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<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9EF126FCDD7A05FB11E973" box="[859,1225,1619,1642]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="276">DROMOCHORUS VELUTINIGRENS</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9EF126FCBD7AAEFC0DE815" box="[827,981,1783,1807]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="276">Type locality</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="302536AFFF9EF126FCBD7B4EFBB5E856" blockId="26.[827,1443,1783,1868]" pageId="26" pageNumber="276">10 km east of Riviera, Kleberg Co, Texas. Syntypes (3) in USNM, Washington DC.</paragraph>
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is currently known from south and west Texas, from the Gulf Coast south of Corpus Christi, west to Dimmit County. Few localities are known (
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), and gaps between the known occurrences may be due to a lack of sampling in the intervening areas. It is likely that
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also may be found in adjacent areas of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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In the vicinity of LaSalle and Dimmit Counties,
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and
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<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FE017D8AFD8EEEEB" box="[391,598,476,497]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">D. chaparralensis</emphasis>
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come in close proximity, and are sympatric in at least one site.
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This is a very distinctive species of
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.
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can be diagnosed by having strong blue, violet or green reflections throughout the entire dorsal surface, especially towards lateral margins, in conjunction with a narrow gracile body form and a pronotum with few to no setae. Males are unique among
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for having an all dark labrum.
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The only species that could potentially be confused with
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is
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.
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is black dorsally, with a faint dark-blue sheen. It has scattered to regular white decumbent setae present on the disk of the pronotum, especially along lateral margins. Males have a pale central spot on the labrum. Body form is more robust than
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Medium- to large-sized
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<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FE337834FD8EEB6D" box="[437,598,1122,1143]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">Dromochorus</emphasis>
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. Body length 11.414.9 mm, mean ♀ 13.3 mm, mean ♂ 12.7 mm. Head slightly wider than pronotum.
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FDE678F6FD6FEA08" bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">Head charcoal black with velvety violet to blue sheen, with bright violet, blue or greenish reflections in supraorbital areas and anterior margin</emphasis>
. Fine rugosity often present on the frons and vertex. All head portions glabrous except for two supraorbital setae next to each eye. Frons concave in median area, especially in male, bulging towards slightly convex near anterior margin, clearly delimited from clypeus, gradually blending into vertex. Genae bright polished metallic blue to violet, blending to violet posteriorly, with shallow longitudinal striae gradually ending at border of vertex. Clypeus bright metallic blue and violet. Male labrum tridentate with 68 setae, entirely dark-brown to black with polished metallic cupreous to green reflections, rarely with a faint ochre-testaceous spot in centre; female labrum tridentate with 68 setae, entirely dark-brown to black with polished metallic cupreous to green reflections.
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FDD57A9EFED1E842" bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">All segments of maxillary and labial palpi consistently darkbrown with metallic violet and green reflections; apical segment is not darker than other segments</emphasis>
. Antennae normal length, reaching back to
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<paragraph id="302536AFFF9FF127FCAF7C90FBE0ED15" blockId="27.[809,1425,198,527]" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">humerus and basal third of elytron, slightly longer in male than female; scape dark testaceous to black with metallic reflections of violet, cupreous and green, with 23 apical setae; pedicel dark testaceous with metallic reflections of violet, cupreous and green, lacking any setae; flagellum dark testaceous, antennomeres 34 with metallic violet and green reflections, densely clothed in short, white setae, antennomeres 511 dulltextured without metallic reflections and possessing erect setae in apical rings only, covered with fine pubescence throughout.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="302536AFFF9FF127FCAF7E71FA5BEBDB" blockId="27.[809,1426,551,1217]" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FCAF7E71FC59ED26" box="[809,897,551,572]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">Thorax</emphasis>
: Pronotum 2.23.1 mm in length, mean ♀ 2.8 mm, mean ♂ 2.7 mm; width 2.33.2 mm, mean ♀ 2.9 mm, mean ♂ 2.7 mm. Pronotum charcoal black, with velvety violet to blue sheen, slightly wider than long, widest near anterior margin, width to length ratio 0.9 to 1.1,
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FC5A7E97FC16EC09" bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">pronotal setae absent or with few, irregular, long setae scattered throughout disk; disc smooth</emphasis>
, with thin but distinct median line, shallow sulci present anteriorly, and present but less well-defined posteriorly; notopleural sutures clearly defined, not visible from dorsal view; proepisternum metallic blue to violet reflections, glabrous. Elytra elongate, 6.79.0 mm length, mean ♀ 8.2 mm, mean ♂ 7.7 mm, shape similar in both sexes, but slightly wider in female, especially toward apical third; sutural spine absent, microserrations not present on
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FCCA7844FBEEEBB9" bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">elytral apices; elytral dorsal surface convex, texture dull throughout, elytral coloration charcoal black with velvety violet to blue sheen, lateral margins and apex with shining blue, violet or green reflections</emphasis>
; elytral maculations absent;
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FCAF78FDFAA3EBDB" bold="true" box="[809,1403,1195,1217]" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">infuscations absent; subsutural foveae absent</emphasis>
.
