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<figureCitation id="95B27FCCC638AA5A4D086CA598DA0514" captionStart="Figures 58" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 5 - 8. 5. Lithocharodes hansoni; 6. L. hibbsi; 7. L. lituratus; 8. L. montanus. a. Aedeagus; b. Paramere; c. Sternite VII; d. Tergite VII. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (a, c, d); 0.1 mm (b)." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e114543.figures5-8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/975716" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Figs 6a-d</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="FD82356031C92B60DEA80AABCBB58AA1" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Material examined.</paragraph>
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:
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male;
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;
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;
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;
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elevation;
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;
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;
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leg.; KNHM ECU1H96 012.
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:
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; from same location as holotype;
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; KNHM ECU1H96 013
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;
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;
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;
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;
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,
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;
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;
<collectorName id="32BD3627314CE4D76FAF2DEABFF7F7F2">P. Hibbs</collectorName>
leg.; KNHM ECU1H96 015
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;
<materialsCitation id="D88D6962ACF5CAF00C5AD1A9E2394F54" collectingDate="1996-06-05" collectingDateMax="1996-07-07" collectingDateMin="1996-06-05" collectorName="P. Hibbs" country="Ecuador" elevation="1625" location="Maquipucuna Station" municipality="Quito" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Pichincha" typeStatus="paratype">
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,
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; from same location as holotype but;
<collectingDate id="9B87C48E16626AD3152B2EFFEE58C224" value="1996-06-05" valueMax="1996-07-07" valueMin="1996-06-05">5 Jun-7 Jul 1996</collectingDate>
; KNHM ECU1H96 014
</materialsCitation>
;
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<specimenCount id="9593C35EA5B63E29B65E5B791DCAC33D" count="1" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
; same data; UIC ECU1H96 014
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;
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;
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,
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;
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;
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elevation:
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,
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;
<collectingMethod id="A62B08A21FC76EE3FE4AF7D4D750BA23">flight intercept trap</collectingMethod>
;
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;
<collectorName id="19857BB7BB6F9E5CA79433FD516DE936">P. Hibbs</collectorName>
leg. KNHM ECU1H96 009
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;
<materialsCitation id="406976A523E05688C37546D3B1CBDAB9" collectingDate="2009-08-26" collectorName="Ramon" country="Ecuador" location="Otongatchi Nat. Res." specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Pichincha" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="E48569DB29C64FF33BA3A6A6973C76E7" count="1" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
<collectingRegion id="E5702734C4DF23C9885563B9E1C562ED" country="Ecuador" name="Pichincha">Pichincha</collectingRegion>
;
<location id="A934EC20A3B2C372AC02929AEB9CAECE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:F2795A35D6865327B4D977F6B058F72C:A934EC20A3B2C372AC02929AEB9CAECE" country="Ecuador" name="Otongatchi Nat. Res." stateProvince="Pichincha">Otongatchi Nat. Res.</location>
; leaf litter;
<collectingDate id="91FE278B468F131F1156A8FB43445C75" value="2009-08-26">26.8.2009</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName id="C9FE79E7574EC2C96D7588261F8F0DAA">Ramon</collectorName>
leg; UIC
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.
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<paragraph id="697D79F1F3496C94E85FB19E90DC36A1" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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According to the structure of the aedeagus,
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<emphasis id="E751774DC7C04730D5E315C1C932DB50" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">L. hibbsi</emphasis>
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is added to the
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-group due to the oval shape of the central lobe and the shape and minute teeth of the endophallus. The species is characterised within the group and all other
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species by the slender body. In this respect, it resembles species of the genus
<taxonomicName id="D8E06A317B6876FA83BDB0162103A4A6" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1885" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Somoleptus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Somoleptus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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, but the structure of the aedeagus equals that of
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. The aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="964D7D8221E69C46353DF43981742B9D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">L. hibbsi</emphasis>
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mostly resembles that of
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<emphasis id="6770BFE76EA98C623D2792836279F0F3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">L. peruanus</emphasis>
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Irmler, 2021 by the structure of the thick endophallus, but has only one torsion.
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<paragraph id="456B2D1697C00A96A7D5D796B8217029" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5E85F73E59169AFAE5D9A2ECEC01B277" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Length: 5.6 mm; Colouration: blackish; pronotum in anterior part lighter than on posterior half; legs and antennae light brown.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="31D9DDE8A7F0B96AA6AAE109645BBFA9" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Head: 0.98 mm long, 0.69 mm wide; elongate; PS:E ratio 3.4; without posterior angles; smoothly curved sides continuing to widely rounded posterior part; setiferous punctation moderately deep and dense; on average, interstices between punctures twice as wide as diameter of punctures; surface without microsculpture; polished; antennae with first antennomere elongate; three fourths as long as head; second and third antennomere conical; third longer than second; combined half as long as first antennomere; following antennomeres transverse; on average, twice as wide as long; apically increasing in width. Pronotum: 1.09 mm long, 0.67 mm wide, in front of posterior angles 0.57 mm; widest in anterior third; posterior half narrower; slightly divergent to widely rounded posterior angles; posterior margin nearly semi-circular; setiferous punctation irregular; moderately deep and dense; on average, interstices between punctures as wide as to twice as wide as diameter of punctures; wide mid-line impunctate; surface without microsculpture; polished. Elytra: 1.05 mm long, 0.99 mm wide; humeral angles obtuse; sides approximately parallel; posterior angles sub-rectangular; posterior margin retreated to suture; setiferous punctation denser than on pronotum; surface without microsculpture; polished. Abdomen with fine and sparse setiferous punctation; surface without microsculpture; polished; posterior margin of sternite VII of male convex; nearly semi-circular; tergite VII of male with straight posterior margin; meso- and meta-tibia with four ctenidia each. Aedeagus oval with semi-rectangular anterior margin; dorsal plate of central lobe large covering nearly total central lobe; endophallus thick, covered by minute teeth; one torsion dividing endophallus in thick posterior and short, narrow anterior part; paramere three fourths as long as central lobe; divided in long straight and short curved upper part; nearly hook-like; in basal part, with numerous short setae; in basal half, several sensillae at outer edge; in upper half, several sensillae at inner edge and few sensillae at outer edge.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="A347ADC860CD3B6A569BEE113ACF5A08" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="06F03F6790EBB3C8E2AE9DDD9C96DDDF" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2DA38536FE1D2DBA1A4230C3E91BE726" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">The species name honours P. Hibbs, who sampled in particular in various Ecuadorian regions.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="AFF4DF4B35C87FABC1CD33F8B8578BBE" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" type="geography">
<paragraph id="894E59EFCB37F15DF9F9EA3EA007B68D" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Geography.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A6C45579D8CFC4AE8D5F6E78355AF12" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Ecuador.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="59114616F5D82071E4EA8A5974830027" pageId="0" pageNumber="13" type="ecology">
<paragraph id="A8EB97320E3B22F7BC6A3C94B49AC004" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="97FEB7EB1B168F3E14C6176F2956B2D3" pageId="0" pageNumber="13">Cloud forest between 1600 and 2500 m elevation from February to June.</paragraph>
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