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Figs. 1-12. Tegmen and aedeagus (dorsal aspect) of 
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, J from Italy, Rome. 7-8 – 
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, J from Turkey, Giresun province, Kümbet. 9-10 – 
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, J paratype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen. 11-12 – 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA5FFCBFF53F9B3FEBECF35" box="[168,317,1631,1650]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="15">M. chlorocupreus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2021738FFA5FFCBFEBFF98CFE09CF35" box="[324,394,1631,1650]" pageId="4" pageNumber="15" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. Scale bar = 0.20 mm.
</paragraph>
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Figs. 13-19. 13-16 – tegmen and aedeagus (dorsal aspect) of 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA4FFCAFD7BFA2AFD5ECF4B" box="[640,733,1529,1548]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="16">Meligethes</emphasis>
Stephens, 1830
</taxonomicName>
. 13-14 – 
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA4FFCAFC41FA2AFC50CF4C" box="[954,979,1529,1547]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="16">M.</emphasis>
sp. 
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cf. 
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA4FFCAFBE8FA2AFF42CF61" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="16">praetermissus</emphasis>
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, J from China, Zhejiang Province, Long Wan Shan nature reserve; 15-16 – 
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA4FFCAFCBBF9C7FC17CF61" authority="Audisio &amp; Jelínek &amp; Cooter, 2005" authorityName="Audisio &amp; Jelínek &amp; Cooter" authorityYear="2005" box="[832,916,1555,1574]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bocaki" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA4FFCAFCBBF9C7FC17CF61" box="[832,916,1555,1574]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="16">M. bocaki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2021738FFA4FFCAFC62F9C7FC5ECF60" box="[921,989,1556,1575]" pageId="5" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui. 17-19 – ovipositor (ventral aspect). 17 – 
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA4FFCAFD60F9FCFC98CF06" authority="Audisio &amp; Jelínek &amp; Cooter, 2005" authorityName="Audisio &amp; Jelínek &amp; Cooter" authorityYear="2005" box="[667,795,1582,1601]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="difficiloides" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA4FFCAFD60F9FCFC98CF06" box="[667,795,1582,1601]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="16">M. difficiloides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2021738FFA4FFCAFCDBF9FCFCE7CF05" box="[800,868,1583,1602]" pageId="5" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♀ paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 18 – 
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA4FFCAFEE7F99AFEFBCF1B" authority="Audisio &amp; Jelínek &amp; Cooter, 2005" authorityName="Audisio &amp; Jelínek &amp; Cooter" authorityYear="2005" box="[284,376,1609,1628]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="abditus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA4FFCAFEE7F99AFEFBCF1B" box="[284,376,1609,1628]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="16">M. abditus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2021738FFA4FFCAFE7BF99AFE44CF1B" box="[384,455,1609,1628]" pageId="5" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♀ paratype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 19 – 
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA4FFCAFC31F99AFBA2CF1B" authority="Audisio &amp; Jelínek &amp; Cooter, 2005" authorityName="Audisio &amp; Jelínek &amp; Cooter" authorityYear="2005" box="[970,1057,1609,1628]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bocaki" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA4FFCAFC31F99AFBA2CF1B" box="[970,1057,1609,1628]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="16">M. bocaki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2021738FFA4FFCAFBD2F99AFF1ACF30" pageId="5" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♀ paratype from Yunnan Province, Luo Shui. Scale bar = 0.20 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C35F25DAFFA7FFC9FF6CFF0CFF3ACB70" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA7FFC9FF6CFF0CFF3ACB70" blockId="6.[151,1127,223,1655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA7FFC9FF6CFF0CFE88C9B0" bold="true" box="[151,267,223,247]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Medium-sized (length 
<quantity id="4CBDDBB4FFA7FFC9FE05FF0CFDF8C9B0" box="[510,635,223,247]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.55" metricValueMax="2.6" metricValueMin="2.5" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" unit="mm" value="2.55" valueMax="2.6" valueMin="2.5">2.5-2.6 mm</quantity>
), blackish-brown with yellowish to orange legs and antennae (antennal club orange-brown), and relatively short golden pubescence. General appearance (
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA7FFC9FEE4FECCFEECC870" box="[287,367,287,311]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="8.[151,190,1514,1533]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetId="figure-11@8.[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs. 24-27. Body outlines of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 24 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 25 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 26 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J holotype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 27 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui. Scale bar = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174112" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174112/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
) similar to shortened specimens of the Euroasiatic 
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA7FFC9FC64FEF3FF55C810" authority="(Heer, 1841)" baseAuthorityName="Heer" baseAuthorityYear="1841" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="difficilis">