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<paragraph id="302536AFFF9FF127FCAF78B3FAA5E937" blockId="27.[809,1425,1253,1581]" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FCAF78B3FC85EBE0" box="[809,861,1253,1274]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">Legs</emphasis>
: Pro-, meso- and metacoxae black with iridescent blue, violet and green reflections, with numerous setae, fewer on metacoxae; pro- and mesotrochanters with a single erect seta, metatrochanter glabrous, trochanters dark brown-testaceous; femora metallic violet to blue, with green reflections, densely clothed in decumbent white setae; tibiae brown, clothed with setae of two types: sparser brown-testaceous long setae and dense short decumbent white setae; two tibial spines present; tarsi brown-testaceous, first three dilated protarsomeres in male with dense greyish-white setal pad.
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<paragraph id="302536AFFF9FF127FCAF7A07FB50E9FB" blockId="27.[809,1425,1617,1761]" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FCAF7A07FC4EE97C" box="[809,918,1617,1638]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Venter black with metallic violet to greenish reflections throughout most surfaces. Decumbent white setae present on ventrite 1. Ventrites 26 have scattered short brown recumbent setae present throughout, but often abraded.
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<subSubSection id="78806524FF9FF120FCAF7B50FF35E868" lastPageId="28" lastPageNumber="278" pageId="27" pageNumber="277" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="302536AFFF9FF127FCAF7B50FB89E804" blockId="27.[809,1425,1798,1883]" box="[809,1105,1798,1822]" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">
<heading id="6B6D81C3FF9FF127FCAF7B50FB89E804" box="[809,1105,1798,1822]" fontSize="10" level="4" pageId="27" pageNumber="277" reason="1">
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF9FF127FCAF7B50FB89E804" box="[809,1105,1798,1822]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">Ecology/natural history</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="302536AFFF9FF120FCAF7B70FE6DEE03" blockId="27.[809,1425,1798,1883]" lastBlockId="28.[163,780,198,1906]" lastPageId="28" lastPageNumber="278" pageId="27" pageNumber="277">Adults are active earlier than other species in the genus. Records are from mid-April through late June, but year to year, emergence dates are highly variable relative to congeners and may be more dependent on spring rainfall patterns.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="302536AFFF98F120FF3D7D75FEBDEC65" blockId="28.[163,780,198,1906]" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">
Our limited knowledge of habitat associations for
<taxonomicName id="F79A4D2CFF98F120FF257D17FE3FEE4C" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1992" box="[163,487,321,342]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Dromochorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="278" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velutinigrens">
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FF257D17FE3FEE4C" box="[163,487,321,342]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">Dromochorus velutinigrens</emphasis>
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is based on two populations. The type locality is a Texas A&amp;M University Kingsvilles Site 55 Biological Research Station (
<bibRefCitation id="540B4B5EFF98F120FF2D7DCBFE8CEEA8" author="Johnson WN" box="[171,340,413,435]" journalOrPublisher="Cicindela" pageId="28" pageNumber="278" pagination="49 - 54" part="23" refId="ref26976" refString="Johnson WN. 1991. A new species of Dromochorus from southern Texas (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Cicindela 23: 49 - 54." title="A new species of Dromochorus from southern Texas (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)" type="journal article" year="1991">Johnson, 1991</bibRefCitation>
) on the northern shore of Baffin Bay in Kleberg County, TX. Much of the habitat along the northern banks of the bay has been destroyed by agricultural use, primarily heavy grazing.
