227 lines
26 KiB
XML
227 lines
26 KiB
XML
<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1171-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="7559C2D42DE85144AEFFC98A16172F97" ID-ZooBank="267D0D4559CA4A18A08034768E652607" ModsDocID="1313-2970-1171-1" checkinTime="1689969829564" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Short, Andrew Edward Z. & Giron, Jennifer C." docDate="2023" docId="21D83E7F2AD05DB6917E587C2A0678CD" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 1171: 1-112" docOrigin="ZooKeys 1171" docPubDate="2023-07-20" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142" docTitle="Novochares minor Short & Girón 2023, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="26D71EB9-D445-449F-BDCB-DE9CBD643DDA" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="1" id="7559C2D42DE85144AEFFC98A16172F97" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="7559C2D42DE85144AEFFC98A16172F97" masterDocTitle="Revision of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Novochares Giron & Short (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae)" masterLastPageNumber="112" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1689969829564" updateUser="pensoft">
|
||
<mods:mods id="ACCE498E512988ED54E033450CDB761B" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
|
||
<mods:titleInfo id="EBB1F36BBA2B558E59401E6983F83FE0">
|
||
<mods:title id="2154D1E92EA320ACE94D3294554159CC">Revision of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Novochares Giron & Short (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae)</mods:title>
|
||
</mods:titleInfo>
|
||
<mods:name id="F498BFD2D5040D1407340EA054C6CA4B" type="personal">
|
||
<mods:role id="9F2FC053693F1373BD0B1859ED8348EC">
|
||
<mods:roleTerm id="E29C2ED5F89645DBDFB40BA7ACD3F344">Author</mods:roleTerm>
|
||
</mods:role>
|
||
<mods:namePart id="FEAFC052926ED29128570D66744F6DFC">Short, Andrew Edward Z.</mods:namePart>
|
||
<mods:nameIdentifier id="59931406D3547BE7ED42BBD810FC90C8" type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7467-7116</mods:nameIdentifier>
|
||
<mods:affiliation id="A4E6AB9FDCB57EFA5240350D37D80462">Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA</mods:affiliation>
|
||
<mods:nameIdentifier id="8E7A455161006F9CFFA011AC112E49DF" type="email">aezshort@ku.edu</mods:nameIdentifier>
|
||
</mods:name>
|
||
<mods:name id="76B1BC6CE92A63D84E8DE0EB8D3C7AE8" type="personal">
|
||
<mods:role id="3995C7555DD2E5B2606DC8B8B614B2A7">
|
||
<mods:roleTerm id="D32924102B7F862DC65B8B5213C27787">Author</mods:roleTerm>
|
||
</mods:role>
|
||
<mods:namePart id="8A7D06A40EAE98B7350259CF0120AE0F">Giron, Jennifer C.</mods:namePart>
|
||
<mods:nameIdentifier id="5A93E71CB1AC9271406B895F80E9956A" type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0851-6883</mods:nameIdentifier>
|
||
<mods:affiliation id="83251EE6CB78C50F42777741BBE50E6D">Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA</mods:affiliation>
|
||
</mods:name>
|
||
<mods:typeOfResource id="86BE1FCD5C24B1335E28A5AFD24FF63B">text</mods:typeOfResource>
|
||
<mods:relatedItem id="5ED870DFF870F87C08E5624813C6ADC2" type="host">
|
||
<mods:titleInfo id="59D607E6D39E0BC3A26014B7026AFFB6">
|
||
<mods:title id="EA20085B5BAC0E246AD4AA93BEF976D5">ZooKeys</mods:title>
|
||
</mods:titleInfo>
|
||
<mods:part id="A8AA6AEDC97B09DC96AE73C69D10DE7E">
|
||
<mods:date id="F0AD92FEFB9E801F55E728F4A7DC1805">2023</mods:date>
|
||
<mods:detail id="C56961CA4FB69157649CC3A5D0E0A732" type="pubDate">
|
||
<mods:number id="2626E8F6F3B5778C21B046365BA558E4">2023-07-20</mods:number>
|
||
</mods:detail>
|
||
<mods:detail id="8FD378D15569D0D837788FDADA702ECA" type="volume">
|
||
<mods:number id="2EF66890EC0F442399C6DF15B9594B98">1171</mods:number>
|
||
</mods:detail>
|
||
<mods:extent id="2FD7A12894F15E8EFBD9B398E659F33D" unit="page">
|
||
<mods:start id="AE05A5B7213C2450E7FD56599E27D2FB">1</mods:start>
|
||
<mods:end id="FFB08E918094B3E651DF6D49C711AD5F">112</mods:end>
|
||
</mods:extent>
|
||
</mods:part>
|
||
</mods:relatedItem>
|
||
<mods:location id="7C6E2E52291886D1D3E8A6168C083681">
|
||
<mods:url id="6A6D62A2FACE4F51C723B1C21BA0650C">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142</mods:url>
|
||
</mods:location>
|
||
