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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE1312C52FAFB1FED73FB34" bold="true" box="[192,352,1224,1248]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Scarabaeus</emphasis>
(
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)
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Zidek and Pokorný
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,
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<figureCitation id="0EE473D4FFE1312C52FAFB3EED52FAD5" box="[192,321,1257,1281]" captionStart="Figures 5562" captionStartId="32.[192,287,1819,1841]" captionTargetBox="[212,1424,293,1748]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="Figures 5562. Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) spp. 5558) Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) similis sp. n., HTm, 14 mm. 55) Dorsal habitus. 56) Ventral habitus. 57) Aedeagus, dorsal. 58) Aedeagus, left lateral. 5962) Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) megaparvulus Davis and Deschodt, 12 mm. 59) Dorsal habitus. 60) Ventral habitus. 61) Aedeagus, dorsal. 62) Aedeagus, left lateral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3727003" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3727003/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Fig. 5558</figureCitation>
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locality.
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N.
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, 8.5 km S Pienaarsriver, leg. C. Bellamy
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.
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material.
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HTm—
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. No other specimens.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE1312C52FAFAADED48FA46" bold="true" box="[192,347,1402,1426]" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Etymology.</emphasis>
Similar, resembling (Lat.).
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Description of
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.
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Length
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; black, glossy.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE1312C52D2FA1CED22FA37" box="[232,305,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Head.</emphasis>
Clypeus with teeth upturned, spaces between them V-shaped with that between medials more open, tips of medials and right lateral broken off. Genae with anterior tips triangular but rounded, posterolateral margins setose, posterior corners obliquely curved toward eyes, posterior margin rimmed by a carina that medially branches to laterally/anterolaterally surround eye. Surface at bases of teeth and entire genae granulorugose, with a narrow glabrous medial strip from bases of teeth through frons and vertex. Antennal peduncle dark brown, club gray.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE1312C52D2F959ED7AF971" box="[232,361,1678,1701]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Pronotum.</emphasis>
Strongly convex and transverse, bordered all around, with front angles obtuse, lateral margins crenulate and setose, and hind corners obliquely merging into base, which lacks medial lobe. Broad, glabrous sagittal line present from front margin to near base, reminder of surface unevenly coarsely punctate, size of punctures diminishes laterally and anteriorly; punctation nearly as sparse as in
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE1312C52DAF8D8ED6BF8F3" box="[224,376,1807,1831]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">S. laevifrons</emphasis>
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(
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).
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.
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Not visible.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE1312C52D2F887ED2EF8BC" box="[232,317,1872,1896]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="10">Elytra.</emphasis>
With striae indistinctly, shallowly punctate, interspaces about equal puncture diameters. Second through fourth intervals medium convex and unevenly coarsely punctate, with interspaces equaling 2 to 5 puncture diameters; first and fifth through seventh intervals flat and mostly impunctate. Humeri barely indicated and confined to sixth interval.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B52D2FECDED75FEE6" box="[232,358,282,306]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="51DF14D2FFE6312B52D2FECDED71FEE6" box="[232,354,282,306]" family="Trichomycteridae" genus="Pygidium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pygidium</taxonomicName>
.
