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KC &amp; Pollock
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.
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Mindanao,
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leg.
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[underside of label]
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/ Zool. Mus. Berlin / [green label]
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/ [red label]
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KC
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&amp; Pollock, in
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.
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:
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, sex unknown, labeled:
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Mindanao,
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leg.
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[handwritten in red ink], in
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;
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, sex unknown, labeled:
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Mindanao,
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leg.
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[underside of label]
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, in
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.
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<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC26E782ADDF9516B692CC0" bold="true" box="[199,551,1734,1760]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Derivation of Specific Epithet</emphasis>
. The specific name (adjective in the nominative case, in gender agreement with substantive) is given in allusion to the holotypes darker body color, distinguishing it from
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<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC26E782EA8F97C6D882D24" box="[1202,1222,1771,1796]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">H</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC26E782ECDF97D6C252D24" box="[1239,1387,1770,1796]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">klematanicus</emphasis>
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and prompting a detailed examination of these darker specimens.
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<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC26E782ADDF8A568742D6C" bold="true" box="[199,314,1842,1868]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC26E782B50F8A56B1D2D6C" box="[330,595,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Hemipeplus nigerrimus</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from the similar-appearing
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<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC26E782EFFF8A46DB72D6C" box="[1253,1273,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">H</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC26E782F12F8A56CD22D6C" box="[1288,1436,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">klematanicus</emphasis>
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(Fig. 46) by its relatively smaller eyes, less acutely pointed posterior pronotal angles, and darker color.
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<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC26E782F0CF8C1685C2DB4" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Hemipeplus nigerrimus</emphasis>
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has the following diagnostic features: temples short and angulate; scape moniliform, apically dilated; eyes moderately large (as long as scape + pedicel), moderately wide and moderately convex; pronotum subcordiform; anterior emargination distinct; anterior half slightly wider than posterior half; pronotal pad narrow, moderately distinct; anterior pronotal angles rounded, posterior angles slightly obtuse to square, more angled than rounded (never pointed acutely as in
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<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC36E792854FF2C6B2C2AF4" box="[590,610,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="121" pageNumber="122">H</emphasis>
.
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); pronotal lobe indistinct with faint median notch; body long; elytra convex; color dull, uniformly rufopiceous to darker head and pronotum; distribution:
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(Mindanao).
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<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC36E792A82F81F68632D82" bold="true" box="[152,301,1928,1954]" pageId="121" pageNumber="122">FIGURE 56</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC36E792848F81F6B222D82" bold="true" box="[594,620,1928,1954]" pageId="121" pageNumber="122">sp</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC36E792860F81F6BE82D82" bold="true" box="[634,678,1928,1954]" pageId="121" pageNumber="122">nov</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC36E7928AEF81F6A7D2D82" bold="true" box="[692,819,1928,1954]" pageId="121" pageNumber="122">
(
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)
</emphasis>
. A. Dorsal habitus (with scale bar); B. Dorsal head and prothorax; C. Lateral view of head and prothorax; D. Male genitalia dorsal view with spiculum gastrale; E. Tegmen dorsal view (with scale bar); F. Tegmen lateral view with one paramere removed.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="21FE6533FFC06E7A2ADDFF016AB42985" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" type="description">
<paragraph id="695B36B8FFC06E7A2ADDFF016A742AF5" blockId="122.[151,1437,150,1041]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2ADDFF01681F2A90" bold="true" box="[199,337,150,176]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Description</emphasis>
. Measurements (in mm)—GHW: 0.500.56; HL: 0.450.52; AL: 0.851.01; GPW: 0.550.63; PL: 0.470.52; GEW: 0.600.66; EL: 2.632.96; TL: 3.554.00.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="695B36B8FFC06E7A2ADDFF4868D628ED" blockId="122.[151,1437,150,1041]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2ADDFF4868492AD9" bold="true" box="[199,263,223,249]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Head</emphasis>
(Fig. 56B) wide (GHW/HL: 1.081.11); eyes moderately large (as long as scape + pedicel), moderately wide and moderately convex; temples short and angulate; occiput with strongly raised areas; antennae about subequal to head and pronotum length combined; antennal scape moniliform, apically dilated; pedicel small moniliform; antennomere III more elongate and apically dilated; IV shorter, moniliform; VX subtriangular or bowl shaped, each wider than the next; XI subpyriform with apex narrowed after the notch; lateral mandibular tooth absent.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2A8DFE04685E2B8D" bold="true" box="[151,272,403,429]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Pronotum</emphasis>
(Fig. 56B) wide (GPW/PL: 1.171.21); anterior margin with distinct emargination; anterolateral angles rounded, produced; lateral margins sinuate; posterior half much more contracted than anterior half; posterolateral angles slightly obtuse to square, more angled than rounded but not pointed (Fig. 56B); pronotal lobe indistinct with faint median notch; pronotal pad (Fig. 56C) narrow, moderately distinct; pronotal pits moderately deep with moderately developed grooves.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2BE7FDB56BFB281C" bold="true" box="[509,693,546,572]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Scutellar shield</emphasis>
elliptical, transverse, less than twice as wide as long.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2F09FDB46C11281D" bold="true" box="[1299,1375,547,573]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Elytra</emphasis>
(Fig. 56A) long (EL/GEW: 4.384.48), convex; vestiture short and dense; apical patch broad and slightly darker than elytra.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2AFCFDFC68D028A4" bold="true" box="[230,414,618,645]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Ventral surface</emphasis>
. Prosternal process short, not extending posterior of procoxae; hypomeral edges narrowly separated; mesosternal process narrow and linear.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A28D7FD196A5F2888" bold="true" box="[717,785,654,680]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Color</emphasis>
dull, uniformly rufopiceous to head and pronotum darker than other dorsal parts.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="695B36B8FFC06E7A2ADDFD40682929A1" blockId="122.[151,1437,150,1041]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2ADDFD406B6A28D0" bold="true" box="[199,548,726,753]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Male Genitalia (Figs 56DF)</emphasis>
. (Tegmen length =
<quantity id="AE1C9B5DFFC06E7A2916FD416A3D28D1" box="[780,883,726,753]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" unit="mm" value="0.35">0.35 mm</quantity>
(n = 1)) This is the only species in the Austro-Oriental region in which the apices of parameres are not arcuate or bulged, and are straight; lobe of basale long, slender with blunt apex; shoulders obtusely angled with moderate slant; apicale and basale with distinct suture; parameres with bases thicker than apices; apices straight without distinct curves; penis much longer than tegmen, medially widened.
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<paragraph id="695B36B8FFC06E7A2ADDFC1D6AB42985" blockId="122.[151,1437,150,1041]" box="[199,1018,906,933]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2ADDFC1D68762984" bold="true" box="[199,312,906,932]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Variation</emphasis>
. Specimens vary in the intensity of darkness of the body color.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="21FE6533FFC06E7A2ADDFC386AC22E31" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="695B36B8FFC06E7A2ADDFC386C1229CD" blockId="122.[151,1437,150,1041]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2ADDFC38687A29E9" bold="true" box="[199,308,943,969]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Remarks</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="AEE44D3BFFC06E7A2B58FC386B0429E8" authorityName="KC &amp; Pollock" authorityYear="2025" box="[322,586,943,969]" class="Insecta" family="Mycteridae" genus="Hemipeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigerrimus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2B58FC386B0429E8" box="[322,586,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Hemipeplus nigerrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="40A357D1FFC06E7A284AFC386BE929E9" box="[592,679,943,969]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is similar to
<taxonomicName id="AEE44D3BFFC06E7A2922FC386AA029E9" box="[824,1006,943,969]" class="Insecta" family="Mycteridae" genus="Hemipeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="klematanicus">
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2922FC386A0229E8" box="[824,844,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">H</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2940FC386AA029E9" box="[858,1006,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">klematanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 46) (particularly the rufopiceous forms of
<taxonomicName id="AEE44D3BFFC06E7A2AE4FC4468FA29CD" box="[254,436,979,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Mycteridae" genus="Hemipeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="klematanicus">
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2AE4FC44685C29CC" box="[254,274,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">H</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2B3AFC4468FA29CD" box="[288,436,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">klematanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); however, the genitalia are distinct between the two species (Figs 46DF, 56DF).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="695B36B8FFC06E7A2ADDFC616AC22E31" blockId="122.[151,1437,150,1041]" box="[199,908,1014,1041]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A2ADDFC616B742E30" bold="true" box="[199,570,1014,1040]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Geographical Distribution (Fig</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="5B90EAAAFFC06E7A285DFC616B232E30" bold="true" box="[583,621,1014,1040]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">65)</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="11F37628FFC06E7A2861FC606BB72E31" box="[635,761,1015,1041]" name="Philippines" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Philippines</collectingCountry>
(Mindanao).
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