<mods:classification id="70216485E1BD2ED60C7A811287BEBCE7">journal article</mods:classification>
|
||
<mods:identifier id="C3F1C655E7210506AD57F016C4232096" type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142</mods:identifier>
|
||
<mods:identifier id="567DAFD83780E3A870E8D54BAB22869C" type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-1171-1</mods:identifier>
|
||
<mods:identifier id="5F68D301E08847C622A3B715C1228874" type="ZooBank">267D0D4559CA4A18A08034768E652607</mods:identifier>
|
||
<mods:identifier id="07DE8647AF0994D28DBD40A328C420F6" type="Pensoft-UUID">7559C2D42DE85144AEFFC98A16172F97</mods:identifier>
|
||
</mods:mods>
|
||
<treatment id="21D83E7F2AD05DB6917E587C2A0678CD" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:26D71EB9-D445-449F-BDCB-DE9CBD643DDA" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/21D83E7F2AD05DB6917E587C2A0678CD" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<subSubSection id="58FFBB2A21B80870DE4C6BD3D3DE847E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="nomenclature">
|
||
<paragraph id="C15A6CB9E944625DFCBDCA0797DF895C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AB95FBE433BC570970134DCD0977603E" LSID="https://zoobank.org/26D71EB9-D445-449F-BDCB-DE9CBD643DDA" authority="Short & Girón, 2023" authorityName="Short & Girón" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Novochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Novochares minor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor" status="sp. nov.">Novochares minor</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D54BE81D47BF35FE3D4DC48EE79F2A20" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C30683AC59AF57BF0CF7D4470AEC3C91" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8FCFB9BF5963C1381DDC92E15205A152" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<figureCitation id="1670F90EF96242557EA5ADA756B4D26B" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Dorsal habitus of Novochares spp. A N. abbreviatus B N. pilatus C N. minor D N. tenedor." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881174" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 7C</figureCitation>
|
||
<figureCitation id="91B7330B2739F59FF7E56F85BCEF4D34" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Aedeagi of Novochares spp. A-C N. aperito D-F N. orchis G-K N. minor G-J Peru K Venezuela A, D, G, K dorsal view B, E, H ventral view C, F, J oblique view I lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881178" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 11G-K</figureCitation>
|
||
<figureCitation id="AB47A0781BB182CD217637EB7916FB2C" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Distribution of Novochares spp. A N. aperito (red), N. minor (yellow), N. orchis (blue) B N. bidens (red), N. furcatus (yellow), N. garfo (blue), N. tenedor (green)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881180" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 13A</figureCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="B567064D21DD1E5BDC5366188755C4A7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type material">
|
||
<paragraph id="AF426B3734C8CD8EC7B607880643FA00" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type material.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="61C018D97ABD612A85FD9F7D22A22BD9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis id="9BB027666C974125F3C534B7D3FAADB9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis id="7A424855528A6793F194954D0013A13D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype</emphasis>
|
||
(male)
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
: "PERU: Loreto: Maynas Province/
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="4BE7F228FCF1C5184F2AC50658229E9B" degrees="3" direction="south" minutes="50.723" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-3.8453834">3°50.723'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="CC659C0AACAC3B527E7892A5F3FF35F8" degrees="73" direction="west" minutes="22.187" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-73.36978">73°22.187'W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 113m/ ca. 10km SW Iquitos, nr. Facultad/ de Ciencias Biologicas UNAP/ leg. S. Baca, 18.i.2020/ seasonal pond; PE20-0118-03A" (MHNSM).
