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NARROWLY ELONgATE, mODERATELY TRANSvERSELY CONvEX AND mEDIUm-SIZED (
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); SImILAR IN EXTERNAL SHApE AND COLOR TO THE RARE 
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AUDISIO, 
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fROm YUNNAN AND ALSO CLOSELY RELATED TO 
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AUDISIO, 
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fROm YUNNAN AND TO 
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AUDISIO, 
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fROm SICHUAN AND SHAANXI (ALL IN THE 
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SpECIES gROUp: LIU 
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2017). THIS NEW SpECIES DIffERS fROm THE THREE RELATED SpECIES IN THE COmpLEX bY ITS DISTINCTIvE OvIpOSITOR, WHICH IS UNmISTAKAbLE DUE TO ITS SHARpLY TRICUSpID ApEX (
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FIg. 
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; OvIpOSITOR Of 
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AND 
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AS IN FIgS. 16f, 16K AND 17K, RESpECTIvELY, IN AUDISIO 
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2015). ADDITIONALLY, 
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2015).
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) SImILAR TO THAT IN 
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(FIg. 
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IN AUDISIO 
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2015), mODERATELY CONvEX. CLYpEUS WITH TRUNCATE ANTERIOR mARgIN. PRONOTUm TRApEZOIDAL IN SHApE, AND ARCUATELY CONvERgENT DISTAD (
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); ELYTRA WITHOUT DISTINgUISHAbLE TRACES Of TRANSvERSE STRIgOSE SCULpTURINg. DORSAL SURfACE DIffUSELY pUNCTATE, pUNCTURES ON pRONOTUm AND ELYTRA fINE AND mODERATELY DEEp, SEpARATED fROm EACH OTHER bY CA. 1.2–1.5 DIAmETERS; SpACE bETWEEN pUNCTURES SmOOTH AND SHININg. RATIO LPR1/LELY = 0.42; RATIO WPR1/LPR1 = 2.09; RATIO WPR2/LPR1 = 2.01; RATIO WPR2/WPR1 = 0.95; RATIO LELY/WELY = 1.01; RATIO WPR1/WPRA = 1.71; RATIO WPR1/WELY = 0.90; RATIO WPR2/WELY = 0.86.
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: ANTENNAE SHORT (
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); RATIO ANLE/HWEA = 0.76; RATIO CLLE/W10J = 1.24; RATIO L03J/W03J = 2.40; RATIO L03J/L02J = 0.90; RATIO L03J/L04J = 1.50; RATIO WFTA/LFTA = 0.27; RATIO LETI/WITI = 3.70.
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<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E42F0D29B47C4E094" box="[199,392,1230,1254]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Female genitalia</emphasis>
: OvIpOSITOR DISTINCTLY SHApED (
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FIg. 
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), ApEX mARKEDLY TRICUSpID-SHApED, THE CENTRAL vERTEX LONgER THAN LATERAL ONES, mODERATELY SCLEROTIZED; RATIO STLE/DSIA = 0.70; RATIO STLE/CGOW = 0.11; RATIO GONL/ CGOW = 1.48. BASAL pORTIONS Of gONOCOXITES TRANSvERSE, LATERALLY DIRECTED ApICES ACUTELY ROUNDED. RATIO OVPL/ GONL = 2.10.
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<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E42F0D30B474DE104" box="[199,257,1374,1398]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Male</emphasis>
: UNKNOWN.
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<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E42F0D3D64763E1E8" box="[199,303,1411,1434]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Variation</emphasis>
: bODY SIZES 
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(LENgTH) AND 
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(WIDTH). ONE Of THE pARATYpES AppEARS ALmOST gLAbROUS, WHICH IS LIKELY DUE TO pUbESCENCE LOSS INSIDE THE COLLECTINg vIAL CONTAININg pURE ETHANOL.
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, 
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<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E406BD39F44E9E191" bold="true" box="[604,677,1482,1507]" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">China</emphasis>
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: 
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A.S.L., 31.441944° 110.2925°, 
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Sp.
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(
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); CA. 