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Semilunar, bordered all around, finely and shallowly punctate.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B52D2FEECED2CFE86" box="[232,319,315,338]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Venter.</emphasis>
Metasternum largely glabrous, finely punctate only lateral of anterior process and with short rusty setae on anterolateral margins; anterior process broadly lunate, with a rounded tip. Abdominal ventrites finely punctate along anterior margins, otherwise glabrous.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B52D2FE4AED34FE60" box="[232,295,413,436]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Legs.</emphasis>
Protibia weakly bent inward between second and third teeth, devoid of setae, with lateral margin finely serrate and medial margin finely granulate throughout length; dorsomedial carina branches toward bases of second and third teeth; ventromedial carina simple and continuous throughout length. Profemur robust, proximally thickened by oblique expansion of anterior edge, anteroventral surface glabrous, posteroventral surface coarsely punctate. Mesotibia with one spur. Both meso- and metatibiae with two weak transverse carinae, meso- and metafemora antero- and posteroventrally with rows of setose punctures, setae short and gray.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B52D2FDA8ED77FD43" box="[232,356,639,663]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Aedeagus.</emphasis>
With paramere tips in dorsal view weakly inflated, in lateral view with a low ventral tooth and tapering into long, ventrally curved beaks.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B52FAFD07ED7DFD3C" bold="true" box="[192,366,720,744]" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Comparison.</emphasis>
The habitus of this new species is reminiscent of
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B51EEFD07E8B0FD3C" box="[980,1187,720,744]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">S. megaparvulus</emphasis>
Davis and Deschodt
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(
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) and
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B53AAFD26EE07FCDC" box="[400,532,752,776]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">S. funebris</emphasis>
(Boheman)
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(
<figureCitation id="0EE473D4FFE6312B5089FD26EF19FCDD" box="[691,778,753,777]" captionStart="Figures 6371" captionStartId="33.[192,287,1790,1812]" captionTargetBox="[188,1440,210,1767]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[640,1002,724,1193]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Figures 6371. Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) species with one mesotibial spur. 63) S. funebris (Boheman), m, 17.5 mm. 64) S. parvulus (Boheman), m, 14 mm. 65) S. clanceyi Ferreira, m, 12.7 mm. 66) S. karrooensis zur Strassen, m, 13 mm. 67) S. obsoletepunctatus Balthasar, HTf, 14.5 mm. 68) Same, ventral view. 69) S. palemo Olivier, m, 14.5 mm (Benin, brownish because teneral). 70) S. morbillosus Fabricius, ST, 13.7 mm (= S. palemo Olivier). 71) Same, frontal view showing orangish profemoral pads." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3727005" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3727005/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Fig. 63</figureCitation>
), of which the latter has not hitherto been included in the subgenus. These two species resemble
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B50F1FCC6EF2DFCFD" box="[715,830,785,809]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">S. similis</emphasis>
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chiefly due to their dorsal sculpture, but at the same time differ in several respects.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B52D2FC85EE38FCBE" box="[232,555,850,874]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Scarabaeus megaparvulus</emphasis>
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has a well-developed transverse frontal carina; a more densely punctate pronotum without sagittal line and with a basal medial lobe; exposed
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; a narrow metasternal process whose triangular tip is delimited by a transverse groove; much thinner profemur; mesotibia with two spurs (only one noted in the original description); and paramere tips in lateral view truncate.
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B52D2FC03EDCCFC38" box="[232,479,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Scarabaeus funebris</emphasis>
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has the entire clypeus, genae and frons granulorugose; pronotum densely punctate, a narrow sagittal line reaching basal medial lobe, and a striola of finer setose punctures paralleling the basal margin; exposed
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; and elytral intervals much more coarsely punctate. The aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B52E7FBE2ED72FB99" box="[221,353,1077,1101]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">S. funebris</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="0EE473D4FFE6312B534BFBE2EDC7FB99" box="[369,468,1077,1101]" captionStart="Figures 88104" captionStartId="36.[192,287,1762,1784]" captionTargetBox="[263,1414,235,1714]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="Figures 88104. Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) aedeagi in dorsal and left lateral views. 88) S. palemo Olivier (Benin, from specimen in Fig. 69). 89) S. parvulus (Boheman). 90) S. karrooensis zur Strassen. 91) S. laevifrons Fairmaire. 92) S. reichei = S. canaliculatus (det. Ferreira). 93) S. canaliculatus Fairmaire. 94) S. fritschi Harold. 95) S. damarensis Janssens. 96) S. gilleti Janssens. 97) S. kwiluensis Janssens. 98) S. kochi Ferreira. 99) S. pabulator Péringuey. 100) S. intricatus (Fabricius). 101) S. lucidulus (Boheman). 102) S. funebris (Boheman). 103) S. clanceyi Ferreira. 104) S. inoportunus Ferreira." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3727011" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3727011/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Fig. 102</figureCitation>
