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<emphasis id="B913EACD054F4308FF3DF2A7FEE25802" bold="true" box="[151,327,743,769]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">Brachelytrium</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B913EACD054F4308FEF2F2A7FDBD5802" bold="true" box="[344,536,743,769]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">Elytrobrachium</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B913EACD054F4308FD83F2A7FD0A5802" bold="true" box="[553,687,743,769]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">metallicum</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="135C2A5A054F4308FF35F34AFF575827" box="[159,242,778,804]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 8. 1 6" captionStartId="2.[151,271,1823,1847]" captionTargetBox="[154,1433,814,1788]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,807,1802]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 8. 1 6, dorsal habitus of six new species of Brachelytrium (Brachelytrium): Fig. 1, B. nigrum sp. nov., holotype, 5.6 mm (maximum length); Fig. 2, B. mauritanicum sp. nov., holotype, 4.3 mm; Fig. 3, B. beninense sp. nov., holotype, 4.7 mm; Fig. 4, B. niehuisi sp. nov., holotype, 5.0 mm; Fig. 5, B. purpureiventre; sp. nov., holotype, 5.2 mm; Fig. 6, B. aeneum sp. nov., holotype, 5.8 mm; and Figures 6, 7, dorsal habitus of two new species of Brachelytrium (Elytrobrachium): Fig. 7, B. caeruleum sp. nov., holotype, 3.8 mm; Fig. 8, B. metallicum sp. nov., holotype, 4.6 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/199913/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">Figs. 8</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135C2A5A054F4308FF55F34AFEBB5827" box="[255,286,778,804]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 23. 9 20" captionStartId="3.[151,271,1355,1379]" captionTargetBox="[156,1431,209,1325]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,194,1334]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 9 23. 9 20, dorsal aspect of male genitalia of Brachelytrium (Brachelytrium): Fig. 9, B. nigrum, sp. nov.; Fig. 10, B. africanum (Pochon, 1972); Fig. 11, B. beninense, sp. nov.; Fig. 12, B. niehuisi, sp. nov.; Fig. 13, B. transvalense Obenberger, 1923; Fig. 14, B. lesnei Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 15, B. straussae Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 16, B. holmi Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 17, B. fissifrons Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 18, B. namibiense Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 19, B. tanzaniense Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 20, B. gibbicolle Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; and Figures 21 23 of Brachelytrium (Elytrobrachium): Fig. 21, B. blairi (Obenberger, 1931); Fig. 22, B. metallicum, sp. nov.; Fig. 23, B. ventrale (Kerremans, 1911). Figures 10, 13 21, 23 are those used in Bílý &amp; Bellamy (2000) where no scale bars were used. The scale bars for Figs. 9, 11, 12 and 22 = 1.0 mm and are approximately to scale for the remaining figures, all drawn by the senior author from the same magnification originally, with slight scale adjustments in the creation of this plate. Figures 9 20 are to the scale of 9, 11 and 12, while Figures 21 and 23 are to the scale of 22." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/199914/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">22</figureCitation>
)
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<emphasis id="B913EACD054F4308FF3DF30DFE0B5864" bold="true" box="[151,430,845,871]" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">Specimens examined.</emphasis>
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, male (NMPC):
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bor., Nyagui riv. vall.,
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E of Bindura,
<date id="FFD9101F054F4308FF3DF332FE83588F" box="[151,294,882,908]" pageId="8" pageNumber="23" value="1998-12-16">16.xii.1998</date>
, F. Kantner leg.; Allotype, female (NMPC):
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, Lusaka,
<date id="FFD9101F054F4308FB81F332FBC6588F" box="[1067,1123,882,908]" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">17.i.</date>
[19]99, Minetti leg.; one
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, male (NMPC):
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, Tsavo W Nat. Park, 03°30΄S 38°16΄E,
<date id="FFD9101F054F4308FC71F3D8FBE958B1" box="[987,1100,920,946]" pageId="8" pageNumber="23" value="2005-11-07">7.xi.2005</date>
, Curletti &amp; Sakalian leg.
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<emphasis id="B913EACD054F4308FF6CF3FDFEE358D4" bold="true" box="[198,326,957,983]" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Medium-sized to large (
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), moderately convex, subparallel; dorsal surface golden green (male) or blue (female), pronotal disc darkened; ventral surface golden green with blue tinge (male) or blue-green (female); entire body asetose, prosternal process with several short, white, recumbent setae.
