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<figureCitation id="13222A4FFFD68B0F5C8EFDB6207BFD96" box="[700,794,548,574]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="20.[189,232,1853,1879]" captionTargetBox="[377,1222,265,1784]" captionTargetId="figure-15@20.[349,1238,265,1815]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="Fig. 3. AI. Habitus of males of Ebenacobius Haran gen. nov. in dorsal view (part 2). A. E. mulanjensis Haran gen. et sp. nov. B. E. hessei Haran gen. et sp. nov. C. E. pedi Haran gen. et sp. nov. D. E. tsonga Haran gen. et sp. nov. E. E. hippopotamorum Haran gen. et sp. nov. F. E. incognitus (Hesse, 1929) gen. et comb. nov. G. E. oberprieleri Haran gen. et sp. nov. H. E. turneri (Marshall, 1935) gen. et comb. nov. I. E. rhodesianus (Hesse, 1929) gen. et comb. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6532977" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6532977/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Figs 3C</figureCitation>
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can be distinguished by the following combination of features: claws simple, prothorax and elytra similarly pale brown, with two longitudinal dark bands on prothorax not reaching apical margin and glabrous elytra (
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), lacking a visible row of recumbent setae on interstriae. This species shows a peculiar body of penis, regularly widening from base to apex in dorsal view, with the apex truncate (
<figureCitation id="13222A4FFFD68B0F5C2CFCB3211BFC94" box="[542,634,801,828]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1852,1878]" captionTargetBox="[351,1247,266,1812]" captionTargetId="figure-11@33.[339,1248,265,1815]" captionText="Fig. 6 (part 1). AI. Male genitalia of Ebenacobius Haran gen. nov., penis in dorsal (left) and lateral (right) view.A. E. curvisetis Haran gen. et sp. nov.B. E. rectirostrisHaran gen. et sp. nov.C. E. duplicatus Haran gen. et sp. nov. D. E. grobbelaarae Haran gen. et sp. nov. E. E. costalis (Fåhraeus, 1844) gen. et comb. nov. F. E. thoracicus Haran gen. et sp. nov. G. E. xhosa Haran gen. et sp. nov. H. E. san Haran gen. et sp. nov. I. E. kuscheli Haran gen. et sp. nov. AI = not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6536655" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6536655/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Fig. 6L</figureCitation>
). This species is very close to
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, but the latter species shows distinct rows of setae on interstriae 510 of elytra.
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is also closely related to
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but in the latter species the scutellar shield and the base of first interstriae is dark brown and the dark bands on prothorax are generally reaching the apical margin (
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This species name is dedicated to the Pedi people, inhabitants of the northern provinces of the
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. These peoples share this land with the Tsonga peoples, as do
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<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD68B0F5E8EFBF7224AFBD6" box="[188,299,1125,1150]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">E. tsonga</emphasis>
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, apparently on the same host plant.
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;
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;
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” “
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; E-Y: 3986;
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; Leg.
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” “Holotype;
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; Haran 2022”;
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;same collection data as for holotype;
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;
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leg.;
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collection in
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;
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.
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;
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,
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;
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,
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;
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;
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leg.;
<collectedFrom id="38057537FFD68B0F5D78F99E2087F98E" box="[842,998,1548,1574]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">sifted humus</collectedFrom>
; E-Y:89;
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.
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<collectingRegion id="49DDF828FFD68B0F5AFDF99E224AF9E1" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Mpumalanga Province</collectingRegion>
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(preserved in ethanol);
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[formerly Nelspruit];
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;
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leg.;
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on flowers of
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(Hochst.) Codd (Apocynaceae)
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</collectedFrom>
;
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;
<collectionCode id="ED08AE0FFFD68B0F5CA5F9E72185F927" box="[663,740,1653,1679]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">CBGP</collectionCode>
.
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<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD68B0F5E8FF924222FF978" bold="true" box="[189,334,1718,1744]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Description</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD68B0F5ED8F977224BF957" bold="true" box="[234,298,1765,1791]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Male</emphasis>
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BODY LENGTH.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636CAFFD68B0C5E8FF8D8260AFEEF" blockId="37.[188,1399,1866,1998]" lastBlockId="38.[189,1398,265,327]" lastPageId="38" lastPageNumber="39" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">COLOUR. Body integument pale brown, head reddish; prothorax with 2 longitudinal dark bands on each side of the median line, not reaching apical margin of prothorax, bands sometimes interrupted in middle of length; dark pattern on elytra generally forming elongated dots on interstriae 3 and 5, one before and one beyond middle of length on interstriae 3 and one near basal ¼ and one near middle of length on interstriae 5, dark dots sometimes contiguous on interstriae 5 or almost absent on elytra; dorsum (prothorax + elytra) with minute recumbent setae, not contiguous, integument glabrous in appearance.</paragraph>
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HEAD. Rostrum slightly shorter than prothorax in lateral view, strongly downcurved in basal ⅓, slightly downcurved in apical ⅔; underside with a row of setae, as long as 2
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segment of funicle, integument forming a small tubercle before apex; in dorsal view covered with short recumbent and non-contiguous setae; antennae inserted near apical 1/4 of length; head capsule coarsely punctate in dorsal view, with minute recumbent whitish setae, shorter than diameter of punctures; eyes convex, exceeding the lateral curve of head capsule in dorsal view; antennal funicle with first segment 1.5 × longer than wide, as long as 24, 37 wider than long.