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA7FFC9FC64FEF3FB9FC870" box="[927,1052,287,311]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">M. difficilis</emphasis>
(Heer, 1841)
</taxonomicName>
, but with pronotal surface slightly more convex, with slightly deeper and coarser pronotal punctures, and truncate anterior margin of clypeus. Metasternum in male with shallow triangular impression in posterior two thirds, with two moderately raised and wide prominences in the middle, each separated from the other by nearly the same distance separating the mesocoxae. Last ventral sternite in male with a distinct emargination in the middle of posterior margin, which is slightly raised and markedly shining. Front tibiae as in 
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA7FFC9FC5DFE0CFC77C8B0" box="[934,1012,479,503]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="7.[113,153,842,861]" captionTargetBox="[136,1065,220,810]" captionTargetId="figure-270@7.[136,1065,220,810]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs. 20-23. Right front tibiae of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 20 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 21 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 22 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 23 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui (23). Scale bar = 0.20 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174110" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174110/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
, similar to those of 
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA7FFC9FF14FDD3FEEBCB50" baseAuthorityName="Heer" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[239,360,511,535]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="difficilis">
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA7FFC9FF14FDD3FEEBCB50" box="[239,360,511,535]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">M. difficilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but slightly narrower. Male genitalia as in 
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. Ovipositor as in 
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA7FFC9FBC7FE2CFF36CB70" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="4.[151,190,1524,1543]" captionTargetBox="[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetId="figure-11@4.[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figs. 1-12. Tegmen and aedeagus (dorsal aspect) of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 1-2 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. 3-4 – M. dieckmanni Audisio &amp; Jelínek, 1984, J from Turkey, Kars province, Göle. 5-6 – M. difficilis (Heer, 1841), J from Italy, Rome. 7-8 – M. atrovirens Jelínek, 1982, J from Turkey, Giresun province, Kümbet. 9-10 – M. abditus sp. nov., J paratype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen. 11-12 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. Scale bar = 0.20 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174106/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35F25DAFFA7FFC8FF6CFDECFD9ECD29" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="18" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA7FFC9FF6CFDECFBC8CBD0" blockId="6.[151,1127,223,1655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA7FFC9FF6CFDECFEA2CB10" bold="true" box="[151,289,575,599]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Description.</emphasis>
Male 
<typeStatus id="54FEC8F3FFA7FFC9FE9DFDECFE45CB10" box="[358,454,575,599]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
. Length 
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; breadth (at widest point of elytra) 
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. Scarcely elongate and rather convex (
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); blackish-brown, with short golden pubescence. Legs yellowish to orange. Antennae yellowish to orange, with slightly darker club.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA7FFC9FF4DFD4CFB9FCA70" blockId="6.[151,1127,223,1655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">
Head with dorsal punctures slightly larger than eye facets, strongly impressed, separated by less than one diameter, surface between them smooth; front margin of clypeus completely and distinctly bordered, distinctly truncate and with obtusely pointed lateral angles. Frontogeneal furrows distinct and complete. Antennae of normal size for the species group (
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA7FFC9FBF6FD2CFBD8CA50" box="[1037,1115,767,791]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="8.[151,190,1514,1533]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetId="figure-11@8.[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs. 24-27. Body outlines of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 24 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 25 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 26 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J holotype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 27 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui. Scale bar = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174112" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174112/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
), third antennomere slender, slightly shorter than second; antennal club medium-sized.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA7FFC9FF4DFC93FC3FCAF0" blockId="6.[151,1127,223,1655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">
Pronotum 1.85 times as wide as long, broadest at posterior fourth (
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA7FFC9FC61FCECFC6ECA10" box="[922,1005,831,855]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="8.[151,190,1514,1533]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetId="figure-11@8.[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs. 24-27. Body outlines of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 24 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 25 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 26 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J holotype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 27 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui. Scale bar = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174112" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174112/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
