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<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF7FF90FD177B10FCDAFAE8" bold="true" box="[714,823,1294,1315]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="534">Megacerus</emphasis>
(
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)
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF7FF90FC1F7B10FBFAFAE8" bold="true" box="[962,1047,1294,1315]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="534">westcotti</emphasis>
Romero
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,
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(
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) zoobank.org/
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
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<paragraph id="363F4225FFF7FF90FD187BBDFC02F9E9" blockId="4.[685,1172,1443,1730]" pageId="4" pageNumber="534">
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF7FF90FD187BBDFCD2FA73" bold="true" box="[709,831,1443,1464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="534">Type Series.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="86E84878FFF7FF90FC987BBDFC02F9E9" collectingDate="1987-12" collectionCode="CEAM, USNM" collectorName="de Alamos" country="Mexico" location="Sierra de Alamos" pageId="4" pageNumber="534" specimenCount="3" stateProvince="Sonora" typeStatus="holotype">
<typeStatus id="E93BFC87FFF7FF90FC987BBDFC70FA73" box="[837,925,1443,1464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="534" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
and
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:
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Sierra
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,
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,
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<collectingCountry id="4E9702B5FFF7FF90FCB37BA0FC3FFA18" box="[878,978,1470,1491]" name="Mexico" pageId="4" pageNumber="534">MEXICO</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
;
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<collectingDate id="527A9D0DFFF7FF90FC027BA0FBD5FA18" box="[991,1080,1470,1491]" bridgedPair="/" pageId="4" pageNumber="534" value="1987-12">XII/1987</collectingDate>
</date>
, collector unknown, reared from seed of
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<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF7FF90FC017BC6FD1EF9C3" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="534">Erythroxylum mexicanum</emphasis>
Kunth
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(
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and
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at
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,
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at
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).
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<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF7FF90FD187836FC99F9F6" bold="true" box="[709,884,1576,1597]" pageId="4" pageNumber="534">Description. Male</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="AEBB5EA0FFF7FF90FCA37836FC3BF9F6" box="[894,982,1576,1598]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[197,228,1711,1730]" captionTargetBox="[177,1184,537,1693]" captionTargetId="figure-162@5.[175,1190,529,1695]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 1. Male Megacerus westcotti. a) Dorsal habitus, b) Lateral habitus, c) Pygidium, d) Genitalia." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5384045" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5384045/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="534">Fig. 1a–d</figureCitation>
). Length (pronotumelytra)
<quantity id="F178EFC0FFF7FF90FD2C785DFC90F993" box="[753,893,1602,1624]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.9" metricValueMax="3.05" metricValueMin="2.75" pageId="4" pageNumber="534" unit="mm" value="2.9" valueMax="3.05" valueMin="2.75">2.75–3.05 mm</quantity>
; width
<quantity id="F178EFC0FFF7FF90FC1B785DFBBFF993" box="[966,1106,1602,1624]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6099999999999999" metricValueMax="1.67" metricValueMin="1.55" pageId="4" pageNumber="534" unit="mm" value="1.6099999999999999" valueMax="1.67" valueMin="1.55">1.55–1.67 mm</quantity>
; maximum thoracic depth
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.
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Body reddish brown, except head, antenna, a transverse mesal spot on pronotum, 3 spots on external margin on elytra and 2 indistinct areas on internal margin, metacoxa, ventral portion of metafemur, and 2 pygidial anteapical lateral spots black.
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF6FF91FDEA7EC2FD7EFF3A" bold="true" box="[567,659,220,241]" pageId="5" pageNumber="535">Vestiture:</emphasis>
Body with white pubescence, with scattered spots of yellowish setae; pygidium with white setae forming a dense, triangular, median, basal spot; spiracular areas not glabrous, clothed with whitish setae.
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF6FF91FDC17F59FDBAFE97" bold="true" box="[540,599,327,348]" pageId="5" pageNumber="535">Head:</emphasis>
Short, constricted behind eyes; densely micropunctulate; frons very narrow with a strong median carina; ocular sinus 0.35–0.48X width of eye, posterior margin of eye protruding from adjacent surfaces; antennae pectinate from 4
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antennomere.
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF6FF91FE607FD2FDC0FE2A" bold="true" box="[445,557,460,481]" pageId="5" pageNumber="535">Prothorax:</emphasis>
Pronotum subconical, without lateral carina; disc convex, densely foveolate; prosternal process narrow, triangular, acute.
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF6FF91FD1E7EE9FC51FEC7" bold="true" box="[707,956,247,268]" pageId="5" pageNumber="535">Meso- and metathoraces:</emphasis>
Scutellum square, bidentate apically; elytral striae with large punctures slightly wider than striae; striae 1–6 reaching elytral base, 7 reaching middle of humerus, 8–10 reaching humeral base; mesepimeron foveolate; metepisternum punctate with scattered foveolae and a dorsal curved carina; elytra with salient humeri.
