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<treatment id="536690AD2B20AFEDBDD6F4E75D642A6F" ID-GBIF-Taxon="127862791" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:536690AD2B20AFEDBDD6F4E75D642A6F" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/536690AD2B20AFEDBDD6F4E75D642A6F" lastPageId="29" lastPageNumber="30" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
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<pageBreakToken id="5D39D29891671F8CA48F57B39BC3141E" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" start="start">Taxon</pageBreakToken>
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classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="32D75A82BD31234719498B0191234925" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName id="9946F3C909ADC9A38AE82A6C507879B0" ID-CoL="3RMBT" authority="Sharp, 1882" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">Laccophilus sordidus Sharp, 1882</taxonomicName>
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Figs 31-32, 228-229, 390, 529
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<subSubSection id="B56684EF191BB31E1A92F9F15D91FB17" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="reference_group">
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<taxonomicName id="D9FBB7EA30C2F4F4655C04AFFFED2B9A" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">
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<pageBreakToken id="FE10BBC864EF526034600372612E44E1" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" start="start">Laccophilus</pageBreakToken>
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sordidus
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<bibRefCitation id="82F1BCEFF93D4C37BD45916B200E329D" author="Sharp, D" journalOrPublisher="The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society" pageId="263" pageNumber="264" pagination="179 - 1003" title="On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae." volume="2" year="1882">Sharp 1882</bibRefCitation>
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: 302 (original description, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="411B3DC15FC5C9432D2A777CCF3834E1" author="Zimmermann, A" journalOrPublisher="Junk, Berlin" pageId="263" pageNumber="264" title="Dytiscidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Amphizoidae. In: Schenkling S (Ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 4 pars 71. W." year="1920 a">Zimmermann 1920a</bibRefCitation>
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: 26 (catalogue);
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<bibRefCitation id="5A7A563DCA0A1A7AA07559A22B25E42D" author="Balfour-Browne, J" journalOrPublisher="16. Birtish Museum (Natural History) Expedition to South-West Arabia 1937 - 1938" pageId="252" pageNumber="253" pagination="179 - 220" title="Coleoptera: Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae." volume="1" year="1951">Balfour-Browne 1951</bibRefCitation>
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: 193 (faunistics, discussion, description);
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<bibRefCitation id="F8944162224D4D391AE3D478579014A7" author="Brancucci, M" journalOrPublisher="Fauna of Saudi Arabia" pageId="255" pageNumber="256" pagination="102 - 111" title="Insects of Saudi Arabia. Coleoptera: Fam. Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae. Part 2." volume="2" year="1980">Brancucci 1980</bibRefCitation>
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: 107 (description, faunistics, lectotype designation);
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<bibRefCitation id="59D4C357D0CC7943191F887DB6880CCC" author="Brancucci, M" journalOrPublisher="Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey" pageId="255" pageNumber="256" pagination="241 - 426" title="Revision des especes est-palearctiques, orientales et australiennes du genre Laccophilus (Col. Dytiscidae)." volume="31 / 32" year="1983 b">Brancucci 1983b</bibRefCitation>
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: 264, 266 (redescription, faunistics, discussion);
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<bibRefCitation id="38A589EFA6CC7F82318FC559BDC94087" author="Zalat, S" journalOrPublisher="Egyptian Journal of Natural History" pageId="263" pageNumber="264" pagination="1 - 111" title="Diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae and Noteridae) of Egypt." volume="2" year="2000">Zalat et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
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: 39, 40 (description, faunistics, biology);
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<bibRefCitation id="7128FFEDDD7332B0B229CA4D065D40BA" author="Nilsson, AN" journalOrPublisher="World catalogue of Insects" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" pagination="1 - 395" title="Dytiscidae." volume="3" year="2001">Nilsson 2001</bibRefCitation>
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: 251 (catalogue, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="B271A7EDC57C4F04A86350E5D39DE441" author="Nilsson, AN" editor="Loebl, I" journalOrPublisher="Apollo books, Stenstrup" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" pagination="35 - 78" title="Dytiscidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 1. Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga" year="2003">Nilsson 2003</bibRefCitation>
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: 77 (catalogue faunistics,);
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<bibRefCitation id="4862540C04BAE5C7003156D28E7AEF63" author="Shaverdo, HV" journalOrPublisher="Koleopterologische Rundschau" pageId="263" pageNumber="264" pagination="17 - 22" title="Diving beetles of Ahvaz City, Khuzestan Province, Iran (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)." volume="83" year="2013">Shaverdo et al. 2013</bibRefCitation>
