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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C34B90FA2C063EDFE98F0F0" bold="true" box="[151,320,1421,1447]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Oocyclus pico</emphasis>
Short &amp; García
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(
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D, 6C, 7, 8A)
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<typeStatus id="54DCA6AB8C34B90FA2C0639AFF02F343" box="[151,218,1530,1556]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Type</typeStatus>
material.
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:
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: Aragua State:
</emphasis>
male, “
<collectingCountry id="F37058998C34B90FA647639AFB00F343" box="[1040,1240,1530,1556]" name="Venezuela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">VENEZUELA</collectingCountry>
: Aragua State
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C34B90FA7C3639AFA44F343" bold="true" box="[1428,1436,1530,1556]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">/</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate id="EE537ECE8C34B90FA2C06040FEF6F36D" box="[151,302,1568,1594]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" precision="1" value="10.351167">10°21.070'N</geoCoordinate>
,
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/ P.N. Henri Pittier; rd to Choroni/ waterfall/ rock seep;
<date id="FFD93EC98C34B90FA6366040FB16F36D" box="[1121,1230,1568,1594]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="2006-01-11">11.i.2006</date>
/ AS-06-023; leg. A.E.Z. Short”, “[barcode]/ SM0830058/ KUNHM-ENT”, “
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/
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</taxonomicName>
/
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C34B90FA6F36025FB0FF309" box="[1188,1239,1605,1630]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">pico</emphasis>
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/ des.
<bibRefCitation id="EFF665F88C34B90FA70A6025FE8FF3D3" author="Short" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Hall, W. E. &amp; Short, A. E. Z. (2010) A new species of Hydroscapha LeConte from northwestern Venezuela (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Hydroscaphidae). Zootaxa, 2358, 49 - 56." type="journal article" year="2010">Short &amp; García 2010</bibRefCitation>
” (
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).
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C34B90FA3B7600AFDBEF3D3" bold="true" box="[480,614,1642,1668]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Paratypes</emphasis>
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(352 exs.):
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<collectingCountry id="F37058998C34B90FA157600AFC1DF3D3" box="[768,965,1642,1668]" name="Venezuela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">VENEZUELA</collectingCountry>
: Aragua State:
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El Limon, “Pozo del Diablo”,
<quantity id="4C9FB5EC8C34B90FA35560F0FE96F3FD" box="[258,334,1680,1706]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" unit="m" value="450.0">450 m</quantity>
,
<date id="FFD93EC98C34B90FA30E60F0FE1AF3FD" box="[345,450,1680,1706]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="1980-10-07">7.x.1980</date>
, leg. F. Fernandez
<collectingCountry id="F37058998C34B90FA0CB60F0FD69F3FD" box="[668,689,1680,1706]" name="Italy" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Y</collectingCountry>
. &amp; A. Chacon, wet rock (21 exs.,
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); same data as
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(261 exs.); Henri Pittier National Park, Quebrada Curucuruma,
<geoCoordinate id="EE537ECE8C34B90FA1D660D5FBC0F398" box="[897,1048,1717,1743]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" precision="1" value="10.3503">10°21.018'N</geoCoordinate>
,
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, leg. A. Short &amp; P. Torres, AS-06-024 (2 exs.); Henri Pittier National Park, Rio La Trilla,
<quantity id="4C9FB5EC8C34B90FA1BA60BAFBE5F3A3" box="[1005,1085,1754,1780]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.95" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" unit="m" value="295.0">295 m</quantity>
,
<date id="FFD93EC98C34B90FA61D60BAFB76F3A3" box="[1098,1198,1754,1780]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="2009-01-04">4.i.2009</date>
, leg. A. Short, rock seep, VZ09-0104-01C (17 exs.);
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C34B90FA04E609FFD12F24E" bold="true" box="[537,714,1791,1817]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Barinas State:</emphasis>
<quantity id="4C9FB5EC8C34B90FA0866160FCC3F24D" box="[721,795,1792,1818]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" unit="km" value="24.0">24 km</quantity>
NW Barinitas [ca.
<geoCoordinate id="EE537ECE8C34B90FA1AA6160FB81F24D" box="[1021,1113,1792,1818]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" precision="925" value="8.85">8° 51'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE537ECE8C34B90FA6326160FB00F24D" box="[1125,1240,1792,1818]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" precision="925" value="-70.566666">70° 34'W</geoCoordinate>
],
<date id="FFD93EC98C34B90FA6BB6160FABDF24D" box="[1260,1381,1792,1818]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="1969-02-23">23.ii.1969</date>
, leg. P. &amp; P. S p a n g le r (
<geoCoordinate id="EE537ECE8C34B90FA33C6145FE42F268" box="[363,410,1829,1855]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" precision="925" value="3.0666666">3 4 e</geoCoordinate>
x s.,
<collectingCountry id="F37058998C34B90FA3996145FE29F268" box="[462,497,1829,1855]" name="United States of America" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">U S</collectingCountry>
N M);
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C34B90FA0696145FCC9F268" bold="true" box="[574,785,1829,1855]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Distrito Federal:</emphasis>
“carret. Chichiriviche Colonia Tovar” [=road between Chichiriviche &amp; Colonia Tovar, ca.
