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,B; 2A)
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<emphasis id="B96830175053FFC6FF637A673146FD81" box="[151,379,547,568]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="365">Mordella aurocaudata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96830175053FFC6FF637A05316AFDEF" box="[151,343,577,598]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="365">Glipa aurocaudata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96830175053FFC6FF637A2431FEFDCC" box="[151,451,608,629]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="365">Ophthalmoglipa aurocaudata</emphasis>
(
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partim
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<emphasis id="B96830175053FFC6FF637AE63114FD02" bold="true" box="[151,297,674,699]" pageId="1" pageNumber="365">Description.</emphasis>
Length:
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.
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<emphasis id="B96830175053FFC6FF337A823136FD67" box="[199,267,710,734]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="365">Head.</emphasis>
Ground colour of integument black, entirely covered by fine, thick bright yellow-golden setae with exception of single brown, pubescent, circular spot close to occipital margin. Eyes quite large, glabrous and finely facetted, reaching occiput. Maxillary palpi orange with last segment clearly in shape of isosceles triangle. Antennae moderately long, weakly serrate. First four antennomeres orange; segments 511 darkened, with last antennal segment ellipsoidal, 1.5x length of 10th segment.
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<emphasis id="B96830175053FFC6FF337B3F310BFC2B" box="[199,310,891,914]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="365">Pronotum</emphasis>
. Ground colour of integument black, entirely covered by golden pubescence similar to that of head, except for longitudinal black band extending along median line from occipital margin to posterior lobe of pronotum (
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).
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. Elytra long and slender, length 2.41x width. Ground colour of integument black. Elytral suture and lanceolate band developing from the humeral callus for 2/5 of elytral length covered by bright golden setae similar to those of pronotum. Median elytral band consisting of double, large and irregular circular ring of white setae, band ∞-shaped, surrounding a patch of black setae. Preapical elytral band very wide (width 0.8x length), formed from dense bright orange pubescence. Apical elytral band consisting of silvery-black pubescence (fig. 1A).
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<emphasis id="B96830175053FFC6FF337CDF313BFB0A" box="[199,262,1179,1203]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="365">Body.</emphasis>
Ground colour of integument black, covered by sparse silvery-white-yellow pubescence. Anterior and posterior legs black, mesofemora pale orange-brown. All legs covered by same
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pubescence as body. Pygidium long and pointed, only apically keeled; length 3.7x basal width and 2.8x length of hypopygidium.
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<emphasis id="B96830175053FFC6FF337D423105FAA7" box="[199,312,1286,1310]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="365">Genitalia.</emphasis>
Parameres asymmetrical (
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A). Left paramere U-shaped, with parallel branches. Major branch length 1.6x length of minor. Major branch apex rounded, expanded and flattened. Minor branch straight, subcylindrical. Right paramere straight, I-shaped. Minor branch situated at inner margin of paramere, at 2/3 of total paramere length.
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material
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. One, male
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(here designated):
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/ L. Conrad/
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//
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<emphasis id="B96830175053FFC6FAC17DD23118FA6A" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="365">Mordella aurocaudata</emphasis>
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(hand written) (
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A) (
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(here designated), sex undetermined:
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). I was unable to locate any specimens from
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(
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) as cited in the original description.
</paragraph>
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, Plateau region/ Kloto, Foret Clasée de/ Missahoe.
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/ A. Mansah leg. (
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, Plateau region/ Kloto, Foret de Missahoe/
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/ A. Mansah leg. (
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/ C. Massarone leg. (
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: NE
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S. Biondi leg. (
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: Cantral African Rep./ Sangha-Mbaere prov./ 35 Km NE Nola (GPS)/
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1213. 12.
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/ A. Kudrna Jr. Leg. (
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: Cantral African Rep./ Lobaye prov./ 15Km S Mbaiki/
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2527. 12.
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,
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/ A. Kudrna Jr leg. (
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: Cantral African Rep./ Lobaye prov. near Grima/ 50 Km NE Bambio
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/ 1314. 0 6. 2009. Ngoto forest/ A. Kudrna Jr. leg. (
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: Entebbe/
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<date id="FFA2CAC55053FFC6FE167F02324DF8E6" box="[482,624,1862,1887]" pageId="1" pageNumber="365" value="2014-03-10" valueMax="2014-03-20" valueMin="2014-03-10">1020.iii. 14</date>
/ C.C. Gowdey/ 1914-337 (
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: Entebbe/
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/
<date id="FFA2CAC55053FFC6FA867F0330C4F83A" pageId="1" pageNumber="365" value="1920-04-25">20 25 April</date>
, 1914/ C.C. Gowdey//1914-428 (
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: Kivuvu/
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/
<date id="FFA2CAC55053FFC6FBCB7F2F34DCF83A" box="[1087,1249,1899,1923]" pageId="1" pageNumber="365" value="1913-08-19">Aug. 19, 1913</date>
/ C.C. Gowdey// 1913-565 (
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: Mabira Forest/
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/
<date id="FFA2CAC55053FFC6FCC17FCA33EFF81E" box="[821,978,1934,1959]" pageId="1" pageNumber="365" value="1913-09-27">Sep. 27, 1913</date>
/ C.C. Gowdey// 1913-565 (
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:
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Prot./Mabira Forest/ Chagwe./
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.//
<date id="FFA2CAC55053FFC6FC357FF634BBF872" box="[961,1158,1970,1995]" pageId="1" pageNumber="365" value="1911-07-16" valueMax="1911-07-25" valueMin="1911-07-16">July1625, 1911</date>
/S.A. Neave //1912-193 (
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Prot./ Daro or Durro Forest./Toro.
