse punctures. Systematic punctures on clypeus of the same size as ground punctures. Clypeus never impressed in front of eyes (
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), lateral margin distinct narrowed anteriorly. Eyes somewhat emarginate anteriorly (
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). Maxillary palps yellowish brown with infuscate apex (
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), ca 1.3× as long as width of head. Antennae with pedicel slightly shorter than antennomeres 36 combined. Submentum with small glabrous areas medially and with uneven, dense, coarse and strong punctures (
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). Elytra usually with some longitudinal rows of black spots (
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), systematic punctures on pronotum and elytra indistinct (
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). Mesoventrite with a low transverse ridge medially, which does not bear an elevated tooth or projection but with a tuft of long setae (
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). Metaventrite without glabrous area medially. Femora densely pubescent except apical eighth (
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). Aedeagus (
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) ca 2.4× as long as wide. Apex of paramere dilated inwards, rounded near apex, not distinctly angular (dorsal view). Membranous inner sac with several small dentiform bulges on each side, corresponding to a number of sclerotized spines of median lobe that are visible when the median lobe is extended.
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: 1 ♂, Tacheng, Haerdun River dike,
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, Ling Zhao leg.;
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, Yining, Yili River,
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FORM AND COLOUR. Body length 5.0
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, width
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, oval, moderately convex. Head yellowish to dark brown, labrum dark brown or black. Pronotum yellowish to reddish brown (
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). Elytra with same colour as pronotum but with some longitudinal rows of black spots (
<figureCitation id="13472A178173FFB6FB48FB79FB13FAEC" box="[1167,1258,1272,1299]" captionStart="Figs 2631" captionStartId="13.[189,241,1965,1991]" captionTargetBox="[285,1305,265,1912]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[263,1325,248,1922]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figs 2631. Helochares obscurus (Müller, 1776). 2627. Habitus. 26. Dorsal. 27. Ventral. 28. Head and pronotum. 29. Head and prosternum. 30. Mesoventrite. 31. Abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3785488" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3785488/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
). Maxillary palps yellowish brown with last palpomere black apically (
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). Antennae yellowish brown with somewhat dark club. Labial palps reddish or yellowish brown and dark apically (
<figureCitation id="13472A178173FFB6FB45FABFFAF7FAA6" box="[1154,1294,1342,1369]" captionStart="Figs 2631" captionStartId="13.[189,241,1965,1991]" captionTargetBox="[285,1305,265,1912]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[263,1325,248,1922]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figs 2631. Helochares obscurus (Müller, 1776). 2627. Habitus. 26. Dorsal. 27. Ventral. 28. Head and pronotum. 29. Head and prosternum. 30. Mesoventrite. 31. Abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3785488" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3785488/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Figs 2728</figureCitation>
). Ventral side dark brown, legs with apices of femora, tibiae and tarsomeres yellowish brown (
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).
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HEAD. Labrum with fine punctures, systematic punctures detectable. Clypeus broad, anterior margin broadly emarginate, lightly expanded in front of eyes, not impressed in front of eyes (
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), with moderately coarse and dense punctures, systematic punctures of same size as ground punctures (
<figureCitation id="13472A178173FFB6FAD4FA68FA90F9FB" box="[1299,1385,1513,1540]" captionStart="Figs 2631" captionStartId="13.[189,241,1965,1991]" captionTargetBox="[285,1305,265,1912]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[263,1325,248,1922]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figs 2631. Helochares obscurus (Müller, 1776). 2627. Habitus. 26. Dorsal. 27. Ventral. 28. Head and pronotum. 29. Head and prosternum. 30. Mesoventrite. 31. Abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3785488" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3785488/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 28</figureCitation>
). Eyes moderate in size, emarginate anteriorly; interval between eyes ca 4× as wide as one eye. Ground punctures on frons similar to those on clypeus, systematic punctures only slightly coarser than ground punctures. Maxillary palps long and slender, ca 1.3× as long as width of head, 1
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and 2
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palpomeres curved inwards, apical palpomere a little shorter than penultimate, slightly bending inwards. Antennae with 9 antennomeres, scape ca 1.5 × as long as pedicel, pedicel almost as long as antennomeres 36 combined, club loosely segmented, bearing dense pubescence (
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).
