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<mods:title>A review of the Larainae of Australia with description of seven new species and the new genus Australara (Coleoptera, Byrrhoidea, Elmidae)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/37506188-9496-40B4-BC38-10BE15FF63D3" authority="Barr & Shepard, 2021" authorityName="Barr & Shepard" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Stetholus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Stetholus metatibialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="metatibialis" status="sp. nov.">Stetholus metatibialis</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–12" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 12. Geographical distribution of species records 1 Australara glaisteri gen. nov., sp. nov. 2 Hydora laticeps 3 Ovolara australis 4 Ovolara lawrencei sp. nov. 5 Ovolara leai 6 Ovolara monteithi sp. nov. 7 Potamophilinus papuanus 8 Stetholus carinatus sp. nov. 9 Stetholus elongatus 10 Stetholus longipennis sp. nov. 11 Stetholus metatibialis sp. nov. 12 Stetholus woronora sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures1-12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615728" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Figs 11</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 40. Stetholus metatibialis sp. nov., holotype female, 3.9 mm long A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C head, frontal view D head, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615744" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">, 40</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Type locality.</paragraph>
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Mt. Bellenden Ker northwest of Babinda;
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,
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; Wooroonooran National Park, north Queensland, Australia.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Holotype</emphasis>
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female.
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"Bellenden Ker Range, NQ / Cable Tower 3 [now Tower 6], 1054m / 17 Oct.-5 Nov. 1981 / EARTHWATCH/QLD. MUSEUM // A.N.I.C. /
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Carter & Zeck" authorityYear="1929" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="order">COLEOPTERA</taxonomicName>
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/ Voucher No. / 83-0611" [green label] // "HOLOTYPE /
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Carter & Zeck" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Stetholus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Stetholus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Stetholus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Barr & Shepard" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Stetholus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Stetholus metatibialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="metatibialis">Stetholus metatibialis</taxonomicName>
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/ Barr & Shepard" [red label, handwritten]. Dry pinned. Deposited in the Queensland Museum, South Brisbane; Registration Number QM T250615.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The single female specimen of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">S. metatibialis</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 40. Stetholus metatibialis sp. nov., holotype female, 3.9 mm long A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C head, frontal view D head, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615744" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">40</figureCitation>
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) is characterized by an elongate-oval body shape; labrum
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composed of two discrete, lateral tufts of very long, dark, curved setae (setal origin unclear, possibly mandibular) (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 40. Stetholus metatibialis sp. nov., holotype female, 3.9 mm long A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C head, frontal view D head, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615744" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">40C</figureCitation>
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); long pronotal basal sublateral carinae; and posterior surfaces of both the meso- and metatibiae glabrous and shiny. While other species of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Stetholus</emphasis>
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may have similar labral tufts, none are as long and distinctive. The metatibia of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">S. elongatus</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 36, 37" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figures 36, 37. Stetholus elongatus 36 female habitus, 5.2 mm long A dorsal B ventral 37 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures36-37" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615742" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">36</figureCitation>
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) has a narrow, elongate, posterior bare area of variable length, usually at the basal 1/3, as opposed to that of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">S. metatibialis</emphasis>
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in which the posterior surface is entirely bare; the metatibiae of the others are entirely setose.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Stetholus elongatus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">S. longipennis</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 38, 39" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figures 38, 39. Stetholus longipennis sp. nov., male 38 habitus, 4.2 mm long A dorsal B ventral 39 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures38-39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615743" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">38</figureCitation>
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) lack pronotal sublateral carinae.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Stetholus metatibialis</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 40. Stetholus metatibialis sp. nov., holotype female, 3.9 mm long A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C head, frontal view D head, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615744" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">40</figureCitation>
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) bears a superficial resemblance to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ovolara</emphasis>
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species (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 23, 24" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 23, 24. Ovolara australis, male 23 habitus, 4.1 mm long A dorsal B ventral 24 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures23-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615735" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">23</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 25, 26" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 25, 26. Ovolara lawrencei sp. nov., male 25 habitus, 3.0 mm long A dorsal B ventral 26 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures25-26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615736" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">26</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 28, 29" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 28, 29. Ovolara leai, male 28 habitus, 3.4 mm long A dorsal B ventral 29 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures28-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615738" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">28</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 30, 31" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 30, 31. Ovolara monteithi sp. nov. 30 female habitus, 3.6 mm long A dorsal B ventral 31 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures30-31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615739" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">31</figureCitation>
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) because of its elongate-oval body and strongly punctate elytra, however it is easily separated by the very short prosternum anterior to the procoxae (vs. prosternum long, extended anteriorly) and the presence of a transverse pronotal impression (vs. no impression).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Description</paragraph>
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(n = 1). Holotype female.