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: 21, 22 (faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="4B17CF3F7E7421E3A7215BFCF223BEB9" author="Nilsson, AN" journalOrPublisher="Apollo books, Stenstrup" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" title="A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga). Version 1. I. 2015" url="http://www2.emg.umu.se/projects/biginst/andersn/" year="2015">Nilsson 2015</bibRefCitation>
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: 218 (catalogue, faunistics).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C0E4CD60438B8A65E08089CCE6FBBA8C" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="type locality">
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<paragraph id="7FEA36EE278227F0379B78A148E697A1" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DC402582D74E3227BD0D888115E2AA7D" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Saudi Arabia: El Hedjaz.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="6FAE25F68F032A0E7C2701FFC200D220" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="type material">
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<paragraph id="87FA9542CB4D8655556C7449ADA9BF2A" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Type material, studied</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="08D02D0D93C256A2AB1B057AFB359C80" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
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(2 exs.). Lectotype: male, designated by Brancucci (1980a): "Syntype / Type / Hedjaz Millingen / Sharp Coll. 1905-313 /
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<taxonomicName id="CE3714F13B0782C88CD3AA1540E15E5D" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">Laccophilus sordidus</taxonomicName>
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/
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<taxonomicName id="178ACCAC044799AB4D6F3CA010E7FAAC" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">Laccophilus sordidus</taxonomicName>
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Sharp Type (male symbol)" (BMNH; habitus in Fig. 390). - Paralectotype, female: "Hedjaz Millingen / Sharp Coll. 1905-313 /
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<taxonomicName id="5E8E1151B437182454E9C96D61D6A1F6" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">Laccophilus sordidus</taxonomicName>
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Sharp Paratype (female symbol) / Syntype" (1 ex. BMNH).
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<subSubSection id="6EAD071D8BE6F0C697BDAADBE1901D5F" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="4982E0DEFD9159843B41FEB38C6DDE01" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Additional material studied</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="28835C010723C621CC341EE5203683FD" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
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(1 ex.): Yemen: "Aden Prot., Mukeiras, 85 mls NE of Aden, 7000 ft. 29.12. 1939-6.1. 1940 Hebbert /
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<taxonomicName id="AFF9F341F59C0BFDE76CAC44A0E6216A" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">Laccophilus sordidus</taxonomicName>
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Shp det J. Balfour-Browne" (1 ex. BMNH).
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<subSubSection id="1DB9164C7C1E9386DEF0687DC0A1905C" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="2ED61A247516B8D8CEE6DF316FE30560" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="518B647F177D7C4CE079A391FE616DAE" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
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<taxonomicName id="9E70073746AFB3C76B22276405BC9904" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">Laccophilus sordidus</taxonomicName>
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is closely related to
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<taxonomicName id="4C5935F398BFE9F35E0DC18AB3D4A8CC" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus minutus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minutus">Laccophilus minutus</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="7D577C9F144F3603BC4250EC4CCE6825" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus mateui" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mateui">Laccophilus mateui</taxonomicName>
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. From
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<taxonomicName id="9953E63FBE11C78CB311B5BF14A93841" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus minutus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minutus">Laccophilus minutus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="0E151218022EFC5A66C23653788EE924" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">Laccophilus sordidus</taxonomicName>
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is separated by its larger body and by having a clearly longer penis. From
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<taxonomicName id="EF8FDA9038CCC7EC07BBC10AB80E9F0C" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus mateui" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mateui">Laccophilus mateui</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="139A26B06940DABDDD9F97616F951E28" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">Laccophilus sordidus</taxonomicName>
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is separated by its lack of elytral markings -
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<taxonomicName id="B8290D334AFD2063375C690EE313F3A3" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus mateui" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mateui">Laccophilus mateui</taxonomicName>
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is generally provided with a clearly discernible elytral colour pattern. Additionally, the penis of
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is distinctly shorter than in
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<taxonomicName id="E98178255DFA669871A80F9C8C94BEFA" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">Laccophilus sordidus</taxonomicName>
