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<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FF4AFF3EFDD7BE97" bold="true" box="[151,552,152,178]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus</emphasis>
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(
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,
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,
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)
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locality.
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, Tsingidi,
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,
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material examined.
<typeStatus id="548F8841552DFFD7FE24FE87FD99BF1F" box="[505,614,289,314]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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♂:
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: “
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[sic!, typographic error, in reality not
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=
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but
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]: Tsingidi, 2.24.
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[=
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], 12.58.
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[=
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],
<date id="FF8A1023552DFFD7FD8AFECFFCE7BFA4" box="[599,792,361,386]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="2013-11">November 2013</date>
, leg. L. J. Niemand”, ”, “
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<taxonomicName id="4C344D60552DFFD7FB37FECFFEAFBF83" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Thyreocephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudoafricanus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FB37FECFFEAFBF83" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus</emphasis>
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, Janák &amp; Bordoni det. 2015” (
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).
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<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FCA9FE2BFC13BF83" bold="true" box="[884,1004,397,422]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Paratypes</emphasis>
</typeStatus>
:
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, 3 ♀: same data as
<typeStatus id="548F8841552DFFD7FADAFE2BFA93BF83" box="[1287,1388,397,422]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, but “
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<taxonomicName id="4C344D60552DFFD7FEC1FE17FD6FBFEF" box="[284,656,433,458]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Thyreocephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudoafricanus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FEC1FE17FD6FBFEF" box="[284,656,433,458]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A273578A552DFFD7FD47FE14FD09BFEC" box="[666,758,434,457]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, Janák &amp; Bordoni det. 2015” (
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, 2 ♀ in
<collectionCode id="ED25AE26552DFFD7FB2CFE17FABDBFEC" box="[1265,1346,433,457]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s8gp-ktsi" name="Transvaal Museum" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">TMSA</collectionCode>
,
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in
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,
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, 1 ♀ in
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).
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<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FF1AFE5FFEA6BC37" bold="true" box="[199,345,505,530]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Description.</emphasis>
Body length
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long; length from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra:
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. Head and pronotum black; metasternum, elytra and abdomen orange light; abdominal tergites 5 and 6 infuscate in the middle. Head and pronotum and related punctation as in
<figureCitation id="130F2A66552DFFD7FC19FDE7FBE8BC7C" box="[964,1047,577,602]" captionStart="FIGURES 40 44" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1958,1980]" captionTargetBox="[195,1376,206,1912]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[183,1393,193,1921]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 40 44. Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus sp. nov.; 40, head and pronotum; 41, labrum; 42, male tergite 10; 43, male sternite 9; 44, aedeagus." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/289887/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 40</figureCitation>
; head and pronotum shiny; labrum as in
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. Posterior angles of head in lateral view very protruding. Elytra sub-quadrangular, large, longer and wider than pronotum, with rounded humeral angles. Surface with spaced punctation, arranged in three series, one near suture, one median and one lateral. Abdomen with very fine and dense, transversal micro-striation and fine, sparse punctation, with long yellowish setae; one blackish lateral seta on each segment.
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<collectingCountry id="F3237673552DFFD7FF1AFD53FEFBBD2B" box="[199,260,757,782]" name="Malta" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Male</collectingCountry>
. Head larger, lateral part of temples with distinct apicolateral protrusion, densely and moderately coarsely punctured. Tergite 10 and sternite 9 of the male genital segment as in
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. Aedeagus (
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)
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long, with long, ovoid median lobe.
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<paragraph id="8B8B36E3552DFFD7FF1AFCC7FE57BDB8" blockId="22.[151,1437,253,1142]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Female. Head smaller, lateral part of temples without or at most with short apicolateral protrusion, with a few scattered fine punctures.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8B36E3552DFFD7FF1AFC0FFA6EBDC0" blockId="22.[151,1437,253,1142]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FF1AFC0FFE31BDE7" bold="true" box="[199,462,937,962]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C344D60552DFFD7FE08FC0FFCB8BDE7" box="[469,839,937,962]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Thyreocephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudoafricanus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FE08FC0FFCB8BDE7" box="[469,839,937,962]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Thyreocephalus pseudoafricanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A273578A552DFFD7FC93FC0FFC57BDE7" box="[846,936,937,962]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FC93FC0FFC57BDE7" bold="true" box="[846,936,937,962]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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differs from the most similar
<taxonomicName id="4C344D60552DFFD7FB24FC0CFA81BDE7" box="[1273,1406,938,962]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Thyreocephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FB24FC0CFA81BDE7" box="[1273,1406,938,962]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">T. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the infuscate abdominal tergites 5 and 6, the shorter and wider median lobe of the aedeagus and shorter paramere.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32E6568552DFFD7FF1AFC57FEF7BA08" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B8B36E3552DFFD7FF1AFC57FEF7BA08" blockId="22.[151,1437,253,1142]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FF1AFC57FEB1BA2F" bold="true" box="[199,334,1009,1034]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is the Greek
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FD0DFC57FCD6BA2F" box="[720,809,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">pseudo-</emphasis>
and the Latin
<taxonomicName id="4C344D60552DFFD7FC0CFC54FBC4BA2F" box="[977,1083,1010,1034]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Thyreocephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FC0CFC54FBC4BA2F" box="[977,1083,1010,1034]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, referring to its similarity to
<taxonomicName id="4C344D60552DFFD7FA5AFC54FEFEBA0B" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Thyreocephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FA5AFC54FEFEBA0B" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">T. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32E6568552DFFD7FF1AFB9FFAE3BA53" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B8B36E3552DFFD7FF1AFB9FFC13BA77" blockId="22.[151,1437,253,1142]" box="[199,1004,1081,1106]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FF1AFB9FFE9FBA77" bold="true" box="[199,352,1081,1106]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Distribution.</emphasis>
The species is distributed in
<collectingCountry id="F3237673552DFFD7FD7AFB9FFC83BA77" box="[679,892,1081,1106]" name="Republic of the Congo" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Republic of Congo</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="130F2A66552DFFD7FC56FB9FFC20BA77" box="[907,991,1081,1106]" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1593,1615]" captionTargetBox="[162,1433,201,1578]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[151,1436,193,1581]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 29. Distribution of species in Thyreocephalus pilosus group (● = T. africanus (Bernhauer), Δ = T. brunneiventris (Tottenham), ▲ = T. pilosus (Roth), ☆ T. pseudoafricanus sp. nov., ○ = T. secretus (Bernhauer), ★ = T. tsingidianus sp. nov.)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/289884/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 29</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8B36E3552DFFD7FF1AFBFBFAE3BA53" blockId="22.[151,1437,253,1142]" box="[199,1308,1117,1142]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="B940EAF1552DFFD7FF1AFBFBFEC7BA53" bold="true" box="[199,312,1117,1142]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Bionomy.</emphasis>
The species was collected in pitfall traps baited with Chimpanzee dung (
<figureCitation id="130F2A66552DFFD7FBB7FBFBFAEFBA53" box="[1130,1296,1117,1142]" captionStart="FIGURES 238 240. 238, 239" captionStartId="90.[151,264,1811,1833]" captionTargetBox="[170,1419,213,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@90.[150,1436,193,1790]" captionTargetPageId="90" captionText="FIGURES 238 240. 238, 239, Tsingidi, Republic of Congo (type locality of Thyreocephalus tsingidianus sp. nov. and T. pseudoafricanus sp. nov.); 238, forest; 239, pitfall traps; 240, Mariepskop, South Africa (type locality of T. meridionalis sp. nov.) — arrow indicates a place where the specimen was collected." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/289931/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Figs. 238, 239</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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