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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF95FFE35281F8DEFEEDF836" bold="true" box="[151,348,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="518">Scirtes japonicus</emphasis>
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species group (
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)
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based this group primarily on the form of the penis: “symmetric with parameroids longitudinally deeply cleft and tegmen with a lateral lobe (paramere) on each side”. We would add: first segment of labial palpus shorter than second, mandible incisivus moderately long, caudal margin of metacoxal plate concave and caudal margin of sternite 7 moderately concave; larvae with tip of mandible bifid and maxillary palpus threesegmented (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="981AC09AFF9AFFEC53B8FF7DFDD4FF5A" author="Yoshitomi" box="[430,613,223,248]" pageId="8" pageNumber="519" refString="Yoshitomi, H. (2005) Systematic revision of the family Scirtidae of Japan, with phylogeny, morphology and bionomics (Insecta: Coleoptera, Scirtoidea). Japanese Journal of systematic Entomology, Monographic Series, 3, 1 - 212. [Matsuyama]" type="journal article" year="2005">Yoshitomi 2005</bibRefCitation>
). The prehensors and bursal sclerites of all three Australian species (
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) are closely similar to those of
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.
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(
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)
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.
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The penis of no Australian species has this morphology. The aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5608FE8AFB2BFEE2" box="[1054,1178,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. emmaae</emphasis>
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is simple and appears plesiomorphic as it conforms closely to the scirtid ground plan (
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).
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5608FEEFFB0DFEC7" box="[1054,1212,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">Scirtes kaytae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC56EEFEEFFAB7FEC6" box="[1272,1286,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5700FEEEFA2DFEC7" box="[1302,1436,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">tindaleensis</emphasis>
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have asymmetric aedeagi resembling those of species in the
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC512CFED2FC2EFE2A" box="[826,927,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. helmsi</emphasis>
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group.
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The aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC539FFE37FDB2FE0E" box="[393,515,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. emmaae</emphasis>
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, particularly the apical triangular lobes of the parameres, is similar to those of
<taxonomicName id="3B8BC6E8FF9AFFEC5791FE37FE71FE72" authority="Yoshitomi" authorityName="Yoshitomi" authorityYear="1851" class="Insecta" family="Scirtidae" genus="Scirtes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="519" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micronesianus">
<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5791FE37FE88FE72" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. micronesianus</emphasis>
Yoshitomi
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, which was placed in a separate group by
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and named the
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5791FE1AFE88FE56" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. micronesianus</emphasis>
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group. However, other than their aedeagi,
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5152FE7FFC72FE56" box="[836,963,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. emmaae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5613FE7FFBC0FE57" box="[1029,1137,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. kaytae</emphasis>
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are morphologically and genetically close and
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5391FDA2FD99FDBA" box="[391,552,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. tindaleensis</emphasis>
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is also close on both larval and adult morphology yet only
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC56ABFDA2FA87FDBA" box="[1213,1334,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. emmaae</emphasis>
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could be classified in the
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5340FD87FDA6FD9E" box="[342,535,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. micronesianus</emphasis>
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group. We think that on this evidence these three species belong in the same species group and have placed all three Australian species in the
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5194FDEAFBBDFDC2" box="[898,1036,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. japonicus</emphasis>
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group based on sequence data and adult and larval morphology but recognise that future study is needed to confirm this placement, particularly in light of the conflicting morphology of the male genitalia.
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC52D1FD17FE28FD6F" box="[199,409,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">Scirtes nehouensis</emphasis>
Ruta &amp; Yoshitomi, 2010
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from New Caledonia appears to us on both general morphology and male and female genitalia (
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) to be conspecific with
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC5627FD7AFB1AFD52" box="[1073,1195,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">S. emmaae</emphasis>
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. We herein place the species in synonymy under
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<emphasis id="CEFF6179FF9AFFEC53D8FD5FFDCEFCB6" box="[462,639,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="519">Scirtes emmaae</emphasis>
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.
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