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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF4852AFF66F92BFE76F967" bold="true" box="[151,401,1703,1729]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Ateuchus earthorum</emphasis>
Kohlmann &amp; Solís
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,
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(
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF4852AFF66F89BFEFAF897" bold="true" box="[151,285,1815,1841]" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
This species is distinguished from other Costa Rican species by the following combination of characters: head disc finely punctured with coarse punctures at anterior margin; pronotum finely punctured with coarse punctures at the base of the pronotal midline; anterior pronotal margin incomplete; eyes viewed from above 3 times longer than wide; head and pronotum with coppery red reflections; body oval; profemur coarsely punctured; proepimeron without punctures; elytra not shagreened; pygidium very convex; last abdominal segment broad; internal sac with three hooks.
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF5852BFF66F99CFEFEF98E" bold="true" box="[151,281,1552,1576]" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of a male
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF5852BFDE3F99CFD0DF981" box="[530,746,1552,1575]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Ateuchus earthorum</emphasis>
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.
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description:
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Male (
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). Total length
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. Elytral width
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. Body slightly ovoid and convex, dorsum dark brown, head and pronotum with strong cupreous red reflections; venter dark brown.
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<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF5852BFF37F92FFDD2F8AC" blockId="1.[151,1437,1621,2034]" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Clypeal margin coarsely punctate and broadly V-shaped, tooth on each side rounded, lateral margin arcuate, dorsal surface of head finely punctate and granulate, frons and vertex feebly tumid, eye dorsally small (ten times the interocular distance).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF5852BFF37F89BFDF4F8D8" blockId="1.[151,1437,1621,2034]" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Pronotum finely punctate and granulate, moderately punctate at posterior end of midline, midline impressed only one-third pronotal length, anterior pronotal margin incomplete. Proepisternum finely wrinkled, proepimeron granular.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF5852BFF37F807FE6FF854" blockId="1.[151,1437,1621,2034]" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Elytral surface smooth and shiny; striae slightly impressed, more strongly so anteriorly; striae feebly punctate, intervals slightly convex. Pygidium very convex, surface slightly granulate and minutely punctate, completely grooved.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF68528FF66FAF5FEFEFA37" bold="true" box="[151,281,1401,1425]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Internal sac of the aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF68528FD9AFAF5FCA3FA36" box="[619,836,1401,1424]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Ateuchus earthorum</emphasis>
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. Line = 1 mm
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</caption>
<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF68528FF37FA4DFC15F98E" blockId="2.[151,1437,1473,2002]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Protibia quadridentate, basal tooth small, protibial spur oval; apical one-half of profemur ventrally coarsely punctate, punctures extending along posterior margin to base of femur, punctate area black; mesofemur and metafemur short, thick, with minute punctures near apex.</paragraph>
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Internal sac of the aedeagus (
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) with three hooks, one small, two large; three apical lamellae; and a well-developed, spiny fascies.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF68528FF34F90EFEC0F8B6" blockId="2.[151,1437,1473,2002]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF68528FF34F90EFEA6F93A" bold="true" box="[197,321,1666,1692]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Allotype:</emphasis>
Female. Total length:
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. Elytral width:
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. Differs from the
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by the following characters: Clypeal margin anteriorly moderately V-shaped, anterior clypeal border moderately punctate, protibia with acute, slender spur slightly bent apically; last abdominal segment broader, pygidium less convex.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF68528FF34F891FDC6F8F8" blockId="2.[151,1437,1473,2002]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF68528FF34F891FEACF891" bold="true" box="[197,331,1821,1847]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Variation:</emphasis>
Total length:
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. Elytral width:
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. The color intensity varies of the cupreous-red head and pronotum.
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF68528FF34F8E6FE58F822" bold="true" box="[197,447,1898,1924]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Material Examined</emphasis>
(
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):
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<typeStatus id="54CF882DFFF68528FD7EF8E6FCE2F822" box="[655,773,1898,1924]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
,
</emphasis>
male:
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: Est. Cacao,
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SW del Cerro Cacao, Prov. Guanacaste,
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,
<date id="FFCA104FFFF68528FDC3F81DFD0AF80D" box="[562,749,1937,1963]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" value="1995-09-12" valueMax="1995-09-14" valueMin="1995-09-12">1214SET1995</date>
, C.