<geoCoordinate id="EE537ECE8C34B90FA013612AFD71F233" box="[580,681,1866,1892]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" precision="925" value="10.45">10°27'N</geoCoordinate>
, 67°15.'W], km 10,
<date id="FFD93EC98C34B90FA1CD612AFBE2F233" box="[922,1082,1866,1892]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="1977-01-25" valueMax="1977-01-26" valueMin="1977-01-25">2526.i.1977</date>
, leg. C.J. Rosales &amp; L.J. Joly (14 exs.,
<collectionCode id="ED7680CC8C34B90FA3556110FE8AF2DD" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33834" box="[258,338,1904,1930]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33834" name="Museo del Instituto de Zoologia Agricola Francisco Fernandez Yepez" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">MIZA</collectionCode>
);
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C34B90FA332610FFDFAF2DE" bold="true" box="[357,546,1903,1929]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Miranda State:</emphasis>
Guatopo National Park, El Lucero,
<quantity id="4C9FB5EC8C34B90FA19F6110FBC9F2DD" box="[968,1041,1904,1930]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" unit="km" value="28.0">28 km</quantity>
N Altagracia, (
<date id="FFD93EC98C34B90FA6916110FB20F2DD" box="[1222,1272,1904,1930]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">31.v</date>
)(
<date id="FFD93EC98C34B90FA74B6110FA90F2DD" box="[1308,1352,1904,1930]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">7.vi</date>
).
<quantity id="4C9FB5EC8C34B90FA7016110FF3FF2F8" metricMagnitude="6" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9877" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" unit="m" value="1987700.0">1987, 700 m</quantity>
, S. &amp; J. Peck, ravine FIT 87-1 (1 ex.,
<collectionCode id="ED7680CC8C34B90FA09761F5FCC6F2F8" box="[704,798,1941,1967]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">CMNC</collectionCode>
); Guatopo National Park, Puente Bucaral,
<quantity id="4C9FB5EC8C34B90FA77E61F5FAAEF2F8" box="[1321,1398,1941,1967]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" unit="km" value="35.0">35 km</quantity>
N. Altagracia (
<date id="FFD93EC98C34B90FA37661DAFE84F283" box="[289,348,1978,2004]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">14.vi</date>
)(
<date id="FFD93EC98C34B90FA32861DAFE65F283" box="[383,445,1978,2004]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">5.viii</date>
).
<quantity id="4C9FB5EC8C34B90FA39D61DAFDBCF283" box="[458,612,1978,2004]" metricMagnitude="6" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9875999999999998" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" unit="m" value="1987600.0">1987, 600 m</quantity>
, S. &amp; J. Peck, forest streamside FIT 87-22 (2 exs.,
<collectionCode id="ED7680CC8C34B90FA6EF61DAFACAF283" box="[1208,1298,1978,2004]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">CMNC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED7680CC8C34B90FA74A61DAFAACF283" box="[1309,1396,1978,2004]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">KSEM</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37D4B828C33B908A29266F7FAB2F43B" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A29266F7FE92F5E6" bold="true" box="[197,330,151,177]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Smaller species. Posterolateral corners of pronotum strongly angulate to weakly spinose. Procoxae spinose. Elytra with distinct rows of systematic punctures, but these punctures are only slightly larger than surrounding punctation; systematic punctures usually bearing very fine setae. Elytral suture not raised at apex. Elytral margins not explanate, and without a fringe of long setae.
</paragraph>
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The only other smaller species with angulate posterolateral pronotal corners is
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<collectingCountry id="F37058998C33B908A6C4674DFB74F411" box="[1171,1196,301,326]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">O</collectingCountry>
. trujillo
</emphasis>
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, which can easily be separated by the intermittent clumps of erect setae arising from the elytral systematic punctures.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A2926717FEBDF4C6" bold="true" box="[197,357,375,401]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A3386718FDFBF4C6" box="[367,547,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Size and form.</emphasis>
Body length =
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. TL/GW =
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. Body oval, moderately convex.