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A.S.L., CA. 31.454444° 110.285278°, P. AUDISIO LgT, SpARSELY fORESTED 
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bUSHY 
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, 
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(
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Distribution. Central 
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(
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) (
<figureCitation id="04D72A438103727E40B6D02A449AE2E5" box="[641,726,1662,1687]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1772,1794]" captionTargetBox="[226,1360,240,1703]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[179,1407,193,1750]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 6. Distribution maps of Meligethes (Odonthogethes) species; a (M. simulator, M. pallidoelytrorum, M. luteomaculatus sp. n., M. tricuspidatus sp. n., and M. trapezithorax sp. n.); b (M.wagneri, M. ferruginoides, M. pectoralis, M. pseudopectoralis)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1196247/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">FIg. 6A</figureCitation>
). THE pOSSIbLE HOST-pLANT IN SHENNONg PEAK SCENIC AREA, 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E4761D02B474CE2C9" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Rubus rosifolius</emphasis>
, IS WIDESpREAD IN SE 
<collectingCountry id="E4FB76568103727E43C5D0F64475E2C9" box="[498,569,1699,1723]" name="China" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">CHINA</collectingCountry>
, CHIEfLY IN 
<collectingRegion id="5E28F8248103727E4083D0F744B0E2C9" box="[692,764,1698,1723]" country="China" name="Hubei" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">HUbEI</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="5E28F8248103727E4130D0F6451AE2C9" box="[775,854,1699,1723]" country="China" name="Hunan" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">HUNAN</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="5E28F8248103727E4168D0F64588E2C9" box="[863,964,1699,1723]" country="China" name="Guangxi" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">GUANgXI</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="5E28F8248103727E41F9D0F64253E2C9" box="[974,1055,1699,1723]" country="China" name="Jiangxi" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">JIANgXI</collectingRegion>
AND 
<collectingRegion id="5E28F8248103727E4662D0F642D0E2C9" box="[1109,1180,1699,1723]" country="China" name="Fujian" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">FUJIAN</collectingRegion>
(LU 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E46E4D0F64340E2C9" box="[1235,1292,1699,1723]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">et al.</emphasis>
2003).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9C5336C68103727E42F0D09345DBE338" blockId="9.[151,1438,258,2011]" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E42F0D0934714E2AD" bold="true" box="[199,344,1734,1759]" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Host-plants.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E4368D0934458E2AC" box="[351,532,1734,1758]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Rubus rosifolius</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="04D72A438103727E4015D0924438E2AD" box="[546,628,1735,1759]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1288,1310]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,222,1233]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,193,1266]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 4. Actual and/or putative Rosaceae larval host plants of Meligethes (Odonthogethes) species: a, Rubus rosifolius from Hubei (likely host plant of M.(O.) trapezithorax sp.n., M. (O.) tricuspidatus sp. n., and M. (O.) luteomaculatus sp. n.); b, Rubus niveus from Sichuan (host plant of M.(O.) pallidoelytrorum); c, Photyniaserratifolia from Chongqing (likely host plant of M. (O.) flavicollis); d, Malus asiatica from Guizhou (likely host plant of M. (O.) pectoralis); e, Sorbaria arborea from Shaanxi (likely host plant of M. (O.) wagneri)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1196243/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">FIg. 4A</figureCitation>
) COULD REpRESENT A LOCAL HOST-pLANT IN SHENNONg PEAK SCENIC AREA, bUT NO DEfINITIvE LARvAL HOST-pLANT RELATIONSHIpS HAvE bEEN ESTAbLISHED. HOWEvER, WHERE THE 
<typeStatus id="435788648103727E467FD0BE42E6E371" box="[1096,1194,1771,1795]" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" type="holotype">HOLOTYpE</typeStatus>
AND A 
<typeStatus id="435788648103727E46C3D0BE4318E371" box="[1268,1364,1771,1795]" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" type="paratype">pARATYpE</typeStatus>
Of THE NEW SpECIES WERE COLLECTED ON 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458103727E43C7D15B44F2E355" authority="Sp." authorityName="Sp." box="[496,702,1806,1831]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Rhododendron" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E43C7D15B44D9E354" box="[496,661,1806,1830]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Rhododendron</emphasis>
Sp.
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458103727E40FED15A450DE355" authorityName="" authorityYear="1789" box="[713,833,1807,1831]" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="family">ERICACEAE</taxonomicName>
), SEvERAL SmALL bUSHES Of 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E466BD15B42EEE354" box="[1116,1186,1806,1830]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Rubus</emphasis>
Spp., INCLUDINg 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E4761D15B474CE339" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Rubus rosifolius</emphasis>
, WERE pRESENT ALTHOUgH THEY WERE NOT IN fLOWER AT THE TImE.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D4F6654D8103727D42F0D1034787E4A6" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="556" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" type="description">
<paragraph id="9C5336C68103727E42F0D10342B4E3A8" blockId="9.[151,1438,258,2011]" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E42F0D1034766E31D" bold="true" box="[199,298,1878,1903]" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Habitat.</emphasis>
LOCALITY DATA INDICATES THAT THIS SpECIES AppEARS TO pREfER THE EDgES Of HIgH ALTITUDE SpARSELY fORESTED AND bUSHY AREAS. AS AbOvE REpORTED, TWO SpECImENS Of THE TYpE SERIES WERE COLLECTED bY SWEEpINg fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458103727E4280D1CB47C9E3C4" authority="Sp." authorityName="Sp." box="[183,389,1950,1975]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Rhododendron" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E4280D1CB4710E3C4" box="[183,348,1950,1974]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Rhododendron</emphasis>
Sp.