|
||
<emphasis id="8412B88EFB7C63DEDAAD5D83B57BDBCA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis id="8B653C873ED1E6C5FDFBA83D9DB7CF8B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratypes</emphasis>
|
||
(41 exs.): Peru: Loreto
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
: Same data as holotype (27, NZCS, SEMC, TTU-Z, including DNA voucher SLE2143); ca. 15 km SW Iquitos, on Iquitos-Nauta Highway, leg. S. Baca, 18.i.2020, flooded area with vegetation and detritus, PE20-0118-05A (10, SEMC); ca. 20 km SW Iquitos, on Iquitos-Nauta Hwy,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="77E8F9F58AF4C1CCD1CA062FA663F82E" degrees="3" direction="south" minutes="56.655" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-3.94425">3°56.655'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="62FDB120453CA0CA7BE6B4E99BCDF100" degrees="73" direction="west" minutes="23.853" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-73.39755">73°23.853'W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 107 m, leg. S. Baca, 20.i.2020, shallow margins of lake, with vegetation/detritus; PE20-0120-01A (1, SEMC); ca. 60 km SW Iquitos, on Iquitos-Nauta Hwy,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="5A949048F14DCCE938B96DA3B65B1B63" degrees="4" direction="south" minutes="16.279" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-4.2713165">4°16.279'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="0A98DFE54C957174A7E3508D939D4DD6" degrees="73" direction="west" minutes="30.734" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-73.51223">73°30.734'W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 95 m, leg. S. Baca, 20.i.2020, margin of small creek, inundated grass, PE20-0120-02A (1, SEMC).
|
||
<emphasis id="898CC73FCA2DDDA6F0BCF8C5A14B1C0A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Suriname: Para</emphasis>
|
||
: along Martin Luther King Hwy, blackwater marsh by road,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="9AF8253AD2E0FDDF31B5E0A2ABBBF70C" degrees="5.4204" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="5.4204">5.4204</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="53DD24571DF1C076D68393902BA16EB2" degrees="55.09876" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-55.09876">-55.09876</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, SR12-0723-04A (1, SEMC, DNA voucher SLE535).
|
||
<emphasis id="D892A043ABDE39455EAEA670E0A3CFEC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Venezuela: Monagas State</emphasis>
|
||
: S of Maturin, morichal at road crossing,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="A02AD0C212A60E6937C8A8FE2D71D456" degrees="9" direction="north" minutes="16.398" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="9.2733">9°16.398'N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="5A9E6715A46773A0EBEA764D0035F577" degrees="62" direction="west" minutes="56.246" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-62.937435">62°56.246'W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 22 m, 2.ii.2010, leg. Short,
|
||
<normalizedToken id="64D9A80DDABC8F26F9B6A38FEFA1F106" originalValue="García">Garcia</normalizedToken>
|
||
, & Joly, morichal margin, VZ10-0202-02A (1, MIZA).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="018BA55AFFA9FFB65EFF686E2D7106C2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="differential diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="A2B4F1D4B495BDA0AAEF46B2AF42E353" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D26B01ED748108DD09C27B64CFA9FE16" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">See species group diagnosis.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="FA4A4269063F32BF26C500AEF1C2A25A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="688A523D8E14E76C5697A65D46AA3842" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="88238CAFF7FA66858370E523EEDC79DB" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Body length 4.2-5.4 mm.
|
||
<emphasis id="DCBBC1A847EE3F173DA6A92B7D00A6E7" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Coloration</emphasis>
|
||
: Dorsal surfaces very dark brown, with paler (orange to yellow) margins of pronotum and elytra.
|
||
<emphasis id="6BBB90C0FF0A523246284AD1B5D89F06" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
|
||
: Maxillary palps slightly longer than width of head, orange to brown in color, usually paler (yellow) at ends of each palpomere (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="D7F77C1526DB67A70F8610EB093647BF" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Dorsal habitus of Novochares spp. A N. abbreviatus B N. pilatus C N. minor D N. tenedor." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881174" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">7C</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<emphasis id="EE6689E8C6F151710D55F242CAA2AB59" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Thorax</emphasis>
|
||
: Ground punctation on pronotum and elytra relatively dense and shallowly impressed. Elytra without rows of serial punctures, each with very faint rows (one dorsal and two or three lateral) of scarce and weakly marked systematic punctures. Prosternum only very weakly medially convex. Posterior elevation of mesoventrite broadly and somewhat transversely elevated; mesoventrite with medial longitudinal glabrous patch extending anteriorly.
|
||
<emphasis id="39135BF8A050919E3272FACA5634DC0A" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Abdomen</emphasis>
|
||
: Apical emargination of fifth ventrite relatively deep, U-shaped.
