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<paragraph id="BF4267672A9435D570484A8935C1BA3F" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="E2172856E040D07DD1FB6F92464C60A1" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName id="019B70EF74D9D3BC08E85A8F54624E1E" ID-CoL="8LZZK" authority="Guignot, 1958" authorityName="Guignot" authorityYear="1958" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus turbatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turbatus">Laccophilus turbatus Guignot, 1958</taxonomicName>
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Figs 83-84, 275, 430-431, 550
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<subSubSection id="FF06D1D5E1365250491D27A743B62D3A" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph id="1182E350C2F2A907AA0F50772CCF1A74" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">
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<taxonomicName id="F93923BF8B078652CEAD7E5E01068EAF" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus turbatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turbatus">Laccophilus turbatus</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="05E538DC684AFEA18C3B86D121441FFD" author="Guignot, F" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique" pageId="258" pageNumber="259" pagination="1 - 8" title="Haliplidae et Dytiscidae nouveaux du Parc National de la Garamba. Deuxieme serie (1)." volume="34" year="1958">Guignot 1958</bibRefCitation>
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: 8 (original description, faunistics);
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<bibRefCitation id="60CD8B2DB92E9DDBEA6B9AD877F8BF0A" author="Omer-Cooper, Joyce" journalOrPublisher="South African Animal Life" pageId="261" pageNumber="262" pagination="59 - 214" title="Chapter 2. Coleoptera: Dytiscidae." volume="11" year="1965">Omer-Cooper 1965</bibRefCitation>
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: 86 (list, synonymy
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<taxonomicName id="8A004AEF0910C3336E52612C0A1E12C4" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus concisus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="concisus">Laccophilus concisus</taxonomicName>
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Guignot?);
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<bibRefCitation id="283BCEDEFA04F763B1931C2713FE1D1C" 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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: 242 (catalogue, faunistics, list, synonymy,
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<taxonomicName id="50F48D9603C54631B2CAB1CE1C0F2789" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus concisus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="concisus">Laccophilus concisus</taxonomicName>
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Guignot);
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<bibRefCitation id="55ECE3F8538BCCEB76C98B47BEDF0789" author="Pederzani, F" journalOrPublisher="Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romana" pageId="261" pageNumber="262" pagination="35 - 41" title="Laccophiluscomoensis sp. n. from Ivory Coast (InsectaColeopteraDytiscidae)." volume="16" year="2002">Pederzani and Reintjes 2002</bibRefCitation>
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: 40 (faunistics, list, synonymy,
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<taxonomicName id="93A2DF8284BA80798A4D82E2F71AFFD2" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus concisus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="concisus">Laccophilus concisus</taxonomicName>
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Guign.);
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<bibRefCitation id="4FD021CB965B6DD0DF9EB900EEE48A77" 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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: 210 (catalogue, faunistics, list, synonymy,
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<taxonomicName id="497C67FC80F1C3527B09EAD81CA78FF8" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus concisus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="concisus">Laccophilus concisus</taxonomicName>
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Guignot. Restored species.
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<paragraph id="2C88F2053C173FEB132D2B7D90B30669" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7CFF8CEF811BA28E752246F88B8E01DC" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Zaire: Parc National Garamba.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4902371072C4896DEC8E41F0C97F2D84" pageId="113" pageNumber="114">Type material studied</paragraph>
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(8 exs.): Holotype, male: "Holotypus / Congo belge P.N.G. Miss. H. De Saeger II/hd/17, 13-X-1951
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. H. De Saeger. 2595 / Guignot det., 1957
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<taxonomicName id="74998FB956FAEE480BF24268C28B7364" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus turbatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="113" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turbatus">Laccophilus turbatus</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. Holotype" (MRAC). - Paratypes: "Congo Belge P.N.G. Miss. H. De Saeger/13-X-1951
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. H. De Saeger. 2595 / female / Paratype" (1 ex.
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<pageBreakToken id="BAC1A0DE4AAD3A3D15C9BE6CB48D21BB" pageId="114" pageNumber="115" start="start">IRSNB</pageBreakToken>
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, 4 exs. MNHN); same data but "II/fc/14, 17.7. 1952, 3608" (1 ex. NHMB); same data but "II/gd/14s, 25.8. 1952, 3984" (1 ex. NHMB).