<collectingRegion id="49B8F8708173FFB6FBF1F93CFB60F928" box="[1078,1177,1725,1751]" country="Myanmar" name="Chin" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Mentum</collectingRegion>
ca 1.3 × as wide as long, subquadrate, moderately impressed anteromedially, with coarse punctures and wrinkles (
<figureCitation id="13472A178173FFB6FAD6F961FA90F905" box="[1297,1385,1760,1786]" captionStart="Figs 2631" captionStartId="13.[189,241,1965,1991]" captionTargetBox="[285,1305,265,1912]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[263,1325,248,1922]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figs 2631. Helochares obscurus (Müller, 1776). 2627. Habitus. 26. Dorsal. 27. Ventral. 28. Head and pronotum. 29. Head and prosternum. 30. Mesoventrite. 31. Abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3785488" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3785488/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 29</figureCitation>
). Submentum with uneven, coarse punctures and small, glabrous areas medially (
<figureCitation id="13472A178173FFB6FBA4F882FB42F8E2" box="[1123,1211,1795,1821]" captionStart="Figs 2631" captionStartId="13.[189,241,1965,1991]" captionTargetBox="[285,1305,265,1912]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[263,1325,248,1922]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figs 2631. Helochares obscurus (Müller, 1776). 2627. Habitus. 26. Dorsal. 27. Ventral. 28. Head and pronotum. 29. Head and prosternum. 30. Mesoventrite. 31. Abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3785488" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3785488/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 29</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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THORAX. Pronotum ca 2× as wide as long, widest medially; anterior margin and posterior margin almost straight; with punctures as on head, systematic punctures arranged as two transverse oblique rows, almost of same size as ground punctures (
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). Prosternum bulging in middle, not carinate, with transverse groove, protruding anteriorly. Mesoventrite with a low transverse ridge medially, which does not bear an elevated tooth or projection but with a tuft of long setae, behind the ridge, with a low, longitudinal carina between mesocoxae (
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). Metaventrite pubescent, with somewhat convex middle portion, without glabrous area; metepisterna ca 3.5× as long as wide, subparallel. Scutellum triangular, with similar punctures to those on elytra. Ground punctures on elytra similar to those on pronotum, with 2 or 3 rows of indistinct systematic punctures (
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). Epipleura very wide anteriorly, gradually narrowed, reaching level of first visible abdominal sternite. Femora densely pubescent with apical eighth glabrous. Metatarsomeres with dense white hairs ventrally and a few long swimming hairs dorsally. Claws of moderate size, rather strongly curved.
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<emphasis id="B908EA808172FFB7FF7AF82CFEB1F838" bold="true" box="[189,328,1965,1991]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Figs 2631.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B908EA808172FFB7FE88F82CFDBFF838" box="[335,582,1965,1991]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Helochares obscurus</emphasis>
(
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)
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.
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. Habitus. 26. Dorsal. 27. Ventral.
<emphasis id="B908EA808172FFB7FB1BF82CFB00F838" bold="true" box="[1244,1273,1965,1991]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">28</emphasis>
. Head and pronotum.
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. Head and prosternum.
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. Mesoventrite.
<emphasis id="B908EA808172FFB7FC8DF851FC9EF815" bold="true" box="[842,871,2000,2026]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">31</emphasis>
. Abdomen.
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ABDOMEN. All visible abdominal ventrites with dense pubescence; first ventrite not carinate (
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).
</paragraph>
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AEDEAGUS. Ca 2.4× as long as wide. Apex of parameres dilated inwards, rounded near apex, not distinctly angular (dorsal view). Membranous inner sac with several small dentiform bulges on each side, corresponding to a number of sclerotized spines of median lobe, visible when median lobe is extended. Median lobe with spine-formed apex (
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). Apex of median lobe of aedeagus (
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) damaged during our dissection of the unique male. We used the figures of
<bibRefCitation id="EFED4B638171FFB4FB48FC93FAC4FCD3" author="Hansen M." box="[1167,1341,786,812]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" pagination="1 - 254" refId="ref15206" refString="Hansen M. 1987. The Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 18: 1 - 254." type="journal article" year="1987">Hansen (1987)</bibRefCitation>
here for illustration (
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).
</paragraph>
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<heading id="D08B81FE8171FFB4FF7AFCF7FE30FC6F" bold="true" box="[189,457,886,912]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B908EA808171FFB4FF7AFCF7FE30FC6F" bold="true" box="[189,457,886,912]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC336928171FFB4FF7AFC25FCA5FB90" blockId="14.[189,1399,932,1135]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
This species can easily be distinguished from other species occurring in
<collectingCountry id="F36B76028171FFB4FC30FC25FBC4FC41" box="[1015,1085,932,958]" name="China" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">China</collectingCountry>
by its having the pronotum and elytra yellow brown, head only dark between the eyes, elytra with some longitudinal rows of black spots, aedeagus with a membranous inner sac, median lobe with a number of sclerotized spines and with a spine-formed apex. For the differential characters between it and
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<emphasis id="B908EA808171FFB4FC1BFB8EFBAFFBD7" box="[988,1110,1038,1064]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">H. pallens</emphasis>
(McLeay, 1825)
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see the Differential diagnosis of that species. This species is close to the Palaearctic
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<emphasis id="B908EA808171FFB4FB84FBB3FB20FBB4" box="[1091,1241,1074,1099]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">H. punctatus</emphasis>
Sharp, 1869
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. The differential characters were given by
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36665198171FFB4FF7AFB17FE22FAFD" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="discussion">
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<heading id="D08B81FE8171FFB4FF7AFB17FED6FB4F" bold="true" box="[189,303,1174,1200]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B908EA808171FFB4FF7AFB17FED6FB4F" bold="true" box="[189,303,1174,1200]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Remarks</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC336928171FFB4FF7AFB45FE22FAFD" blockId="14.[189,1398,1220,1282]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">This species seems to live in water at the edge of dams and the margins of rivers. Other biological characters are unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36665198171FFB4FF7AFAA8FB5DFA24" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BC336928171FFB4FF7AFAA8FEAFFABC" blockId="14.[189,342,1321,1347]" box="[189,342,1321,1347]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<emphasis id="B908EA808171FFB4FF7AFAA8FEAFFABC" bold="true" box="[189,342,1321,1347]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Distribution</emphasis>
</heading>
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Fikáček
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2015
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