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458103727E43A4D1CA4444E3C5" authorityName="" authorityYear="1789" box="[403,520,1951,1975]" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="family">ERICACEAE</taxonomicName>
) IN COmpANY WITH SEvERAL SpECImENS Of 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458103727E41E2D1CA42CCE3C4" authorityName="Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek &amp; Audisio" authorityYear="2016" box="[981,1152,1950,1974]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auropilosus">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E41E2D1CA42CCE3C4" box="[981,1152,1950,1974]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">M. auropilosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458103727E46A7D1CA4321E3C5" authorityName="Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek &amp; Audisio" authorityYear="2016" box="[1168,1389,1951,1975]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macrofemoratus">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E46A7D1CA4321E3C5" box="[1168,1389,1951,1975]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">M. macrofemoratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458103727E474AD1CA46B3E3A8" authorityName="Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="1979" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semenovi">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E474AD1CA46B3E3A8" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">M. semenovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458103727E433AD19647E4E3A9" box="[269,424,1987,2011]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hammondi">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E433AD19647E4E3A9" box="[269,424,1987,2011]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">M. hammondi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458103727E4381D19645C5E3A8" authority="Sp. N" authorityName="Sp. N" box="[438,905,1987,2011]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteomaculatus" subGenus="Odonthogethes">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E4381D1964799E3A8" box="[438,469,1987,2010]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">M.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E43D2D19644C3E3A9" box="[485,655,1987,2011]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">Odonthogethes</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E40A8D1964506E3A9" box="[671,842,1987,2011]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">luteomaculatus</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B5AB57AF8103727E4166D19645C5E3A8" box="[849,905,1987,2011]" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" rank="species">Sp. N</taxonomicNameLabel>
</taxonomicName>
, AND 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458103727E41F4D19642B4E3A8" authority="Sp. N." authorityName="Sp. N." box="[963,1272,1987,2011]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trapezithorax" subGenus="Odonthogethes">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E41F4D19645AFE3A8" box="[963,995,1987,2010]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">M.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E41C5D1964241E3A8" box="[1010,1037,1987,2010]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">O.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48103727E462AD19642F8E3A9" box="[1053,1204,1987,2011]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="555">trapezithorax</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B5AB57AF8103727E468CD19642B4E3A8" box="[1211,1272,1987,2011]" pageId="9" pageNumber="555" rank="species">Sp. N.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9C5336C68100727D42F0D6C24787E4A6" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,680]" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D42F0D6C24705E4C2" bold="true" box="[199,329,151,176]" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">Phenology.</emphasis>
THE fEW AvAILAbLE SpECImENS WERE COLLECTED IN mIDDLE JUNE, WHICH LIKELY INDICATES ADULT ACTIvITY AT LEAST fROm LATE MAY TO JULY.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D4F6654D8100727D42F0D68A45E5E6DA" pageId="10" pageNumber="556" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="9C5336C68100727D42F0D68A47E2E56E" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,680]" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D42F0D68A4702E48A" bold="true" box="[199,334,223,248]" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">Etymology.</emphasis>
THE SpECIfIC EpITHET IS DERIvED fROm THE pECULIARLY TRICUSpID-SHApED (
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458100727D465CD6B542B1E48A" authorityName="Liu &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Audisio" authorityYear="2018" box="[1131,1277,224,248]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="556" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tricuspidatus">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D465CD6B542B1E48A" box="[1131,1277,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">tricuspidatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
IN LATE LATIN) OvIpOSITOR ApEX (
<figureCitation id="04D72A438100727D4364D75147EDE56E" box="[339,417,260,284]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1801,1823]" captionTargetBox="[172,1413,201,1770]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[152,1434,193,1780]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male (a–f) and female (g–l) genitalia of Meligethes species (a, c, e, tegmen, dorsal view; b, d, f, median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal view); a, b, M. (Meligethes) elytralis Audisio, Sabatelli &amp; Jelínek, 2015, ♂ from Sichuan; c, d, M. (Odonthogethes) trapezithoraxsp.n., ♂ paratype from Hubei;e, f, M.(O.)luteomaculatus sp.n., ♂ paratype from Hubei;g, M. (M.) auropilosus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelínek &amp; Audisio, 2016, ♀ from Hubei; h, M. (O.) trapezithorax sp. n., ♀ paratype from Hubei; i, M. (O.) tricuspidatus sp. n., ♀ holotype from Hubei; j, M. (O.) luteomaculatus sp. n., ♀ paratype from Hubei; k, M. (O.) pallidoelytrorum Chen &amp; Kirejtshuk, 2013, ♀ from Sichuan; l, M. (M.) cinereoargenteus Audisio, Sabatelli &amp; Jelínek, 2015, ♀ from Sichuan.Scale bar: 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1196239/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">
FIg. 