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<paragraph id="8BA636CAFFD58B0C5E8FFD1127EBFCE4" blockId="38.[189,1400,642,845]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">PROTHORAX. Wider than long (W:L ratio: 1.37), widest near base, slightly narrower there than elytra at humeral angles; sides straight or slightly convex, moderately converging apicad, abruptly converging in apical 1/5, apical constriction narrower than width of funicle at apex; integument densely punctate, space between punctures smooth, shiny, at most 2× wider than diameter of punctures; setae of larger punctures shorter than diameter of punctures in the central area; prosternal process oriented forward, only moderately exceeding the level of procoxae, forming a spatula in dorsal view.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636CAFFD58B0C5E8FFCE62613FC7C" blockId="38.[188,1398,883,981]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">ELYTRA. Sides slightly convex, widest near middle of length (W:L ratio: 0.75); humeri raised; apex jointly rounded; striae with punctures well aligned, 1.52 × narrower than interstriae; interstriae slightly convex, 1, 3 and 5 slightly more convex apically, 9 entirely convex; scutellar shield rounded, glabrous.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636CAFFD58B0C5E8FFC6E275BFBBD" blockId="38.[189,1082,1019,1046]" box="[189,1082,1019,1046]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">ABDOMEN. Underside covered with recumbent whitish setae, not contiguous.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636CAFFD58B0C5E8FFBAF2164FB35" blockId="38.[189,1401,1085,1182]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">LEGS. Profemora strongly thickened near middle of length, smooth internally; protibiae with external margin straight, meso- and metatibiae slightly curved outward in apical half; tibiae armed with a small apical mucro; claws simple.</paragraph>
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TERMINALIA. Body of penis elongate (W:L ratio: 0.40), 0.7 × as long as apodemes; sides straight and regularly widening apicad in basal 3/
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dorsal view, widest near apical 1/4, convex in apical 1/4, apex truncate; in lateral view curvature stronger in basal half, width expanding from base to apex (
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).
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<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD58B0C5E8FFADE22D1FACE" bold="true" box="[189,432,1356,1382]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Sexual dimorphism</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BA636CAFFD58B0C5E8FFAE927B1FA11" blockId="38.[189,1398,1403,1465]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Females can be distinguished from males by their rostrum which is less downcurved in lateral view, almost straight in apical half and by the absence of prosternal process between procoxae.</paragraph>
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<heading id="D0EE81A6FFD58B0C5E8FFA72224EFA52" bold="true" box="[189,303,1504,1530]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD58B0C5E8FFA72224EFA52" bold="true" box="[189,303,1504,1530]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Remarks</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C194D49FFD58B0C5E8FF99C22F0F980" authority="Haran &amp; Benoit &amp; Procheş &amp; Kergoat, 2022" authorityName="Haran &amp; Benoit &amp; Procheş &amp; Kergoat" authorityYear="2022" box="[189,401,1550,1576]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Ebenacobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pedi" status="gen. et sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD58B0C5E8FF99C22F0F980" box="[189,401,1550,1576]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Ebenacobius pedi</emphasis>
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is morphologically remarkably closely related to
<taxonomicName id="4C194D49FFD58B0C5A9FF99D267FF980" authority="Haran &amp; Benoit &amp; Procheş &amp; Kergoat, 2022" authorityName="Haran &amp; Benoit &amp; Procheş &amp; Kergoat" authorityYear="2022" box="[1197,1310,1551,1576]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Ebenacobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tsonga" status="gen. et sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD58B0C5A9FF99D267FF980" box="[1197,1310,1551,1576]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">E. tsonga</emphasis>
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, the two species are only distinguished externally by subtle morphological differences. The contrasted shape of the penis body between these species and the genetic distances allows, however, to distinguish them unambiguously (
<figureCitation id="13222A4FFFD58B0C5C7EF9EA21F8F93A" box="[588,665,1656,1682]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="33.[189,232,1852,1878]" captionTargetBox="[351,1247,266,1812]" captionTargetId="figure-11@33.[339,1248,265,1815]" captionText="Fig. 6 (part 1). AI. Male genitalia of Ebenacobius Haran gen. nov., penis in dorsal (left) and lateral (right) view.A. E. curvisetis Haran gen. et sp. nov.B. E. rectirostrisHaran gen. et sp. nov.C. E. duplicatus Haran gen. et sp. nov. D. E. grobbelaarae Haran gen. et sp. nov. E. E. costalis (Fåhraeus, 1844) gen. et comb. nov. F. E. thoracicus Haran gen. et sp. nov. G. E. xhosa Haran gen. et sp. nov. H. E. san Haran gen. et sp. nov. I. E. kuscheli Haran gen. et sp. nov. AI = not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6536655" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6536655/files/figure.png" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Figs 6</figureCitation>