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: Size 3.9 mm long, 1.4 mm wide; elongate-oval. Dorsal color dark brown; head black; venter mostly brown; first two antennomeres, posterior metaventrite, coxae, trochanters, femora, posterior face of meso- and metatibiae yellow-brown. Setae of dorsal surfaces short, yellow, semi-erect and recumbent, setae of ventral surfaces long and recumbent.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Head</emphasis>
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: Densely setose and punctate, punctures <1 diameter apart or nearly contiguous. Vertex with a faint V-shaped impression, open anteriorly, extending from antennal bases towards occiput; frontoclypeal suture straight, obscure. Antenna with 11 tomentose antennomeres; antennomeres 1 and 2 yellow-brown with coarse, yellow setae; antennomere 1 longest, ~ 3
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longer than wide, curved; antennomere 2 ovoid; antennomeres 3-11 brown with dense yellow setae, together forming a tight, elongate club; antennomeres 7-11 of equal width, antennomere 11 longer than all but antennomeres 1 and 2, apex bluntly rounded. Eye finely faceted, suboval at base, weakly protuberant; dorsal margin with fringe of long, curved setae. Clypeus transverse, convex, anterior margin straight; disc densely setose, lateral margins with longer setae. Labrum trapezoidal, wider than long, 2
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longer and slightly narrower than clypeus; densely setose; anterior margin weakly emarginate with band of short, yellow setae; lateral margins with dense fringes of long, yellow setae, each margin with a discrete tuft of very long, dark, curved setae extending to maxilla (setal origin unclear, possibly mandibular). Maxillary palpus with four setose palpomeres; palpomere 1 yellow, short, annular; palpomere 2 yellow, 2
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as long as wide; palpomere 3 yellow, nearly as long as 2, wider apically; palpomere 4 brown, longest and widest, ovoid, ventral surface with a broadly oval, slightly concave, pale sensory area angled obliquely from the apex to the base. Labial palpus yellow, glabrous, with three palpomeres; palpomeres 1 and 2 yellow, annular, short and narrow; palpomere 3 brown, conical, much longer and wider than others, apex truncate with a narrowly oval, flat, slightly concave, pale sensory area.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">P</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">ronotum</emphasis>
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: Shape generally trapezoidal, slightly wider than long, widest at base; 1.0 mm long, 1.1 mm wide; disc densely punctate, punctures evenly spaced ~ 1 diameter apart. Anterior margin arcuate; anterior angles obsolete; lateral margins sinuate and arcuate, moderately explanate; posterior angles raised, protruding, acute, posterior margin weakly trisinuate. Disc weakly convex, more convex at basal 1/2; distinct, transverse V-shaped impression at apical 1/3-1/2; two distinct, basal, sublateral carinae 1/3-1/2 as long as pronotum, bordered by shallow medial impressions and lateral excavations; two shallow, indistinct prescutellar foveae.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Scutellar shield</emphasis>
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: Cordate, longer than wide, apex rounded; flat; densely setose.
