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Length:
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. Head black, dull and shiny, with erect, sparse setae. Labroclypeus as wide as frons, subtrapezoidal; surface flat; plain, without an anterior concavity on each side; anterior margin weakly emarginated medially, not elevated, with a rim of dense, short setae behind anterior margin; lateral margin not incised anteriorly; punctation of surface posteriorly dense; suture between labrum and clypeus invisible. Smooth area in front of eye distinctly separated from frons by a suture. Frons anteriorly flat, punctation irregular, dense. Ocular canthus without terminal setae, ratio of length of ocular canthus/eye diameter: 1/3. Eyes evenly spherical, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.5. Antenna with eight antennomeres. Antennal club with three antennomeres, blackish, straight; width of antennal lamella equal to width of antennomeres of funiculus; apical lamella subequal to basal and median ones; length ratio of third vs fourth antennomere: 1/2; fourth antennomere without lateral projection; length ratio of fifth vs fourth antennomere: 1/3. Labrum anteriorly bluntly angled on each side, concave at middle. Setae on mentum moderately dense.
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Head and pronotum without copper iridescent shine. Pronotum bicoloured, dull, blackish brown; widest before base, width subequal to width of elytral base at humerus; anterior marginal line not interrupted medially, posterior marginal line absent; lateral margin not serrated, generally weakly convex, behind anterior angles convex, posteriorly weakly convex; setae of lateral margin sparse; basal margin evenly curved; transverse impression beside basal margin absent; anterior angles produced, sharply pointed; antero-lateral and postero-lateral angles not flattened dorso-ventrally; posterior angles blunt; surface without median longitudinal impression, transversal furrows or setae; punctation on disc dense, simple and fine, without well-defined impunctate areas.
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Abdomen: sternites flat in sagittal plane; lateral carina absent; first visible ventrite with row of setae on posterior edge; second visible ventrite with row of setae in medial region; basal ventrites medially of same length as laterally; ultimate and penultimate apical ventrites simple and flat; apical ventrite short (as long as preceding ventrite); penultimate apical ventrite row of setae denser and with longer setae, at middle interrupted by a flat impunctate discoid area; beside row of setae, almost glabrous.
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strongly convex.
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<paragraph id="D543FE59217EFFACFF7AFEB33BEFFBA3" blockId="72.[160,1156,142,1103]" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">Legs reddish brown and yellow. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.38. Metacoxa entirely plain, without elevated lateral longitudinal carina; without longer lateral bristles, with setae on basal surface, posterior margin glabrous. Metafemur with posterior margin straight. Metatibia widest at apex; ratio of width/length: 1/3.10; dorsal margin not carinated, smooth; interior surface more or less glabrous; median longitudinal punctation present on interior surface; interior margin of apex sharply and deeply truncate towards ventral margin; punctation on entire lateral face present; beside dorsal margin without a row of robust setae along entire length; basal group of spines comprising at least two robust spines at same level of metatibial length; distal groups of spines disposed at two-thirds of metatibia length; ventral margin not serrated. Dorsal surface of tarsi glabrous, with dense punctures. Length ratio of dorsal tibial spur/first metatarsomere: 1/2. Metatarsi at apex weakly widened; first tarsomere straight, its length subequal to second and third tarsomeres combined; laterally not carinate; ventral margin serrated; ventral margin glabrous; medial face glabrous. Protibia with two distinct teeth; spur straight. First protarsomere straight, its length subequal to second and third combined; width ratio of first protarsomere vs second protarsomere: 1.5/1; second protarsomere enlarged; third and fourth protarsomere elongate and narrow (distinctly longer than wide); fifth protarsomere circular in cross section, a little shorter than third and fourth protarsomere combined. Protarsal claws asymmetrical, shape of inner protarsal claw bifid, apex of basal tooth of inner protarsal claw convex.</paragraph>
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Aedeagus:
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(ce).
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<paragraph id="D543FE59217EFFACFF7AFBDB38BAFBE6" blockId="72.[160,1156,142,1103]" box="[192,393,1078,1103]" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">Female unknown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="E788224B217EFFACFF1AFB96383DFB3C" bold="true" box="[160,270,1147,1173]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">Variation</emphasis>
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Length:
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. Elytral length:
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. Width:
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. Body colour rather variable, from entirely yellowish to dark reddish brown.
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<subSubSection id="9DE6ADD2217EFFACFF1AFAEB3A3AFA21" pageId="72" pageNumber="679" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="E788224B217EFFACFF1AFAEB3827FA89" bold="true" box="[160,276,1286,1312]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="D543FE59217EFFACFF1AFAC43A3AFA21" blockId="72.[160,1156,1286,1416]" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">
<taxonomicName id="12FC85DA217EFFACFF1AFAC43842FAEB" authority="Pacheco &amp; Wipfler &amp; Monné &amp; Ahrens, 2022" authorityName="Pacheco &amp; Wipfler &amp; Monné &amp; Ahrens" authorityYear="2022" box="[160,369,1321,1346]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Symmela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="72" pageNumber="679" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paschoali" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E788224B217EFFACFF1AFAC43842FAEB" box="[160,369,1321,1346]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">Symmela paschoali</emphasis>
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is in external and genital morphology similar to
<taxonomicName id="12FC85DA217EFFACFC4AFAC43D4DFAEB" authorityName="Moser" authorityYear="1919" box="[1008,1150,1321,1346]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Symela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="72" pageNumber="679" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">
<emphasis id="E788224B217EFFACFC4AFAC43D4DFAEB" box="[1008,1150,1321,1346]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">S. brasiliensis</emphasis>
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. However, the new species is much darker, the first protarsomere more strongly enlarged, and the parameres of
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<emphasis id="E788224B217EFFACFE20FA823B29FA21" box="[410,538,1391,1416]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">S. paschoali</emphasis>
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are distinctly longer.
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<subSubSection id="9DE6ADD2217EFFACFF1AFA5E3D6AF9BA" pageId="72" pageNumber="679" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="E788224B217EFFACFF1AFA5E382EFA64" bold="true" box="[160,285,1459,1485]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">Etymology</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D543FE59217EFFACFF1AFA3A3D6AF9BA" blockId="72.[160,1155,1459,1555]" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">This species is named after Paschoal C. Grossi, a Brazillian entomologist who has been making great contributions on Neotropical scarab taxonomy (noun in genitive case).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9DE6ADD2217EFFACFF1AF9D33DB7F969" pageId="72" pageNumber="679" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="E788224B217EFFACFF1AF9D33835F9F1" bold="true" box="[160,262,1598,1624]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="679">Remarks</emphasis>
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This species does not present a common distribution, with two very disjunctive records (
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(d)). This fact leads us to suspect that (1) the species has a wide distribution with large sampling gaps, or (2) there is an error in the locality labels of at least
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.
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