, 8). The two species were collected in sympatry in two distant localities and were observed on flowers of the same plant in one of the two sites (JHAR00838). These species might represent another case of sister-species sympatric assemblage, as it has been described in other
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(
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EF884B3BFFD58B0C5C9AF9702019F954" author="Haran J. &amp; Beaudoin-Ollivier L. &amp; Benoit L. &amp; Kergoat G. J." box="[680,888,1761,1788]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Haran" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Biogeography" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" pagination="3158 - 3169" part="48" refId="ref30766" refString="Haran J., Beaudoin-Ollivier L., Benoit L. &amp; Kergoat G. J. 2021. The origin of an extreme case of sisterspecies sympatry in a palm-pollinator mutualistic system. Journal of Biogeography 48 (12): 3158 - 3169. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 // jbi. 14273" title="The origin of an extreme case of sisterspecies sympatry in a palm-pollinator mutualistic system" type="journal article" year="2021">
Haran
<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD58B0C5CC5F9702053F953" box="[759,818,1761,1787]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636CAFFD58B0C5E8FF8B1222EF895" blockId="38.[189,335,1827,1853]" box="[189,335,1827,1853]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">
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<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD58B0C5E8FF8B1222EF895" bold="true" box="[189,335,1827,1853]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Life history</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA636CAFFD58B0D5E8FF8C32292FEC1" blockId="38.[189,1399,1873,2005]" lastBlockId="39.[189,1400,265,361]" lastPageId="39" lastPageNumber="40" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">
The specimens from Mbombela (data JHAR00838) were all collected on flowers of
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<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD58B0C5AD3F8C3222DF827" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Acokanthera oblongifolia</emphasis>
(Hochst.) Codd (Apocynaceae)
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around
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m. Despite repeated attempts, specimens were not observed on these flowers earlier or later in the day. Such timed phenology on flowers has been described in other plant-weevil pollination mutualism (
<bibRefCitation id="EF884B3BFFD58B0C5D73F8292746F87D" author="Auffray T. &amp; Frerot B. &amp; Poveda R. &amp; Louise C. &amp; Beaudoin-Ollivier L." box="[833,1063,1979,2005]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Auffray" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Insect Science" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" pagination="1 - 6" part="17" refId="ref30042" refString="Auffray T., Frerot B., Poveda R., Louise C. &amp; Beaudoin-Ollivier L. 2017. Diel patterns of activity for insect pollinators of two oil palm species (Areacales: Arecaceae). Journal of Insect Science 17 (2): 1 - 6. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jisesa / iex 018" title="Diel patterns of activity for insect pollinators of two oil palm species (Areacales: Arecaceae)" type="journal article" year="2017">
Auffray
<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD58B0C5D95F82E2083F87D" box="[935,994,1979,2005]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">et al.</emphasis>
2017
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EF884B3BFFD58B0C5A01F8292784F87D" author="Saunders R. M. K." box="[1075,1253,1979,2005]" firstAuthor="Saunders" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Systematics and Evolution" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" pagination="369 - 392" part="58" refId="ref31428" refString="Saunders R. M. K. 2020. The evolution of key functional floral traits in the early divergent angiosperm family Annonaceae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 58: 369 - 392. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jse. 12645" title="The evolution of key functional floral traits in the early divergent angiosperm family Annonaceae" type="journal article" year="2020">Saunders 2020</bibRefCitation>
), suggesting that
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<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD48B0D5EC0FE9B22E9FE8B" box="[242,392,265,291]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Acokanthera</emphasis>
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might constitute the host plant for
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<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD48B0D5D1DFE9820E2FE8B" box="[815,899,265,291]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">E. pedi</emphasis>
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rather than only a refuge. This species was collected using light traps and by sifting leaf litter. Adults were collected in February, April, July and December.
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<emphasis id="B96DEAD8FFD48B0D5E8FFE032237FE03" bold="true" box="[189,342,401,427]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Distribution</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BA636CAFFD48B0D5E8FFE2D2753FE72" blockId="39.[189,1074,447,474]" box="[189,1074,447,474]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
<collectingCountry id="F30E765AFFD48B0D5E8FFE2D2282FE71" box="[189,483,447,473]" name="South Africa" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
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,
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and
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Provinces).
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