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./
<date id="FFA2CAC55053FFC6FBCA7F9234C3F856" box="[1086,1278,2006,2031]" pageId="1" pageNumber="365" value="1911-10-25" valueMax="1911-10-29" valueMin="1911-10-25">2529 Oct. 1911</date>
./ S.A.Neave// 1912-193 (
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).
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:
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Prot./ Budongo Forest./Unyoro
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./
<date id="FFA2CAC55050FFC5FBC978D334F9FF16" box="[1085,1220,151,176]" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" value="2011-12-15">1115. Dec.</date>
, 1911/ S.A. Neave/ / 1912-193 (
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:
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, Kumba/ lake Borombimbo/ 4 gradi 40' N 9 gradi 25' E/
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.
<date id="FFA2CAC55050FFC5FA8478F830F3FF41" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" value="2978-01-01">1. I. 2978</date>
/ M.J. Roberts (
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:
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Prot./ Mabira Forest/ Unyoro.
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./
<date id="FFA2CAC55050FFC5FB6D789B3526FF4E" box="[1177,1307,223,248]" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" value="2011-12-15">1115 Dec.</date>
, 1911/ S.A. Neave.// 1912-193 (
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:
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/ Namanue/
<date id="FFA2CAC55050FFC5FC95794033DAFEA5" box="[865,999,260,284]" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" value="1934-10-11">11.10. 1934</date>
/ J. Ford// N 363 Brit. Mus. 1935-459 (
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/ Tafo/ 1948/ H.E. Box// Pres by/Imp. Inst. Ent./Brit. Mus./ 1946-324 (
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).
<specimenCount id="9D1A278C5050FFC5FF6379083127FEDC" box="[151,282,332,357]" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
:
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/ Bunso/
<date id="FFA2CAC55050FFC5FDFE790832BDFEDD" box="[522,640,332,357]" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" value="1943-04-02">2. iv. 1943</date>
/ H.E. Box// Pres by/ Imp. Inst. Ent./ Brit. Mus./ 1946-324 (
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).
<specimenCount id="9D1A278C5050FFC5FA7A79083138FE31" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
:
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Prot./Mabira Forest/ Chagwe./
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. //
<date id="FFA2CAC55050FFC5FC31792B34B5FE31" box="[965,1160,367,392]" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" value="1911-07-16" valueMax="1911-07-25" valueMin="1911-07-16">July1625, 1911</date>
/S.A. Neave// 1912-193 (
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).
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:
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/ Beni/ Ituri Forest./
<date id="FFA2CAC55050FFC5FCC779D033ADFE14" box="[819,912,404,429]" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" value="1946-09">ix. 1946</date>
./ T.H.E. Jackson./B.M. 1946-354 (
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).
<specimenCount id="9D1A278C5050FFC5FA7A79D03138FE69" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
:
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/ Beni/ Ituri Forest./
<date id="FFA2CAC55050FFC5FD5879F33336FE69" box="[684,779,439,464]" pageId="2" pageNumber="366" value="1946-09">ix. 1946</date>
.// T.H.E. Jackson./B.M. 1946-354 (
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).
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:
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/ Beni/ Ituri Forest./August. 1946.// T.H.E. Jackson./B.M. 1946-354 (
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).
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:
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:/ N.W.State./ 11mls N.W. Mokwa,/ Zugurma. R. Eku/
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/ P.H. Ward./ B.M. 1970-604 (det. M.L. Cox, 1981) (
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).
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<emphasis id="B96830175050FFC5FF337A033170FDD9" bold="true" box="[199,333,583,608]" pageId="2" pageNumber="366">Variability.</emphasis>
The species is generally constant throughout its distributional range with only slight differences in the chromatic pattern, particularly in the extent of the medial elytral band. Some sympatric specimens have been observed with the head and pronotum completely covered with a golden pubescence or with a general reduction of lateral black spots. Genitalia examination revealed no substantial differences between the forms. This hyperchromatism seems to appear sporadically within a population as has already been observed in other genera of
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Mordellidae (
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.
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