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A29267A2FECAF48C" box="[197,274,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Color.</emphasis>
Dorsum of head, pronotum, and elytra black with iridescent green reflections. Anterolateral margins of pronotum with white patch. Elytra with iridescent green maculae which often appear faint and with defuse borders. Maxillary and labial palps yellow. Mentum and stipes light to reddish brown, distinctly paler than ventral face of head. Legs, epipleura, lateral margins of prosternum and lateral margins of abdominal ventrites 24 medium to yellowish brown, with remainder of venter including abdominal ventrites dark brown.
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A29264C2FED4F7EC" box="[197,268,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Head.</emphasis>
Ground punctation on labrum, clypeus and frons moderately fine, distance between punctures 1.5 3.0x the width of one puncture. Systematic punctures on labrum consisting of several indistinct punctures, sometimes bearing short setae. Frons with irregular row of systematic punctures mesad of each eye, bearing fine erect setae. Clypeus with a few very indistinct systematic punctures along anterolateral margins, slightly larger than surrounding punctation. Maxillary palps short, about as long as width of labrum; segment 2 slightly bulbous, apical segment slightly longer than penultimate. Labial palps three-fourths as long as width of mentum. Mentum quadrate, anterior margin very slightly convex, bearing very fine, almost undetectable, scattered punctures.
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A29265ADFEFEF6B1" box="[197,294,973,998]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Thorax.</emphasis>
Ground punctation on pronotum and elytra composed of extremely fine, evenly distributed punctures, almost appearing absent. Pronotal systematic punctures with short fine setae, distinctly larger than ground punctures, anterior and posterior series each forming irregular row. Lateral margins of pronotum set with a few sparsely distributed setiferous punctures; with punctures almost appearing absent. Posterolateral corners of pronotum sharply angulate, almost appearing spinose but not prolonged. Sutural punctation on elytra absent or unmodified from ground punctation. Elytra with five regular rows of systematic punctures bearing short decumbent setae; punctures 23× the size of ground punctures. Prosternum with clearly defined median carina; slightly elevated anteromedially, the elevation with two thickened spine-like setae. Elevated process of mesoventrite elongate, longer than wide; surface nearly flat; set with 3 thickened spine-like setae. Metaventrite with small oval glabrous area posteromedially, ca. slightly longer than wide, length of glabrous area slightly less than one-half length of metaventrite. Procoxae with dense, fine short pubescence; in mesal half with spine-like setae. Protibiae each with 5 spine-like setae on dorsal face.
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A29263EDFEE6F0F1" box="[197,318,1421,1446]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Abdomen.</emphasis>
Ventrites with scattered setae of varying lengths; each ventrite with 2 irregular rows of very long erect setae more than twice as long as the longest setae on the metaventrite. Aedeagus as in
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C.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37D4B828C33B908A29263B7FD60F340" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BD818098C33B908A29263B7FD60F340" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1783]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A29263B7FE8AF0A6" bold="true" box="[197,338,1495,1521]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Etymology.</emphasis>
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, Spanish for point or peak, referring to the sharp, beak like posterolateral corners of the pronotum. Treated as a noun in apposition.
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<subSubSection id="C37D4B828C33B908A2926042FC0BF335" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A2926042FEB0F36B" bold="true" box="[197,360,1570,1596]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Distribution.</emphasis>
Found at several localities in the Coastal Mountains (Aragua and Miranda States and the Distrito Federal) and one locality in the Andes (Barinas State) (
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).
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<subSubSection id="C37D4B828C33B908A292600DFB88F3A0" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BD818098C33B908A292600DFB88F3A0" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1783]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A292600DFE9BF3D0" bold="true" box="[197,323,1645,1671]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Remarks.</emphasis>
The species has been collected at several rock face seeps, including one collection in the Coastal Mountains in incredibly large numbers (
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A). It has been co-collected with
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<collectingCountry id="F37058998C33B908A69E60F3FB3AF3FB" box="[1225,1250,1683,1708]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">O</collectingCountry>
. pittieri
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and
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A72860F3FED3F386" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<collectingCountry id="F37058998C33B908A72860F3FA40F3FB" box="[1407,1432,1683,1708]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">O</collectingCountry>
. sapphirus
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in the Coastal Mountains, and with
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A0E060D8FC83F386" box="[695,859,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<collectingCountry id="F37058998C33B908A0E060D8FD17F386" box="[695,719,1720,1745]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">O</collectingCountry>
. meridensis
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,
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A13D60D8FC32F386" box="[874,1002,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
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. andinus
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, and
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<emphasis id="B913C41B8C33B908A67B60D8FB7BF386" box="[1068,1187,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<collectingCountry id="F37058998C33B908A67B60D8FB9CF386" box="[1068,1092,1720,1745]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">O</collectingCountry>
. trujillo
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at one locality in the main Mérida Andes. It is possibly more widespread along the Venezuelan Andes.
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