|
||
<emphasis id="E2FB55F900FCD40420F27B81FA379C0D" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aedeagus</emphasis>
|
||
: (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="2D53724E9D8D926D9BBF3122F81BA17A" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Aedeagi of Novochares spp. A-C N. aperito D-F N. orchis G-K N. minor G-J Peru K Venezuela A, D, G, K dorsal view B, E, H ventral view C, F, J oblique view I lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881178" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">11G-K</figureCitation>
|
||
) Overall shape pear-like, 2.1-2.3
|
||
<normalizedToken id="A189CB9EE9055C8F39CC548E47247869" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
longer than wide, with outer lateral margins of parameres convex up to apical region; apical region of each paramere rounded; at closest point (along neck), dorsal inner margins of parameres separated by distance slightly narrower than greatest width of a paramere; dorsal plate of median lobe with neck 0.5
|
||
<normalizedToken id="EC22F92C203736A1E20FE0E50455FAA9" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
as broad as base; base of arms of dorsal plate of median lobe dorsally concave; arms of dorsal plate somewhat parallel to slightly diverging, nearly parallel-sided for most length, nearly 0.23
|
||
<normalizedToken id="0D39876E7F3A64E0C4AC176BC59C1CD3" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
length of dorsal plate of median lobe; each arm truncate at apex, sometimes obliquely so, inner margin extending beyond outer margin; notch between arms at base nearly 0.4
|
||
<normalizedToken id="B3C9A45A3251A81D4736BD66637F6B09" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
base of an arm; basal piece nearly 0.3
|
||
<normalizedToken id="C850DB436CBC1BDAE5A25AF907BFE065" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
length of a paramere. In lateral view, ventral outline of parameres 3.5
|
||
<normalizedToken id="C807BEC17D09C974A5824111284A96B9" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
longer than greatest width near base; dorsal outline of aedeagus in lateral view strongly convex at base, then very weakly convex along basal 1/2, then sinuate along distal 1/2; ventral outline of aedeagus in lateral view sinuate.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="AE9629B4381F08BC1040221A6D5648D0" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="CF69915B16FCA65677FAE6C7356CE3E2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="94AD22FBA699E9484180BB3330B2C05B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor, named after its small body size.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="A2199369B40DFEEE9CAC3BCBE43B9568" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="03BE8A8E3AF4A2ED8BFCE89FA60D6216" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="490BFDD77EA61E048985E5315AC0ED15" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="70D442622EC2574B9A83CD4B590D2093" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Distribution of Novochares spp. A N. aperito (red), N. minor (yellow), N. orchis (blue) B N. bidens (red), N. furcatus (yellow), N. garfo (blue), N. tenedor (green)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881180" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">13A</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="F6D28488AA1DDCCD51B1538E4F285339" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="habitat">
|
||
<paragraph id="0C90B28FEE98C2944DE882ABF4D6ED83" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="A8D310966777399437C7E675EC9FC101" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">This species has been found primarily in open marshes and along the margins of vegetated creeks.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="E7B56ED795FA180C19CCEC5335ABA9D4" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph id="780D1D4E8CA32F4E57C0166A7688642B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="CFF746292FD0ECF5B9194A5BFAAA3ECE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
There are small differences in overall length/width of aedeagus and the shape of the apicolateral region of the arms of the dorsal plate of the median lobe between specimens from Peru and Venezuela. The small size and form of this species allow it to be easily confused with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1CD83FC7E79EF8CA285D6257CE9CC1EE" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Sindolus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sindolus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="DBA8846BB39BD8110C0E3E556EECD7DD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Sindolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Sharp, but that genus can easily be separated by the strongly raised longitudinal carina of the mesoventrite, which is absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="67BD7D2DADD769B0F7BBEB0B518BF182" authorityName="Giron & Short" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Novochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Novochares" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9CDD2D64D9C6A1FD10FB849379AB4346" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Novochares</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="EA319247D52E4502290A5400E3D02C58" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="novochares orchis species group">
|
||
<paragraph id="7B4617EC2DB73BA5A216D4334D69B556" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5E4CEE99D737472FC8DCC5455CA26139" authorityName="Short & Girón" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Novochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Novochares orchis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="orchis">
|
||
<emphasis id="26EFBC03FC7599721A3D7CC4E7EC7728" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Novochares orchis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="361A64B7512B6FC60C069E0BED91E62D" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis id="3FF519FE4CB5C1FC28A6318630CBDB36" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Species group diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
Body length 7.3-9.3 mm.
|
||
<emphasis id="4D70A38147B617F724E7E73B4D291000" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Coloration</emphasis>
|
||
: Dorsal surfaces dark brown and sheeny, with paler (brown or reddish brown) clypeus and margins of pronotum and elytra.
