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Key to genera of the tribe
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Several authors provided keys for
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genera, often associated with description of new genera (e.g.
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,
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,
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). The most recent key was provided by
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, including 11 genera and two subgenera as the author did not consider
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<emphasis id="B933EAFAFFFBFFFC92DAFD6BFBAAA2D0" box="[1003,1106,726,750]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="309">Agabetes</emphasis>
Crotch, 1873
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a member of
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(
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;
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Alarie
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2002
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), and
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<emphasis id="B933EAFAFFFBFFFC922CFD46FC49A32D" box="[797,945,763,787]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="309">Philaccolilus</emphasis>
Guignot, 1937
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had not yet been elevated to generic rank (Balke
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2000). Two years later, the reliability of the bifid metatibial spurs as a character that unequivocally defines
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<emphasis id="B933EAFAFFFBFFFC90A9FCFEFDD9A365" box="[408,545,835,859]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="309">Laccophilus</emphasis>
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was discussed (
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Balke
<emphasis id="B933EAFAFFFBFFFC9217FCFEFC99A365" box="[806,865,835,859]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="309">et al.</emphasis>
1997
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), after the discovery of a species from New
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which has simple spurs. In this vein the authors suggested that
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<emphasis id="B933EAFAFFFBFFFC9530FCDBFB80A340" box="[1025,1144,870,894]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="309">Philodytes</emphasis>
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is a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B933EAFAFFFBFFFC91A6FC36FED8A39D" box="[151,288,907,931]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="309">Laccophilus</emphasis>
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, although this synonymy is not currently supported (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B19FFFBFFFC92AAFC37FB8CA39D" author="Miller" box="[923,1140,906,931]" pageId="8" pageNumber="309" refString="Miller, K. B., Alarie, Y., Wolfe, W. G. &amp; Whiting, M. F. (2005) Associations of insect life stages using DNA sequences: the larva of Phylodytes umbrinus (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Systematic Entomology, 30, 499 - 509. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.2005.00320. x" type="journal article" year="2005">
Miller
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. 2005
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B19FFFBFFFC95B4FC37FADCA39D" author="Nilsson" box="[1157,1316,906,931]" pageId="8" pageNumber="309" refString="Nilsson, A. N. (2015) A world catalogue of the family Dytiscidae, or the diving beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga). Version 1. I. 2015. Umea: distributed electronically as a PDF file by the author, 298 pp. Available from: http: // www 2. emg. umu. se / projects / biginst / andersn / World catalogue of Dytiscidae 2015. pdf (accessed 2 June 2015)" type="book" year="2015">Nilsson 2015</bibRefCitation>
). All this, together with the new genus described here, makes it necessary to develop a new version of Pederzanis key:
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1. Metatibiae with a single apical spur. Antennal segments enlarged and flattened in male. Neotropical............
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<keyLead id="30B695DDFFFBFFFC91A6FBA9FA63A417" box="[151,1435,1044,1065]" pageId="8" pageNumber="309">- Metatibiae with 2 apical spurs. Antennal segments never enlarged or flattened in male............................... 2</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30B695DDFFFBFFFC91A6FB8CFA63A45D" pageId="8" pageNumber="309">2. Suture between elytron and epipleuron visible dorsally (= “lateral sides bordered”: in dorsal view elytra visibly outlined by a fine border along outer lateral side)....................................................................... 3</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30B695DDFFFBFFFC91A6FBD1FA63A4A0" pageId="8" pageNumber="309">- Suture between elytron and epipleuron not visible dorsally (= “lateral sides not bordered”: in dorsal view the elytra do not appear to be bordered)................................................................................. 5</keyLead>
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3.
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angles of pronotum rounded; base of pronotum projecting hindwards in a distinct angle at middle; prosternal process not extending beyond mesocoxae. Neotropical........................................
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<emphasis id="B933EAFAFFFBFFFC9554FB7EFAAEA4E7" bold="true" box="[1125,1366,1219,1241]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="309">Laccodytes phalacroides</emphasis>
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-
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angles of pronotum extending posteriorly into acuminate spine; base of pronotum straight or almost so; prosternal pro- cess long, extending beyond mesocoxae................................................................... 4
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4. Prosternal process three-pointed; posterolateral lobes of metatarsi very short, almost lacking; apex of elytra rounded. Afrotro- pical and Oriental...........................................................................
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- Prosternal process single-pointed; posterolateral lobes of metatarsi longer, well developed; apex of elytra truncate. Neotropical..............................................................................
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5. Metatibial spurs bifid apically (except
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8. Length not exceeding
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; pro- and mesofemora and tibiae densely punctate; prosternal process markedly carinate. Tibet....................................................
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Zhao
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; pro- and mesofemora and tibiae never densely punctate; prosternal process slightly carinate. Africa.............................................................................................
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9. Metacoxal lines straight and fairly parallel; body short and broad, strongly narrowed caudally; prosternal process triangular behind procoxae, with acute apex. East Palearctic..............................................
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10. Mesotibial spurs not longer than segments 12 of mesotarsi combined; elytra covered by numerous, more or less impressed punctures. Oriental..........................................................................
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- Mesotibial spurs longer than segments 14 of mesotarsi combined; elytra lacking punctures, at most bearing very few, small, hardly visible punctures. Neotropical and SE Nearctic...............................................
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11. Reticulation on elytra consisting of longitudinal or broad polygonal meshes; metacoxal lines fairly parallel. Afrotropical...............................................................................................
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12. Space between metacoxal lines strongly rugose-punctate; metacoxal processes with round meshes and distally bilobed.
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13. Metacoxa with stridulatory file; posterolatral lobes of metatarsi short; ventrite
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females rounded apically. Afrotropical...............................................................................................
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females with an apical lobe, more or less developed.
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