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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.542.5975" ID-GBIF-Dataset="b53aa92a-b9ac-43bd-a9b9-f468d62f0bdc" ID-PMC="PMC4714360" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-542-1" ID-PubMed="26798285" ID-ZBK="026407877355425BAB10BF1674510F12" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2015" ModsDocID="1313-2970-542-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 542" ModsDocTitle="Taxonomic revision of Afrotropical Laccophilus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)" checkinTime="1451243652205" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Bistroem, Olof, Nilsson, Anders N. & Bergsten, Johannes" docDate="2015" docId="D32C316F7A5E703346517F2AD8AB5CDB" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 542: 1-379" docOrigin="ZooKeys 542" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.542.5975" docTitle="Laccophilus incomptus Bistroem, Nilsson & Bergsten, 2015, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="72CB9B6C-66FA-4B4D-A217-0ECF944D1BE8" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="213" masterDocId="E3118410B56DFF839B32FF89FFCCFFB0" masterDocTitle="Taxonomic revision of Afrotropical Laccophilus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)" masterLastPageNumber="379" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="212" updateTime="1668162284477" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Taxonomic revision of Afrotropical Laccophilus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Bistroem, Olof</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Nilsson, Anders N.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Bergsten, Johannes</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<mods:number>542</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.542.5975</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.542.5975</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-542-1</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">026407877355425BAB10BF1674510F12</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="127862715" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:72CB9B6C-66FA-4B4D-A217-0ECF944D1BE8" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D32C316F7A5E703346517F2AD8AB5CDB" lastPageId="212" lastPageNumber="213" pageId="211" pageNumber="212">
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<paragraph pageId="211" pageNumber="212">Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="211" pageNumber="212" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="211" pageNumber="212">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/72CB9B6C-66FA-4B4D-A217-0ECF944D1BE8" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus incomptus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="211" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incomptus">Laccophilus incomptus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="211" pageNumber="212">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 171-172, 353, 500, 567
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<subSubSection pageId="212" pageNumber="213" type="type locality">
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="212" pageNumber="213" start="start">Type</pageBreakToken>
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locality.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">
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Cameroon: Subd.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Bétaré-Oya">Betare-Oya</normalizedToken>
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, Bindiba.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="212" pageNumber="213" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Type material</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">
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(2 exs.). Holotype: male: "Fr. Cameroons, Bindiba, subd.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Bétaré-Oya">Betare-Oya</normalizedToken>
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19-22.vii. 1949 B. Malkin / Running water, muddy over gravel / Brit. Mus. 1956-234" (BMNH; habitus in Fig. 500). - Paratype: female: Same label data as holotype (1 ex. BMNH).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="212" pageNumber="213" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Additional material studied</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">
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(non-type). Cameroon: "Foumbot Fev. 67 / Cameroun B. de
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Miré”">Mire"</normalizedToken>
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. [Comment: only male genitalia left on a label while glued specimen is lost. The male genitalia are identical with those of the holotype.]
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="212" pageNumber="213" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus incomptus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="212" pageNumber="213" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incomptus">Laccophilus incomptus</taxonomicName>
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resembles a number of species placed in species group 13 (
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<taxonomicName genus="Algae" lsidName="Algae lineatus" pageId="212" pageNumber="213" rank="species" species="lineatus">lineatus</taxonomicName>
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group) and characterized by generally distinct, longitudinal markings on elytra. The new species is possibly closest related to
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus flavoscriptus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="212" pageNumber="213" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavoscriptus">Laccophilus flavoscriptus</taxonomicName>
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, which has an evenly broad and curved penis, extreme apex being almost unmodified. Penis of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus incomptus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="212" pageNumber="213" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incomptus">Laccophilus incomptus</taxonomicName>
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in lateral aspect is plain, exhibiting hardly any modifications; basally quite broad and almost straight, medially bended and towards apex penis slightly tapers to a broad, truncate end.
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<subSubSection pageId="212" pageNumber="213" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Body length 3.6-3.9 mm, width 2.0-2.2 mm. Body dorsally with distinct, somewhat variable colour pattern. Base of elytra with complete dark area or corresponding dark area divided into a few, variable spots (Fig. 500).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Head: Pale ferrugineous. Posteriorly at pronotum with a vague, slightly darker area. Rather shiny, although finely microsculptured. Reticulation double. Large meshes of microsculpture slightly more strongly developed than small meshes. In lateral areas of head size categories of microsculpture gradually disappears. Large meshes, when discernible, contain 2-5 small meshes. Impunctate, except at eyes, with fine, irregular punctures. Area of punctures extends towards centre of head-disc.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Pronotum: Pale ferrugineous. Anteriorly on area between eyes with a vague, dark ferrugineous to ferrugineous area. At base in middle, with a narrow and distinct dark brownish area. Rather shiny, although finely microsculptured. Reticulation double, large meshes contain 2-5 small meshes. Impunctate, except at margins; fine, scattered punctures discernible except at base in middle.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Elytra: Pale ferrugineous, with distinct, somewhat variable, dark ferrugineous markings (Fig. 500). Slightly mat, with fine and dense microsculpture. Reticulation double but large meshes extensively almost rudimentary and in part difficult to discern; large meshes only slightly more strongly developed than small meshes. Almost impunctate. Sparse, irregular punctures form a discal row. Dorsolateral and lateral rows indicated by some scattered fine punctures. Pre-apical, lateral row of punctures forms a shallow furrow provided with fine hairs.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Ventral aspect: Ferrugineous except prothorax, pale ferrugineous. Rather shiny, finely microsculptured. Ventrites with fine, slightly curved striae. Metacoxal plates with about 10 almost transversely located, shallow furrows; in part furrows reduced and indistinct. Plates laterally close to epipleura with a distinct, longitudinal impression. Prosternal process slender, posteriorly slightly extended, apically pointed. Impunctate, except apical ventrite; with some fine, scattered punctures and an asymmetric, fine knob on one side (Fig. 171).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Legs: Pale ferrugineous to ferrugineous. Pro- and mesotarsus slightly enlarged, with distinct suckers.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Male genitalia: Penis in lateral aspect is plain, exhibiting hardly any modifications; basally quite broad and almost straight, medially bended and towards apex penis slightly tapers to a broad, truncate end (Fig. 353).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Female: Apical ventrite lacks asymmetric knob (Fig. 172). Pro- and mesotarsus slender.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="212" pageNumber="213" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">
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The species name incomptus is a Latin adjective meaning
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“unadorned”">"unadorned"</normalizedToken>
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. It here refers to the simple shape of aedeagus, which seems to be a characteristic feature of the new species.
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<subSubSection pageId="212" pageNumber="213" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Cameroon (Fig. 567).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="212" pageNumber="213" type="collecting circumstances">
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">Collecting circumstances.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="212" pageNumber="213">
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According to collecting label associated to the specimens, the new species
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus incomptus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="212" pageNumber="213" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incomptus">Laccophilus incomptus</taxonomicName>
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was sampled in running water, the bottom obviously gravel and covered with mud.
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