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, caca de caballo. L_N _323100_375800, #6292.
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF68528FF1EF83BFE87F877" bold="true" box="[239,352,1975,2001]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Allotype,</emphasis>
female:
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF68528FE37F834FDF2F877" box="[454,533,1976,2001]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">ibidem</emphasis>
.
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<typeStatus id="54CF882DFFF68528FDD4F83BFD43F877" box="[549,676,1975,2001]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF68528FD40F834FCEFF877" box="[689,776,1976,2001]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">ibidem,</emphasis>
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,
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;
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF68528FC08F834FBAFF877" box="[1017,1096,1976,2001]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">ibidem</emphasis>
, caca de mono,
<specimenCount id="9D72FD06FFF68528FAF6F834FA8AF874" box="[1287,1389,1976,2002]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FF34FF1BFEA4FF17" bold="true" box="[197,323,151,177]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Remarks:</emphasis>
This species will key to
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FD86FF14FD3AFF17" box="[631,733,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">A. ginae</emphasis>
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in Kohlmanns (1997) key. These species are cryptic and cannot be separated on the grounds of external morphology; only the internal sac differences will distinguish them. In both species there are three hooks, two are long and similar and the third is long and like a simple bar in
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FF49FE80FEF8FE83" box="[184,287,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">A. ginae</emphasis>
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, whereas it is short and spine-like in
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FD07FE80FC7CFE83" box="[758,923,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">A. earthorum</emphasis>
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(
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). These sac-hooks morphological differences are not only consistent (external morphology can be very variable and misleading) and geographically circumscribed to Cacao volcano, but also typical for separating
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FBB5FED5FB57FED4" box="[1092,1200,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Ateuchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species (
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,
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,
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). Moreover, the ecology and geology are also critical; the Guanacaste volcanoes are a wellknown species generating area for small-sized dung beetle taxa like
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FC49FE2BFBC3FE66" box="[952,1060,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Ateuchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FBC2FE2BFB5AFE66" box="[1075,1213,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Canthidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FB0FFE2BFA7BFE66" box="[1278,1436,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Onthophagus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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,
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,
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, Kohlmann
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FB5CFE41FB04FE40" box="[1197,1251,461,486]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">et al</emphasis>
. 2007,
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) and for plants (
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,
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, and
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) as well (Kohlmann
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FB28FE78FAEBFDAB" box="[1241,1292,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">et al</emphasis>
. accepted).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF78529FF34FD96FD6FFDFD" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,954]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FF34FD96FEC8FD92" bold="true" box="[197,303,538,564]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Habitat:</emphasis>
The new species lives in mountain tropical forest at
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and has been collected in September in horse manure and from monkeys dung.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36E6504FFF78529FF34FDEBFC35FCE5" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF78529FF34FDEBFD5EFD0E" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,954]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FF34FDEBFD6EFD27" bold="true" box="[197,649,615,641]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
Geographical distribution (
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):
</emphasis>
The new species is so far only known from the Pacific slope of Cacao volcano, in the province of Guanacaste.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF78529FF34FD39FBD7FD50" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,954]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FF34FD39FE04FD69" bold="true" box="[197,483,693,719]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Chorological affinities:</emphasis>
The new species is found at the same altitude, in the Guanacaste Cordillera, as its sister species,
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FECEFD50FE47FD53" box="[319,416,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">A. ginae</emphasis>
Kohlmann
</taxonomicName>
, in the Central Cordillera (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF78529FF34FC8EFC35FCE5" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,954]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FF34FC8EFDF4FCBA" bold="true" box="[197,531,770,796]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Taxonomic relationships:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FDEDFC8EFCFDFCBD" box="[540,794,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Ateuchus earthorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is hypothesized to be the sister species to
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<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FAC5FC8EFA7AFCBD" box="[1332,1437,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">A. ginae</emphasis>
Kohlmann
</taxonomicName>
based on shared morphological characters discussed above.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36E6504FFF78529FF34FCC3FE0CFC1C" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BCB368FFFF78529FF34FCC3FE0CFC1C" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,954]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="B900EA9DFFF78529FF34FCC3FEBCFCCF" bold="true" box="[197,347,847,873]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Etymology:</emphasis>
The name is a Latinized noun in the genitive case. This species is dedicated to EARTH University in
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, an institution committed to the sustainable development of the humid tropics, to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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