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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF86BB2CFF4882C1398E2A9C" bold="true" box="[151,462,1736,1762]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="440">Thoracophorus perplexus</emphasis>
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A, B, C, 10D
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Coralie (
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, leg. T. Struyve (
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from same location and at same date as
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF86BB2CFF18837339012BED" bold="true" box="[199,321,1914,1939]" pageId="9" pageNumber="440">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Among the species of the genus with the lateral margin of the pronotum not denticulate,
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF86BB2CFA58837539442BC9" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="440">T. perplexus</emphasis>
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represents a species that seems to be intermediate between
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF86BB2CFBCB83963C2D2BC9" box="[1044,1133,1950,1975]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="440">T. filum</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF86BB2CFA9E83963DDC2BC9" box="[1345,1436,1950,1975]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="440">T. exilis</emphasis>
(
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)
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. The elytral carinae and swellings on the head are more distinctly developed than in the species of
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFF48849038AC2CCE" box="[151,236,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. filum</emphasis>
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group, but less developed than in
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFD2684903B0F2CCE" box="[761,847,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. exilis</emphasis>
(Erichson, 1887)
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. Furthermore, it resembles
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFA9884903DDC2CCE" box="[1351,1436,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. filum</emphasis>
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Sharp,
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in the orange colouration of the pronotum. In contrast to
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFC3D84B43C7C2CAB" box="[994,1084,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. filum</emphasis>
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, the elytra of
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFA5884B439442C86" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. perplexus</emphasis>
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are only orange in the anterior half, whereas they are totally orange in
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFB5384E83CA42C86" box="[1164,1252,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. filum</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFA5884E839442D63" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. perplexus</emphasis>
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is slightly longer than
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFD92850C3AE32D63" box="[589,675,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. filum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EB385D9FFF85BB2FFD76850D3B742D62" author="Sharp" box="[681,820,260,285]" pageId="10" pageNumber="441" refString="Sharp, D. (1887) Fam. Staphylinidae. In: Sharp, D. (Ed.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1 (2). Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. 145 - 824. [plates. 5 - 19]" type="journal article" year="1887">Sharp, 1887</bibRefCitation>
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. The elytra are quadrate and not longer than wide such as in
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFF0A8520396B2D3E" box="[213,299,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. filum</emphasis>
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. In this respect it also resembles
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But
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFB9285203C9B2D3E" box="[1101,1243,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. verhaaghi</emphasis>
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is slightly larger and nearly totally orange. On average, it is also slightly smaller than
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFC3285443C052D1B" box="[1005,1093,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. exilis</emphasis>
(
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)
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,
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFAC785443DDC2D1A" box="[1304,1436,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. proximus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFE878578398B2DF6" box="[344,459,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. struyvei</emphasis>
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It is mainly differentiated from these species by the aedeagal characters. Such as in
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFF6A859C397A2DD2" box="[181,314,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. proximus</emphasis>
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the paramera are distinctly longer than the central lobe, but a transparent lobe is not separated at the apex of the paramera and the inner edge of the apical lobe is slightly sinuate and not straight. Only a few sensillae occur at the base and the apex of the paramera, whereas sensillae are concentrated on the apical plate in
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFF2C860839282E66" box="[243,360,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. struyvei</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A6EE4107FF85BB2FFEAF85F639F02E66" box="[368,432,511,536]" pageId="10" pageNumber="441" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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and at the base of the paramera in
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFC9F86083B832E66" box="[832,963,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">T. proximus</emphasis>
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. In addition, the temples are more rounded than in the two other species and the posterior angles are only slightly obtuse with a short nearly parallel part directly behind the eyes.
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Length:
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. Colouration: black; clypeus, pronotum on lateral and posterior parts and elytra at shoulders orange.
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Head:
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long;
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wide; eyes large; slightly prominent; temples short; only one fourth as long as eyes; narrowed to neck in short convex curve; posterior angles of temples 120°; clypeus approximately semicircular; front edge margined; without punctation; pair of elongate swellings on vertex indistinct; with slight impression between them, but without impression between swellings and eyes; isodiametric microsculpture deep and coarse; surface matte.
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<paragraph id="8F16206EFF85BB2FFF1887613B22284B" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1688]" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">Antennae as long as head and half of pronotum combined; slightly clavate; first and second antennomeres thick; first approximately rectangular; second oval; antennomeres three to six distinctly narrower than preceding two antennomeres; conical third antennomere slightly shorter than second; fourth to sixth antennomeres approximately quadrate; seventh antennomere slightly wider than preceding antennomeres; following antennomeres distinctly wider than preceding antennomeres; eighth antennomere considerably wider than long; tenth antennomere slightly wider than long and wider than first.</paragraph>
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Pronotum:
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long,
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wide; widest in anterior half; anterior half parallel; anterior angles approximately rectangular; posterior half deeply sinuate to posterior angles; posterior edge one third smaller than anterior edge; sides of anterior half indistinctly crenulate; central impression moderately deep; in anterior half deeper than in posterior half; central impression with oval swelling; moderately deep lateral impression elongate; extending from posterior angles to anterior angles; posterior edge with white short scales; without punctation; isodiametric microsculpture deep and dense; surface matte.
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Elytra:
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long,
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wide; sides parallel; shoulders and posterior angles obtusely rounded; three indistinct carinae on each side of suture; without punctation; few white short scales at posterior margin; isodiametric microsculpture deep and dense; surface matte.
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<emphasis id="BDDDFC7CFF85BB2FFF188255390E2A0B" bold="true" box="[199,334,1628,1653]" pageId="10" pageNumber="441">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name derives from the same Latin word meaning confused and refers to the high similarity between the species described here.
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