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<paragraph id="9890E9BFF635911AF8C1771C12CB705F" pageId="114" pageNumber="115">Additional material studied</paragraph>
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(50 exs.): Sudan: "S. Sudan stream from hot springs, Nyangwara
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, 29.1. 1954 JJOC." (2 exs. AMGS). - Liberia: "Suakoko 18.3. 1952 / Blickenstaff Light trap" (1 ex. USNM, 1 ex. MZH); "Suakoko 20.2. 1952 Blickenstaff" (1 ex. USNM). - Nigeria: "R. Kaduna 4.5 mi. from Jos 13.4.1963 JOC." (4 exs. AMGS);"R. Kaduna rd. 13.5 mi. from Jos 13.IV. 1963 JOC." (1 ex. AMGS); "Zaria 1969 Brancucci" (1 ex, CSR); "stream Kaduna-Zaria rd. 4.IV. 1963 JOC." (1 ex. AMGS); "river, rd. to Enugo about 79 mi. from Makurdi 24.4. 1963" (1 ex. AMGS); "stream 64 mi. from Bida on Jebba rd.12.4. 1963 JOC." (2 exs. AMGS); "Kontagora pools in dry stream 3.IV. 1963 JOC." (2 exs. AMGS). - Zaire: Same data as paratype, but not labelled as belonging to type material (1 ex. IRSNB); "PNG Miss. H. De Saeger II/fd/12, 10.3. 1952, 3180" (2 exs. MRAC, 1 ex. MZH); same but "II/fd/13, 5.5. 1952, 3421" (3 exs. MRAC); same but "II/fd/14s, 3.4. 1952, 3278" (6 exs. MRAC, 2 exs. MZH; habitus in Fig. 430); same but "II/fc/14, 27.6. 1952, 3717" (1 ex. MRAC); "Ht Zaire Umg. Doruma 18.4-10.5. 1986 Wewalka" (2 exs. CGW, 1 ex. MZH). - Namibia: "Kavango, Popa Falls
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, lux 26.2.-3.3. 1992 Uhlig leg." (10 exs. ZMHB, 2 exx. MZH, 1 ex. NMNW; habitus in Fig. 431); "Kavango, Mahango Game Res., Piknik Site 24.11. 1993 lux
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Uhlig leg." (2 exs. ZMHB). - Botswana: "Moremi Res. 6.10. 1982 Bilardo /
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<taxonomicName id="87BBED81644FF2E2D3619446DCC31966" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus concisus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="114" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="concisus">Laccophilus concisus</taxonomicName>
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Guignot Rocchi det. 1985" (1 ex. CSR).
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Comments on synonymy:
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<bibRefCitation id="5E01AF17F68FCC094C492CEEB54D98C1" author="Omer-Cooper, Joyce" journalOrPublisher="South African Animal Life" pageId="261" pageNumber="262" pagination="59 - 214" title="Chapter 2. Coleoptera: Dytiscidae." volume="11" year="1965">Omer-Cooper (1965)</bibRefCitation>
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listed
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as a possible synonym to
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<taxonomicName id="9D9081D0C0154B1382BEFD5A3E157909" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus concisus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="114" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="concisus">Laccophilus concisus</taxonomicName>
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, a species, here associated with
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(possible species complex). The latest citation (
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) maintains the opinion of this synonymy. After comparison of holotypes of the two species we prefer to keep the two species separate and accordingly,
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<taxonomicName id="88C5834FBB52641EAFF5C0E3A1B72D52" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus turbatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="114" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turbatus">Laccophilus turbatus</taxonomicName>
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is here raised back to the level of a valid species because of diagnostic differences in shape of penis.
