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(
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<emphasis id="B937A84EFE10FF9DC6D2FBB9FED5FBC7" bold="true" box="[199,334,1043,1069]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name is dedicated to Professor Sibelle Maksoud, who has made great contribution of the study of Lebanese amber and palaeontology in
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in general.
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<emphasis id="B937A84EFE10FF9DC6D2FBF0FED9FB9E" bold="true" box="[199,322,1114,1140]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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differs from the other two
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species
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(
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Kirejtshuk &amp; Azar
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and
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.
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) primarily by the minimum dorsal distance between the compound eyes and the antennal morphology. The compound eyes of
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are more closely spaced, (Ocular Index [OI] = 17, widely spaced in
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<emphasis id="B937A84EFE10FF9DC7BEFB6DFDCAFB0B" box="[427,593,1223,1249]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">E. harmonicus</emphasis>
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(OI = 41);
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). More importantly, the antennae of
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.
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are much longer than those of the other species. The antennomeres 35 are strongly reduced and transverse (antennomeres 36 of
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are reduced, but not transverse, whereas antennomeres 35 of
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are reduced, but not transverse). The antennomeres 611 of
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are elongate (less elongate and triangular in
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).
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<emphasis id="B937A84EFE10FF9DC6D2FAD0FE5FFA7E" bold="true" box="[199,452,1402,1429]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">Locality and horizon.</emphasis>
Hammana/Mdeyrij, Caza Baabda, Mouhafazet Jabal Loubnan (Central
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); Lower Cretaceous (lower Barremian).
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Body
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long, moderately convex. Upper surfaces clothed with fine, suberect hairs (
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).
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Head
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wide, strongly declined (
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); abruptly constricted posteriorly to form narrow neck. Transverse occipital ridge developed. Eyes (
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) strongly protuberant and coarsely facetted, slightly emarginate, with interfacetal setae; close to each other, with OI = 17. Antennal insertions (
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) exposed from above, located at inner edges of eyes. Subantennal grooves absent. Frontoclypeal suture absent. Labrum (
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) free, strongly transverse, rounded apically. Antennae (
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)
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long, 11-segmented, densely setose, markedly elongate; antennomere 1 subquadrate; antennomere 2 slightly longer than antennomere 1; antennomeres 35 strongly reduced in length, slightly narrower than antennomere 2; antennomeres 4 and 5 strongly transverse; antennomeres 611 slender, antennomeres 6 as long as antennomeres 15 combined, gradually widened apically; antennomere 7 slightly shorter than antennomere 6; antennomeres 810 each similar to shape and size of antennomere 7; antennomere 11 slightly longer than antennomere 10. Mandible curved. Maxillary lobes short, apically pubescent; apical maxillary palpomeres slightly expanded and truncate.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B937A84EFE11FF9CC682FC59FE8EFBE1" bold="true" box="[151,277,1011,1035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
General habitus of
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<emphasis id="B937A84EFE11FF9CC7F6FC59FC98FBE1" box="[483,771,1011,1035]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="68">Elodophthalmus maksoudae</emphasis>
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, holotype specimen 1821, D. Azar coll., under incident light.
<emphasis id="B937A84EFE11FF9CC6C7FBBDFF7FFBC5" bold="true" box="[210,228,1047,1071]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68">A</emphasis>
, Dorsal view.
<emphasis id="B937A84EFE11FF9CC762FBBDFE13FBC5" bold="true" box="[375,392,1047,1071]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68">B</emphasis>
, Ventral view. Scale bars: 200 μm.
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<emphasis id="B937A84EFE11FF9CC682F819FE8FF821" bold="true" box="[151,276,1971,1995]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
General habitus of
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<emphasis id="B937A84EFE11FF9CC7F7F819FC9AF821" box="[482,769,1971,1995]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="68">Elodophthalmus maksoudae</emphasis>
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, holotype specimen 1821, D. Azar coll., under confocal microscopy. Ventral view. Scale bars: 200 μm.
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<emphasis id="B937A84EFE16FF9BC682F8CBFE8FF890" bold="true" box="[151,276,1889,1914]" pageId="4" pageNumber="69">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
General habitus of
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<emphasis id="B937A84EFE16FF9BC7F7F8C8FC9AF890" box="[482,769,1890,1914]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="69">Elodophthalmus maksoudae</emphasis>
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, holotype specimen 1821, D. Azar coll., under confocal microscopy.
<emphasis id="B937A84EFE16FF9BC70EF82FFEB6F877" bold="true" box="[283,301,1925,1949]" pageId="4" pageNumber="69">A</emphasis>
, Ventral view of body.
<emphasis id="B937A84EFE16FF9BC43DF82CFDA2F874" bold="true" box="[552,569,1926,1950]" pageId="4" pageNumber="69">B</emphasis>
, Ventral view of head.
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, Left antenna.
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, Meso- and metatarsi. Abbreviations: a, antennomere; ey, compound eye; la, labrum; mp, maxillary palpomere; mst, mesotarsomere; mtt, metatarsimere. Scale bars: 200 μm in
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and
<emphasis id="B937A84EFE16FF9BC758F867FEC4F80F" bold="true" box="[333,351,1997,2021]" pageId="4" pageNumber="69">C</emphasis>
; 100 μm in
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and
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.
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<paragraph id="8BFC745CFE17FF9AC6D2FF3DFC72FE3B" blockId="5.[151,1437,150,537]" pageId="5" pageNumber="70">
Pronotum transverse,
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wide; sides slightly curved; base slightly narrower than elytral bases; anterior angles not produced; posterior angles broadly rounded; posterior edge simple; disc without impressions. Scutellar shield not abruptly elevated anteriorly; posteriorly rounded. Elytron
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long along suture,
<emphasis id="B937A84EFE17FF9AC310FF75FABCFF12" box="[1285,1319,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="70">ca.</emphasis>
3.8 times as long as its width; without scutellary striole; epipleura incomplete. Metaventrite moderately convex; discrimen absent; postcoxal lines absent. Metacoxae contiguous, extending laterally to meet elytra; metacoxal plates present, small. Hind wing well developed. Trochanterofemoral joint slightly oblique with base of femur separate from coxa. Mesotibia not strongly widened; outer edge simple; outer apical angle simple. Tibial spurs developed, simple. Tarsi (
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) 5-5-4, simple; pro- and mesotarsomeres 14 successively shortened; pro- and mesotarsomeres 5 elongate; metatarsomeres 1 longer than other metatarsomeres. Pretarsal claws simple.
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Abdomen (
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) with five free ventrites, first two of which not connate; ventrite 1 not much longer than 2; suture between ventrites 1 and 2 distinct; ventrite 3 slightly shorter than ventrite 2.
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