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<figureCitation id="30DB5BDAFFCBFFFA598BFCE6FD305333" box="[648,741,799,825]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="6.[189,232,1716,1742]" captionTargetBox="[249,1337,275,1643]" captionTargetId="figure-12@6.[222,1366,265,1679]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Fig. 1. Habitus of species of Smicronychini from southern Africa (Part 1). A. Sharpia madibai sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). B. Afrosmicronyx cycnii sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). C. Afrosmicronyx louwi sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). D. Afrosmicronyx marshalli sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). E. Afrosmicronyx nebulosipennis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (BMNH). F. Smicronyx gracilipes sp. nov., ♀, holotype (SAMC). G. Smicronyx similis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). H. Smicronyx pseudocoecus sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). I. Smicronyx paucisquamis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). J. Smicronyx fallax (Gyllenhal, 1836), ♂, neotype (NHRS). K. Smicronyx australis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). L. Smicronyx pauperculus Wollaston, 1864, ♂, specimen from Tanzania. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5707951" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5707951/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Figs 1C</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="30DB5BDAFFCBFFFA59F0FCE6FCC25333" box="[755,791,799,825]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="13.[189,232,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[253,1333,309,1743]" captionTargetId="figure-13@13.[220,1368,265,1774]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Fig. 3. Head and prothorax in lateral view of species of Smicronyx from southern Africa (Part 1). A. Sharpia madibai sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). B. Afrosmicronyx cycnii sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). C. Afrosmicronyx louwi sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). D. Afrosmicronyx marshalli sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). E. Afrosmicronyx nebulosipennis, sp. nov., ♂, holotype (BMNH). F. Smicronyx gracilipes sp. nov., ♀, holotype (SAMC). G. Smicronyx similis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). H. Smicronyx pseudocoecus sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5707957" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5707957/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">3C</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="30DB5BDAFFCBFFFA5827FCE6FC9C5330" box="[804,841,799,826]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="16.[189,232,1611,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-13@17.[189,1398,335,1996]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Fig. 5 (opposite page). Penis of Smicronyx from southern Africa, in dorsal (left) and lateral (right) view. A. Sharpia madibai sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). B. Afrosmicronyx cycnii sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). C. Afrosmicronyx louwi sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). D. Afrosmicronyx marshalli sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). E. Afrosmicronyx nebulosipennis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (BMNH). F. Smicronyx similis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). G. Smicronyx pseudocoecus sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). H. Smicronyx paucisquamis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). I. Smicronyx fallax (Gyllenhal, 1836), ♂, neotype (NHRS). J. Smicronyx australis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). K. Smicronyx pauperculus Wollaston, 1864, ♂, specimen from Tanzania. L. Smicronyx san sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC), bred from Chironia baccifera L. M. Smicronyx drakensbergensis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (TMSA). N. Smicronyx zonatus Haran, 2018, ♂, paratype (CBGP), specimen from the Western Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa. O. Smicronyx lutulentus Dietz, 1894, ♂ (CBGP). P. Smicronyx namibicus Haran, 2018, ♂, holotype (MNHN), specimen from Tanzania. Scale bars: 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708001" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5708001/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">5C</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCBFFFA5BBEFC99FE1C5370" bold="true" box="[189,457,864,890]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
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is mostly similar to
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<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCBFFFA5817FC76FBDC53A3" box="[788,1033,911,937]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">A. madagascariensis</emphasis>
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. The two species can be distinguished by their size (body length
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), the protibial tooth (moderately thickened in
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, strongly thickened tooth in
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, sides convex, thickness regular in lateral view in
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<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCBFFFA58EDFBE5FB36543C" box="[1006,1251,1052,1078]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">A. madagascariensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCBFFFA5BBEFBA4FE91547D" bold="true" box="[189,324,1117,1143]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Etymology</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCBFFFA5BBEFB75FEAA54C3" blockId="8.[189,1398,1164,1225]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">This species is dedicated to the late Dr. Schalk Louw, for his contribution to the knowledge of southern African weevils.</paragraph>
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; 190” “SAM-COL-;A073094” / “HOLOTYPE;
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<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCBFFFA5BBEFA5EFE9B55CB" bold="true" box="[189,334,1447,1473]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Description</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCBFFFA5BE9FA2FFEFF55FA" bold="true" box="[234,298,1494,1520]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Male</emphasis>
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BODY LENGTH.
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<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCBFFFA5BBEF9C3FD31567D" blockId="8.[189,1398,1594,1656]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">COLOUR. Body integument black; vestiture consisting of rounded recumbent scales, as long as wide or slightly elliptical, brown and greyish on elytra.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCBFFFA5BBEF966FB94574F" blockId="8.[189,1399,1695,1862]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">HEAD. Rostrum as long as head + prothorax in lateral view, moderately and regularly downcurved, slightly wider than protibiae in dorsal view, punctate and striate, smooth at apex, covered with scales in basal ¾, less densely in apical ⅓, upper side of scrobes forming a carina with a small tooth basally near eyes, transverse furrow at base of rostrum shiny, bare of scales; antennae black, inserted before apical ⅓, segment 1 slightly longer than 2 + 3, 4 isodiametric, 57 wider than long.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCBFFFA5BBEF894FB0957C7" blockId="8.[189,1399,1901,1998]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">PROTHORAX. Wider than long (ratio w/l: 1.14), widest slightly before middle of length, greatly narrowed at apex, sides rounded; integument shiny, densely granulate; scales brownish and greyish, longer than wide, generally concealing granules, forming two paler bands laterally to the median line.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCAFFFB5BBEFEF0FDD55186" blockId="9.[188,1399,263,396]" pageId="9" pageNumber="43">ELYTRA. Sides moderately convex, straight and expanding apicad in basal ½, rounded in apical ½, widest near middle (ratio w/l: 0.70); humeri raised; striae narrow, interstriae flat, wide and shiny, covered with 23 series of aligned scales, apex of interstria 5 with slight declivital callosity, followed by depression; scutellum small but visible.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCAFFFB5BBEFE4DFAE751C4" blockId="9.[189,1330,436,463]" box="[189,1330,436,463]" pageId="9" pageNumber="43">ABDOMEN. Underside covered with rounded brownish-grey scales, not concealing the integument.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCAFFFB5BBEFE0FFBFE5239" blockId="9.[187,1399,501,563]" pageId="9" pageNumber="43">LEGS. Dark brownish, femora clavate, armed with one ventral tooth; tibiae bearing a moderate thickening ventrally, facing femoral tooth when legs are folded; claws equal in length.</paragraph>
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GENITALIA. Body of penis elongate (ratio w/l: 0.36), sides parallel, converging near apex, apex rounded, curvature regular in lateral view, thicker in apical half. (
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). Female not known.
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<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCAFFFB5BBEFD47FE9A52D2" bold="true" box="[189,335,702,728]" pageId="9" pageNumber="43">Life history</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCAFFFB5BBEFD14FEEC530D" blockId="9.[189,313,749,775]" box="[189,313,749,775]" pageId="9" pageNumber="43">Unknown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCAFFFB5BBEFCD7FE835342" bold="true" box="[189,342,814,840]" pageId="9" pageNumber="43">Distribution</emphasis>
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).
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