) is indistinguishable from that of
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B5149FBE2EFF6FB99" box="[883,997,1077,1101]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">S. similis</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="0EE473D4FFE6312B5607FBE2E8D3FB99" box="[1085,1216,1077,1101]" captionStart="Figures 5562" captionStartId="32.[192,287,1819,1841]" captionTargetBox="[212,1424,293,1748]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="Figures 5562. Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) spp. 5558) Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) similis sp. n., HTm, 14 mm. 55) Dorsal habitus. 56) Ventral habitus. 57) Aedeagus, dorsal. 58) Aedeagus, left lateral. 5962) Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) megaparvulus Davis and Deschodt, 12 mm. 59) Dorsal habitus. 60) Ventral habitus. 61) Aedeagus, dorsal. 62) Aedeagus, left lateral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3727003" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3727003/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Fig. 5758</figureCitation>
), but it can hardly be claimed to indicate a close relationship because the same applies to the aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B56EEFB81E927FBB9" box="[1236,1332,1109,1133]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">S. kochi</emphasis>
Ferreira
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(
<figureCitation id="0EE473D4FFE6312B52F3FBA1ED33FB5A" box="[201,288,1142,1166]" captionStart="Figures 88104" captionStartId="36.[192,287,1762,1784]" captionTargetBox="[263,1414,235,1714]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="Figures 88104. Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) aedeagi in dorsal and left lateral views. 88) S. palemo Olivier (Benin, from specimen in Fig. 69). 89) S. parvulus (Boheman). 90) S. karrooensis zur Strassen. 91) S. laevifrons Fairmaire. 92) S. reichei = S. canaliculatus (det. Ferreira). 93) S. canaliculatus Fairmaire. 94) S. fritschi Harold. 95) S. damarensis Janssens. 96) S. gilleti Janssens. 97) S. kwiluensis Janssens. 98) S. kochi Ferreira. 99) S. pabulator Péringuey. 100) S. intricatus (Fabricius). 101) S. lucidulus (Boheman). 102) S. funebris (Boheman). 103) S. clanceyi Ferreira. 104) S. inoportunus Ferreira." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3727011" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3727011/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Fig. 98</figureCitation>
), whose habitus (
<figureCitation id="0EE473D4FFE6312B53CFFBA1EE59FB5A" box="[501,586,1142,1166]" captionStart="Figures 7280" captionStartId="34.[192,287,1821,1843]" captionTargetBox="[209,1440,219,1762]" captionTargetId="figure@34.[606,996,770,1212]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="Figures 7280. Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) species with two mesotibial spurs. 72) S. anderseni Waterhouse, HTf, length 10.5 mm. 73) S. canaliculatus Fairmaire, m, 18 mm. 74) S. fritschi Harold, m, 19 mm. 75) S. damarensis Janssens, m, 13 mm. 76) S. gilleti Janssens, HTm, 14.5 mm. 77) S. kwiluensis Janssens, m, 15 mm. 78) S. gracai Ferreira, f, 11 mm. 79) S. kochi Ferreira, PTm, 12.5 mm. 80) S. pabulator Péringuey, m, 12 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3727007" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3727007/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Fig. 79</figureCitation>
) is quite different.
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<paragraph id="96606F51FFE6312B52D2FB40E839FB24" blockId="12.[192,1441,720,1264]" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">
The combination of a fully concealed
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and absence of the pronotal basal medial lobe is unusual. Apart from
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B53FAFB60EE21FB1B" box="[448,562,1207,1231]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">S. similis</emphasis>
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, we have found a concealed
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only in
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<emphasis id="A4ABB343FFE6312B5692FB60E9B3FB1B" box="[1192,1440,1207,1231]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">S. obsoletepunctatus</emphasis>
Balthasar
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(
<figureCitation id="0EE473D4FFE6312B5370FB0FEDB2FB24" box="[330,417,1240,1264]" captionStart="Figures 6371" captionStartId="33.[192,287,1790,1812]" captionTargetBox="[188,1440,210,1767]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[640,1002,724,1193]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Figures 6371. Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) species with one mesotibial spur. 63) S. funebris (Boheman), m, 17.5 mm. 64) S. parvulus (Boheman), m, 14 mm. 65) S. clanceyi Ferreira, m, 12.7 mm. 66) S. karrooensis zur Strassen, m, 13 mm. 67) S. obsoletepunctatus Balthasar, HTf, 14.5 mm. 68) Same, ventral view. 69) S. palemo Olivier, m, 14.5 mm (Benin, brownish because teneral). 70) S. morbillosus Fabricius, ST, 13.7 mm (= S. palemo Olivier). 71) Same, frontal view showing orangish profemoral pads." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3727005" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3727005/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="11">Fig. 67</figureCitation>
), but that species does possess the basal medial lobe.
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