), narrowed anteriorly; sides narrowly bordered, not explanate; with posterior angles obtuse but distinct. Base slightly sinuate near scutellum; punctures larger, coarser, and deeper than on head, separated by less than one diameter, surface between them smooth and shining.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA7FFC9FF4DFC6CFF4BCD10" blockId="6.[151,1127,223,1655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Scutellum medium-sized, densely punctate throughout; surface between punctures with faint trace of microreticulation. Elytra 1.05 times as long as wide, broadest at basal second fifth, distinctly wider than pronotum (1.18 times); humeri feebly raised, humeral striae indistinct; elytral punctures as on pronotum, surface between them smooth, without microreticulation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA7FFC9FF4DFB8CFD56CCD0" blockId="6.[151,1127,223,1655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Ventral surface blackish-brown, with fine short pubescence. Prosternal antennal furrows strongly impressed. Prosternal process rather long and sub-parallel, slightly wider than antennal club, with slightly wider and obtusely rounded apex; punctures similar to those on head, surface between them rather shining. Mesosternum with hind margin straight. Metasternum with shallow triangular impression in posterior two thirds, in the middle with two moderately raised and wide prominences separated by nearly the same distance separating the mesocoxae; punctures and the spaces between as on frons, but sparser. Caudal marginal line of hind coxal cavity following closely to posterior edge of cavity and turning back prior to outer end. Last visible abdominal sternite in male with distinct emargination in the middle of posterior margin, which is slightly raised and markedly shining.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA7FFC9FF4DFA73FDA6CF50" blockId="6.[151,1127,223,1655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">
Front tibiae (
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA7FFC9FEC5FA4CFE09CCF0" box="[318,394,1439,1463]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="7.[113,153,842,861]" captionTargetBox="[136,1065,220,810]" captionTargetId="figure-270@7.[136,1065,220,810]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs. 20-23. Right front tibiae of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 20 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 21 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 22 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 23 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui (23). Scale bar = 0.20 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174110" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174110/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
) similar to those of 
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA7FFC9FDA7FA73FD55CCF0" baseAuthorityName="Heer" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[604,726,1439,1463]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="difficilis">
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA7FFC9FDA7FA73FD55CCF0" box="[604,726,1439,1463]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">M. difficilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but narrower, with outer edges finely crenulate from basal third, with a subapical group of 3-5 larger and sharper teeth; front tarsi as wide as antennal club; hind tibiae moderately narrow, with inner edges regularly arcuate, not sinuate (
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); tarsal claws simple.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA7FFC9FF4DF9CCFE89CF30" blockId="6.[151,1127,223,1655]" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">
Genitalia. Tegmen (
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA7FFC9FE72F9CCFE4ACF70" box="[393,457,1567,1591]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="4.[151,190,1524,1543]" captionTargetBox="[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetId="figure-11@4.[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figs. 1-12. Tegmen and aedeagus (dorsal aspect) of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 1-2 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. 3-4 – M. dieckmanni Audisio &amp; Jelínek, 1984, J from Turkey, Kars province, Göle. 5-6 – M. difficilis (Heer, 1841), J from Italy, Rome. 7-8 – M. atrovirens Jelínek, 1982, J from Turkey, Giresun province, Kümbet. 9-10 – M. abditus sp. nov., J paratype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen. 11-12 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. Scale bar = 0.20 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174106/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
) with characteristic calyx-shaped median excision moderately deep and rather wide; aedeagus elongate (
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA7FFC9FDB1F9ECFD0ACF10" box="[586,649,1599,1623]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="4.[151,190,1524,1543]" captionTargetBox="[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetId="figure-11@4.[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figs. 1-12. Tegmen and aedeagus (dorsal aspect) of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 1-2 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. 3-4 – M. dieckmanni Audisio &amp; Jelínek, 1984, J from Turkey, Kars province, Göle. 5-6 – M. difficilis (Heer, 1841), J from Italy, Rome. 7-8 – M. atrovirens Jelínek, 1982, J from Turkey, Giresun province, Kümbet. 9-10 – M. abditus sp. nov., J paratype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen. 11-12 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. Scale bar = 0.20 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174106/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
), narrowed from distal fifth, with apex broadly pointed.