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: 2.9 mm long, 0.7 mm wide. Elytra conjointly 2
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as long as wide; anterior 2/3 almost parallel-sided; margins narrowly marginate. Humerus inflated, elytral base depressed medially; disc convex at anterior 1/3, flattened at 1/3-1/2 distance from base, then weakly convex to apex. Disc with ten strongly punctate, weakly impressed striae, intervals slightly raised, sutural interval more so; accessory basal stria of 6 punctures between striae 1 and 2 short; striae 3 and 4 join near apex; disc punctures large and deep at basal 2/3, becoming much smaller and shallower towards apex, separated by one diameter.
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: Very short anterior to procoxae, marginate anteriorly. Prosternal process moderately narrow, long, 4
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longer than wide; nearly parallel-sided between coxae then slightly widened towards rounded apex; laterally marginate, medially sulcate at basal 1/2, carinate at apical 1/2; surface tomentose.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Mesoventrite</emphasis>
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: Short, marginate, densely setose, with a deep mesoventral cavity to receive prosternal process.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Metaventrite</emphasis>
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: Broadly rectangular; very setose; anterior margin marginate, bordered posteriorly by a small, transverse excavation; disc with discrimen extending almost from anterior to posterior margin, deeply incised at posterior 2/3; disc laterad to discrimen very convex; metakatepisternal suture distinct. Disc laterally with large, variably spaced punctures; punctures obscured medially by a broad, triangular patch of very long, dense, recumbent, yellow-orange setae.
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: Of similar lengths; each leg with femur and tibia nearly subequal in length; foreleg stouter than the others; tarsus with tarsomere 5 longer than tarsomeres 1-4 combined, distinctly expanded at 1/3 distance to apex; claws simple, large, sharply acute. Pro- and mesocoxae yellow; metacoxae yellow medially, brown laterally, deeply sulcate; femora yellow, dorsal surfaces of each with a narrow brown stripe, apices brown; tibiae brown, meso- and metatibiae with posterior surfaces yellow-brown, glabrous, shiny; tarsi brown.
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: Five ventrites; ventrites 2 and 3 subequal in length, ventrite 4 shortest, ventrite 5 longest; ventrites convex; ventrite 1 with a wide, triangular, intercoxal projection; ventrites 2-4 with lateral margins each produced to form a small, rounded lobe which clasps the epipleuron; ventrites 3 and 4 depressed basally, raised at posterior margins; ventrite 5 with impressions at basomedial and basolateral margins, apex rounded. Ventrites covered with shallow punctures variably spaced one or more diameters apart; punctures of ventrites 3-5 medially obscured by dense covering of yellow setae.
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The specific epithet
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is an adjective in the nominative singular derived from the Greek
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">meta</emphasis>
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meaning after or posterior, and the Latin
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">tibia</emphasis>
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, the lower portion of a leg.
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<taxonomicName genus="Metatibialis" lsidName="Metatibialis" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Metatibialis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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points to the diagnostic character present on the hind tibia, specifically, the glabrous posterior surface (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 40. Stetholus metatibialis sp. nov., holotype female, 3.9 mm long A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C head, frontal view D head, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615744" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">40D</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
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North Queensland, Australia. Known only from the type locality in the Bellenden Ker Range in Wooroonooran National Park, west of Bellenden Ker and northwest of Babinda (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–12" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 12. Geographical distribution of species records 1 Australara glaisteri gen. nov., sp. nov. 2 Hydora laticeps 3 Ovolara australis 4 Ovolara lawrencei sp. nov. 5 Ovolara leai 6 Ovolara monteithi sp. nov. 7 Potamophilinus papuanus 8 Stetholus carinatus sp. nov. 9 Stetholus elongatus 10 Stetholus longipennis sp. nov. 11 Stetholus metatibialis sp. nov. 12 Stetholus woronora sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures1-12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615728" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">11</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="habitat">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">The single specimen was taken at UV light trap at an elevation of 1054 m on the east slope of Mt. Bellenden Ker. According to the project leader "the whole place is solid rainforest and there are many endemics at higher elevations" (G. Monteith, in litt.).</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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