<bibRefCitation id="540B4B5EFF98F120FD2E7DAFFF34ED34" author="Johnson WN" journalOrPublisher="Cicindela" pageId="28" pageNumber="278" pagination="49 - 54" part="23" refId="ref26976" refString="Johnson WN. 1991. A new species of Dromochorus from southern Texas (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Cicindela 23: 49 - 54." title="A new species of Dromochorus from southern Texas (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)" type="journal article" year="1991">Johnson (1991)</bibRefCitation>
reported that the species can be found associated with sandy road paths and grassy areas along semi-forested areas through the sites. Our team observed adults in sandy, vegetated backshore regions near the bay just below shrubby clay dunes (lomas). Individuals can be found running in and around bunches of cord grass (
<taxonomicName id="F79A4D2CFF98F120FE467E86FD72EDFF" box="[448,682,720,741]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Spartina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="28" pageNumber="278" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spartinae">
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FE467E86FD72EDFF" box="[448,682,720,741]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">Spartina spartinae</emphasis>
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) and in relatively open sandy areas not far from the waters edge. The adults of
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<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FEFA7F58FDE8EC38" box="[380,560,781,803]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">D. velutinigrens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are by far the most sand-tolerant of the known
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<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FE5A7F7AFDADEC5B" box="[476,629,812,833]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">Dromochorus</emphasis>
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, as indicated by their presence also on sandy backshore areas near vegetated dunes.
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<paragraph id="302536AFFF98F120FF3D7FDEFE81EB4C" blockId="28.[163,780,198,1906]" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">
Clay lomas are prevalent along the southern Texas coast from St. Charles Bay through northeastern Mexico along the coast of Tamaulipas to Rancho Tepehauje (
<bibRefCitation id="540B4B5EFF98F120FE0C7FB2FDB6ECE3" author="Tunnell JW &amp; Judd FW" box="[394,622,996,1018]" journalOrPublisher="College Station: Texas A &amp; M University Press" pageId="28" pageNumber="278" refId="ref28243" refString="Tunnell JW, Judd FW. 2002. The laguna madre of texas and tamaulipas (Vol. 2). College Station: Texas A &amp; M University Press." title="The laguna madre of texas and tamaulipas (Vol. 2" type="book" year="2002">
Tunnell
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FE6B7FB2FDFFECE3" box="[493,551,996,1017]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">et al.</emphasis>
, 2002
</bibRefCitation>
). Future surveys need to focus around clay dune formations in t h e s e r e g i o n s w h e r e t h e b e e t l e i s c u r r e n t l y undocumented.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="302536AFFF98F120FF3D7808FDCEEAFE" blockId="28.[163,780,198,1906]" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">
<taxonomicName id="F79A4D2CFF98F120FF3D7808FDFAEB69" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1992" box="[187,546,1118,1139]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Dromochorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="278" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velutinigrens">
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FF3D7808FDFAEB69" box="[187,546,1118,1139]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">Dromochorus velutinigrens</emphasis>
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also occurs more i n l a n d, a s f a r w e s t a s C h a p a r r a l W i l d l i f e Management Area in Dimmit and LaSalle Counties. In these areas, we believe that the species presence may be explained by the Dilley soil series. These orange/reddish soils are classified as fine sandy loams and are darker in contrast to the type locality in Kleberg County. Extreme soil colour variability has also been observed across the ranges of
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<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FD3B7902FF32EA9D" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">D. belfragei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FEAF7925FE1CEA92" box="[297,452,1395,1416]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">D. pruininus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The Dilley series extends to the North into Zavala County. Although unconfirmed, the range for
<taxonomicName id="F79A4D2CFF98F120FE3E79E6FD5AEADE" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1992" box="[440,642,1455,1477]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Dromochorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="278" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velutinigrens">
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FE3E79E6FD5AEADE" box="[440,642,1455,1477]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">D. velutinigrens</emphasis>
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will likely extend into this county as well.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="302536AFFF98F120FF3D79BBFD58E9C3" blockId="28.[163,780,198,1906]" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">
This location is part of the greater Gulf Coastal Plain physiographic province, and may explain historical connectivity between inland and coastal populations of
<taxonomicName id="F79A4D2CFF98F120FF7A7A1FFE77E944" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1992" box="[252,431,1609,1630]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Dromochorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="278" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velutinigrens">
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FF7A7A1FFE77E944" box="[252,431,1609,1630]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">D. velutinigrens</emphasis>
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. It is probable that this inland population is not disjunct but, instead, that there has not been sufficient sampling in the intervening areas. Targeted surveys may yield other populations in sandy formations in Mexico and southern Texas.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="302536AFFF98F120FF3D7AB4FF35E868" blockId="28.[163,780,198,1906]" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">
Adults can be found among ghost crab (
<taxonomicName id="F79A4D2CFF98F120FD217AB4FECAE80C" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1787" class="Malacostraca" family="Ocypodidae" genus="Ocypode" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="28" pageNumber="278" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadrata">
<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FD217AB4FECAE80C" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">Ocypode quadrata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) colonies, which
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<emphasis id="02EEEABDFF98F120FE667B57FD47E80C" box="[480,671,1793,1814]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="278">D. velutinigrens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may use for escape when pursued. The ability to hide in cracks for escape appears to be widespread throughout the genus.
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