<date id="E85210068100727D43BFD75147EDE56E" box="[392,417,260,284]" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">2I</date>
</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9C5336C68100727D42F0D77245E5E6DA" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,680]" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D42F0D772478FE532" bold="true" box="[199,451,295,320]" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">Taxonomic remarks.</emphasis>
AS REpORTED AbOvE, THIS NEW SpECIES IS SImILAR IN EXTERNAL SHApE AND COLOR TO 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458100727D474AD77C4769E516" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="556" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteoornatus">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D474AD77C4769E516" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">M. luteoornatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
fROm YUNNAN AND 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458100727D4033D71844C7E516" authorityName="Audisio, Sabatelli &amp; Jelinek" authorityYear="2015" box="[516,651,332,356]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="556" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occultus">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D4033D71844C7E516" box="[516,651,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">M. occultus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
fROm YUNNAN, AND TO 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458100727D41A4D7184268E516" box="[915,1060,332,356]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="556" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schuelkei">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D41A4D7184268E516" box="[915,1060,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">M. schuelkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
fROm SICHUAN AND SHAANXI (SEE AUDISIO 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D42C1D7244762E5FA" box="[246,302,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">et al.</emphasis>
2015), WHICH ARE ALL IN THE 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458100727D406AD72444A6E5FA" box="[605,746,368,392]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="556" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chinensis">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D406AD72444A6E5FA" box="[605,746,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">M. chinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
SpECIES gROUp (LIU 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D41F0D72445B2E5FA" box="[967,1022,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">et al.</emphasis>
2017), CHIEfLY IN THE HERE DEfINED 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458100727D474AD72446B8E5DE" authorityName="Audisio, Sabatelli &amp; Jelinek" authorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="556" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occultus">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D474AD72446B8E5DE" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">M. occultus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
SpECIES COmpLEX (SEE SpECIES CHECKLIST bELOW). FEmALE SpECImENS Of 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458100727D41CBD7C042C4E5DE" box="[1020,1160,404,428]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="556" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schuelkei">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D41CBD7C042C4E5DE" box="[1020,1160,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">M. schuelkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
fROm THE TYpE LOCALITY IN SICHUAN ARE THUS fAR UNKNOWN, bUT DIffERENCES IN THE SHApE Of pRONOTUm Of THE fEmALE HOLOTYpE CONfIRm ITS SpECIfIC DISTINCTION fROm THE NEW SpECIES; HOWEvER, A fEmALE SpECImEN fROm S SHAANXI TENTATIvELY ATTRIbUTED TO 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458100727D4738D78843D0E586" box="[1295,1436,476,500]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="556" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schuelkei">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D4738D78843D0E586" box="[1295,1436,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">M. schuelkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
EXHIbITS A DISTINCTLY DIffERENT OvIpOSITOR (FIg. 17K IN AUDISIO 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D410AD4544539E66A" box="[829,885,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">et al.</emphasis>
2015). THE AUTHORS ARE ASSEmbLINg fRESH mATERIAL fOR mOLECULAR ANALYSES ON THE WHOLE gROUp, IN ORDER TO bETTER DEfINE THE pHYLOgENETIC AND TAXONOmIC RELATIONSHIpS INSIDE THIS DIffICULT CLADE; ITS EvOLUTIONARY SCENARIO, IN fACT, pRObAbLY pARALLELS THE SITUATION RECENTLY EvIDENCED ELSEWHERE IN SOmE SpECIES gROUpS Of THE RELATED gENUS 
<taxonomicName id="5BEC4D458100727D40C1D43945D3E6F6" authorityName="Audisio &amp; Cline" authorityYear="2009" box="[758,927,620,644]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brassicogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="556" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D40C1D43945D3E6F6" box="[758,927,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">Brassicogethes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
AUDISIO &amp; CLINE (AUDISIO 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D46FAD4384349E6F6" box="[1229,1285,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">et al.</emphasis>
1999, 2001A, b, 2002, 2006, 2011; DE BIASE 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D43C6D4C44466E6DA" box="[497,554,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">et al.</emphasis>
2003, 2012; MANCINI 
<emphasis id="AE98EAD48100727D4116D4C44516E6DA" box="[801,858,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="556">et al.</emphasis>
2016).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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