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<emphasis id="8EB13852B311DE72578B093B5892F8FF" bold="true" box="[151,399,1862,1888]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="38">Epicauta missionum</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B311DE72578B09F05872F83C" box="[151,367,1933,1955]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="38">Cantharis missionum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B311DE72578B09D0587BF85D" box="[151,358,1965,1986]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="38">Epicauta missionum</emphasis>
:
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<bibRefCitation id="D85499B1B311DE72556909D65A2CF85E" author="Borchmann" box="[629,817,1963,1985]" pageId="17" pageNumber="38" refString="Borchmann, F. (1917) Coleopterorum catalogus, pars 69, Meloidae, Cephaloidae. Deustche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 17, 1 - 208." type="journal article" year="1917">Borchmann, 1917</bibRefCitation>
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(cat.);
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: 157
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(cat.);
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: 483
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(cat.).
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material examined.
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female: [
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] [Misio-/ nes] [Foto Bruch] [
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7153220EE45D6BFF2F" box="[1086,1142,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Lytta</emphasis>
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/
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7153940EE45C1DFF2F" box="[1160,1280,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">missionum</emphasis>
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/ Berg] [
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575/ 1].
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material remarks.
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In his original publication
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indicates that the species is based on a single female from Misiones, deposited in his collection. Since part of this collection is now at the
<collectionCode id="DAD47C85B312DE7153870F785DC9FE83" box="[1179,1236,261,284]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/66si-588n" name="Museo de La Plata" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">MLP</collectionCode>
, we conclude that this specimen labelled as
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is the
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. This is the only specimen of
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7154FF0F545D67FEDF" box="[995,1146,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">E. missionum</emphasis>
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available for study.
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7157D90F365822FEFB" bold="true" box="[197,319,331,356]" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Cuticle brown; head with a small pale patch on frons; elytra with pale marginal vitta; legs with trochanters and base of femora light-orange. Pubescence of elytra is coincident with cuticle color.
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7157D90FEE58C8FE33" bold="true" box="[197,469,403,428]" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Comparative remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7BC59FC3B312DE7156C00FE85BDCFE33" box="[476,705,405,428]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Epicauta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="missionum">
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7156C00FE85BDCFE33" box="[476,705,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Epicauta missionum</emphasis>
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is similar to
<taxonomicName id="7BC59FC3B312DE7154490FE85AC1FE33" box="[853,988,404,428]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Epicauta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clericalis">
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7154490FE85AC1FE33" box="[853,988,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">E. clericalis</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="7BC59FC3B312DE7153080FE85DA7FE33" box="[1044,1210,404,428]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Epicauta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteolineata">
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7153080FE85DA7FE33" box="[1044,1210,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">E. luteolineata</emphasis>
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in cuticle color, but differs in color pattern of elytra and legs:
<taxonomicName id="7BC59FC3B312DE7155770FC45BEFFE4F" box="[619,754,440,464]" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Epicauta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clericalis">
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7155770FC45BEFFE4F" box="[619,754,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">E. clericalis</emphasis>
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has elytra with two light vittae and legs are brown;
<taxonomicName id="7BC59FC3B312DE7152270FC459F8FE6B" class="Insecta" family="Meloidae" genus="Epicauta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteolineata">
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7152270FC459F8FE6B" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">E. luteolineata</emphasis>
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has elytra with three light vittae and legs are brown; and
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7154720FA05D18FE6B" box="[878,1029,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">E. missionum</emphasis>
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has light marginal elytral vittae and legs are brown with trochanters and basal part of femur light-orange.
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7157D90C5E586EFDA3" bold="true" box="[197,371,547,572]" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Redescription.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7156650C595B1DFDA3" box="[377,512,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Body length</emphasis>
:
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.
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7157DB0C3A5B29FDFF" box="[199,564,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7157DB0C3A58C1FDFF" bold="true" box="[199,476,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Cuticle and pubescence.</emphasis>
Cuticle
</emphasis>
brown; head with pale patch on frons (
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), elytra with pale marginal vitta (Fig. 27), legs with trochanter and base of femur light-brown.