</paragraph>
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Description of the male
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.
</emphasis>
Length:
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; width:
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. Head relatively small, as wide as anterior pronotal margin; anterior margin of frontoclypeus very slightly emarginate, nearly straight; frons very finely depressed, narrowed dorsally; vertex as wide as width of eye; eyes large, reniform, slightly projecting beyond outline of head, inner margins slightly S-shaped; antennae short, reaching mid-length of lateral pronotal margins; scape nearly straight, pyriform, 4 times as long as wide; pedicel ovoid, 1.5 times as long as wide; antennomere 3 slightly triangular, 1.5 times as long as wide; antennomere 4 widely, obtusely triangular, 1.2 times as wide as long; antennomeres 510 trapezoidal, 1.31.5 times as wide as long; terminal antennomere rhomboid, slightly longer than wide; sculpture of head consisting of rather rough, polygonal cells with microsculptured backround.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD836DF054F4308FF6FF53DFB175D2F" blockId="8.[151,1437,845,2028]" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">Pronotum nearly cordiform, 1.6 times as wide as long with well-developed lateroposterior depressions; disc regularly convex; anterior margin widely emarginate with indistinct median lobe, posterior margin very finely biarcuate; lateral margins regularly rounded at anterior half, nearly straight at posterior half; sculpture consisting of regular, polygonal cells with nearly indistinct central grains; cells on lateroanterior portion of disc slightly prolonged toward anterior angles. Scutellum flat, cordiform, as wide as long.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD836DF054F4308FF6FF678FE2A5DC1" blockId="8.[151,1437,845,2028]" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">Elytra subparallel, 1.8 times as long as wide, regularly convex; humeral swellings small; transverse, basal depression shallow, wide, not reaching scutellum; apical 1/5 widely, separately rounded; epipleuron welldeveloped, rather wide, extending to apex; sculpture fine, nearly tile-shaped, somewhat transversely rugose on postscutellar portion.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD836DF054F4308FF6FF68DFD795C54" blockId="8.[151,1437,845,2028]" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">Ventral surface lustrous, widely ocellate without central grains; abdominal ventrites very finely ocellate; anal ventrite widely rounded, finely serrate laterally. Legs relatively short, slender, meso- and metatibiae slightly enlarged distally; tarsi slender, tarsomeres 14 with well-developed adhesive pads. Tarsal claws fine, slightly hook-shaped, somewhat enlarged at base.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD836DF054F4308FF6FF722FE135CA1" blockId="8.[151,1437,845,2028]" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">
Aedeagus (
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) rather robust, parameres somewhat constricted posteriad mid-length, median lobe sharply pointed apically.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD836DF054F4308FF6FF7EDFEB05CEF" blockId="8.[151,1437,845,2028]" pageId="8" pageNumber="23">Sexual dimorphism. The female differs from the male by the larger and somewhat stouter body and blue coloration.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FF6FF0D7FE215BB2" bold="true" box="[197,388,151,177]" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">Measurements.</emphasis>
Length:
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; width: 1.92.0 mm.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37D6554054E4309FF6FF0FDFD875BFF" pageId="9" pageNumber="24" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BD836DF054E4309FF6FF0FDFD875BFF" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,476]" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FF6FF0FDFEF15BD4" bold="true" box="[197,340,189,215]" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin substantive “
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FB82F0FDFB3D5BD5" box="[1064,1176,189,214]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">metallum</emphasis>
” (metal) to stress the metallic coloration of the species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37D6554054E4309FF6FF147FC8F5ADF" pageId="9" pageNumber="24" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FF6FF147FEC05A22" bold="true" box="[197,357,263,289]" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F370764F054E4309FEC6F148FE1E5A21" box="[364,443,264,290]" name="Kenya" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">Kenya</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F370764F054E4309FE62F148FD815A21" box="[456,548,264,290]" name="Zambia" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">Zambia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F370764F054E4309FD9AF148FD145A21" box="[560,689,264,290]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD836DF054E4309FF6FF16DFC8F5ADF" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,476]" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FF6FF16DFE425A44" bold="true" box="[197,487,301,327]" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FE5AF16DFD075A45" box="[496,674,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">Brachelytrium</emphasis>
(
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.)