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<paragraph id="F0BD5EFCBC83824200FC0FC02A9A74D1" pageId="114" pageNumber="115">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="060CAC5BCAB85FE78764F867A722E8FD" pageId="114" pageNumber="115">
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<taxonomicName id="81D05A29C633A162C94C080B4036E77A" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus turbatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="114" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turbatus">Laccophilus turbatus</taxonomicName>
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is close to
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, but smaller (length of body less than 4 mm). The shape of penis also resembles that of
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but in
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penis is more slender and in lateral view external outline somewhat angled while robust and more evenly curved in
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<taxonomicName id="52754D68C780A6CE2A2460E83A2DFD99" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus remex" order="Coleoptera" pageId="114" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="remex">Laccophilus remex</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="43DC52B68CB4FCB62A49C0140044B1B1" pageId="114" pageNumber="115">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D2A11F9907D25282B7A01A8B914CB512" pageId="114" pageNumber="115">Body length 3.5-3.9 mm, width 1.8-2.2 mm. Pale ferrugineous, elytra with dense, dark ferrugineous irrorations, which are slightly sparser at base of elytra. Elytral colour pattern exhibits some variation (Figs 430-431).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FD41F2FE801B847232D8F6FF98758226" pageId="114" pageNumber="115">Head: Pale ferrugineous. Rather shiny. Reticulation fine, double. Larger meshes contain often 4-6 smaller meshes. Almost impunctate, except at eyes; here with a few scattered, fine punctures. Area with punctures extended towards middle of head.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="00C3E1CE64719B366C5975606F2D35F1" pageId="114" pageNumber="115">Pronotum: Pale ferrugineous; almost unicoloured pale. Mediobasally with narrow ferrugineous area, delimitation of which is vague. Rather shiny, although finely microsculptured. Reticulation double but rather indistinctly so; in part fine meshes indistinct and hardly visible. At margins with fine punctures; discally almost impunctate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3A0FD5CAA3A910883B1F1749F63023EC" lastPageId="115" lastPageNumber="116" pageId="114" pageNumber="115">
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Elytra: Pale ferrugineous with dense ferrugineous to dark ferrugineous irrorations. Basally irrorations in part sparse, forming irregular slightly larger areas without irrora
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<pageBreakToken id="0114FF00C060419987092DB161328E40" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" start="start">tion</pageBreakToken>
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(Figs 430-431). Slightly mat, with fine microsculpture. Reticulation in part double (feature weakly developed). Larger meshes sometimes indistinct and hardly discernible. Extensively impunctate; discally with a very irregular, longitudinal area with fine and sparse punctures discernible. Lateral, pre-apical furrow rather distinct, finely pubescent.
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<paragraph id="DD87CAF6C3A28E68CB424ECF67C63585" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Ventral aspect: Pale ferrugineous to ferrugineous. Almost impunctate. Slightly mat, very finely and in part indistinctly microsculptured. Basal ventrites of abdomen with fine, in part reduced, curved striae. Metacoxal plates with very fine, in part slightly indistinct transversely located, shallow furrows. Prosternal process slender, apex extended, pointed. Apical ventrite (Fig. 83).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A23136836B6C4B1C3DB7492AD8AE84EB" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Legs: Protarsus rather slender. Pro- and mesotarsus with suckers.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3BD58F5E31F6E83F08A748E8CC705FD7" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Male genitalia: Penis in lateral aspect quite long, slender; external outline distinctly curved, exhibiting two bends. Extreme apex hooked but outline rounded (Fig. 275).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="40A2FA690ADDF7034345244EF448D5F8" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Female: Apical ventrite (Fig. 84). Pro- and mesotarsus almost as male but lack suckers.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="8D4653A0F319EE64966C046BC26B42CF" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="7C8B3CCFB0CAD652BA6BDF06689A9DAA" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="86876FEA5FDC3DC03AE276B6EA12FF13" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Sudan, Liberia, Nigeria, Zaire, Namibia, Botswana (Fig. 550).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="546CAA27A87620B22DB4D62DBDC6A0B1" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" type="collecting circumstances">
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<paragraph id="95DCC4C3BC4AA339CA0B7BBDBDF6DCA6" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Collecting circumstances.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="24DCD08277ABC6600C75AA116212F150" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Hardly any information is available. On the basis of label data the species has in Sudan been collected in a stream from hot springs. In Namibia and Liberia collected with light.</paragraph>
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