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7154520C115ACFFD1B" box="[846,978,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Pubescence</emphasis>
sparse (1319 setae by lineal mm); head and pronotum light brown, elytra pubescence coincident with cuticle color. Abdominal setae uniformly light brown.
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<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7157DB0CAA5873FD6F" box="[199,366,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7157DB0CAA5834FD6F" bold="true" box="[199,297,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Habitus.</emphasis>
Head
</emphasis>
0.9 times as long as wide (L/A: 1921); mandible strongly curved apically (
<figureCitation id="24FEF8C5B312DE7153D90CAA5C04FD70" box="[1221,1305,727,751]" captionStart="FIGURES 6 11" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1906,1929]" captionTargetBox="[330,1252,208,1740]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[310,1274,195,1758]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 6 11. Epicauta lopardina, 6. Labial palpi with segment III strongly expanded from the basal third to the apex; 7. Maxillary palpi large (three times width) compressed dorso-ventrally, tapering to the base and expanding to apex. E. leopardina: 8. Prementum with central area having ample concavity; E. clericalis: 9. Prementum straight. Mandible dorsal views: E. leopardina: 10 (b, see arrow); E. clericalis 11 (b, see arrow)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/203651/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7152310CA45C81FD6F" box="[1325,1436,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Pronotum</emphasis>
1.2 times as long as wide (L/A: 2119), slightly impressed at apical third in lateral view.
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7153670C815DD3FC8B" box="[1147,1230,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Elytron</emphasis>
wider from apical third to apex; apex one third wider than base.
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7155B50D5C5BC3FCA7" box="[681,734,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Legs</emphasis>
with adhesive setae of tarsal segments uniformly distributed.
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE71578B0D3959C0FCC3" box="[151,221,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Claws</emphasis>
with dorsal blade curved at apex, ventral blade slightly curved, broader than dorsal blade near apical third; hind tibia spurs acuminate, hollow; inner spine rotated inwards.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F4DFB7CBB312DE7157D90DF65D86FC58" pageId="18" pageNumber="39" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="BC7AE440B312DE7157D90DF65DC5FC3B" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,1039]" box="[197,1240,907,932]" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7157D90DF65843FC3B" bold="true" box="[197,350,907,932]" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Distribution.</emphasis>
Map (
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). Known from Misiones,
<collectingCountry id="C4D2A4D0B312DE7154070DF15A97FC3B" box="[795,906,908,932]" name="Argentina" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D85499B1B312DE7154850DF15DD6FC3B" author="Adams" box="[921,1227,908,932]" pageId="18" pageNumber="39" refString="Adams, C. L. &amp; Selander, R. B. (1979) The biology of blister beetles of the vittata group of the genus Epicauta (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 162, 137 - 266." type="journal article" year="1979">Adams and Selander, 1979</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC7AE440B312DE7157D90DCD5D86FC58" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,1039]" box="[197,1179,943,968]" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7157D90DCD584BFC57" bold="true" box="[197,342,944,968]" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Host Plants.</emphasis>
There is no available information about plant associations for this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F4DFB7CBB312DE7157D90DAE59EBFB90" pageId="18" pageNumber="39" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="BC7AE440B312DE7157D90DAE59EBFB90" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,1039]" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="8EB13852B312DE7157D90DAE58B3FC73" bold="true" box="[197,430,979,1004]" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Material examined.</emphasis>
One specimen from
<collectingCountry id="C4D2A4D0B312DE71558A0DA95A1BFC73" box="[662,774,980,1004]" name="Argentina" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">Argentina</collectingCountry>
belongs to the following collection
<collectionCode id="DAD47C85B312DE71538B0DA85DC8FC73" box="[1175,1237,981,1004]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/66si-588n" name="Museo de La Plata" pageId="18" pageNumber="39">MLP</collectionCode>
: Misiones, Puerto Aguirre.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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