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FD49F16DFCC95A45" box="[739,876,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">metallicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
resembles by its body-shape
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<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FAE0F16DFAF95A45" box="[1354,1372,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">B</emphasis>
. (
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.)
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FF3DF112FF585A68" box="[151,253,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">ventrale</emphasis>
(
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)
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from which it differs by the metallic, golden green (male) or blue (female) coloration (bronze with purple or violet frons in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D5C054E4309FD64F138FC265A92" box="[718,899,376,402]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Brachelytrium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ventrale" subGenus="Elytrobrachium">
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FD64F138FD455A92" box="[718,736,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">B</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FD53F138FCAE5A92" box="[761,779,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">E</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FC89F138FC265A92" box="[803,899,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">ventrale</emphasis>
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), deeper lateroposterior pronotal depressions, indistinct central grains on pronotum, fiely serrate margins of anal ventrite (smooth in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D5C054E4309FB22F1DDFA995AB5" box="[1160,1340,413,439]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Brachelytrium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ventrale" subGenus="Elytrobrachium">
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FB22F1DDFB3F5AB5" box="[1160,1178,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">B</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FB18F1DDFB615AB5" box="[1202,1220,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">E</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B913EACD054E4309FB76F1DDFA995AB5" box="[1244,1340,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">ventrale</emphasis>
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) and by the slightly different male genitalia (
<figureCitation id="135C2A5A054E4309FDE8F182FD335ADF" box="[578,662,450,476]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 23. 9 20" captionStartId="3.[151,271,1355,1379]" captionTargetBox="[156,1431,209,1325]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,194,1334]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 9 23. 9 20, dorsal aspect of male genitalia of Brachelytrium (Brachelytrium): Fig. 9, B. nigrum, sp. nov.; Fig. 10, B. africanum (Pochon, 1972); Fig. 11, B. beninense, sp. nov.; Fig. 12, B. niehuisi, sp. nov.; Fig. 13, B. transvalense Obenberger, 1923; Fig. 14, B. lesnei Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 15, B. straussae Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 16, B. holmi Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 17, B. fissifrons Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 18, B. namibiense Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 19, B. tanzaniense Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 20, B. gibbicolle Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; and Figures 21 23 of Brachelytrium (Elytrobrachium): Fig. 21, B. blairi (Obenberger, 1931); Fig. 22, B. metallicum, sp. nov.; Fig. 23, B. ventrale (Kerremans, 1911). Figures 10, 13 21, 23 are those used in Bílý &amp; Bellamy (2000) where no scale bars were used. The scale bars for Figs. 9, 11, 12 and 22 = 1.0 mm and are approximately to scale for the remaining figures, all drawn by the senior author from the same magnification originally, with slight scale adjustments in the creation of this plate. Figures 9 20 are to the scale of 9, 11 and 12, while Figures 21 and 23 are to the scale of 22." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/199914/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
vs.
<figureCitation id="135C2A5A054E4309FD6CF182FCB85ADF" box="[710,797,450,476]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 23. 9 20" captionStartId="3.[151,271,1355,1379]" captionTargetBox="[156,1431,209,1325]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,194,1334]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 9 23. 9 20, dorsal aspect of male genitalia of Brachelytrium (Brachelytrium): Fig. 9, B. nigrum, sp. nov.; Fig. 10, B. africanum (Pochon, 1972); Fig. 11, B. beninense, sp. nov.; Fig. 12, B. niehuisi, sp. nov.; Fig. 13, B. transvalense Obenberger, 1923; Fig. 14, B. lesnei Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 15, B. straussae Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 16, B. holmi Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 17, B. fissifrons Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 18, B. namibiense Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 19, B. tanzaniense Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; Fig. 20, B. gibbicolle Bílý &amp; Bellamy, 2000; and Figures 21 23 of Brachelytrium (Elytrobrachium): Fig. 21, B. blairi (Obenberger, 1931); Fig. 22, B. metallicum, sp. nov.; Fig. 23, B. ventrale (Kerremans, 1911). Figures 10, 13 21, 23 are those used in Bílý &amp; Bellamy (2000) where no scale bars were used. The scale bars for Figs. 9, 11, 12 and 22 = 1.0 mm and are approximately to scale for the remaining figures, all drawn by the senior author from the same magnification originally, with slight scale adjustments in the creation of this plate. Figures 9 20 are to the scale of 9, 11 and 12, while Figures 21 and 23 are to the scale of 22." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/199914/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="24">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
).
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