|
||
<emphasis id="9977D40A56086E2A2E8DBD3C179EC3D5" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
|
||
: Maxillary palps nearly 1.3
|
||
<normalizedToken id="35D2DD03B44172E386B986A016D8603F" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
longer than width of head, uniformly reddish brown in color (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="85A5D6639032677D50A2314ACFB8F2A8" captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Dorsal habitus of Novochares spp. A N. tectiformis B N. orchis C N. duo D N. piaroa." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881191" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">24B</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<emphasis id="3B4CAC4659BDBDCB9574B0EE206B9F4D" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Thorax</emphasis>
|
||
: Ground punctation on pronotum and elytra relatively dense and very shallowly impressed. Elytra without rows of serial punctures, each with very faint rows (one dorsal and two or three lateral) of scarce and weakly marked systematic punctures. Prosternum only very weakly medially convex. Posterior elevation of mesoventrite elevated as a triangular pyramid, with medial longitudinal ridge extending anteriorly.
|
||
<emphasis id="AFB2AA20187842E1C1AFDB0E3BE509B7" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Abdomen</emphasis>
|
||
: Apical emargination of fifth ventrite relatively deep, V- or U-shaped.
|
||
<emphasis id="3464E02B5F8B78F367CA0237A1B31893" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aedeagus</emphasis>
|
||
: (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation id="D12421103733CE0621A121D6DF981821" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Aedeagi of the Novochares punctatostriatus, Novochares sallaei, and Novochares orchis species groups along with schematic representations of the whole, the parameres (in blue), and the dorsal (in yellow) and ventral (in red) plates of the median lobe A N. dentatus B N. orchis C N. sallaei." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881171" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4B</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="23D6AEADB923DDACAA77033872160819" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Aedeagi of Novochares spp. A-C N. aperito D-F N. orchis G-K N. minor G-J Peru K Venezuela A, D, G, K dorsal view B, E, H ventral view C, F, J oblique view I lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881178" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">11D-F</figureCitation>
|
||
) Overall shape sub-rectangular, nearly 3
|
||
<normalizedToken id="87AFA543D357353FAC19FF0065398B6A" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
longer than wide, joint basal margins of parameres truncate; outer margin of each paramere nearly straight along basal 1/2, then weakly sinuate; apical region of outer margin of each paramere pointed; parameres longer than median lobe; apex of parameres rounded to truncate; parameres with apical region variable in degree of sclerotization; dorsal inner margin of each paramere strongly sinuate; dorsal plate of median lobe (in dorsal view) with stout and strongly sclerotized basal apodemes; dorsal plate of median lobe narrower along mid-section than at base, forming a short and broad neck; notch between arms broad; gonopore sitting proximal to base of median lobe; ventral plate of median lobe (in ventral view) triangular, moderately sclerotized; basal piece nearly 0.35
|
||
<normalizedToken id="38D52D86F580C5660BADB7C095971765" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
length of a paramere, with distal margin medially emarginate. In lateral view, aedeagus triangular, weakly oblique at base, with ventral outline of parameres about 4
|
||
<normalizedToken id="D1CED7F6596E3363F3AD60426D4B2DFA" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
longer than greatest width near base.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="74152CE76AC381A4A9AE1EB9FF4468BF" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis id="BCB53071D27200DA6BB859A280329A9E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Composition.</emphasis>
|
||
This group is composed of a single known species that is found throughout much of the Guiana Shield region with an extremely elaborate aedeagus:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="BAB917C90CF51B30F4353D74B3BF39D6" lsidName="N. orchis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="orchis">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DB3E82E3502D19C1D9BACDE9B0BDCB0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. orchis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="96AFA3215333436B6439C9CF2A05C503" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis id="7F871C6A13DE821C8FE93950614F7A58" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
The large size, very dark brown coloration, and strongly elevated mesoventrite serve to separate this species group from all except the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AE56540D8DCB6956769D54535D18502D" baseAuthorityName="Fernandez" baseAuthorityYear="1982" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Novochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Novochares tectiformis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tectiformis">
|
||
<emphasis id="DB027D27F37A3275777E610BC7CD2A1E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Novochares tectiformis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group. However, we are not aware of any external morphological characters to distinguish it from that group. The species has been placed in its own group largely based on the molecular phylogenetic placement (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="ED3CA339F4F419ADCF43E6BC55FFA120" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phylogeny of Novochares spp. Part 1: Novochares punctatostriatus, Novochares tectiformis, Novochares sallaei, Novochares orchis, Novochares minor, and Novochares garfo species groups. Inferred from COI and 28 S combined sequence data. Numbers next to taxon names are extraction numbers (see Table 1). The Novochares portion of the phylogeny of Acidocerinae based on five gene fragments as presented in Short et al. (2021) is reproduced in the lower left corner for comparative purposes." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881168" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |