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Kr uger € &amp; Dombrowsky” (
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Body length:
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. Angle between lateral margins of labroclypeus and ocular canthus indistinct; anterior margin of labroclypeus medially straight; margins of labroclypeus moderately reflexed; smooth area in front of eyes twice as wide as long; ratio of eye diameter/interocular width: 0.61. Pronotum with dense and thick erect setae; unicoloured; basal margin of pronotum narrowly interrupted medially (distinctly less than scutellum width); larger punctures on pronotum very coarse. Hypomeron carinate. Elytra with dark spots; erect dorsal pilosity on elytra dense (more than ten setae per interval); sutural interval in apical declivity of elytra distinctly elevated but convex; white, fine pilosity condensed to longitudinal patches; intervals punctate at least laterally; adpressed white pilosity long, 1/3 to 1/2 of width of elytral intervals; external apical elytral angle evenly convex. Mesosternal process short. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.28. Metatibia, ratio of width/length: 1/4.2. Metatarsi dorsally smooth; first metatarsomere as long as subsequent one. Aedeagus:
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. Habitus:
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.
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Diagnosis:
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B9160463FF9738473843FD369546FD23" box="[895,1056,640,662]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="340">P. navicularis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9160463FF9738473F59FD369583FD23" box="[1125,1253,640,662]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="340">P. silvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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in the thick, white pilosity of the elytra being condensed to longitudinal patches rather than being nearly evenly distributed.
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<emphasis id="B9160463FF9738473801FCBE92D7FCA8" box="[829,945,777,798]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="340">Variation:</emphasis>
Body length: 11.0
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, elytral length:
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8.7
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8.9 mm
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, maximum width: 6.0
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. Female: unknown.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9160463FF9738473801FCCB92DDFC27" box="[829,955,892,913]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="340">Etymology:</emphasis>
The new species is named
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<emphasis id="B9160463FF9738473E3BFCCB94F8FC27" box="[1287,1438,892,913]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="340">mpumalanga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
after its occurrence in the
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of
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.
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