</paragraph>
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Figs. 20-23. Right front tibiae of 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FE5AFC99FE7CCA1A" box="[417,511,842,861]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">Meligethes</emphasis>
Stephens, 1830
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. 20 – 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FD37FC99FCD1CA1A" box="[716,850,842,861]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. difficiloides</emphasis>
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, J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 21 – 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FE96FCB6FE48CA30" box="[365,459,868,887]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. abditus</emphasis>
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, J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 22 – 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FBD1FCB6FF6ACAD5" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. chlorocupreus</emphasis>
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, J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 23 – 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FD44FC53FC97CAD5" box="[703,788,895,914]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. bocaki</emphasis>
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, J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui (23). Scale bar = 0.20 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA6FFC8FF6BFC05FEC4CD69" blockId="7.[114,1086,982,1614]" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">
Female. Metasternum almost simple. Front tarsi narrower, distinctly narrower than antennal club. Ovipositor as in 
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, with weakly pointed and moderately darkened apex, and long subapical styli.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FF89FBE6FF6CCD0A" bold="true" box="[114,239,1077,1101]" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">Variability.</emphasis>
Length 
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. Teeth on outer edges of front tibiae are slightly variable, but of the pattern described and figured.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35F25DAFFA6FFC8FF89FBA6FE15CC09" pageId="7" pageNumber="18" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA6FFC8FF89FBA6FE15CC09" blockId="7.[114,1086,982,1614]" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FF89FBA6FEEBCDCA" bold="true" box="[114,360,1141,1165]" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
This species is probably closely related to 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FCDAFBA5FC1ACDC9" box="[801,921,1142,1166]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. difficilis</emphasis>
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, which is widespread from North Africa and western Europe in the west to the eastern Siberia and 
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in the east (
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, 
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), but is distinguishable from 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FCA1FB65FC56CD89" box="[858,981,1206,1230]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. difficilis</emphasis>
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and from the closely related Anatolian-Caucasian 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FDE5FB05FD3FCDA9" box="[542,700,1238,1262]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. dieckmanni</emphasis>
Audisio &amp; Jelínek, 1984
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(
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) by the shape of male and female genitalia, shorter elytra, deeper pronotal punctures, truncate anterior margin of clypeus, and last ventral sternite in male with shining emargination in the middle of posterior margin.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FF89FA85FF72CC29" bold="true" box="[114,241,1366,1390]" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">Etymology.</emphasis>
This new species is named 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FDEBFA85FD0ECC29" box="[528,653,1366,1390]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">difficiloides</emphasis>
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(= similar to 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FCE3FA85FCECCC29" box="[792,879,1366,1390]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">difficilis</emphasis>
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in Latin) to emphasize its external similarity to 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FE5FFAA5FD9CCCC9" box="[420,543,1398,1422]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. difficilis</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FF89FA46FF5ECCEA" bold="true" box="[114,221,1429,1453]" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">Bionomy.</emphasis>
The biology of this species is not definitively understood, however it is likely associated with 
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, probably 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FDFAFA65FDDBCC8A" box="[513,600,1462,1485]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">Lamium</emphasis>
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or related genera, because the closely related 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FF89FA05FF68CCA9" box="[114,235,1494,1518]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. difficilis</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FEE7FA05FE3BCCA9" box="[284,440,1494,1518]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. dieckmanni</emphasis>
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and several other species of the 
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FCF1FA05FC00CCA9" box="[778,899,1494,1518]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">M. difficilis</emphasis>
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-group are known to be associated with these host plants (
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). Specimens were collected from late June to July by sweeping in montane mixed forests above 
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a.s.l.
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA6FFC8FF89F9E6FE83CF0A" bold="true" box="[114,256,1589,1613]" pageId="7" pageNumber="18">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known to occur in central and southern 
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(from 
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to central 
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).
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