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<subSubSection id="50D1962382AD208A767BCC2BDEBF5431" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="description">
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<paragraph id="7B9B9E8946E563C2C947D963DC2C9BD4" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2562F65D0F1BDA0C964F2E69CC55B44B" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Body length 4.6-5.2 mm, width 2.6-2.8 mm. Dorsal, aspect of body dark ferrugineous to brownish, no distinct colour pattern exhibited (Fig. 390).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7344F2CE614DCC23DA7E8A336BEACDE3" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Head: Dark ferrugineous to brownish; no colour pattern discernible. Submat to mat, distinctly microsculptured; reticulation double. Large meshes may contain 3-6 small meshes. At eyes with an irregular row of punctures, which extends a short distance towards middle.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3B69DC6E9295DFCFAAA39AE20262294" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Pronotum: Dark ferrugineous to brownish, no colour pattern formed. Submat, distinctly microsculptured. Reticulation double. Large meshes contain 3-6 small meshes. Pronotal disc impunctate; at margins with punctures. Laterally at side margin, punctures form a slightly irregular row. Anteriorly punctures very fine and scattered. Latero-basally with a few fine, irregular punctures; mediobasally pronotum impunctate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0AA52371B8172A83094E7001C1222E17" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Elytra: Dark ferrugineous to brownish. No distinct colour pattern exhibited (Fig. 390). Submat, distinctly microsculptured. Reticulation double; large meshes contain generally 3-6 small meshes. Three somewhat irregular rows of punctures formed. Discal row is rather distinct while dorsolateral and lateral rows are quite vague and punctures appear more scattered. Posteriorly lateral row become more condensed and it is located in a shallow pre-apical furrow.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DC22F27ED917894D496F7406DE7C5A71" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Ventral aspect: Dark ferrugineous to ferrugineous, no distinct colour pattern. Submat, finely microsculptured. Microsculpture of abdomen weaker and in part reduced. Abdomen with fine, curved striae. Metacoxal plates lack stridulatory apparatus. Very shallow, rudimentary transverse furrows discernible on metacoxa. Impunctate, except abdomen with scattered, sparse punctures especially apically. Prosternal process medially slightly enlarged, moderately extended and apex pointed. Apical ventrite almost symmetric (Fig. 31).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="82ABA407D571E33D5B8257F1BB5225F6" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Legs: Ferrugineous to dark ferrugineous. Pro- and mesotarsus slightly enlarged and provided with suckers.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9DFB003E0737BB1EC17530317E9007B6" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Male genitalia: In lateral aspect penis comparatively long, evenly curved; extreme apex slightly bent and it ends abruptly (not rounded) (Figs 228-229).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="877EB4C0D6A34F2DA6BBFE825494976B" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Female: Pro- and mesotarsus slender. Apical ventrite as in Fig. 32.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="B94D91A33F40F8A11981C62F7F22BDCF" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="34BF623539EDAE1921E47E9390B3F26D" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F596B673E8B04E0B6443D8C35013CBE8" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
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The species has been described from Saudi Arabia. African records include Libya and Egypt (
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<bibRefCitation id="BEBA322FA161961C3BAC0D71014F67AD" author="Zalat, S" journalOrPublisher="Egyptian Journal of Natural History" pageId="263" pageNumber="264" pagination="1 - 111" title="Diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae and Noteridae) of Egypt." volume="2" year="2000">Zalat et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
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). Thus far we have not seen any specimens from Africa, but a few from Arabian Peninsula (Fig. 529).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="CD8436EE3423EC78794C280311016E1E" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="collecting circumstances">
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<paragraph id="40A7FD750AB96010360583DD5EEBB838" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Collecting circumstances.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3FA67412FDA984D9630A70DFA4E1DB9F" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
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The habitat of
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<taxonomicName id="2FE07690FC3510F706993419B712222B" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus sordidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sordidus">Laccophilus sordidus</taxonomicName>
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is briefly described in
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<bibRefCitation id="27ABE0CF15ADB2DC938A6BB36A923CB3" author="Zalat, S" journalOrPublisher="Egyptian Journal of Natural History" pageId="263" pageNumber="264" pagination="1 - 111" title="Diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae and Noteridae) of Egypt." volume="2" year="2000">Zalat et al. (2000)</bibRefCitation>
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as follows "The species occurs in shallow water pools with gravel bottom and sparse vegetation, the water either being fresh or brackish. Considered rare and occurs in Eastern desert of Egypt in August".
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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