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF6FF91FC207F89FBDBFE67" bold="true" box="[1021,1078,407,428]" pageId="5" pageNumber="535">Legs:</emphasis>
Metacoxa densely foveolate; metafemur moderately swollen, ventral carinae obsolete; internal ventral margin with very small subapical spine; metatibia straight, enlarged, with dorsomesal and ventral carinae, lateral and ventrolateral carinae obsolete; mucro longer than lateral coronal denticle.
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FE557F0FFE1CFEED" bold="true" box="[392,497,273,294]" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Abdomen:</emphasis>
More or less telescoped, 5
<superScript id="C1F5EF6DFFF5FF92FECD7F39FEF3FEFE" attach="left" box="[272,286,295,309]" fontSize="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">th</superScript>
sternite deeply emarginate; pygidium vertical with scattered foveolae.
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FE117F58FDC3FE90" bold="true" box="[460,558,326,347]" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Genitalia:</emphasis>
Median lobe moderately long, wider at base; ventral valve triangular and deeply arcuate in lateral view; basal internal sac spinulate, with median group of about 25 spines followed by a double line of 6 spines and a basal group formed by 3 spines on each side (
<figureCitation id="AEBB5EA0FFF5FF92FDF27FD5FD9CFE2B" box="[559,625,459,480]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[197,228,1711,1730]" captionTargetBox="[177,1184,537,1693]" captionTargetId="figure-162@5.[175,1190,529,1695]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 1. Male Megacerus westcotti. a) Dorsal habitus, b) Lateral habitus, c) Pygidium, d) Genitalia." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5384045" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5384045/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Fig.1d</figureCitation>
); lateral lobes fused, wider than apex of median lobe, with apical setae, without median flap in ventral view.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF6FF91FF1878B1FF13F909" bold="true" box="[197,254,1711,1730]" pageId="5" pageNumber="535">Fig. 1.</emphasis>
Male
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<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF6FF91FE9878B1FE1EF90A" box="[325,499,1711,1729]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="535">Megacerus westcotti</emphasis>
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. a) Dorsal habitus, b) Lateral habitus, c) Pygidium, d) Genitalia.
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<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FF4A7C05FF32FDFB" bold="true" box="[151,223,539,560]" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Female</emphasis>
. Unknown.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="363F4225FFF5FF92FF727C2BFEA4FDAE" blockId="6.[151,639,194,959]" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FF727C2BFECAFD81" bold="true" box="[175,295,565,586]" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Host Plant.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F18039A6FFF5FF92FEE87C2BFEA9FDAE" authority="Kunth." authorityName="Kunth." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Erythroxylaceae" genus="Erythroxylum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="6" pageNumber="536" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mexicanum">
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FEE87C2BFDC2FD80" box="[309,559,565,587]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Erythroxylum mexicanum</emphasis>
Kunth. (Erythroxylaceae)
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.
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<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FF727C75FEDDFD4B" bold="true" box="[175,304,619,640]" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="4E9702B5FFF5FF92FEE57C75FE6DFD4B" box="[312,384,619,640]" name="Mexico" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Mexico</collectingCountry>
(
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).
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<subSubSection id="7E9A11AEFFF5FF92FF727C9BFE82FD21" pageId="6" pageNumber="536" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FF727C9BFECFFD51" bold="true" box="[175,290,645,666]" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is dedicated to Richard L. Westcott, a friend of the author and a great collector. We shared field trips full of exciting experiences many times.
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<subSubSection id="7E9A11AEFFF5FF92FF727CEEFD92FC74" pageId="6" pageNumber="536" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FF727CEEFEF8FCCE" bold="true" box="[175,277,752,773]" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This species is near
<taxonomicName id="F18039A6FFF5FF92FE207CEEFD93FCCE" baseAuthorityName="Casey" baseAuthorityYear="1884" box="[509,638,751,773]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Megacerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="536" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubiculus">
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FE207CEEFD93FCCE" box="[509,638,751,773]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">M. cubiculus</emphasis>
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within the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="F18039A6FFF5FF92FEB87D14FE21FCD4" authorityName="Fahraeus" authorityYear="1839" box="[357,460,778,799]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Megacerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="536" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FEB87D14FE21FCD4" box="[357,460,778,799]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">Megacerus</emphasis>
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, which is characterized by having 22–27 spines in the internal sac of the male genitalia and only one pair of spines posteriorly. In contrast,
<taxonomicName id="F18039A6FFF5FF92FE837D44FE3EFCA4" authorityName="Romero" authorityYear="2018" box="[350,467,858,879]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Megacerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="536" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="westcotti">
<emphasis id="04F49E37FFF5FF92FE837D44FE3EFCA4" box="[350,467,858,879]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="536">M. westcotti</emphasis>
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has more spines, about 43, and the posterior spines are grouped into two groups of three.
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represents a new host family for both the genus and the subfamily.
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